2 Evenings with Starhawk

Starhawk, committed global justice activist and organizer, is the author or coauthor of twelve books, including The Spiral Dance, The Fifth Sacred Thing, and The Earth Path. Her latest is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, just released. She is a veteran of progressive movements, from anti-war to anti-nukes, is a highly influential voice in the revival of earth-based spirituality and Goddess religion, and has brought many innovative techniques of spirituality and magic to her political work. Her web site is www.starhawk.org.

Wednesday, Dec. 7th 7:30pm-10pm
"Empowering Tools for Challenging Times"
 From Cairo to Wall Street, all over the world people are coming together to create change, organizing without top-down leadership or hierarchies. In thousands of voluntary groups everywhere, people work together to create everything from community gardens to media to new ways of living. Such circles can be enormously creative and empowering, but they can also be cumbersome and frustrating. Yet when they work well, they liberate our imagination and change the world.
       In her latest book, The Empowerment Manual, A Guide for Collaborative Groups, Starhawk draws on four decades of experience in circles and collectives to show us how to foster connection, clear communication and positive power in ourselves and our groups. Join us for this evening introduction to the basics of group empowerment, with a booksigning of The Empowerment Manual and live music by Incus
$15-$20 sliding scale advance tickets, $20 at the door
The First Church UU, Hall 6 Elliot St.  Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, firstchurchjp.org
www.heARTbeatCollective.org/Starhawk

Thursday, Dec. 8th 7:30pm-10:30pm SOLD OUT
"The Magic of Co-creation: Building Power in Groups"
It happens over and over again--a group of people come together, fired up with passion to create change.  They begin with huge inspiration and enthusiasm--and a year later, it's all foundered in the mire of conflict.  We could have changed the world ten times over--if we didn't have to do it together with other people, those irritating, self-righteous, controlling, fluff-brained clueless idiots who are our friends and allies.
 We can do better. 
In this in-depth evening workshop, we will use the tools of magic and ritual to explore issues of personal and social power.  We'll look at ways to create nurturing and healing group structures, deal with difficult people, and embrace constructive conflict.  We'll raise and focus group energy to celebrate our connectedness and nurture resilient communities that can be joyful and effective agents of change.
The heARTbeat Collective, 35 Wyman St., Jamaica Plain
$25-$100 (this event is capped at 40 people)
www.heARTbeatCollective.org/Starhawk

Wednesday at the UU: Starhawk: Empowerment
$15-$20 sliding scale in advance, $20 at the door

Thursday at the hbC: Starhawk: Working in Groups Workshop SOLD OUT
Sliding scale donation $25-100

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