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| Charis Circle Event Listings for March 2009 |
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Faiths & Feminisms Interfaith Book Circle
Monday, March 2, 7:00-8:30pm
 Meeting on the first Monday of each month, this open book group seeks to deepen the dialogue between different understandings of, and commitments to, living a life in which faiths and feminisms intersect and inform our work for justice and wholeness. We discuss books that invite us to expand our hearts and minds. Facilitators are group participants of many faiths who are committed to increasing mutual enrichment and understanding. All faiths and all definitions of feminism welcome! Join us this month as we discuss When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron. |
Women on the Wheels of Change: Bicycling to a Better World
Wednesday, March 4, 7:00-8:30pm
From global warming and air pollution, to our sprawling, car-dominated exurbs, a growing recognition of human impact on the planet marks our times. As we examine our lives and make changes to reduce our negative impact on the earth, alternative transportation such as bicycling becomes an important part of that conversation. Bicycling is a green, clean, inexpensive and healthy form of transportation, recreation, and exercise, yet men outnumber Atlanta women on bicycles by 3 to 1. Please join Charis and the Atlanta Bicycle Campaign for a frank discussion of issues that affect women who ride, or who would like to! Panelists include Erica Crabb Moon, Arlen Gray, Paris Hatcher, Cristina Kendall, Thayra Riley, Katie Sobush, Rachael Spiewak, & Liz Wattenberg.
This event is an installment of the Charis Circle Urban Sustainability Series.
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An Evening of Poetry with Brigitte Byrd, Karen Head, & Megan Volpert
Thursday, March 5, 7:30-9:00pm
A re you a fan of poetry? Do you enjoy hearing the words of talented, emerging women writers? Are you enthusiastic about good performers (rather than boring readers)? Join local poets Brigitte Byrd, Karen Head, & Megan Volpert for a lively evening of poetic expression at Charis. All three women have recently released poetry collections, and will take turns sharing their various styles of work with the audience.
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International Women's Day Storytelling Celebration
Sunday, March 8, 6:30-8:00pm
 Please join Charis, Georgia WAND, Raksha, & ZAMI in celebrating Women's History Month and International Women's Day. We will gather at Charis to commemorate this day with storytelling by and about women who have made a difference by being courageous and inspiring. Our storytellers include Alka Roy, Alice Lovelace, Janice Butts, Angela Denise Davis, & Mab Segrest. You are invited to join us for this unique celebration of women's lives and women's stories.
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Young Women* Writers
Monday, March 9 & 23, 5:00-6:15pm
 This group is open to all young women* writers ages 14-19. Through facilitated writing prompts and supportive critique, participants are encouraged to raise their voices and express themselves through a variety of written mediums. Writers of all skill levels and genres are encouraged to stop in and see if the group works for them. This group meets the second and fourth Mondays of every month from 5:00-6:15pm. Please direct inquiries to elizabeth@chariscircle.org. *Trans inclusive |
Writing With Intent
Monday, March 9 & 23, 6:30-8:30pm
 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 will 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. |
Exploring Genders Through Reading
Wednesday, March 11, 7:00-8:30pm
 This facilitated book group meets on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss books that explore gender identity and representation. Join us in March to talk about Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word) by Thea Hillman. Join us again in April to discuss Homos by Leo Bersani.
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Atlanta Transformative Justice Collaborative Dialogue
Thursday, March 12, 7:30-9:00pm
Over the past three years, a collaborative of Atlanta based organizers have been building a framework of transformative justice focused on transforming state, communal and interpersonal response to violence. From local neighborhood violence to international genocidal violence, from Gaza & the West Bank to intimate partner & family violence, the Atlanta Transformative Justice Collaborative (ATJC) seeks to transform the responses and conditions that perpetuate all forms of social control and violence. Join ATJC organizers Mia Mingus, Cara Page, Sonali Sadequee & Stephanie Guilloud at Charis as they discuss ways to engage communities through transformative justice and deepen cross-movement conversations within southern based strategies.
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Cliterati Open No-Mic Featuring Freedom Speaks Diaspora
Thursday, March 19, 7:30-9:00pm
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 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 story tellers. Cliterati is 8 years old and counting, open to all because ALL OPEN MOUTHS HAVE A VOICE. This month we are excited to feature a reading by author & spoken word artist Freedom Speaks Diaspora. Freedom will read from her new novel, Manjani, a coming of age story about a young woman whose "revolutionary" friends turn against her when they find out she's a lesbian. Freedom has also had her writing published in several erotica anthologies. |
Akoma Book Club
Saturday, March 21, 10:30am-noon
 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. The book selection for March is The One Thing Holding You Back, by Raphael Cushnir. In April the group will meet to discuss another of Cushnir's works, Setting Your Heart On Fire.
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Queer Literary Fiction (QLF) Book Group
Wednesday, March 25, 7:00-8:30pm
 This facilitated book group meets on 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. Join us in March to talk about Three Junes, by Julia Glass. This astonishing novel traces the lives of a Scottish family over a decade as they confront the joys and longings, fulfillments and betrayals of love in all its guises. |
Film Screening & Discussion-- Unnatural Causes, Episode 2: When the Bough Breaks
Thursday, March 26, 7:30-9:00pm
 The number of infants who die before their first birthday is much higher in the U.S. than in other countries. And for African Americans the rate is nearly twice as high as for white Americans. Even Black women with advanced degrees have birth outcomes worse than white women who haven't finished high school. Why? Join us for the second segment of "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick," the seven-episode series originally televised on PBS that aims to draw attention to the root causes of health and illness and to help reframe the debate about health in America. This episode presents and analyzes possible reasons for the racial disparity in reproductive health. Following the film we will have an extended Q&A and discussion with panelists involved in various aspects of reproductive justice work : Camara Jones, Research Director on Social Determinants of Health and Equity at the CDC; Mia Mingus, Co-Executive Director of SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW; and Cara Page, queer of color anti-violence organizer and co-founder of Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective. |
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