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DESCRIPTION:Imagine a brighter tomorrow for our community! Join our Solarpunk Pen Pals 
 workshop to collaboratively write letters from a hopeful, regenerative 
 future you help create. No writing experience needed!\n\nEver dreamed of a 
 better world for our community? The Solarpunk Pen Pals workshop is your 
 chance to envision and step into a future rooted in community, ecological 
 harmony, and social justice! Inspired by the vibrant solarpunk movement, 
 this unique experience was created by artist Taylor Seamount and author 
 Todd Medema.\n\nHow it works:\n\nYou'll partner with another participant to 
 imagine our local area 20 years into the future, transformed by solarpunk 
 themes. Together, we'll explore how real-world challenges – like housing, 
 food access, or climate adaptation – can be addressed through creative, 
 community-led solutions.\n\nNext, you'll bring that future to life by 
 creating your own character – think of it like designing a character for 
 a role-playing game - but instead of playing, your character will write a 
 letter to your partner's character, sharing updates on their life within 
 this vibrant solarpunk world you've both imagined.\n\nBy joining us, 
 you'll:\n\n* Enjoy a fun, accessible way to explore creative writing and 
 world-building through a simple letter.\n* Discover Solarpunk and see how 
 its values can spark positive change right here in our community.\n* Gain 
 an inspiring, actionable vision for a better future.\n* Leave with a unique 
 keepsake: a letter written from the future you helped build!\n\nNo special 
 skills needed – just your imagination and an open mind!"\n\nRough 
 Schedule\n\n* 15 min: Welcome and What-Is-Solarpunk slideshow.\n* 5 min: 
 Pairing up and receiving creative prompt cards. \n* 20 min:  Future 
 Visioning: Partners explore a challenge and a tool (eg: "Homelessness" and 
 "Cooperatives"). They collaborate with their partner imagining how that 
 challenge could be met with that tool.\n* 20 min: Character Creation: 
 Create a character using a Motivating Value and Movement Role (for example: 
 "Reconciliation" and "Elder").\n*15 min:  Character Introductions: Share 
 your characters with your partner and decide how they know each other.\n* 
 20 min,:  Letters from tomorrow: Write a letter from your character to your 
 partner's character.\n* 5 min: Sharing: Partners read their letters to each 
 other.\n* 20 min, Optional Group Share: Anyone who wants to can read their 
 letter to the entire group.\n\nRegister here: 
 https://santacruzpl.libnet.info/event/16250311\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/17/18886249.php
SUMMARY:Solar Punk Pen Pals: Crafting Hopeful Futures Together
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Public Libraries - Downtown Branch, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/17/18886249.php
DTSTART:20260628T200000Z
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