Local author and
pyschotherapist Susanne Fincher will talk about mandalas (“sacred
circle” designs) and their importance on your life’s journey toward
wholeness. She will guide you in the creation of several mandalas
described in her latest book\, The Mandala Workbook. She'll round the
evening out with time for questions\, comments\, and an opportunity to
share your mandalas.
Please join us for a brainstorming session about the future of the Faiths and Feminisms group at Charis. Even if you have never previously attended the group you are invited to join us in reimaginig what kind of discussion group we might want in 2010. We are open to all ideas including moving away from a book-centered format to a more discussion based style or anything else you can imagine. We look forward to making a great series even better in 2010!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T094829Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100205T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100205T020000Z UID:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/voice-beyond-choice-eveing-feminist-womens-health-center URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/voice-beyond-choice-eveing-feminist-womens-health-center SUMMARY:\\"Voice Beyond Choice\\"\: An Evening with Feminist Women's Health Center DESCRIPTION:Join
the Feminist Women's Health Center for a discussion about expanding
existing visions of reproductive justice through broader human rights
advocacy training. Refreshments will be provided.
For more information
please contact FWHC at (404) 248-5445 or email nextwave@feministcenter.org
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T094829Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100208T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100209T013000Z UID:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/writing-intent-54 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/writing-intent-54 SUMMARY:Writing With Intent DESCRIPTION:
This facilitated group is open to all writers of fiction and creative non-fiction who want a serious group to provide constructive criticism\, motivational exercises\, and interpersonal accountability to keep their writing on track. We do monthly exercises and critiques with an eye towards individual improvement and the eventual goal of publication. Writers are encouraged to bring copies of their work to share for critique. The group meets the second &\; fourth Monday of each month from
6\:30-8\:30pm. Please direct inquiries to elizabeth@chariscircle.org.
Join us for an exciting night with award-winning author Evelyn Coleman as she discusses her experience researching the history of Atlanta's Cabbagetown neighborhood for her novel\: Freedom Train. Freedom Train is based on the true story of the 1947 train which traveled the country displaying the Declaration of Independence and a boy from Cabbagetown whose life is changed by the racial injustice he witnesses when the train arrives in Atlanta. Don't miss this informative and fun discussion of Atlanta history and the creative process.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T094829Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T023000Z UID:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/cliterally-speaking URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/cliterally-speaking SUMMARY:Cliterally Speaking\: Valentine's Bliss With Diana Cage DESCRIPTION:
Join us for a sexy\, fun and funny talk about female sexuality with former On Our Backs editor\, author\, and sex educator Diana Cage. Drawing from her forthcoming book\, A Woman's Guide to Sexual Ecstasy\, Diana will take us on a tour of the female body\, offering tips and tricks to help you turn up the heat on Valentine's Day. After the talk\, you'll have a chance to munch on scrumptious desserts and write anonymous questions on index cards for an anything goes Q&\;A.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T094829Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T020000Z UID:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/cliterati URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/cliterati SUMMARY:Cliterati DESCRIPTION:Charis &\; Cliterati pair up to present an inviting and fierce open mic &\; reading series on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Hosted by the anarchic spoken wordteam of Karen G and Theresa Davis\, members of the Art Amok Slam Team\, this series cultivates the voices of authors\, novices and an assortment of poets\, songstresses and story tellers. “The Women of the World Poetry Slam is a tournament created for women\, facilitated by women\, honoring women\,” said LaShaun Phoenix Moore\, one of the founding organizers of the event. “
Participating women perform in preliminary poetry slams where competitors are scored on a scale of 1 to 10 on their poems\, their presentation and their originality. Judges are chosen at random from the audience. From these events 12 poets ascend to the finals stage to determine a winner.
This year marks the third year for this competition. Previous winners include Andrea Gibson\, who won the 2008 competition\, and Rachel McKibbens\, who won in 2009. Also in 2009\, 7 of the 12 Finalists live and work in the Altanta area\, one was Cliterati's own Theresa Davis.
On this night\, Cliterati will feature Atlanta area poets going to this competition &\; may include\: Karen G.\, Theresa Davis\, Chauncey Beaty\, April Smith\, Spenecia Fleming &\; more!Atlanta is definitely Hotlanta when it comes to women &\; Poetry!
The Akoma Book Club (of Women Healing Women) meets at Charis Books &\; More on the third Saturday of each month. This book club is open to any woman seeking camaraderie with like-minded women for fun\, self-empowerment and growth. Even if you haven't read the book\, but are willing to talk about the principles in the book\, you can join us for a lively
discussion. February's book pick is\: The Five Things We Cannot Change and the Happiness we Find by Embracing Them by David Richo. In it Richo shows us that by dropping our deep-seated resistance to the
five "\;givens"\;\, we can find liberation and discover the true richness that life
has to offer.
This facilitated group is open to all writers of fiction and creative
non-fiction who want a serious group to provide constructive criticism\,
motivational exercises\, and interpersonal accountability to keep their
writing on track. We do monthly exercises and critiques with an eye
towards individual improvement and the eventual goal of publication.
Writers are encouraged to bring copies of their work to share for
critique. The group meets the second &\; fourth Monday of each month
from
6\:30-8\:30pm. Please direct inquiries to elizabeth@chariscircle.org.
This facilitated book group meets from 7\:00-8\:30pm the 4th Wednesday of each month at Charis
to discuss books which feature queer characters/ storylines as well as
a strong attention to literary craft and style. February's book\, The Sweet In-Between by Sheri Reynold\, is the story of butch/genderqueer Kenny Lugo who has grown up in a family that's not really her's. Now\, as Kenny approaches her eighteenth birthday and the end of the
government checks looms\, she is desperate to
prove that this house and these people really do belong to her. But
when a senseless murder occurs next door in their small coastal town\,
Kenny can’t get it out of her mind. She has always been consumed by the
ways in which she is different–and inherently unworthy–so the unjust
death of a young woman with everything to live for becomes an
obsession.
Join us for this very special workshop with Adam Brush which is designed to help us all communicate better in our personal\, professional\, and activist lives. Adam will lead us in fun and practical exercises which will help us recognize violent communication patterns as they occur and help us be cognisant of the individual choices we have in responding to violent communication\, be it interpersonally or in the world at large. The Nonviolent Communication practice that Adam will share with us is modeled after the methods in the book\: Nonviolent Communication\: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg.
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