In group sessions, you will participate in guided writing exercises, share and reflect on your work as a community, and find space to sit, write, and remember together. We will read and discuss some of the ways other descendants of survivors have memorialized their experiences and work through some basic activities meant to prompt your own voice as a writer. No one will be required to share their work in order to participate and no prior experience with creative writing is necessary.

This writing opportunity is open to any adult child, grandchild, or great-grandchild of a survivor who is interested in joining a writing community to explore their memories. You must be at least 18 years old in order to participate in the writing project. A group of the Second Generation will meet separately from the Third and Fourth. Registration (at the bottom of the page) is required.

2G Summer Schedule:
This cohort will meet six times between June 25 and August 27, 2026. Sessions will be held in person at the Jewish Community Center, room to be confirmed after registration. We will meet weekly for the first two weeks, and then every two weeks starting in July.
Second Generation Meetings – Thursdays 10-11:30am
June 25; July 2, 16, 30; August 12 (Wednesday), 27

If you are interested in participating in the writing project but cannot make this meeting schedule, please reach out to mkarp@mchekc.org.

Supplies:
Please bring a notepad and pen or pencil, as well as technology for whatever writing method is most comfortable for you (laptop, tablet, etc.). Please make sure devices are fully charged and bring a charger with you.

At the end of the project, you may have the option to contribute your writings to a published collection through MCHE.

The Generations Writing Project will be led by MCHE’s Dr. Melissa Karp, who recently received her Ph.D. in Literature from Duke University. Please direct any questions, or interest in a joining a future cohort of the writing project to melissak@mchekc.org.