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| Charis Circle Event Listings for May 2009 |
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Faiths & Feminisms Interfaith Book Circle
Monday, May 4, 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 Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness & Grace, by Angel Kyodo Williams.
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A Language of Connection
Thursday, May 7, 7:30-9:00pm
Com munication is essential to satisfying the universal human need for connection. Often, many of us speak in ways that do not serve our needs well, and unwittingly, prevent ourselves from getting the connection we want. Many of us are seeking a way to speak our truths without wounding others, but aren't sure how to achieve this. This workshop, led by Farah Mihoubi and Clarice Belcher, acknowledges that differing needs in partnerships are a necessary facet of healthy, dynamic relationships, and by learning a new "language of connection," participants are better able to meet their own needs and their partner's needs. It also helps participants appreciate that most people have essentially similar needs, and only perhaps different ways of going about meeting them.
At the end of this workshop, participants will:
* Have real tools for effective communication
* Know, exactly, the specific words for navigating difficult conversations and for managing anxiety around those conversations
* Learn the 2 key phrases crucial to communication that connects
* Learn the 5 essential words indispensable to any request for change in behavior.
Clarice L. Belcher and Farah Mihoubi are consultants and educators in the field of relationship betterment. Clarice uses nonviolent communication tools to help her clients, and is pursuing certification as an Imago Educator (based on the work of Harville Hendrix), and Farah is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI), and uses other holistic personality assessment tools to help her clients more clearly identify their needs (and those of their partners), as well as uncover their authentic selves.
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Young Women* Writers
Monday, May 11 & 25, 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 5-6:15pm. Please direct inquiries to elizabeth@chariscircle.org. *Trans inclusive
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Writing With Intent
Monday, May 11 & 25, 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 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 and fourth Monday of each month from 6:30-8:30pm. Please direct inquiries to elizabeth@chariscircle.org.
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Exploring Genders Through Reading
Wednesday, May 13, 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 May to talk about Visible: A Femmethology (volume one), edited by Jennifer Clare Burke.
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Visible: A Femmethology-- Atlanta Book Release
Thursday, May 14, 7:30-9:00pm
Visible: A Femmethology, the only two-volume anthology devoted to femme identity, calls the LGBTQI community on its prejudices and celebrates the diversity of individual femmes. Award-winning authors, spoken-word artists, and new voices come together to challenge conventional ideas of how disability, class, nationality, race, aesthetics, sexual orientation, gender identity and body type intersect with each contributor's concrete notion of femmedom. Join Charis and the Atlanta Femme Mafia as we celebrate the release of this anthology, with readings by 5 local contributors: Brook Bolen, Caitlin Childs, JD Dykes, Asha Leong, and Margaret Price.
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Akoma Book Club
Saturday, May 16, 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 May is We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For, by Alice Walker.
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Cliterati Open No-Mic Featuring Tara Bray
Thursday, May 21, 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 O PEN MOUTHS HAVE A VOICE. This month we are honored to feature a performance by award winning poet Tara Bray, who will read from her new book of poems, Mistaken for Song, winner of Persea Books' 2008 Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize for American Women Poets. Tara is a recipient of a Nevada Individual Artist Fellowship and a Sierra Arts Foundation grant. Her poems have appeared in The Southern Review, Shenandoah, Third Coast and elsewhere. She grew up in Georgia, where she was once a Charis writers group participant, and she now lives in Michigan.
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Catherine McCall with When the Piano Stops: 
A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse
Friday, May 22, 8:00-9:30pm
When the Piano Stops is Catherine McCall's revealing memoir detailing the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mentally ill father and her remarkable recovery as an adult. Now a highly successful family therapist, her ability to overcome the dark years of childhood is an inspiration to those who have been sexually abused. Please join Catherine at Charis for an evening of lucid prose and authentic conversation, as she reads from her memoir and takes questions from the audience.
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Queer Literary Fiction (QLF) Book Group
Wednesday, May 27, 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 May to talk about Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. An American classic resplendent with the charm, grace, and grit of all good southern literature, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is Fannie Flagg's enduring tale of the beloved folks who live in a small Alabama town. At its center are some truly remarkable women, connected by a place and a generosity of spirit grounded in family, good friends, and good food.
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Film & Discussion: Unnatural Causes, Episode 6, Collateral Damage
Thursday, May 28, 7:30-9:00pm
 Join us at Charis for the next installment of UNNATURAL CAUSES, the acclaimed PBS documentary series that looks at the root causes of alarming socio-economic and racial inequities in health in the U.S. Episode 6, Collateral Damage, shows how the lives and health of Marshall Islanders in the equatorial Pacific were disrupted in a unique fashion when the United States occupied their nation and used their outer islands for extensive nuclear testing after World War II. Between 1946 and 1958, 67 atomic devices were detonated - the estimated yield equivalent to 1.7 Hiroshima blasts every day for 12 years. After miscalculations on one of the largest explosions caused fallout to land on three inhabited islands, residents were treated, relocated, and tracked to study the effects of radiation exposure on humans. The health problems that Marshallese people experience today are the price they've paid to help the U.S. maintain a strategic military presence in the Pacific. Bobbie Paul, executive director of Georgia WAND, will lead a discussion after the film. This event is co-sponsored by Georgia WAND.
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