Woman writing for (a) Change courses
are planned to provide time, space, and community to support the lives
of:
- woman just beginning to find their voices
- long-time writers in need o f new sources of
inspiration and discipline
- women in transition
- women for whom writing is an important spiritual
and therapeutic practice.
- women in the arts who want to write to open up new
avenues of expression
- women involved in helping professions, who want to
write as a way of keeping themselves intact when so much energy is
going out
Time in the Work- shops will be
spent
- working together to create a
supportive atmosphere
- writing together
- sharing writing and hearing
the writing of other participants and facilitators
- brainstorming ways of
continuing (and widening) this community of writers
- reading and discussing
stories, poems and articles
- learning to identify
internal/external systems which silence
- helping one another act to
change these systems
Core values of the workshops
- respect for each writer's voice and
words
- building skill and confidence in
writing without criticism or evaluation
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- SEMESTER COURSES
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FOR WOMEN
Fall - Winter 1999
SECTION ONE - Mondays
August 23- December 6, 1999
SECTION TWO -
Tuesdays August 24 - Dec 7, 1999
SECTION THREE -
Wednesday August 25 - Dec 8, 1999
SECTION FOUR - Thursdays August 26-
December 9, 1999
- Classes meet from
- 7:00 pm - 9:30 p.m.
- Tuition for semester $400
Winter - Spring 2000
SECTION ONE
- Mondays January 17 - May 1, 2000
SECTION TWO - Tuesdays
January 18 - May 2, 2000
SECTION THREE -
Wednesdays January 19 - May 3, 2000
SECTION FOUR -
Thursdays January 20 - May 4, 2000
- Classes meet from
- 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
- Tuition for semester $400
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- Open classes for
Women
- (no fee)
(Read-Arounds)
November 15, 16, 17
& 18, 1999
April 10, 11, 12 &
13, 2000
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Please join us as we
broaden our circle of women to include our women friends, colleagues,
and family members. Once each semester we invite other women to
write with us, and to hear what we've been writing.
- "The
moment I walked into the Writing Hal I knew I had come
home."
- - Kathy Wade
An evening of
intention and intimacy; where else does this happen in my
life?
-Carolyn Brookbank
- Thich Nhat Hahn said,
"when the Buddha returns to the earth she may come not in an
individual body, but in the form of community." I feel
her presence here.
- - Susan Glassmeyer
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I am inspired to write by the courage that other
women have in their writing. My first term in WWF(a) C, I wrote my
best after Barbara Tonne read a piece about her father and the accident
that changed her family forever. Because she could name this
story, and bravely sing parts of it, I wanted to share a part of my
story in words as compelling and beautiful. last term my best
writing was inspired by Robyn Breiman's reading a series of pieces in
response to a number of prompts we had both shared. In listening t
Robyn, I realized I had missed opportunities to create beauty. I
am sure I had good reasons, week after week, not to write. But
they weren't as good as the work Robyn produced. Because of her
reading, I knew I could share another piece of my own story in the
group.
It is not a competitive thing, this group, I do not
hear another's words and think. "I can do better." I
hear others' words and feel an energy which flows as a benediction on
the group. Each woman's act of bravery stimulates another
writer. This energy is completely unpredictable, but as real as
any other force in my writing.
The group also forms a receptacle for receiving
words. So often I write of things I think of as unimportant.
but I can bring those writings here, and there is a welcome for
it. This is incredibly empowering.
- Sandra Grady
My great passion in this life is to write. I
write in my daily journal and my dream journal. I write essays on
my computer, letters to my daughter, e-mails to family and friends
around the world. And for most of my life, I felt guilty taking
the time away from my other responsibilities to write. by becoming
a part of the writing community here at WWF (a) C I have found
justification for putting my words onto paper. My efforts here are
honored and respected; and I know that I am among many others who also
struggle to find a place in their busy lives for their writing.
Within the circle of our writing we share friendship and the honesty of
our words. Here I feel an energy that assures me that I am truly
alive when I write.
- - Patty DeBlasis
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