Grief and Revival: A Letter Writing Circle
A sacred letter writing circle where we place our grief on the page and open ourselves to the reviving grace of a new year.
This workshop is a reflective space to pause, honor your losses, and gently move toward renewal. Through a slow, guided spiritual practice of letter-writing, participants will write to themselves, their grief, and the year ahead, creating space to process sorrow, find clarity, and open to fresh beginnings in 2026.
Guided Writing Prompts: Participants respond to prompts such as “What grief do I carry from this past year?” or “What do I hope to nurture in the year ahead?” to help focus reflection.
Participants should bring their own paper or journals and pens.
This program is provided through the Billie James Fund for the Arts.
Dates and registration details:
Three Thursday Afternoons February 5 - February 19, 2026
1:00 - 2:30 PM
The program is limited to 30 people.
The fee is $50. Information is available for partial or full scholarship if needed.
Hospitality Volunteer sign up is here.
Location: The beautiful and newly renovated Threshold Center at 3794 Crosshaven Drive, Vestavia Hills/ Cahaba Heights, AL 35223. Parking is free. Handicapped parking is available at the door.
Salaam Green will facilitate this series.
Meet Salaam
Salaam Green is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Birmingham, Alabama (2024–2026).
She is a native of Greensboro and the founder of The Literary Healing Arts. Green is a storyteller and healer, a Kellogg Foundation Racial Healing Facilitator, and an Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholar.
She holds an English degree from the University of Montevallo and a Master's in Early Childhood Education from the University of North Dakota. She has held residencies at UAB, Auburn University, and the former Wallace Plantation in Harpersville, Alabama.
With over 16 years of experience, she uses poetry to create healing spaces rooted in Southern history and resilience.
Green is the author of The Other Revival, a collection of poems released in June 2025. The Other Revival reclaims the Southern revival as a space for truth-telling and healing through oral tradition. The book emphasizes that vital archives reside in people—in their voices, memories, and willingness to pass stories on.
Learn more about Salaam at Salaamgreen.com
