This workshop uses an art-based methodology called Paper Prayers, which are expressions of hope and well-being. Paper Prayers have been used in South Africa for the past 20 years to help people respond to trauma around HIV, gender-based violence, conflict, and a range of other social issues.

Participants will learn how the visual arts can help shift our perspectives on people different from ourselves. Each participant will make at least one small artwork in the format of a longitudinal strip of paper characteristic of a Paper Prayer using hand printing and/or collage.

At the end of the workshop, participants meet together in their small groups to share the meaning of the image they created. Their testimony or story becomes a way to discuss difficult issues in a safe space.

The event takes place at Ann Arbor District Library Downtown - Secret Lab.