Healling for Change event on 11/8

Please pass the word about this powerful upcoming event!

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HEALING FOR CHANGE:

A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF WOMEN AND MEN HEALING FROM SEXUAL AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA


Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 5 - 9 pm
Instituto Familiar de la Raza, 2919 Mission St.
Between 25th & 26th. - Near 24th St. BART

5:00 - 6:00 pm Registration and Dinner
6:00 - 9:00 pm Speakers and Healing Drumming Circle

(Some drums provided, or you may bring your own)

Free & open to the public. Must be 18 years or older.
We regret that childcare will not be available.

SPACE IS LIMITED! PLEASE RSVP: 415-452-5070 or healingforchange@yahoo.com

*Reservations will be held until 5:30. *Please note that some incense will be lit as part of the drumming circle.

Donations Welcome!

This is a Transgender Friendly Event.

JOIN US, FOR AN EVENING OF GOOD FOOD, SHARED STORIES, HEALING DRUMMING CEREMONY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING WITH FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Leslie Simon, Coordinator, Project SURVIVE, CCSF Estela García, Director, Instituto Familiar de la Raza Marcos Tapia, Community Response Program Graduate and Generation Five Volunteer Lindsay Pratt & Brian Lum, CCSF Healing for Change Student Organizers

MC: Rev. Trinity A. Ordona, Educator, Community Organizer and Healer

HEALING DRUMMING CIRCLE:

Concepción "Concha" Saucedo, Founder, Instituto Familiar de la Raza and Teacher of Indigenous Medicine Estela García, Director, Instituto Familiar de la Raza Sal Nuñez, Clinical Psychologist, Educator & Community Advocate Arturo Castillo, Registered Addiction Specialist at Walden House and Certified Drum Circle Facilitator

THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY: Healing for Change - a recognized club of the Associated Students of City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and a program of the CCSF Office of Mentoring and Service Learning, CCSF Inter Club Council, Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Generation Five and Project SAFE * with faculty and students participating from Project SURVIVE and the Women's Studies, Business, Health Education and Community Health Studies, and Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Studies departments at CCSF

WWW.HEALINGFORCHANGE.COM



Rev. Trinity A. Ordona, Ph.D.
Self-Healing Meditation and Guided Imagery Group Workshops and Individual Sessions tordonahealing@yahoo.com
(415) 626-6441

Free "Funding for the Arts" classes in San Francisco in October

Another writer with whom I've worked recently forwarded the following information from the Foundation Center --

"For those who are in the bay area, the Foundation Center focuses on Funding for the arts in October. The whole month is filled with different free classes relating to funding for artists and arts organizations. Please see link below for information and registration:
http://foundationcenter.org/sanfrancisco/sf_october.html"

Some of the upcoming workshops include:

NEW WRITERS NIGHT on October 8 -
Getting Your First Book Published @3:00 pm
The Journey to Being Discovered: First Time Authors Reveal All @5:30 pm

and

AN AFTERNOON FOR ARTISTS IN OAKLAND on October 12!
Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts @1:00 pm
The Business of Being an Artist @3:00 pm

We know there's money out there for us writers -- we just have to figure out how to ask for it!

Workshop forming for mixed race women

I received this note from Esther, a former workshop participant -- write to her at bionicfemme@hotmail.com if you'd like more information about hew new workshop:

"Hi Jen, Now that we have graduated from the Master's program at New College, one of my classmates, Monalisa and I are starting up a writer's workshop! This group is for all mixed race women of color who are interested in generating creative writing, memoir, and other multi-genre literary work to reflect their experiences as multi-racial women of color. Our concentration is on experimental lit, but linear, traditional narratives are welcome as well. We will also be performing as part of New College's local writer series at a public reading in the coming months. Please let me know if you have any workshop participants that might be interested, and tell your friends! We'd really like to get the word out and grow as a community. We submit our work to the group on the second weekend of every month, then meet up for coffee during the fourth weekend, to go over each other's work and in general, just bond as a community of mixed race writers. Hope you are doing well! -Esther"

Reminder: Fall workshops begin October 1!

UPDATE: The fall series of the Writing Ourselves Whole writing workshops begins soon -- start dates moved to October 1, 2 and 3!

Write Whole: Survivors Write (open to women survivors of sexual abuse) will meet Monday evenings, October 1 - November 26, 2007 (no meeting October 29).

mixed Declaring Our Erotic (open to folks of all sexualities and all genders) will meet Tuesday evenings, October 2 - November 27, 2007 (no meeting October 30).

Women Declaring our Erotic (open to women) will meet Wednesday mornings, October 3 - November 28, 2007 (no meeting October 31).

(As always - identities such as "woman" and "survivor" are intended to be self-defined.)

There are still spaces available in each workshop: let me know if you'd like me to reserve a space for you! The cost is $200 for 8 weeks of writing and sharing! For more details or to register, please visit writingourselveswhole.org - thank you!

Also -- New offering: Day-long writing intensives
I'm planning a couple of local area weekend-day writing intensives for the fall. The first will be a general topic writing intensive San Francisco on Saturday, October 6, and the second will be a women's erotic writing intensive in the East Bay on Saturday, November 10th. Each day will run from 8:30-4, and I will provide both coffee/baked goods in the morning and light lunch. The cost will be $100. Please let me know if you'd like more information or would like to reserve a space.

Reminder: Fall workshops begin next week!

The fall series of the Writing Ourselves Whole writing workshops begins September 17, 18 and 19!

Write Whole: Survivors Write (open to women survivors of sexual abuse) will meet Monday evenings, September 17 - Nov 12, 2007 (no meeting Oct 8).

mixed Declaring Our Erotic (open to folks of all sexualities and all genders) will meet Tuesday evenings, September 18 - Nov 13, 2007 (no meeting Oct 9).

Women Declaring our Erotic (open to women) will meet Wednesday mornings, September 19- Nov 14, 2007 (no meeting Oct 10).

(As always - identities such as "woman" and "survivor" are intended to be self-defined.)

There are still spaces available in each workshop: let me know if you'd like me to reserve a space for you! The cost is $200 for 8 weeks of writing and sharing! For more details or to register, please visit writingourselveswhole.org - thank you!

Also -- New offering: Day-long writing intensives
I'm planning a couple of local area weekend-day writing intensives for the fall. The first will be a general topic writing intensive San Francisco on Saturday, October 6, and the second will be a women's erotic writing intensive in the East Bay on Saturday, November 10th. Each day will run from 8:30-4, and I will provide both coffee/baked goods in the morning and light lunch. The cost will be $100. Please let me know if you'd like more information or would like to reserve a space.

This Sat: Self-healing meditation retreat

Rev. Trinity Ordona is leading a self-healing meditation retreat this weekend, which sounds amazing!
-Jen
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Have you tried meditation, but you cannot sit still without . . . memories or problems taking over your mind? Having trouble “letting go” of the past?

Pain, Disappointment, Anger, Anxiety
HEALING THE HURT WILL
OPEN YOUR HEART

A Day-Long Training
In Buddhism and
Self-Healing
Energy Meditation

with
Rev. Trinity A. Ordona, Ph.D.


SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 10 AM – 3 PM
Convenient SF Location


9 – 10 AM: Class - Basic Instructions in Grounding, Centering
and Releasing Blocked Emotions from Past Problems

“Once I learned to ground, center and connect my self to universal healing energies, I could easily meditate
and effectively release blocked emotions from my past experiences of abuse.”

10 AM – 3 PM: Silent Retreat: Dharma Talk and Basic Instruction and Practice in Sitting, Lying, Walking and Eating Meditation

Rev. Trinity A. Ordona, Ph.D., an incest, rape and cult survivor, works primarily with survivors of violence and trauma. She has been practicing Buddhism in the Vipassana tradition at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and is a current member of the Path of Engagement,
a multi-year program designed to help participants connect the process of individual transformation with service to others.


For further information:tordonahealing@yahoo.com, (415) 626-6441


Cost: This class is free. However, I ask that you consider making a donation to allow me to continue to offer classes like this to anyone who seeks them. This is known as the practice of dana (generosity), which is how wisdom teachings have been provided in Asia for centuries. It allows exposure to valuable lessons independent of class and economic status.

Registration: Call or send an email to Dr. Ordona at tordonahealing@yahoo.com, noting that you are registering for “Self-Healing Energy Meditation Daylong” and providing your name, phone number and postal address. On the day of the retreat, please arrive 15 min. early to complete registration paperwork and settle in before the Instruction or Retreat begins.

Miscellaneous: Out of respect for people with environmental illnesses, please do not wear fragrance or scented products.