We have made some updates to our website http://peaceartnevadacounty.googlepages.com/home- take a look and also feel free to add your comments to our blog - we would love to hear from you!!! We are looking forward to our meeting July 9. Bring your ideas, energy and enthusiasm. Love and Peace to you, Sandra Miller Suzanne Hall Linsey Richards Next Meetings: Please add these to your calendar so you remember to come. July 9, August 13 Briar Patch Community Room Meeting starts at 6:00 - 8:00.
GTW REGIONAL COORDINATORS GATHERING Fri. July 18 - Sun. July 20 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Angie Lux, Mary Elizabeth Young and Marilyn Nyborg will be attending this first of its kind gathering with GTW Regional Coordinators and other active participants in their region. Following our first real time meeting, we have invited other women’s organizations who are aligned with GTW’s work to join us to explore ways to collaborate. Jean Shinoda Bolen will be there along with the director of Peace X Peace to name a few. It will be a small group and the theme is “Getting to Know You� and the excitement of meeting is building!! All are welcome. If you feel called to attend this event or want more info. on it, please contact Marilyn Nyborg at 477-8080. Also, some of the women who want to attend this event need financial help, either in air miles or funding. If you can assist, please let Marilyn know. Thank you.
GTW Steering Wheel Contact: Marilyn Nyborg, 477-8080 Be a part of the group that sources Gather the Women of Nevada County. We have many ongoing activities throughout the year, which we oversee, as well as the annual March 8th event. Everyone is welcome. The next meeting will be in August.
RITUAL....Labyrinth of Conscious Creation Please note that there will not be any rituals during June or July as I am in workshops and travelling nearly the entire time! The next ritual will be in August - date to be announced. It will be held at Nancy Herrick's magical retreat haven on RockCreek. There are multiple waterfalls and pools of water which will be part of the ritual. Nancy and I will co lead this ritual which is in the process of being created at this time! With love and blessings to all of you! Kathleen
DREAM CIRCLE to continue through the summer on, First & Third Wednesdays in July and August, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Contact: Donna Fisher-Jackson, 477-7849, Donna.Fisher.Jackson@att.net The circle is now open for new members, and will continue to be a small, intimate group limited to six women to allow for more sharing of night-time dreams. Donna is a holistic counselor, hypnotherapist, and astrologer who has worked with dreams for many years, and enjoys the insight and guidance that can come from working with your dreams in a group. Please call or e-mail to reserve a space, and directions will be sent to you. For more info., check out www.donnafisherjackson.com
DRUM SOME FUN Thur., July 24, 6:45 - 9:00 p.m. Contact: Judith Hurley Prosser judith4u@att.net This group is more than just a drumming circle. It's a safe place to come and be who you are. We drum, we sing, we dance, we tone, we touch one another at the soul level. You are welcome to join us in the sacred space of the Center for Love and Light. For directions and carpool info., please e-mail Judith.
PEACE ART CIRCLE Contact: Sandra Miller, 478-9550 Art for Peace is working on an event for April 18,19 & 20 2009. We are meeting June 12, July 10 at the Briar Patch Market;s Community Room doors open at 5:30 P.M. Meeting time is 6:00 PM to 8 PM. Grab some food and join us! We are planning to have the month of April a month of Peace. We hope to have shows in restaurants, Café’s, and have a peace walk through Nevada City and Grass Valley. So there is peace before and after the Multi Media event on “What is Peace to You? How can you express that peace through any form of art? Contact us at peaceartnc@gmail.com or visit our website http://peaceartnevadacounty.googlepages.com/home. To All Peace Art Participants and Sponsors:
We now have a letter posted on our website that may be downloaded, printed and distributed as an appeal for sponsors and volunteers in our community. Please help us get this important information and appeal out to everyone by printing and distributing this letter.
Go to our website at: http://peaceartnevadacounty.googlepages.com/home Click on the "How you can Help" Link and you will see a link to the letter where you can view, print and distribute the letter. I have also attached the letter to this e-mail for your convenience.
If you have any problems please e-mail me. Thank you to everyone for their help and support. Suzanne Hall Web Host http://peaceartnevadacounty.googlepages.com/home
MEDITATION CIRCLE Contact: Patt Lind-Kyle 478-9622 patt@lindandkyle.com The meditation is a form of East and West meditation using as its base the new brain research on meditation and Buddhist meditation. This group usually meets the first Wed. of the month at Patt's meditation cottage. Although currently closed, ther group will be open to new memebers next March 2008.
MONEY CIRCLE Contact: Judy Nichols, 477-9120 13447 Idaho Maryland Rd., Nevada City This is a practical circle giving insights on money, how you feel about it, how to attract it and more. Please RSVP to Judy for more info. and directions.
SACRED CIRCLE COUNCIL Contact: Janice O'Brien 265-5403 JimJan1566@aol.com This group usually meets on the third Thursday of each month. It is currently closed, as new members were added at the April 17 meeting and 12 is their limit. They use the principles of Christina Baldwin's, Calling the Circle - First and Future Culture to ask and discern solutions to personal challenges as well as community issues. This circle is what brought about Janice's involvement with starting Hospitality House - the Shelter for the Homeless.
SEED CIRCLE TO CREATE A HOLISTIC REHABILITATION CENTER Contact: Janice O'Brien 265-5403 jimjan1566@aol.com I will be putting together a Circle to discern and go forth with the dream of a holistic rehabilitation Center for alcohol and drug addiction here in Nevada County. Anyone interested in this dream to manifest please call me.
NEW CIRCLES
Name of Circle - Goals, Dreams, and Support, Spiritual Women's ON-LINE Circle Date and Time of Meeting - To be determined. Location - This circle will connect with each other on-line and occasionally will meet in person. Contact Person - Elisa Parker, e-mail: elisa_parker@sbcglobal.net, 530-265-6361. Info about the circle: The focus of our on-line circle is to share in the giving and receiving of inspiration and encouragement for each member's goals and dreams and to nourish each member's spiritual development. This group allows women to connect on-line with each other during an ideal time that suits each woman's schedule. "Within each and every one of us lies a source of wisdom, also known as our Spirit...Regardless of our religious beliefs or disbeliefs, we must nurture this mysterious and often buried Spirit if we are to be fully alive and to experience peace...What makes women's spirituality groups distinct from therapy groups or support groups or groups of just friends is that the central purpose of the group is to nourish the member's spiritual development." Jennifer Louden -- The Woman's Comfort Book."
CREATIVITY GROUP: There was no point person, as far as we know. So we need to let people know that if they signed up, or would like to, they can send Marilyn Nyborg (Marilyn@nydow.com) their contact info. They should also let Marilyn know if they are willing to set up the first meeting; she will forward names and contact information to that volunteer.
SACRED CIRCLE OF PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT Date and Time of Meeting -- Every 2nd and last Monday of each month, beginning with April 28, 2008. Location -- Please RSVP for location and directions. Contact Person -- Anna Ong, e-mail om1@att.net, phone # 530.273.1162.
Information about the circle: The overall intention of our circle is to create a respectful and accepting environment for each woman to be her true self. The focus of our circle is to share in the giving and receiving of inspiration and encouragement of each member's goals and dreams and to nourish each member's spiritual development. "Spirituality is the conscious connection to what makes us alive - to ourselves, one another, and the Great Other.We become more alive as our connection with what makes us alive grows. We become clearer about who we really are." Robin Deen Carnes & Sally Craig. "Within each and every one of us lies a source of wisdom, also known as our Spirit.Regardless of our religious beliefs or disbeliefs, we must nurture this mysterious and often buried Spirit if we are to be fully alive and to experience peace.What makes women's spirituality groups distinct from therapy groups or support groups or groups of just friends is that the central purpose of the group is to nourish the member's spiritual development." Jennifer Louden - "The Woman's Comfort Book."
NEW CIRCLE: Please Kathi for details Kathi Simonsen Simonsen Sales & Marketing Skills for Media Growth 12108 Lakeshore South Auburn, CA 95602 Phone 530-268-4717 ksimonsen@mediagrowth.com http://www.mediagrowth.com
Circles in process:
The Writer's Circle: (proposed at our April gathering). This was taken on by Susanna Dimmitt as the point person but has never had an initial meeting. I (Susanna) am very sorry to say that I must reluctantly let this go as I am still having some (non-life threatening) health issues and just cannot seem to make this writer's circle fly. If there is someone else who would like to make it happen, I would love to turn over the names and emails of interested women to you.
In an effort to offer an alternative, I have found a writer's class open to all levels of experience, though it is not for women only. It's in Grass Valley beginning on June 3rd for 6 weeks through July 8th, on Tuesdays from 7:00 to 9:30 PM. The series cost is $200 and it is taught by Maxima Kahn, who is a writing coach. Contact Maxima at (530) 273-3566 or email her at maxima@infostations.com
Other proposed Circles: There are at least three circles that women wanted to do but that do not have a point person who stepped forward to get them off the ground. They are:
Intergenerational Event: interested women are Aeron Miller, Kathi Simonsen, & Diane Whitney.
Creativity: interested women are Charity Bryson, Joan Girdler, Abigail Weissman, & Anne Meyer.
Discovering Your Passion: interested women are Diane Whitney and Kathi Simonsen.
The above mentioned women (& everyone) can email Susanna Dimmitt at: soozdim@aol.com if you need email addresses for communication and connection purposes. Maybe you could combine the Creativity and Passion Circles together??
Salons: Point people are Marilyn Nyborg & Susanna Dimmitt. Please stay tuned here for upcoming salons which will be created several times during the year but less frequently than monthly circles. We plan to have speakers and films. We welcome your good ideas and leads. Email Susanna at: soozdim@aol.com or Marilyn at: marilyn@nydow.com
CONNECT WITH CIRCLES WORLD-WIDE If any of you would like to have your circle connected to another women's circle around the world, please contact PeaceXPeace.org. You can register and find those with like interests to communicate with through the Peace X Peace website.
IF you go to YOUTUBE.COM and type in Gather the Women you will come upon quite an assortment.
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Gather+the+women&search_type= Includes several of our speakers from our Nevada County March 8th gathering of 2007.
IT also includes GTW Africa, among the white women present, Kathe Schaaf co-founder of GTW and former president is speaking (and dancing!!)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=t559TQevr64
This short documentary chronicles the events of the Grassroots Africa Women's Conference & tour in Dec. of 2006. This conference would not have been possible with out the efforts of Global Partners for Development, Gather the Women, and Mama na Dada Africa.
