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SUMMARY:2026 Health & Wellness Series: Reclaiming the Heart & the Womb with Health Integration 629\, LLC (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Women of Color will gather this year to explore how being connected to our hearts and our wombs supports goals for wellness. Discussions will include information regarding the distinction between sex\, sexuality\, and sensuality\, and how a deeper knowledge of self can support your personal health plan. Registrants will receive up to 3 individual health coaching sessions to support their goals. \nThe initial idea for this series was offered by a 2025 Health Series participant and has been designed for individuals who will benefit from learning in a community. Participants will commit to their practice by using the information from each session to set goals and take action toward their personal vision for improved health and well-being. \nThe following resources are included in the price of the 2026 series: Health Inventory Assessment\, Personal Maintenance Plan\, and up to 3 one-on-one coaching sessions during the series in addition to the 9 group sessions above (limited to 3 private sessions total\, per participant\, between February 2026 and May 2026). \nJoin us for this 9-session series (space will be limited): \n\nFebruary 19th\, 2026- Session Title: Sacred Intimacy and Sensuality (Connection & Reciprocity)\nShort Description: Improving Health & Wellbeing through the 8 senses and becoming aware of the divine exchange between our inner and outer worlds.\n\nMarch 5th\, 2026- Session Title: Woman: Winter\, Spring\, Summer\, Fall \nShort Description: Honoring our seasons with awareness.\n\n\nMarch 19th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Wisdom \nShort Description: Winter  \n\n\nApril 2nd\, 2026- Session Title: Your Beauty\nShort Description: Spring \n\n\nApril 16th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Power\nShort Description: Summer \n\n\nApril 30th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Art \nShort Description: Fall\n\nMay 14th\, 2026- Session Title: Meeting this Moment: Healthy\, Strong\, Balanced & Nourished\nShort Description: Receiving and Releasing\n\nMay 28th\, 2026- Session Title: Our Medicine\, Our Recipe\nShort Description: Eating\, bathing\, cooking\, movement\, listening\, observing\, art\, etc.\n\nCost: $90\nSpace is limited (6-13 participants). All participants must complete a Group/Individual Coaching Agreement outlining the parameters of the series.\n\nOne-time registration is required.  Please email info@rcwms.org for additional information today! 
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/2026-health-wellness-series-reclaiming-the-heart-the-womb-with-health-integration-629-llc-via-zoom-2/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:2026 Health & Wellness Series: Reclaiming the Heart & the Womb with Health Integration 629\, LLC (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Women of Color will gather this year to explore how being connected to our hearts and our wombs (both literal and figurative) supports goals for wellness. Discussions will include information regarding the distinction between sex\, sexuality\, and sensuality\, and how a deeper knowledge of self can support your personal health plan. Registrants will receive up to 3 individual health coaching sessions to support their goals. \nThe initial idea for this series was offered by a 2025 Health Series participant and has been designed for individuals who will benefit from learning in a community. Participants will commit to their practice by using the information from each session to set goals and take action toward their personal vision for improved health and well-being. \nThe following resources are included in the price of the 2026 series: Health Inventory Assessment\, Personal Maintenance Plan\, and up to 3 one-on-one coaching sessions during the series in addition to the 9 group sessions above (limited to 3 private sessions total\, per participant\, between February 2026 and May 2026). \nJoin us for this 9-session series (space will be limited): \nFebruary 5th\, 2026- Session Title: What Are You Creating This Year? (Vision) \nShort Description: What have we been told? What do we know? \n\n\nFebruary 19th\, 2026- Session Title: Sacred Intimacy and Sensuality (Connection & Reciprocity)\nShort Description: Improving Health & Wellbeing through the 8 senses and becoming aware of the divine exchange between our inner and outer worlds.\n\nMarch 5th\, 2026- Session Title: Woman: Winter\, Spring\, Summer\, Fall \nShort Description: Honoring our seasons with awareness.\n\n\nMarch 19th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Wisdom \nShort Description: Winter  \n\n\nApril 2nd\, 2026- Session Title: Your Beauty\nShort Description: Spring \n\n\nApril 16th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Power\nShort Description: Summer \n\n\nApril 30th\, 2026- Session Title: Your Art \nShort Description: Fall\n\nMay 14th\, 2026- Session Title: Meeting this Moment: Healthy\, Strong\, Balanced & Nourished\nShort Description: Receiving and Releasing\n\nMay 28th\, 2026- Session Title: Our Medicine\, Our Recipe\nShort Description: Eating\, bathing\, cooking\, movement\, listening\, observing\, art\, etc.\n\nCost: $90\nSpace is limited (6-13 participants). All participants must complete a Group/Individual Coaching Agreement outlining the parameters of the series.\n\nOne-time registration is required. Please email info@rcwms.org if you have any questions or concerns.\nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/2026-health-wellness-series-reclaiming-the-heart-the-womb-with-health-integration-629-llc-via-zoom/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:READING: Proclamation Beyond the Pulpit by Chelsea Yarborough
DESCRIPTION:RCWMS is pleased to invite you to join us for a reading by Chelsea Yarborough from her new book\, Proclamation Beyond the Pulpit: The Expansive Homiletical Practice of Black Women (Baylor\, 2025). \nPreaching is typically considered to be a practice confined to ministry within the institutional church. Studies of preaching are often filtered through the lens of the pulpit\, with Black women rarely featured as central figures. Proclamation Beyond the Pulpit lifts up Sojourner Truth\, Nannie Helen Burroughs\, and Fannie Lou Hamer as crucial sources for homiletic theory. Chelsea Yarborough introduces a methodology for preaching that arises from the witness and practices of these three Black women non-pulpit preachers\, expanding our understanding of proclamation beyond traditional notions of its nature and purpose. \nThis shift away from the limitations of the pulpit into the public sphere and beyond has deep roots in the preaching legacy of Black women. Often denied places of authority in the church\, Black women have carved out spheres for their proclamation\, teaching us that the essence and purpose of preaching is less about place and more about impact and practice. By centering the lives and ministries of three historical Black women preachers who preached beyond the pulpit\, Yarborough highlights a lineage of expansive homiletical possibilities and offers valuable insights for preachers across diverse platforms. \n\n\nRev. Dr. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough\, PhD\, is the Associate Director of Leadership Programming at the Association of Theological Schools. She is a preacher\, an ordained minister in the Baptist tradition\, a poet\, leadership coach and an enneagram teacher. She serves as a trustee for RCWMS. \n\n\nPre-order the book: HERE. \n\nPlease REGISTER for the reading by selecting a free ticket below. Registrants will receive both a receipt and a separate email with a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. Please check your spam and/or promotions folder if you don’t receive one or both of these emails. We will also be sending Zoom link reminders just before the event.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/reading-proclamation-beyond-the-pulpit-by-chelsea-yarborough/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Loving My Enemies & Other Outlandish Pursuits: Angie Wright's Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:RCWMS is pleased to announce the publication of Angie Wright’s new book\, Loving My Enemies & Other Outlandish Pursuits. We warmly invite you to join us for the launch! \nThis memoir of faith\, family\, and power follows Rev. Angie Wright’s commitment as an activist and pastor to stand against hate without indulging the temptation of hating the haters. In her story\, spirituality meets social justice and betrayal pushes against the ethic of forgiveness. Rev. Wright probes questions most of us have to face at times in our  lives: How do we reconsider our relationship with people we’ve been  taught to hate and fear? And when others wreak harm on us or our communities\, can we respond in ways that summon their humanity while protecting our own? \n\n\nAngie Wright has always liked starting trouble—good trouble\, as John Lewis called it. She was the founding pastor of Beloved Community United Church of Christ in downtown Birmingham\, Alabama\, where she served for sixteen years. She was a founder of Alabama Arise and a leader in the statewide effort to overturn Alabama’s anti-immigrant law. She served on the staff and boards of numerous local\, regional\, and national justice organizations. Angie takes immeasurable joy in her splendid sons: Luke\, a musician in Hillsborough\, NC\, and Frank\, who raises cows and lives in Costa Rica with his eight-year-old son\, Kai.  Now retired\, Angie lives in Hillsborough and spends her time  gardening\, hanging out with family\, and doing her part to stop the downfall of democracy. \n\n\nPre-order the book: HERE. \n\nPlease REGISTER for the reading by selecting a free ticket below. Registrants will receive both a receipt and a separate email with a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. Please check your spam and/or promotions folder if you don’t receive one or both of these emails. We will also be sending Zoom link reminders just before the event.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/loving-my-enemies-other-outlandish-pursuits-angie-wrights-book-launch/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Remembering Those We Miss with Shawna Ayoub
DESCRIPTION:Writing letters can be a heartfelt way to express our love and celebrate the relationships we’ve shared. Letters can help us preserve important memories and stories\, confront unfinished business\, and expose ourselves to things we may be avoiding. This is especially true when we are writing to those who are gone from our lives\, whether they have passed on or passed on us. \nIn this workshop\, we will come together to examine our grief through the epistolary form. In a safe and supportive space\, we will write letters to those we have lost as an act of self-care.  \nWriters will take home a packet of writing examples  as well as prompts\, and can contact Shawna for written feedback within two weeks of this workshop. \nLeader: Shawna Ayoub is a brown\, queer\, Durham-based writer and instructor whose work prioritizes the engagement of difficult topics. After recognizing the personal benefits of writing for release and recovery\, she has made her practice public for the last 15 years\, offering courses independently as well as through the Center for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Verywell Mind\, Survivor Lit\, Exit 7\, [wherever]\, The Archipelago\, and The Manifest-Station.  \nCost: $35 or $50. Scholarships available. (Contact info@rcwms.org.) \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. \n*Community members who would like to donate scholarships may do so at rcwms.org/donate.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/remembering-those-we-miss-with-shawna-ayoub/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cancer Writing Circle- Week 5
DESCRIPTION:Join a weekly gathering of fellow travelers undergoing treatment for cancer to write to prompts provided for timed intervals. No writing experience is necessary. This series is designed to provide a supportive environment to develop a creative practice of reflective writing. While we will talk about the writing and our experience of writing\, this is not a writing class or a cancer support group. That said\, participants are likely to gain greater clarity regarding their life experiences and our writing is likely to improve with practice. \nThe structure and format of the series is informed by James Pennebaker’s Write to Heal and Suleika Jaouad’s bestselling book\, The Book of Alchemy\, both of which affirm the power of writing to heal. There is no requirement to purchase these books to participate. However\, reading these authors will provide you with a deeper context for the prompts and may inspire you to dig deeper.  \nThis circle is inspired by Brenda Ulyend’s book\, If You Want to Write\, which posits everyone is a writer. No one will be required to read or share their work. Volunteers will be invited to share excerpts of their writing every session.  \nSix Mondays in a row beginning on October 6\, 2025. \nFacilitators: Chris McLeod is a writer living with metastatic breast cancer who is eager to create a community of cancer patients interested in developing a writing practice. RCWMS trustee Liddy Grantland is a writer\, published author\, and a social work student living with metastatic breast cancer.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/cancer-writing-circle-week-4/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T190000
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SUMMARY:Writing with Research with Kristen Neuschel & Ann Marie Rasmussen (Sponsored by RCWMS)
DESCRIPTION:Writing with Research is built around a simple insight: if you feel strongly that you’ve got something to say or know there’s a problem you feel compelled to investigate\, then you are ready to start writing. Our unique contribution is to insist that writing and research proceed together\, whatever the nature of the evidence or the scope of the project. We offer encouragement and practical advice for writing with a research agenda of any kind\, including memoir and historical fiction. We aim at writers seeking wider audiences\, students\, and writers across academic and professional fields\, including science. We guide writers in the steps necessary for responsible research in today’s digital environment and share tips for meeting the challenges of sustaining writing as a satisfying practice. \nAuthors: Kristen Neuschel is Professor of History Emerita and former Director of the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University. Ann Marie Rasmussen (Professor Emerita\, German\, Duke University) writes and teaches about the literature and culture of medieval Europe in German-speaking lands and Scandinavia. \nPlease REGISTER for the reading by selecting a free ticket below. Registrants will receive both a receipt and a separate email with a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. Please check your spam and/or promotions folder if you don’t receive one or both of these emails. We will also be sending Zoom link reminders just before the event.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/writing-with-research-with-ann-marie-rasmussen-sponsored-by-rcwms/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Sustaining Our Behavior Changes: A Plan and Strategies for Support with Solita Denard (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:What do you need to take the next step to improve your personal health? Join us for an integrated approach to wellness! This 4-part series is designed for individuals ready to learn in a supportive community and commit to moving toward their personal vision of health and wellbeing. Guided by Solita Denard\, participants will develop a personalized wellness plan through curated group discussions. \nIf you desire to make a positive change in one or more areas of personal health in 2025\, this series is for you. The program includes four group sessions and up to four private\, one-on-one coaching sessions tailored to each participant. \nJanuary 29: This Time Next Year: Vision\, Values and Goals.\nWhat do we want? Why do we want it? \nApril 29: Making Progress: Challenges\, Insights and New Habits.\nReflecting on the important information being offered by our specific practices toward\nbetter health. What are we learning? \nJuly 29: What Needs Attention Now? The Integrated Approach to Health.\nChecking in with ourselves and the importance of leverage. \nOctober 29: Sustaining Our Behavior Changes: A Plan and Strategies for Support.\nStanding on our strengths for forward movement. \nLeader: Solita Denard\, Health Integration 629\, LLC partners with clients as they create a vision and then take action to improve personal health through the Behavior Change process. Integrative Health Coaching supports clients in assessing 9 different areas of Health and Wellbeing. Solita will assist participants in creating a personal plan toward positive health changes with increased self-awareness. Each day Solita is reminded that supporting clients in the process of Behavior Change is sacred work. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor additional information\, please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegistration is now closed.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/sustaining-our-behavior-changes-a-plan-and-strategies-for-support-with-solita-denard-via-zoom/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cancer Writing Circle- Week 3
DESCRIPTION:Join a weekly gathering of fellow travelers undergoing treatment for cancer to write to prompts provided for timed intervals. No writing experience is necessary. This series is designed to provide a supportive environment to develop a creative practice of reflective writing. While we will talk about the writing and our experience of writing\, this is not a writing class or a cancer support group. That said\, participants are likely to gain greater clarity regarding their life experiences and our writing is likely to improve with practice. \nThe structure and format of the series is informed by James Pennebaker’s Write to Heal and Suleika Jaouad’s bestselling book\, The Book of Alchemy\, both of which affirm the power of writing to heal. There is no requirement to purchase these books to participate. However\, reading these authors will provide you with a deeper context for the prompts and may inspire you to dig deeper.  \nThis circle is inspired by Brenda Ulyend’s book\, If You Want to Write\, which posits everyone is a writer. No one will be required to read or share their work. Volunteers will be invited to share excerpts of their writing every session.  \nSix Mondays in a row beginning on October 6\, 2025. \nFacilitators: Chris McLeod is a writer living with metastatic breast cancer who is eager to create a community of cancer patients interested in developing a writing practice. RCWMS trustee Liddy Grantland is a writer\, published author\, and a social work student living with metastatic breast cancer.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/cancer-writing-circle-week-3/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T190000
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: SOUTHERN METHODIST WOMEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE with Janet Allured
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate more than a century of Methodist women who have spoken up\, stepped out\, and stood firm in their faith to bring about change. Their stories remind us that the work of justice is not reserved for a few but is carried forward by many voices\, each adding courage and conviction to the movement for a better world. \nThe biographies in this book highlight the contributions of Methodist women—some lay and some clergy—in advocating for progressive reform from 1900 to the present. \n\nEditor: Janet Allured is a retired Professor of History and of Women’s Studies at McNeese State University and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Arkansas. She has numerous peer-reviewed publications on southern women\, including Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times (2009)\, and Remapping Second-Wave Feminism: The Long Women’s Rights Movement in Louisiana\, 1950-1997 (2016). The subject of her talk today\, a collection of biographies entitled Southern Methodist Women and Social Justice: Interracial Activism in the Long Twentieth Century (2025)\, is co-edited by M. Kathryn Armistead. \nPlease REGISTER for the reading by selecting a free ticket below. A Zoom link will be provided in the confirmation email.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/book-launch-southern-methodist-women-and-social-justice-by-janet-allured/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Cancer Writing Circle- Week 2
DESCRIPTION:Join a weekly gathering of fellow travelers undergoing treatment for cancer to write to prompts provided for timed intervals. No writing experience is necessary. This series is designed to provide a supportive environment to develop a creative practice of reflective writing. While we will talk about the writing and our experience of writing\, this is not a writing class or a cancer support group. That said\, participants are likely to gain greater clarity regarding their life experiences and our writing is likely to improve with practice. \nThe structure and format of the series is informed by James Pennebaker’s Write to Heal and Suleika Jaouad’s bestselling book\, The Book of Alchemy\, both of which affirm the power of writing to heal. There is no requirement to purchase these books to participate. However\, reading these authors will provide you with a deeper context for the prompts and may inspire you to dig deeper.  \nThis circle is inspired by Brenda Ulyend’s book\, If You Want to Write\, which posits everyone is a writer. No one will be required to read or share their work. Volunteers will be invited to share excerpts of their writing every session.  \nSix Mondays in a row beginning on October 6\, 2025. \nFacilitators: Chris McLeod is a writer living with metastatic breast cancer who is eager to create a community of cancer patients interested in developing a writing practice. RCWMS trustee Liddy Grantland is a writer\, published author\, and a social work student living with metastatic breast cancer.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/cancer-writing-circle-week-2/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T173000
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SUMMARY:Cancer Writing Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join a weekly gathering of fellow travelers undergoing treatment for cancer to write to prompts provided for timed intervals. No writing experience is necessary. This series is designed to provide a supportive environment to develop a creative practice of reflective writing. While we will talk about the writing and our experience of writing\, this is not a writing class or a cancer support group. That said\, participants are likely to gain greater clarity regarding their life experiences and our writing is likely to improve with practice. \nThe structure and format of the series is informed by James Pennebaker’s Write to Heal and Suleika Jaouad’s bestselling book\, The Book of Alchemy\, both of which affirm the power of writing to heal. There is no requirement to purchase these books to participate. However\, reading these authors will provide you with a deeper context for the prompts and may inspire you to dig deeper.  \nThis circle is inspired by Brenda Ulyend’s book\, If You Want to Write\, which posits everyone is a writer. No one will be required to read or share their work. Volunteers will be invited to share excerpts of their writing every session.  \nSix Mondays in a row beginning on October 6\, 2025. \nFacilitators: Chris McLeod is a writer living with metastatic breast cancer who is eager to create a community of cancer patients interested in developing a writing practice. RCWMS trustee Liddy Grantland is a writer\, published author\, and a social work student living with metastatic breast cancer.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/cancer-writing-circle/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T160000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20250217T183852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T185844Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Becoming the Second Person with Shawna Ayoub
DESCRIPTION:Do you have a painful and true story you find yourself reliving each time you try to tell it? What about a story that’s stuck inside you because it feels too raw to be writeable\, too vulnerable to be readable? Is being able to tell that story without suffering the key to releasing yourself from the trauma of the narrative? \nWhat if you found out there is a way to create safe distance while still telling that hard story? To minimize trauma and (re)gain control of your narrative by no longer being your story’s first person?  \nWhat if you could be your story’s second person? \nWriters will practice using narrative distance as a tool to explore their stories in new ways. Writers will also take home a packet of writing examples as well as prompts\, and can contact Shawna for written feedback within two weeks of this workshop. \nLeader: Shawna Ayoub is a brown\, queer\, Durham-based writer and instructor whose work prioritizes the engagement of difficult topics. After recognizing the personal benefits of writing for release and recovery\, she has made her practice public for the last 15 years\, offering courses independently as well as through the Center for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Verywell Mind\, Survivor Lit\, Exit 7\, [wherever]\, The Archipelago\, and The Manifest-Station.  \nCost: $75\, $100. Scholarships available. OR 5 workshops for $325\, or 3 workshops of their choice for $200. Please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. \n*Community members who would like to donate scholarships may do so at rcwms.org/donate.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/becoming-the-second-person-with-shawna-ayoub/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="RCWMS":MAILTO:events@rcwms.org
GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20250630T214934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T142916Z
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SUMMARY:Becoming Trustworthy White Allies-Melanie Morrison's Book Launch (Sponsored by RCWMS)
DESCRIPTION:RCWMS is honored to invite you to a reading with Melanie Morrison from her new book\, Becoming Trustworthy White Allies. The reading is sponsored by RCWMS and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University’s Rubenstein Library. \nIn this collection of essays\, lectures\, and real-life stories\, antiracism facilitator Melanie S. Morrison outlines the actions white people must undertake to become trustworthy partners in the work of racial justice.  \nMelanie is an author\, speaker\, and racial justice educator with thirty years of experience designing and facilitating transformational group processes. She is the author of five books\, including Murder on Shades Mountain: The Legal Lynching of Willie Peterson and the Struggle for Justice in Jim Crow Birmingham. Author’s website: melaniemorrison.net. \nPre-order the book: HERE. \nPlease REGISTER for the reading by selecting a free ticket below. Registrants will receive both a receipt and a separate email with a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. Please check your spam and/or promotions folder if you don’t receive one or both of these emails. We will also be sending Zoom link reminders just before the event.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/becoming-trustworthy-white-allies-melanie-morrisons-book-launch-sponsored-by-rcwms/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="RCWMS":MAILTO:events@rcwms.org
GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T200000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20250729T003911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T052526Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Healing Through Art with Krystle Marriott (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Join RCWMS and artist Krystle Marriott for a workshop that combines meditation\, reflection\, group discussion\, and\, of course\, art. In this workshop\, Krystle will lead participants through a meditative\, creative workshop in which they are invited to rediscover the wonder of seeing through a child’s eyes in artistic expression. By following Krystle’s guided workshop\, participants will be able to connect with others as well as reconnect with their childhood wonder. Please plan to attend this virtual workshop with your own paint supplies ready.  \nLeader: Krystle Marriott is a local\, Hamilton-based artist who has been developing works on the theme of childlike faith for several years. She aims to produce work that will remind the viewer of the importance of cultivating a childlike posture. Krystle captures the magnificent joy of the hearts of children in her work and depicts them in images of humility\, happiness\, acceptance\, boldness\, and love. These are the attributes that inform the attitude of childlike faith. \nCost:$38. Scholarships available.  For more information\, please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. \n*Community members who would like to donate scholarships may do so at rcwms.org/donate.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/healing-through-art-with-krystle-marriott-via-zoom/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="RCWMS":MAILTO:events@rcwms.org
GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250729T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250729T200000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20241130T061836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T214215Z
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SUMMARY:What Needs Attention Now? The Integrated Approach to Health with Solita Denard (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:What do you need to take the next step to improve your personal health? Join us for an integrated approach to wellness! This 4-part series is designed for individuals ready to learn in a supportive community and commit to moving toward their personal vision of health and wellbeing. Guided by Solita Denard\, participants will develop a personalized wellness plan through curated group discussions. \nIf you desire to make a positive change in one or more areas of personal health in 2025\, this series is for you. The program includes four group sessions and up to four private\, one-on-one coaching sessions tailored to each participant. \nJanuary 29: This Time Next Year: Vision\, Values and Goals.\nWhat do we want? Why do we want it? \nApril 29: Making Progress: Challenges\, Insights and New Habits.\nReflecting on the important information being offered by our specific practices toward\nbetter health. What are we learning? \nJuly 29: What Needs Attention Now? The Integrated Approach to Health.\nChecking in with ourselves and the importance of leverage. \nOctober 29: Sustaining Our Behavior Changes: A Plan and Strategies for Support.\nStanding on our strengths for forward movement. \nLeader: Solita Denard\, Health Integration 629\, LLC partners with clients as they create a vision and then take action to improve personal health through the Behavior Change process. Integrative Health Coaching supports clients in assessing 9 different areas of Health and Wellbeing. Solita will assist participants in creating a personal plan toward positive health changes with increased self-awareness. Each day Solita is reminded that supporting clients in the process of Behavior Change is sacred work. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCost: $229 for full series\, including up to four private one-on-one coaching series per participant. Space is limited. For additional information\, please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/what-needs-attention-now-the-integrated-approach-to-health-with-solita-denard-via-zoom/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T160000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20250217T183314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250715T222016Z
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SUMMARY:Writing the Body with Shawna Ayoub
DESCRIPTION:It’s a well-researched fact that we store our emotional experiences in our physical bodies. On anniversaries of loss\, for example\, it is common to feel body pain\, heaviness\, or fatigue. In this workshop\, we will practice feeling into our body stories safely in order to capture them in words. As a group\, we will learn about how the body stores memory\, and why\, and take home practices for listening to the stories our bodies want to tell us.  \nWriters will take home a packet of writing examples as well as prompts\, and can contact Shawna for written feedback within two weeks of this workshop. \nLeader: Shawna Ayoub is a brown\, queer\, Durham-based writer and instructor whose work prioritizes the engagement of difficult topics. After recognizing the personal benefits of writing for release and recovery\, she has made her practice public for the last 15 years\, offering courses independently as well as through the Center for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Verywell Mind\, Survivor Lit\, Exit 7\, [wherever]\, The Archipelago\, and The Manifest-Station. \nCost: $75\, $100. Scholarships available. OR 5 workshops for $325\, or 3 workshops of their choice for $200. Please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. \n*Community members who would like to donate scholarships may do so at rcwms.org/donate.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/writing-the-body-with-shawna-ayoub/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="RCWMS":MAILTO:events@rcwms.org
GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250525T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250525T160000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20250217T183130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T122219Z
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SUMMARY:Remaking a Memory with Shawna Ayoub
DESCRIPTION:Traumatic memories are formed differently than normal memories\, and can be more intense and longer lasting. In addition\, we can inform our own traumatic memories by rehearsing them. This looks like retelling the event to others\, to ourselves\, or writing it down. When we do this\, we are at risk of introducing inaccuracies and potentially doing ourselves greater harm. However\, when we write our traumatic memories\, we are also presented with a powerful opportunity: to reframe them.  \nReframing our difficult memories allows us to remake them in a way that serves us. In this two-hour Zoom session\, we will learn how memories can be intentionally offered through multiple reframing techniques including altered point of view and writing the story as it otherwise might have happened.  \nWriters will take home a packet of writing examples as well as prompts\, and can contact Shawna for written feedback within two weeks of this workshop. \nLeader: Shawna Ayoub is a brown\, queer\, Durham-based writer and instructor whose work prioritizes the engagement of difficult topics. After recognizing the personal benefits of writing for release and recovery\, she has made her practice public for the last 15 years\, offering courses independently as well as through the Center for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Verywell Mind\, Survivor Lit\, Exit 7\, [wherever]\, The Archipelago\, and The Manifest-Station. \nCost: $75\, $100. Scholarships available. OR 5 workshops for $325\, or 3 workshops of their choice for $200. Please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. \n*Community members who would like to donate scholarships may do so at rcwms.org/donate.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/remaking-a-memory-with-shawna-ayoub/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="RCWMS":MAILTO:events@rcwms.org
GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T200000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20241130T061718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241224T013621Z
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SUMMARY:Making Progress: Challenges\, Insights and New Habits with Solita Denard (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:What do you need to take the next step to improve your personal health? Join us for an integrated approach to wellness! This 4-part series is designed for individuals ready to learn in a supportive community and commit to moving toward their personal vision of health and wellbeing. Guided by Solita Denard\, participants will develop a personalized wellness plan through curated group discussions. \nIf you desire to make a positive change in one or more areas of personal health in 2025\, this series is for you. The program includes four group sessions and up to four private\, one-on-one coaching sessions tailored to each participant. \nJanuary 29: This Time Next Year: Vision\, Values and Goals.\nWhat do we want? Why do we want it? \nApril 29: Making Progress: Challenges\, Insights and New Habits.\nReflecting on the important information being offered by our specific practices toward\nbetter health. What are we learning? \nJuly 29: What Needs Attention Now? The Integrated Approach to Health.\nChecking in with ourselves and the importance of leverage. \nOctober 29: Sustaining Our Behavior Changes: A Plan and Strategies for Support.\nStanding on our strengths for forward movement. \nLeader: Solita Denard\, Health Integration 629\, LLC partners with clients as they create a vision and then take action to improve personal health through the Behavior Change process. Integrative Health Coaching supports clients in assessing 9 different areas of Health and Wellbeing. Solita will assist participants in creating a personal plan toward positive health changes with increased self-awareness. Each day Solita is reminded that supporting clients in the process of Behavior Change is sacred work. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCost: $229 for full series\, including up to four private one-on-one coaching series per participant. Space is limited. For additional information\, please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/making-progress-challenges-insights-and-new-habits-with-solita-denard-via-zoom-2/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T160000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20250217T182820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T122101Z
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SUMMARY:Surviving Your Story: Expressing Writing for Release and Recovery
DESCRIPTION:Difficult experiences can become lodged in our bodies in ways that impact us daily\, and writing is a way to name\, release and recover from those experiences. Expressive writing allows us to make sense and meaning; to re-craft the struggle and better reflect our truth. In other words\, it supports you in surviving your story. \nThis course is structured in two parts. In the first\, we come together as a group for a two-hour Zoom session to discuss the what and how of safe expressive writing practices\, followed by exercises and a take-home writing assignment. For the second part\, you have the option of submitting your writing to the instructor for private\, written feedback. Please note that these workshops are intentionally carved out for those who identify as women\, femme\, and/or nonbinary to experience camaraderie as we navigate difficult\, challenging\, and deeply personal topics. \nWriters will also take home a packet of writing examples and prompts to help them continue their practice. \nLeader: Shawna Ayoub is a brown\, queer\, Durham-based writer and instructor whose work prioritizes the engagement of difficult topics. After recognizing the personal benefits of writing for release and recovery\, she has made her practice public for the last 15 years\, offering courses independently as well as through the Center for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Verywell Mind\, Survivor Lit\, Exit 7\, [wherever]\, The Archipelago\, and The Manifest-Station. \nCost: $75\, $100. Scholarships available. OR 5 workshops for $325\, or 3 workshops of their choice for $200. Please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation. \n*Community members who would like to donate scholarships may do so at rcwms.org/donate.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/surviving-your-story-expressing-writing-for-release-and-recovery/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="RCWMS":MAILTO:events@rcwms.org
GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250129T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250129T200000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20241129T162419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241224T013549Z
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SUMMARY:This Time Next Year: Vision\, Values and Goals with Solita Denard (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:What do you need to take the next step to improve your personal health? Join us for an integrated approach to wellness! This 4-part series is designed for individuals ready to learn in a supportive community and commit to moving toward their personal vision of health and wellbeing. Guided by Solita Denard\, participants will develop a personalized wellness plan through curated group discussions. \nIf you desire to make a positive change in one or more areas of personal health in 2025\, this series is for you. The program includes four group sessions and up to four private\, one-on-one coaching sessions tailored to each participant. \nJanuary 29: This Time Next Year: Vision\, Values and Goals.\nWhat do we want? Why do we want it? \nApril 29: Making Progress: Challenges\, Insights and New Habits.\nReflecting on the important information being offered by our specific practices toward\nbetter health. What are we learning? \nJuly 29: What Needs Attention Now? The Integrated Approach to Health.\nChecking in with ourselves and the importance of leverage. \nOctober 29: Sustaining Our Behavior Changes: A Plan and Strategies for Support.\nStanding on our strengths for forward movement. \nLeader: Solita Denard\, Health Integration 629\, LLC partners with clients as they create a vision and then take action to improve personal health through the Behavior Change process. Integrative Health Coaching supports clients in assessing 9 different areas of Health and Wellbeing. Solita will assist participants in creating a personal plan toward positive health changes with increased self-awareness. Each day Solita is reminded that supporting clients in the process of Behavior Change is sacred work. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCost: $229 for full series\, including up to four private one-on-one coaching series per participant. Space is limited. For additional information\, please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/healthandwellnesssolita/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241117T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20240905T182001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240905T183424Z
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SUMMARY:Writing the Body with Shawna Ayoub (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:It’s a well-researched fact that we store our emotional experiences in our physical bodies. On anniversaries of loss\, for example\, it is common to feel body pain\, heaviness\, or fatigue. In this workshop\, we will practice feeling into our body stories safely in order to capture them in words. As a group\, we will learn about how the body stores memory\, and why\, and take home practices for listening to the stories our bodies want to tell us.  While this course is appropriate for writers at every level and of every genre. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriters will take home a packet of writing examples  as well as prompts\, and can contact Shawna for written feedback within two weeks of this workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\nLeader: Shawna Ayoub is a brown\, queer\, Durham-based writer and instructor whose work prioritizes the engagement of difficult topics. After recognizing the personal benefits of writing for release and recovery\, she has made her practice public for the last 12 years\, offering courses independently as well as through the Center for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Verywell Mind\, Survivor Lit\, Exit 7\, [wherever]\, The Archipelago\, and The Manifest-Station. \nCost: $75\, $100. Scholarships available. Please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/writing-the-body-with-shawna-ayoub-via-zoom-3/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T160000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20240905T033639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240905T183710Z
UID:10001095-1727013600-1727020800@rcwms.org
SUMMARY:Remaking a Memory with Shawna Ayoub (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Traumatic memories are formed differently than normal memories\, and can be more intense and longer lasting. In addition\, we can inform our own traumatic memories by rehearsing them. This looks like retelling the event to others\, to ourselves\, or writing it down. When we do this\, we are at risk of introducing inaccuracies and potentially doing ourselves greater harm. However\, when we write our traumatic memories\, we are also presented with a powerful opportunity: to reframe them. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReframing our difficult memories allows us to remake them in a way that serves us. In this two-hour Zoom session\, we will learn how memories can be intentionally offered through multiple reframing techniques including altered point of view and writing the story as it should have happened. After our workshop\, writers will have the chance to receive private written feedback from the instructor. \n\n\n\n\n\nLeader: Shawna Ayoub is a brown\, queer\, Durham-based writer and instructor whose work prioritizes the engagement of difficult topics. After recognizing the personal benefits of writing for release and recovery\, she has made her practice public for the last 12 years\, offering courses independently as well as through the Center for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Verywell Mind\, Survivor Lit\, Exit 7\, [wherever]\, The Archipelago\, and The Manifest-Station. \nCost: $75\, $100. Scholarships available. Please contact info@rcwms.org. \nRegister below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/remaking-a-memory-with-shawna-ayoub-via-zoom/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T140000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20181113T165148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T133512Z
UID:10000853-1712662200-1712671200@rcwms.org
SUMMARY:Art of Conscious Aging: A Group for Women
DESCRIPTION:During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom. \nContact info@rcwms.org to join the group.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/art-of-conscious-aging-a-group-for-women/2024-04-09/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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GEO:36.0051282;-78.9072973
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T140000
DTSTAMP:20260520T215732
CREATED:20181113T165148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T133512Z
UID:10000852-1710243000-1710252000@rcwms.org
SUMMARY:Art of Conscious Aging: A Group for Women
DESCRIPTION:During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom. \nContact info@rcwms.org to join the group.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/art-of-conscious-aging-a-group-for-women/2024-03-12/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Art of Conscious Aging: A Group for Women
DESCRIPTION:During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom. \nContact info@rcwms.org to join the group.
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LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Art of Conscious Aging: A Group for Women
DESCRIPTION:During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom. \nContact info@rcwms.org to join the group.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/art-of-conscious-aging-a-group-for-women/2024-01-09/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Art of Conscious Aging: A Group for Women
DESCRIPTION:During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom. \nContact info@rcwms.org to join the group.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/art-of-conscious-aging-a-group-for-women/2023-12-12/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rcwms.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pexels-anna-shvets-5257645-scaled.jpg
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SUMMARY:Art of Conscious Aging: A Group for Women
DESCRIPTION:During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom. \nContact info@rcwms.org to join the group.
URL:https://rcwms.org/event/art-of-conscious-aging-a-group-for-women/2023-11-14/
LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rcwms.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pexels-anna-shvets-5257645-scaled.jpg
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DESCRIPTION:During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom. \nContact info@rcwms.org to join the group.
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LOCATION:via Zoom\, Durham\, NC\, United States
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