Community Collaborations
We love teaming up with others in our community! Check out our upcoming collaborative events below.
For information on registering for an event, be sure to click “Learn More.”
If you’re interested in hosting a Wildfire writing workshop for your community email April.
Recorded: Dec 31, 2025
Letting Go & Calling In: An Art & Writing Workshop for 2026 - Self-Study Workshop (Paid)
As one year closes and another begins, allow April Stearns and Stephanie McLeod-Estevez to guide you on a 2.5-hour journey that blends expressive writing with intuitive art-making. “Letting Go + Calling In” is an invitation to release what no longer serves you and to intentionally welcome what you most desire in the year ahead.
Through reflective prompts and creative exploration, you’ll uncover your guiding word or theme for 2026 and bring it to life through art. No writing or art experience required—just curiosity, presence, and a willingness to begin again.
Available for a limited time only (expires January 31st).
Time 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PST
Virtual via Zoom
Jan 17, 2026
Expressive Writing with the Bay Area Young Survivors (Free)
Want to write about your experiences but aren’t sure where to begin? Maybe you love writing but have a hard time finding the time or maybe you don’t write currently but would like to try. A prompt-style writing workshop is just the thing for you. In this 2-hour workshop, join April Stearns to write away some of our stress — and find some healing in the long run by using writing as a tool to find meaning. You’ll make new friends and fill a notebook along the way, even if you don’t consider yourself a writer.
This workshop is exclusive to members of the BAYS-MITC organization. If you live in the San Franscico Bay Area, learn more about joining here.
Time 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm PST
Virtual via Zoom
Feb 24, 2026
The Surprising Science of Writing It Down: How to Start Healing with Writing Today (Free)
A free Wildfire interactive talk hosted by Wren Morrobel and Living Our Breast Lives.
An educational, inspiring, and practical talk by April Stearns, founder of Wildfire Journal & Writing Community. Drawing on decades of expressive writing research, including studies by Dr. James Pennebaker and the field of Narrative Medicine, this interactive talk reveals how writing can improve emotional and physical well-being. April combines science with deeply personal stories of healing after her own breast cancer diagnosis to show how putting pen to paper can literally change the brain, lower stress, and foster resilience.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore writing prompts in the session, and leave with a new understanding of why writing heals, along with simple tools and prompts they can begin using immediately. Whether you’re a patient, survivor, caregiver, or clinician, this talk offers a compassionate, evidence-based invitation to start writing as a form of self-care and connection today.
Ready to deepen your writing connection? Check out our other workshops.