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Cindy Trinh
Reading and Conversation with River 瑩瑩 Dandelion '16
River 瑩瑩 Dandelion '16 is a practitioner of ancestral medicine through writing poetry, teaching, energy healing, and creating ceremony. As a poet, he writes to connect with the unseen and unspoken so we can feel and heal. As a healer, he is an energy healing practitioner who helps people move through transition and transformation. River also facilitates creative writing workshops, where participants connect with their own inner and collective power. A Tin House Resident, Lambda Literary Fellow, and Kundiman Fellow, River is the author of remembering (y)our light. River has facilitated workshops, trainings, and healing clinics at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Restorative Justice Initiative, Lambda Literary, and Alliance for Quality Education. He loves to swim and does this work for queer and trans ancestors and descendants to come. For more, visit: riverdandelion.com.
This event will be moderated by Professor Soo Hong.
lcote2@wellesley.edu