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Dancing With Doria: A Charis Circle Fundraiser--Saturday, December 3, 7:30-11pm 

march 8 intlwomday Join Charis Circle friends, staff, and board members Saturday, December 3rd from 7:30-11pm at the 1st Existentialist Congregation for a benefit concert with Doria Roberts followed by a post concert dance party with DJ Lynnee Denise. Kick off the holiday season and shake your groove thing for a good cause! Enjoy light refreshments, great music from one of our favorite Atlanta musicians, and learn more about plans for the Charis Feminist Center. 

 

Tickets are $15 per person; $25 per couple. Tickets are also available at the door and at Charis Books. Email Kelley@Chariscircle.org about volunteer options. All proceeds go to support the work of Charis Circle.

 

 

 
 
Feminist Mysticism and Images of God with Jennie Knight--Tuesday, December 6, 7:30-9pm

Join us in welcoming feminist theologian Jennie Knight as she discusses the question: "Why does it matter what God looks like?" What difference does it make whether we picture God as an elderly white grandfather, a nurturing African American mother, or a stranger on thmarch 8 intlwomdaye
bus?

Jennie Knight says our image of God affects how we see ourselves, how we worship, how we treat one another, how (or whether) we work for justice, and a host of other life practices. But after years of knowing intellectually that God transcends a specific human type, Knight still struggles to make an emotional connection with God in different forms. She suspects that that struggle is why many seminarians who wrote papers about thea/theology abandon nontraditional God images once they hit parish ministry, perpetuating the practice of seeing God as a European male on a throne and all the accompanying problems that such imagery creates.  

Knight believes that personal and critical reflection in the context of a supportive learning community, combined with experiences of diverse images for the divine in worship, can lead to profound changes in self-image, relationship with the divine, and agency in the world. Her book aims to demonstrate why and how this transformation is both possible and necessary.

This event is a Charis Circle Founding the Future of Feminism Program. The suggested donation is $5,  but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.  

 

 

 
 
Charis Holiday Party and Sale with Calvin Ramsey Book Signing!-- Thursday, December 8, 5-8pm
march 8 intlwomday Join us to celebrate the holiday season with good friends, refreshments, free gift wrapping and a store wide 10% off sale! As an extra special treat we welcome playwright and children's book author Calvin Ramsey ("The Green Book," Ruth and the Green Book and Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend). Calvin will be glad to sign a book for the young people in your life. 

 

 
 
Writing With Intent--Monday, December 12, 6:30-8:30pm
pen with rootsThis facilitated group is open to 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. Writers are encouraged to bring copies of their work to share for critique. If it is your first time attending the group, just bring a pen and paper and an open mind. For more information,
please contact Elizabeth at Elizabeth@Chariscircle.org.
This event is part of Charis Circle's From Margin to Center Literary Program and there is a suggested donation of $5 but no one will be
turned away for lack of funds.

 

 
 
Learn More and Share Ideas About the Charis Feminist Center--Wednesday, December 14, 7:30-9pm
The Charis Feminist Center will be a reflection of the needs and desires of the multiple communities and constituents Charis serves. Charis seeks community members' input and involvement at each stage of this process. Join us for this dialogue to learn more about where we are now, what is left to do, and how you can join the movement!

 

 
 
Cliterati Open No-Mic Featuring Megan Volpert--Thursday, December 15, 7:30-9pm 

march 8 intlwomday Charis and 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 word team 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 storytellers. If you've never been to Cliterati what are you waiting for? We want YOU to share your words and raise your voice!

 

December's featured poet is Megan Volpert. Sonics in Warholia is her fourth collection of poems. Speaking directly to the pop icon's ghost, Sonics in Warholia dives into a completely charted yet utterly unknown ocean that is Andy Warhol. The resulting collection of love letters and hate mail audaciously perforates the scene of the usual cultural suspects with icy shrapnel in a terrifying mirror game. This is not a biography, but a book that reflects Andy-detects him, the Andy who deflects. Working into territory that channels the essay as its more radical practitioners imagine, Megan revives the prose poem and rethinks herself. As the idea of a "real" Andy begins to decay, the author learns to invent him and discovers herself everywhere. Remaking this mythic man in the image of her own baggage, Megan gives us her most personal writing to date and a striking truth: everybody becomes Andy.


 

Contact Us
We know you will have questions, ideas, and resources you would like to share with us. We need and value your involvement. If you would like to contact us please email Charis Circle Board Chairperson, Kelley Alexander at Kelley@chariscircle.org.

 

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1189 Euclid Ave. NE Atlanta, GA 30307 (404)524-0304

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Charis Circle is made possible in part by these generous donors:
Georgia Shares AEC Foundation Bill, Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Astrea Charis Books