UU Sisterhood
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UU Sisterhood at Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Lauderdale
Meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Sunday at 9:30 am sharp and all women are welcome.
A women's discussion group featuring shared leadership, offering topics chosen by the individual meeting leaders, open to all sisters.
Activities
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Women's Forum
Women's Forum meets every 3rd Wednesday. We have a potluck at the church at 6:00 and a program at 7:00. If you are rushed for time stop at the grocery store deli or just come. We welcome any woman who is interested in getting together with like minded women. Contact Betsy Filz for information Betsy.Filz@uustpete.org, or call the office at 727-898-3294.
Come Take a Walk with Us
We are a group of women who get together Monday mornings at 11:30 to take an easy 40 minute walk on the beach or in one of our many local parks and then go to lunch. We welcome any woman who would like to join us for friendship, exercise and nourishment. If you work and would like to join us on a snow day off or if you have company who would like to get together with other women we would like to meet you. Contact Betsy Filz Betsy.Filz@uustpete.org or Pat Yochim Pat.Yochim@uustpete.org for more information.
April Womanspirit meeting
For our April WomanSpirit gathering, UUFBR Intern Jan Taddeo brings us a taste of her experience at the International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women. We will explore the role of the feminine divine in myths and rituals celebrating the seasons, specifically the Demeter-Persephone story related to spring -- including a dramatic reading of a one-act play by Dr. Pat Montley, "Persephone's Journey" -- and exploration of how the play's representation of women's identity ties in with our own experiences.
As always, all UUFBR women members and friends are welcomed to this gathering: Monday, April 13th -- 7:30 p.m., in the Sanctuary.
best to you all,
mary c..............................
Cakes for the Queen of Heaven in Tampa Bay
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Cakes for the Queen of Heaven - Volume 1: IN ANCIENT TIMES is a 5-session series of classes that will examine womens history related to art, literature and religion in the Ancient Near East, Old Europe and the predominate Western culture. We will look at not only Christian and pre-Judaic cultures, but also to the wealth of material rooted in Africa, Asia, and original peoples of America. It is important to note that our religious heritage cannot be contained in these five short sessions:
April 6 - The Sacred Female
April 20- In the Name of the Mother and the Daughter
May 4 - Womanpower
May 18 - From Goddess to God
June 1 - Heritage of Peace
We will connect with our ancient past, with those deep roots in Goddess-oriented, possibly peaceful cultures. We will begin to tell a new story.
Meet Matilda Joslyn Gage!
Come hear Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD in St. Pete March 28, 2009!
"Meet Matilda Joslyn Gage"
A free presentation by a nationally recognized lecturer, pioneer feminist, author, and noted women's studies professor will be given Saturday, March 28, at the St. Petersburg U-U Church at Mirror Lake. Gage, as important as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was recognized in her day as part of the suffrage leadership 'triumvirate.' Nearly written out of history after her death in 1898 for her radical views, Gage remains amazingly relevant and inspirational today.
Doors open @ 1:30 p.m.
Presentation @ 2:00 p.m.
FMI see flyer under the Announcements category,
or contact Gloria Marvin [marvin8101 at aol.com]
Transformations: Alternative Visions of Peace, Studio 620 event
Performance Art as part of the community celebration and hosted by Michele Young will include Abasi Ote, Phyllis McEwen, Linda Brassell and an ensemble of Young Violinists and concluding with Cindy Hillma. Ote is known for playing World/Folk music and instruments including Didgeridoo, Tibetan Bowl, Conch Shell horn, Kilimba (African Mirba). To see and hear some of his musical soundings go to : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSmzrGAYYM.
Admission free. Purchased artwork will benefit AVP, local artists, and the studio @ 620.
Experiential Workshops
Mini experiential AVP workshops will be offered the first week in February at The Studio @ 620, exploring the concept of transformative conflict resolution. Each one is unique. Workshops are limited to 15 participants. Come to one or all three.
Please RSVP and reserve your seat by calling Darrell Hefte at 727-799-0683.
- February 2 6:30-8:30 PM : "Creating a Positive and Affirming Community"
- February 3 6:30-8:30 PM : "Practicing Pro-active Communication"
- February 5, 4:30-6:30 PM : "Transformative Conflict Resolution"
A team of experienced trainers will facilitate the workshops. There is no charge. Donations are always welcome.
About AVP
Alternative Visions of Peace, known internationally as the Alternatives to Violence Project, is a non-profit organization which sponsors workshops in war-torn countries (such as Rwanda and Kenya, Columbia and Bosnia), in prisons and communities throughout the US and around the world. Workshops involve basic building blocks of affirmation, community building, communication and cooperation skills, dealing with conflict management and resolution experientially, and through introduction of the concept of Transforming Power which is at the core of the project. Participants examine violence as it surrounds us in our lives and how it is personal to each of us. By working and playing together, we discover ways to function more effectively and peacefully every day.
AVP Tampa Bay consists of a group of community volunteers who offer at least one workshop a month, often two, at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex, Women's Camp in central Florida as well as workshops in the Tampa Bay community for youth.and adults. It currently has an active group of young adults in the Peace Studies Program at USF/Tampa working with students at the college. Dr. Darrell Hefte, Coordinator of AVP Tampa Bay, has also worked with children and youth using AVP principles through the Pinellas County School System; the Pinellas County Health Department; and with Family Services as part of a grant to serve the Boys and Girls Clubs of Pinellas County (KUNGA).
Come find out more about AVP during our open-house on Sunday and during the week when AVP facilitators will be available to talk.
To find out more about AVP, please visit http://www.avpusa.org online or e-mail avp-tampabay@tampabay.rr.com
Contributing Organizations/Volunteers
Youth Arts Corp: A Program of Family Resources, Inc., is a free youth development, arts education and job training program that uses the fine arts to help youth reach their potential. The opening will feature patchwork pillows made by young women in the Quilt Project of the Florida Youth Arts Corps at Wildwood Community Center. http://youthartscorps.org/
Community Volunteers: Local artists and non-artists alike joined together to create multifariously painted chairs and imaginative craft projects.
About Abasi Ote
Abasi Ote - Excels at The Art of Primal Musical Instrument Making He is noted for his sounds that he creates on the aboriginal Australian didgeridoo and for the making and playing of primal music instruments from Africa & the Middle East such as the Outa, Bull Roarer, and Clapper. Abasi Ote aslo does presentations that include information on the historical origins of instruments, their relationship to ecology and the cultures they come from. Abasi Ote, a peace maker, musician and primal instrument maker, teaches you to discover music anywhere, through innovation, adaptation, and borrowing from different cultures. Abasi uses traditional and indigenous instruments such as wooden flutes, didgeridoos, bull roarers, rainsticks, musical mouth bow, and clappers. He teaches about their historical origins, as well as, their relationships to the ecology and the cultures from which they are derived. He pays special attention to Africa and Australia."Many children are becoming passive consumers at an early age," Abasi says. Without elaborate toys, games, and media, they often regard their surroundings as inadequate or boring." Abasi's hands-on presentation encourages the audience to identify and make use of the bounty of human and natural resources all around us, creating deeper sense of connection to the world.
About Phyllis McEwen
Phyllis McEwen describes herself as a Chautauqua-style actor-scholar and visual artist. She is also an educator, librarian, poet and storyteller. For over 19 years, she has traversed the state of Florida regaling audiences with her performance as Zora Neale Hurston.
About Linda Brassell:
Linda Brassell is a Gulfport musician who makes and plays Native American style flutes. She is also a visual artist whose work reflects her native American ancestry. She is co-founder of Flute Circles in the TB area. She creates her Spirit Ponies and plays her flutes for the Native American community.
