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Women Writing for (a) Change

April 2, 2008

 In this issue (Click to view)

You're Invited to an Open House!

Workshop with Annette Wick

Writers Go Public - April 6

Upcoming Sampler

FLA Update

Save the Date - YWFLA

KUDOS

Wanted: Sky Miles

Writers' Conference

Consulting has a New Look

Prompt

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You're Invited to an Open House

Please join our circle** for any or all of the Read-arounds listed below.

No reservations are needed, and it's FREE.

SPRING OPEN READ-AROUNDS:

**Women Writing for (a) Change is located in the "heart" of Silverton.  Free parking in municipal lot.  Wheelchair accessible.

For more information, visit our website or call Katie and 513-272-1171 x2

Annette Januzzi Wick

From Blended to Bonus, a free writing workshop on April 5th for women and young women in blended families to explore their "families with a past" and their relationships within a new family network.  Annette Wick* will facilitate this Saturday sampler workshop using poetry, media studies and writing prompts to delve into the themes of kindness during loss and change, and debunking the myths while discovering desires. 

Date:   April 5, 2008 / Time:   10-12:30 p.m. / Cost:  Free / Location: WWf(a)C in Silverton.  /  Registration:  272-1171, ext. 2. 

*Annette Wick is an apprentice in the 2008 Women Writing for (a) Change Feminist Leadership Academy and facilitator for the technical programming of the WWf(a)C Radio Circle Podcasts. She has published her memoir, I'll Be in the Car: One Woman's Story of Love, Loss and Reclaiming Life and resides in Cincinnati with her newly blended family. Visit www.threearchpress.com for more information.

Writers Go Public -- April 6th at Joseph Beth

You are invited...  to JOIN WRITERS from WWfaC at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Sunday, April 6, 2008, 6 pm - 7 pm for a FREE READAROUND.  In the cozy setting of the bookstore's fireplace, you will enjoy poems, stories, essays from a dozen readers - who are GOING PUBLIC with their writing!  Please come and support them.  And bring your friends - especially those who are new to WWfaC and curious about what we do.  Joseph-Beth is located in the Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood.  No RSVP necessary.

CREATIVE WRITING SAMPLER for Men & Women:  We welcome the curious, the harried, the I've-always-wanted-to-do-this-but-I'm-shy writer to our Monthly Third Saturday Samplers, from 1-2:30 PM.  FREE!  Next one:  April 19.  Please RSVP:  272-1171 x2.

2006 FLA graduation

FLA Update

The week of April 11-18 nine women will embark upon their third week of training for FLA class of 2008. During this week, women will present their practicum projects, gifts and challenges of doing wwfac-inspired work in the world.  Guests by invitation of a class member will attend practicum presentations.  

Class members will finish their work for certification by completion of a writing project due on May 15. Stay tuned for more news of this inspiring group of women.

Young Women's FLA

The Young Women's FLA will be holding their graduation on April 27th at 2:00.  Please come and celebrate the accomplishments of these eight special young women.  More details coming up in the next newsletter.  

Programs for Young Women are supported in part by:  Fine Arts Fund (www.fineartsfund.org) and The Ohio Arts Council. 

KUDOS

Congratulations to Tuesday Morning Writer Toni Lackner!  A poem of hers will be published in "For A Better World 2008" which will be available later this year.

Way to go Mary Ann Reese, a long time writer in our community who is currently in the Tuesday night Craft class!  Her opinion piece was recently published in The Cincinnati Enquirer.  

Speaking of The Enquirer, here is an article written about another member of our community, Susan Montauk.

Cincinnati Choreographers' Collective performs its first concert, Small Streams -1 on April 18 and 19th, at College Hill Town Hall.  Tuesday night writer Diane Germaine is one of five featured choreographers and advises that the hall is small, so call for reservations:  513-731-8847.  For information:  www.cdt-dance.org/ccc041.   Tickets:  $15

Do you have spare Sky Miles?  The Author's Circle is in need of frequent flyer miles to provide airfare for Kaiulani Lee, the writer and performing artist in Sept.  If you are a FREQUENT FLYER and can spare some miles, please contact Marissa Williams at 513.515.9921 or at mmcnamara646@yahoo.com

Mad Anthony WRITERS' CONFERENCE & BOOK FESTIVAL - Apr. 25-26 - sponsored by YWCA of Hamilton, OH - See:  www.madanthonycbf.org  or call:  513-856-9800.

CHECK THIS OUT!

Mary Pierce Brosmer's new website - Consulting for (a) Change.

Writing Prompt

You have probably heard the "This I Believe" project which has been airing on NPR for the past few years.  People write, submit and record essays detailing the core beliefs and values that shape their lives.  The series originated in the 1950s and their comprehensive database holds tens of thousands of essays. 

Below is an excerpt of an essay by anthropologist Margaret Mead.  The entire essay can be read HERE.

"I believe that human life is given meaning through the relationship which the individual's conscious goals have to the civilization, period, and country within which one lives. At times, the task may be to fence a wilderness, to bridge a river, or rear sons to perpetuate a young colony. Today, it means taking upon ourselves the task of creating one world in such a way that we both keep the future safe and leave the future free."

1) What do you believe gives life meaning? 

2) What adds depth and importance to every one of your days? 

3) How can we take "upon ourselves the task of creating one world in such a way that we both keep the future safe and leave the future free." 

4) What context is the world around you providing? 

Write to any, all, or none of these prompts.  As always, follow your muse.