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SUMMARY:Psychodynamic Yoga with Akiva Daube — Monday nights
DESCRIPTION:Classes are Mondays from 6 – 7 pm and cost $15.\nIn this on-hour class\, students will be verbally guided into a deep state of gentle movement\, breath and body sensing known as Yoga Nidra (literally “sleep of the yogi”). No experience\, skill\, discipline or flexibility is required. Yoga Nidra is an ancient Tantric Yoga practice that induces physical\, mental and emotional relaxation while one remains alert and awake. It is also a profound experience of self-inquiry designed to facilitate awakening to one’s true nature. In this natural state of consciousness\, even though the world is dim and relaxation is deep—as in deep sleep—there remains an inward lucidity that can be recalled later.\nAbout Akiva Daube M.A.\, R.Y.T.\nAkiva Daube is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher (RYT). He has taught for many years in numerous locations throughout the New York City area. He is also a full-time student of Psychoanalysis (New York Graduate School of Psychoanalysis) and was an assistant editor of The Journal of Modern Psychoanalysis. Additionally\, he completed an internship at Bellevue Hospital’s Chemical Dependency Unit (HHC) and has served extensively as a counselor for suicide prevention. Akiva also spent a year in intensive residential training at the San Francisco Zen Center. \nhttp://psychodynamicyoga.com
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SUMMARY:2013 CRS Holiday Program & Dinner — 12/14
DESCRIPTION:The CRS Healers and Staff invite you to join us in ringing in the holidays on the evening of Saturday\, December 14\, 2013 between 6 – 10 pm! \nFrom 6 – 7 pm we’ll be treated to a short concert by world-renowned marimba player Midori Ichikawa followed by a short conversation between CRS founder Yasuko Kasaki and artist/healer Yokko “Baldy.” From 7 pm we’ll feast on a delightful buffet dinner by Masuki\, with dessert and wine reception (featuring sustainably produced wines from local wineries) served from 8:30 – 10 pm.\nTickets for the program and dinner are $30 and must be purchased in advance (Dec 8 is the last day to buy yours). You are welcome to bring your children under age 18 without purchasing a ticket\, and you may also attend just the 8:30 – 10 pm reception without a ticket ($15 admission at the door\, cash only).\nAbout Musician Midori Ichikawa\nSince Midori Ichikawa graduated from The Musashino Academy of Music in 1979\, she has performed at many different concerts including the National Marimba Festival. She also has held numerous solo-recitals called “Midori’s Concert” which is well known in Japan. Although she is quite active as a performer\, Midori has the biggest Marimba school in the world. Currently she hires ten marimba and piano instructors\, and has about 300 students. The majority of her students go on to further their studies at well known Japanese universities that specialize in music. Between 2006 and 2007\, she performed and was well received at the Cultural Ministry\, Nomura Securities\, Seibu Department Group\, Japan Agricultural Association\, as well as many other prominent places. She is a special member of Japan Xylophone Association. Over the years she studied marimba from Ms. Mutsuko Taneya\, Ms. Michiko Takakhashi and Mr. Eiichi Asabuki.\nListen.\nhttp://www.immusics.com\nAbout Yokko\nYokko is remarkable for having lost her hair at a young age but perservered to become a professional performer anyway. Refusing to see herself as a victim\, she chose instead to explore the roots of her dis-ease and discovered her true strength and beauty — and her father’s love. Eventually she was able to transform her experience into a fearless\, funny and intimate one-woman show\, BALDY\, which she has shown in NYC and Hollywood and will next year share at CRS. \nYokko (performer & writer) is an actor & a movement artist from Japan\, came to the United States to study theatre in Oregon and Albany. She received her MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. Her Credits include BALDY (Hollywood Fringe Festival2013\, Fringe NYC 2012)\, BUTOH Electra (Irondale Center & Fringe NYC 2011)\, The Woolgatherer\, The Producers (ASDS Repertory season)\, Odyssey (The Wings Theatre) and Othello (Looking Glass Theatre). Dance Credits include: FACET (Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013)\, Autumn Leaves (KGB Show\, Kraine Theatre)\, and many others. She is a member of The Ume Group\, and VOID Theatre Company in NYC. She is also founder of JPAC (Japanese Performing Arts Company)\, and has shared Japanese culture through classical Japanese dance and stage combat within drama. \nhttp://www.yokko-online.com \nAbout Baldy\nA courageous Japanese woman discovers her father’s love only after she loses her hair and skin. In this fearless\, funny and personal show\, Yokko brings to life nearly a dozen characters\, merging movement and memories into a narrative exploring kinship\, cultural expectations and personal identity and weaves the fantastic with the ordinary in her ongoing search for a singular voice.\nhttp://yokkobaldy.weebly.com\n \n \nDecember 2013146 – 10 pm
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SUMMARY:Being What Is — Mondays from 7 – 9 pm
DESCRIPTION:Join Orya for a weekly gathering and experience of being what is.\nConnect with other like-minded people who support one another and learn from each-other.\nMost of us are still sleeping\, pretending to be disconnected. Humanity’s journey from competition to cooperation is at infancy. Together\, we can support each-other in this wake-up process and hold each-other accountable to show up in our lives. For real.\nLet’s wake up and create with heart.\nAncient wisdom\, indigenous technology and sacred text all have their place in the unfolding of the present\, but who will write the next chapter? We ARE!\nEvery week we explore new ‘conversation starters’ and go into a discussion and experience that promotes an expanded state of mind\, heart\, body\, soul… and everything in between and all around.\nFor more information visit Orya @ www.beingwhatis.com\nLearn more\nstarting Nov 4\, 2013Mondays 7 – 9 pm
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SUMMARY:ACIM Spiritual Reading / Healing Workshop — Mon 10/28 – 11/18
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, 10/28 – 11/18\, 2013\nfrom 8 – 9:30 pm\nLed by Katherine Abegg\n$20/class (class cards may be used)\nWhile Yasuko is away\, in lieu of our usual ACIM class\, we will once again be offering the popular spiritual reading/healing workshop guided by the principles outlined in A Course In Miracles (ACIM). This 90 minute class will focus on meditation work and using the principles of ACIM to connect with our classmates on a spiritual level. Each class will include a lot of partner work. You will leave with clear tips on how to carry this practice into your daily life as well.\nOur primary goal of this class is that all of the students can listen to the guidance of Holy Spirit and bring the experience of certainty and peace to all the events of their life. Slowly\, you will re-train your eyes to see the world around you without judgment. You will learn to communicate with your holy spirit.\nThis class is appropriate for beginners and for advanced students. It’s kind of like going to gym — no matter your fitness level\, practice is the key to growth.\nAnother great way to get a taste of our approach is to attend one of our free Healing Events\, each of which is open to the public:\nHealing Clinic\nM 7 – 7:50 pm\, Tu 7 – 7:50 pm\, Th 11 am – 12 pm\nsuggested donation $20\, nobody turned away\nGuided Meditation\nTu 6:30 – 7 pm\nfree\n \n10/28-11/18\, 2013Mondays  8 – 9:30 pm
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SUMMARY:2014 Socially Relevant Film Festival Benefit — 11/23
DESCRIPTION:CRS Community Films invites you to an exclusive sneak-preview of and benefit for the 2014 Rated SR — Socially Relevant Film Festival New York! See clips of some of the submitted films\, vote for your favorites\, and learn how you can help make the Festival happen.  If you ever wanted to ask questions of an internationally successful film producer\, director and festival organizer\, now’s your chance!\nThis inspiring undertaking is the brainchild of founding Artistic Director Nora Armani helped by a team of dedicated collaborators\, such as Laurence Hoffman (Director of Programming)\, Valentina Bertozzi and Aude Lambert (Marketing and Sales)\, Lucie Tripon (Production Assistant) and Interns (Marion Avril and Marine Marcenac – NYIT students). Takeaway:  If they can do it\, so can you!\nThe Festival will take place March 14 – 20\, 2014 with all screenings at The Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village. Submissions are still being accepted through December 15!\nRATED SR is a festival and film lab that aims to satisfy a market need concentrating on everyday positive human stories while offering an alternative to the proliferation of violence & crime in films\, and to an assaultive movie going experience. www.ratedsrfilms.org\nThe mission of Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York is to support filmmakers who deal with socially relevant content by encouraging them to produce socially relevant films that are often overshadowed in the marketplace. Donations to support the Festival are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law and can be made via PayPal from the Festival’s web site.\nRated SR Films are entertaining\, enlightening\, uplifting but most of all artistically appealing.\n“Audiences have become saturated with this type of [violent storytelling] content and are seeking more intelligent content worldwide. World Cinema has already been engaged in this alternative of “Non violent storytelling” for a long time. In these films the story unfolds in a natural way driven by the characters and situations they find themselves in\, and not by violent and aggressive human interaction whether or not arms and weaponry are involved\,” said Armani in an interview for Filmmaker Lifestyle. \n \nAbout Festival Founding Artistic Director Nora Armani\nNora Armani is an award-winning actor/filmmaker with extensive experience in organizing film events and curating or guest-curating film festivals internationally. She represented the Ministry of Culture of Armenia in the Film Division from 1991-1993 and organized numerous film events and retrospectives on Cinema worldwide under her Paris-based film production company Parev Productions for over a decade. These events included AFI in Los Angeles and Washington\, D.C. Kennedy Center\, Pompidou Center Paris\, ICA London\, Cine Lumière London\, Edinburgh Film Festival\, Kerala Film Festival India\, most recently Silver Lake Film Festival in LA as guest curator. She has presented several papers at conferences such as Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) at Harvard University and Harriman Institute at Columbia University as well as LSE Media Studies on Sergei Paradjanov and Cultural Identity in Cinema. She holds an M.Sc. degree in Sociology from London School of Economics (LSE) the University of London\, where she did research work towards her M.Phil/Ph.D. degree through 2005.\nAs feature film producer Armani’s films were screened in the official selections of the Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)\, IFF Rotterdam (Competition)\, Denver\, Oregon\, Paris\, Cambridge\, and Edinburgh. As a filmmaker Nora Armani recently wrote & directed her debut film\, ‘Moving Stories’ that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 and was seen at a number of US and International Film Festivals such as\, MOCA Jacksonville FL World Arts Film Festival\, ARPA Film Festival Los Angeles\, Monaco Film Festival\, Festival de Films de Femmes de Creteil\, London Shoreditch Town Hall\, and the Golden Apricot Film Festival in Armenia.\nNora has a cosmopolitan background having lived and worked as an actor/film producer in Italy\, the Middle East\, Armenia\, UK and France. She is multilingual and currently calls New York home after many years in Los Angeles and Paris. For more information see full bio and filmography on: www.noraarmani.com\nhttp://www.imdb.me/noraarmani\n  \nAbout CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Social Activism\nAs you may know\, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is a center for the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles (ACIM). Many people see the Course as being solely about changing the mind rather than behavior\, about finding peace in one’s own mind by accepting external circumstances (as being unimportant\, indeed unreal) rather than trying to change them. However\, the Course also says (in an earlier edition) that once your mind returns to love\, \nYou now share my inability to tolerate the lack of love in yourself and in everyone else\, and must join the Great Crusade to correct it. The slogan for this Crusade is ‘Listen\, Learn\, and Do.’ This means Listen to My Voice\, Learn to undo the error\, and do something to correct it. The first two are not enough. The real members of my party are active workers. — A Course in Miracles Urtext (T-1.26).\nTherefore\, we at CRS actively support all forms of social action that are motivated by love and the goal of undoing the obstacles to love in the world. That starts with changing our own minds by returning our own thoughts to love and then spreads when we help others to do the same. \nLearn moreRated SR Film Festival Web Site\nNovember 2013234 – 6 pm
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SUMMARY:Miracles in Manhattan Lecture Series with Jon Mundy\, Ph.D. 11/10
DESCRIPTION:One Chapter Per Month From the Text of A Course in Miracles\nThere are 31 Chapters is the Course\, so it will take about 3 years to complete this project.\nLECTURE 6:\nThe Illusions of the Ego\nCh. 4 from A Course in Miracles Textbook\nSunday\, Nov 10\, 2013 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm\n~ $20 per person with advanced registration ~\n~ $25 per person at the door without a registration ~\nCall 212-866-3795 or email Fran@miraclesmagazine.org to register in advance.\nYour name will be on a list at the door. To pay by credit\, card please register in advance.\nOr\, you can pay with cash or a check at the door.\nAs long as space is available\, “No one is ever turned away.”\nContribute what you can.\nYou will receive a monthly email reminder with the latest information on the date\, time and topic. The schedule can always be found on our website:\nwww.miraclesmagazine.org \nRemaining Dates for 2013:\nNov. 10\nDec 8\nDr. Jon Mundy met Dr. Helen Schucman\, the scribe for A Course in Miracles\, in 1973. Helen introduced Jon to the Course and served as his mentor and guide till she became ill in 1980. He is the author of Living A Course in Miracles. After Return to Love by Marianne Williamson\, it is currently the best-selling book based on the teaching of A Course in Miracles.\nLearn moreWatch Lecture #1Resources\nNovember 2013101:30 – 4:30 pm
URL:https://crsny.org/event/miracles-in-manhattan-lecture-series-with-jon-mundy-ph-d-1110/
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SUMMARY:Open Rehearsal: "π=3.14… Ramallah-Fukushima-New York-Maracaibo. Endless Peripheral Border" by Yoshiko Chuma & the School of Hard Knocks — 11/15
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, Nov 15 at 7 pm\, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to an open rehearsal of “π=3.14… Ramallah-Fukushima-New York-Maracaibo. Endless Peripheral Border” by Yoshiko Chuma & the School of Hard Knocks. Guests will preview a dance sequence performed by Miriam Parker\, Rebeca Medina\, and Kensaku Shinohara and are invited to discuss the work with the artists afterward. The rehearsal and discussion will last about 90 minutes and is free but a donation of $15 to support the work is suggested.\nNow created for four performers — Parker\, Medina\, and Shinohara plus one local dancer and one musician who will join the cast in Venezuela — this latest iteration in the π=3.14 series\, heretofore shown only in intimate venues\, is being prepared for performance in an 800-seat venue as part of the Festival Internacional de Danza de Maracaibo on Nov 29\, 2013 in Venezuela. The work continues to intentionally confuse documentation with history\, recreating steep segments from Chuma’s own documented events in Ramallah\, Fukushima\, and Bogota. From this material\, she assembles a mosaic of dancers\, images\, filmed interviews and musical selections whose content has the effect of framing theater with barbed wire. \n“When you meet other cultures\, you focus on how different you are\, but eventually you realize that you are not so different. Creation begins by looking at that gap. And that gap was what made me an artist.” — Yoshiko Chuma\, Founder of The School of Hard Knocks \nPhotograph by Kit Fitzgerald from the latest “π=3.14…” series presented at La MaMa La Galleria in Jul 2013\nPictured:   Mina Nishimura\n \nYOSHIKO CHUMA (artistic director & choreographer of The School of Hard Knocks\, USA and artistic director of the Daghdha Dance Company in Limerick\, Ireland from 2000–03) was born in Osaka\, Japan and has lived in the United States since 1978. Chuma has created more than 45 full-length company works\, commissions and site-specific events for venues across the world\, constantly challenging the notion of performing for both audience and participant. Her work has been presented in New York in venues ranging from the Joyce Theater to the legendary annual Halloween Parade; and abroad in such locations as the former National Theater of Sarajevo\, the perimeter of the Hong Kong harbor and at an ancient ruin in Macedonia.Yoshiko Chuma is the recipient of several fellowships and awards\, including those from the Guggenheim Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, New York Foundation for the Arts\, Japan Foundation\, Meet the Composer Choreographer/Composer Commission and Philip Morris New Works. She has led workshops and master classes throughout Eastern and Western Europe\, Asia\, Russia and the U.S.\nLearn moreArtist BlogArtist Web Site\nNov 2013157 pm
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SUMMARY:Think Act Change:  Meet Activists Bill Ayers & Mitchel Cohen to Benefit WBAI Radio — 11/18
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of WBAI Free Speech Radio 99.5fm\, join us for a freewheelin’ chat with Bill Ayers (activist/author/educator and co-founder of the Weather Underground)\, Mitchel Cohen (writer\, activist\, poet\, former chair WBAI-FM Local Board)\, and Rachel Laforest (Executive Director\, Right to the City). Grab a cup of joe downstairs at Think Coffee or bring a brown bag lunch if you like\, and have your questions ready:  each has a new book out and a lot to say about what you can do to help save WBAI Free Speech Radio and make the world a better place! \nThe doors will open at 1:15 pm and the chat will begin at 1:30ish. This is a co-presentation of Think Act Change NYC meetup.\nWBAI is facing a difficult budget crunch and we encourage you to make a donation at the door. WBAI is listener-supported radio. As a member of the Pacifica chain of radio stations\, it provides a vast array of original programming to listeners in the Metropolitan NYC region and worldwide on this site. Make a donation online.\n \nPublic Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident\nby Bill Ayers\nPages: 240 \n \nIn this sequel to Fugitive Days\, Ayers charts his life after the Weather Underground\, when he becomes the GOP’s flaunted “domestic terrorist\,” a “public enemy.”  \nIn the heat of the 2008 presidential election\, Barack Obama’s opponents were spinning a chilling narrative that cast him as an enigmatic figure with a group of shadowy associates\, including a Black Nationalist preacher\, a Palestinian professor\, and an “unrepentant domestic terrorist.” That imagined terrorist was Bill Ayers\, a one-time leader of the Weather Underground. The McCain campaign spent millions of dollars demonizing Ayers specifically and castigating Senator Obama for\, in Sarah Palin’s deathless phrase\, “pallin’ around with terrorists.” \n \nThat wasn’t the first time Ayers found his face plastered all over the media under the label “terrorist.” After his memoir Fugitive Days\, the story of his life in Students for a Democratic Society and later the Weather Underground\, was published on September 10\, 2001\, he came under furious fire from right-wing media\, which bizarrely tied him to the World Trade Center tragedy. Over the years\, at the hands of the radical Right\, Bill Ayers has become a household name and a public enemy. In reality\, Ayers is a dedicated teacher\, father\, and social justice advocate\, and his “shady past” is actually the story of an ardent antiwar activist. \n \nAyers was hosting his graduate students at his Hyde Park home during the 2008 presidential debate in which his neighbor Barack Obama was confronted about their association. Public Enemy begins there and then flashes back to tell Ayers’s story from the moment he and his wife\, Bernardine Dohrn\, emerged from years on the run and rebuilt their lives as public figures\, often celebrated for their community work but much hated by the radical Right. \nIn the face of defamation by conservative media\, and despite frequent death threats\, Bill and Bernardine stay true to their core beliefs in the power of protest\, dissent\, and deep commitment to the welfare of others. Ayers recounts his adventures with the Tea Party\, including memorable scenes of “confessing” under entertaining duress that he was indeed the author of Obama’s Dreams from My Father\, of hosting a dinner party for Fox News stars\, of being banned from college campuses and\, in one case\, from an entire country. He also takes us along to the red carpet at the Oscars\, to prison vigils and the Greek islands\, and ultimately back to his Hyde Park home\, where his activism and commitment to a life that refuses to make a mockery of his values allow him to make the most of his post as America’s leading public enemy.  \n  \nWhat is Direct Action?\nBy Mitchel Cohen\nView this Author’s Spotlight \nPaperback\, 596 Pages \nPreview \n \nHow to change the world. Longtime New Left activist and poet Mitchel Cohen\, co-founder of the Red Balloon Collective at SUNY Stony Brook in 1969\, the Brooklyn Greens\, and a participant in Occupy Wall Street\, offers unique and often humorous perspectives on radical movements since the 1960s while challenging the framework used by both anarchists and Marxists from within the Left. Foreword by Prof. Richard Wolff. Cover Art by Haideen Anderson. Includes writings by Marina Sitrin\, Isis Feral\, Jay Moore\, Arun Gupta\, Rebecca Solnit\, David Graeber\, Jeff Goldthorpe\, John Tarleton\, Sarah Jaffe\, Dave Lippman\, Tom Angotti\, Chris Williams\, & Mickey Z.\nhttp://www.mitchelcohen.com\n \n \nMore About Bill Ayers from his web site\nWilliam Ayers\, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired)\, member of the executive committee of the Faculty Senate and founder of both the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society\, taught courses in interpretive and qualitative research\, oral history\, creative non-fiction\, urban school change\, and teaching and the modern predicament.  A graduate of the University of Michigan\, the Bank Street College of Education\, Bennington College\, and Teachers College\, Columbia University\, Ayers has written extensively about social justice\, democracy and education\, the cultural contexts of schooling\, and teaching as an essentially intellectual\, ethical\, and political enterprise. He is a past  vice-president of the curriculum studies division of the American Educational Research Association.\nAyers’ articles have appeared in many journals including the Harvard Educational Review\, the Journal of Teacher Education\, Teachers College Record\, Rethinking Schools\, The Nation\, Educational Leadership\, the New York Times and the Cambridge Journal of Education.\nHis previous books include\, among others\, To Teach: The Journey in Comics with Ryan Alexander-Tanner (Teachers College Press\, 2010)\, Race Course: Against White Supremacy with Bernardine Dohrn (Third World Press 2008)\, Teaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom with Rick Ayers  (Teachers College Press\, 2011)\, Fugitive Days: A Memoir (Beacon Press\, 2001\, 2008)\, and To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher\, (Teachers College Press\, 1993) which was named Book of the Year in 1993 by Kappa Delta Pi\, and won the Witten Award for Distinguished Work in Biography and Autobiography in 1995. Follow Ayers on his website\, Facebook\, and Twitter.\nRachel Laforest has been the Executive Director of Right to the City Alliance since May 2011. She joined the Alliance after eight years of working with progressive labor\, directing the Organizing and Public Policy departments of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 and Actors Equity Association (AEA).  Rachel organized and led multiple mobilizations of thousands of TWU members to City Hall and the state government in Albany; conducted extensive research and designed education and training in public policy for rank-and-file union members and officers; and was one of the lead coordinators for TWU during the 2005 New York City transit strike\, after which the union leadership was jailed. Prior to her career with TWU and AEA\, Rachel served as Lead Organizer/Co-Campaign Director for Jobs with Justice/New York Unemployment Project\, building community-labor solidarity and joint action and co-coordinating the campaign that won an increase of $2 per hour in the minimum wage for New York State.  Rachel holds a BA from Hunter College/CUNY in Political Science (Black and Puerto Rican Studies) and Education and she is a new mami!!\nRight to the City (RTTC) emerged in 2007 as a unified response to gentrification and a call to halt the displacement of low-income people\, people of color\, marginalized LGBTQ communities\, and youths of color from their historic urban neighborhoods. We are a national alliance of racial\, economic and environmental justice organizations. Through shared principles and a common frame and theory of change\, RTTC is building a national movement for racial justice\, urban justice\, human rights\, and democracy. \nAbout CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Social Activism\nAs you may know\, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is a center for the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles (ACIM). Many people see the Course as being solely about changing the mind rather than behavior\, about finding peace in one’s own mind by accepting external circumstances (as being unimportant\, indeed unreal) rather than trying to change them. However\, the Course also says (in an earlier edition) that once your mind returns to love\, \nYou now share my inability to tolerate the lack of love in yourself and in everyone else\, and must join the Great Crusade to correct it. The slogan for this Crusade is ‘Listen\, Learn\, and Do.’ This means Listen to My Voice\, Learn to undo the error\, and do something to correct it. The first two are not enough. The real members of my party are active workers. — A Course in Miracles Urtext (T-1.26).\nTherefore\, we at CRS actively support all forms of social action that are motivated by love and the goal of undoing the obstacles to love in the world. That starts with changing our own minds by returning our own thoughts to love and then spreads when we help others to do the same.\nWe frequently partner with Think Act Change NYC to host documentary film screenings\, NGO and social entrepreneurship talks\, workshops\, and panel discussions. \nThink Act Change NYC is a meetup group for changemakers\, thinkers\, innovators\, entrepreneurs or anyone who is passionate about social innovation\, social enterprise or simply doing good. At our meetups we want to talk about ideas\, but more importantly we want to connect people to enable them to act on their ideas in order to implement real change.\nThis video pretty much sums us up!\nMake sure to like us on Facebook & follow us on Twitter we’ll keep you posted on all things awesome that you can do to change the world! \nLearn moreThink Act Change Web Site\nNovember 2013181:15 pm
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:  LIGHT — Paintings by Aoi Nakamura — 12/8 – 12/22
DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce LIGHT\, an exhibition of paintings by Japan-based painter and pottery artist Aoi Nakamura from December 8 –  22\, 2013. The exhibition consists of 15 abstract and semi-abstract works in acrylic on canvas.\nIn lieu of an opening reception\, we invite everyone to meet the artist at the CRS Holiday Reception on Saturday\, Dec 14 from 8:30 – 10 pm ($15 at the door).\nABOUT LIGHT\n“Motherly soft light in nature\, beautiful shine\, dynamic and powerful energy\, lights lying in the deep human soul\, lights that come from the unconscious mind — those are the things I would like to express in my paintings.\n“Today\, we face many problems\, hardships\, agonies and conflicts both on a social and personal level but\, whatever those things are\, I believe that there always are rays of hope. When I paint\, I always try to look into an image that comes from my unconscious mind and have such rays of light spread out in my work.” — Aoi Nakamura\nAoi Nakamura’s Artist Statement:\n“My work expresses the power of nature\, the force of life\, flow of energy\, dynamism of nature and human sub-consciousness. My inspiration for art comes from such individuals as Haruki Murakami\, Carl Gustav Jung\, Claude Dsbussy\, and Kenji Miyazawa\, and also from dreams and fantasies. Interplay of Eastern and Western philosophies are also reflected in my paintings.\n“My experiences as a professional acupuncturist and oriental herbal medicine pharmacist practitioner for over ten years has also influenced my art. Through diagnosing many patients\, I often realize that many of them tend to resort to quick and instant recovery through western medicine and forget to pay attention to the power of natural healing that each individual originally has. When they recover through my acupuncture session\, they often seem to remember the power of life force and enter into what Jung refers to as “an individuation process and avhieve personal wholeness.” I hope that\, through my art\, people can feel and sense such power of natural healing.”\n— Aoi Nakamura\nAbout Aoi Nakamura\nAoi studied abstract painting at “The Art Students League of New York\, NY” and “Durham Arts Council\, NC”.  She graduated from Mimbi-Attached Institutes of Japan Art Association\, Tokyo Japan. Her paintings were displayed at such exhibitions as ”Salon des Artistes Independants in Japan” (Society of Independent Artists) and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Student Exhibition (Ueno\, Tokyo).\nAfter engaging in her creative activity at an atelie in Kamakura (a historic town near Tokyo)\, she has moved to NY\, where she focuses on abstract paintings.  \nAoi is a licensed acupuncturist as well as herbal medicine practitioner.\nhttp://aoinakamura.com\ne-mail:  aoinyart@gmail.com\nLearn moreArtist BlogArtist Web Site\nDecember 20138 – 22Daily
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SUMMARY:Miracles in Manhattan Lecture Series with Jon Mundy\, Ph.D. 12/8
DESCRIPTION:One Chapter Per Month From the Text of A Course in Miracles\nThere are 31 Chapters is the Course\, so it will take about 3 years to complete this project.\nLECTURE 7:\nHealing and Wholeness\nBased on Chapter 5 from A Course in Miracles Textbook\nSunday\, Dec 8\, 2013 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm\n~ $20 per person with advanced registration ~\n~ $25 per person at the door without a registration ~\nCall 212-866-3795 or email Fran@miraclesmagazine.org to register in advance.\nYour name will be on a list at the door. To pay by credit\, card please register in advance.\nOr\, you can pay with cash or a check at the door.\nAs long as space is available\, “No one is ever turned away.”\nContribute what you can.\nYou will receive a monthly email reminder with the latest information on the date\, time and topic. The schedule can always be found on our website:\nwww.miraclesmagazine.org \nFuture Dates:\nJan 12\nFeb 9\nDr. Jon Mundy met Dr. Helen Schucman\, the scribe for A Course in Miracles\, in 1973. Helen introduced Jon to the Course and served as his mentor and guide till she became ill in 1980. He is the author of Living A Course in Miracles. After Return to Love by Marianne Williamson\, it is currently the best-selling book based on the teaching of A Course in Miracles.\nLearn moreWatch Lecture #1Resources\nDecember 201381:30 – 4:30 pm
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CATEGORIES:Guest Event
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SUMMARY:Baldy by Yokko — 1/24 – 26
DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents the solo performance BALDY by Yokko. BALDY is a fearless\, funny and intimate\, nine-character\, one-woman show looking backing on writer/performer Yokko’s traumatic experience of losing her hair — and then most of her skin — at age 19. Refusing to see herself as a victim\, she chose instead to explore the roots of her dis-ease\, eventually discovering her true strength and beauty — and her father’s love.\nPerformances will take place at CRS on Friday and Saturday\, January 24 & 25\, 2014 at 8 pm and Sunday\, January 26 at 3 pm. General admission tickets are $20. Tickets for students and seniors with valid ID are $15 at the door. $15 early-bird tickets are available through Jan 19.\n BALDY has been previously presented in to sold out audiences in the New York International Fringe Festival (2012)\, the Hollywood Fringe Festival (2013)\, and the United Solo Theatre Festival at Theatre Row (2013).\nIn this heartfelt examination and meditation on cultural and familial expectation\, self-doubt and personal identity\, Yokko grounds herself in her story as much as she does in the present moment\, and her commitment to both is admirable. With or without hair\, Baldy is a thing of wonder. — Rochelle Denton\, nytheaternow.com \nAbout Yokko\nYokko (performer & writer) is an actor & a movement artist from Japan\, came to the United States to study theatre in Oregon and Albany. She received her MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. Her Credits include BALDY (Hollywood Fringe Festival2013\, Fringe NYC 2012)\, BUTOH Electra (Irondale Center & Fringe NYC 2011)\, The Woolgatherer\, The Producers (ASDS Repertory season)\, Odyssey (The Wings Theatre) and Othello (Looking Glass Theatre). Dance Credits include: FACET (Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013)\, Autumn Leaves (KGB Show\, Kraine Theatre)\, and many others. She is a member of The Ume Group\, and VOID Theatre Company in NYC. She is also founder of JPAC (Japanese Performing Arts Company)\, and has shared Japanese culture through classical Japanese dance and stage combat within drama. \nhttp://www.yokko-online.com \n \nJanuary 201424 – 268 pm Fri & Sat\n3pm Sun
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SUMMARY:THE PERSON-CENTERED-APPROACH by Susie Lang LMHC. NCC. — 1/11 & 1/12
DESCRIPTION:THE PERSON-CENTERED-APPROACH\n \nAn Opportunity to Experience…\nFACILITATED BY SUSIE LANG LMHC. NCC.\n \nAn Interactive and Experiential Group\nTo Explore and Be in … \n＊ The Dynamics of the PCA (Rogerian Therapeutic Approach) \n＊ A Group Experience\n＊ A Group Process \n \nCarl Rogers believed that Person-Centered Approach is more concerned with the development and personal ownership of a set of values\, personal qualities and attitudes\, learned experiences gained through in-depth group process. The learning is in the being.\n \nHaving been a group facilitator and a group participant on many occasions\, I have come to appreciate and value the quality of learning and connection that often comes with being in a Person Centered group.  Learning often happens through spontaneity\, intellectual knowledge and the quality of personal presence – essential to developing the PCA practice with depth and integrity.  \n \n“From Separateness to Unity – each individual tends to use the opportunity to become all that he or she can become.  Separateness and diversity – the uniqueness of being ‘me’ are experienced. This very characteristic seems to raise the group level to a oneness of consciousness”. (Rogers\, 1980\, p. 190)\n \nCost: $50:00 – With Discounted Rate for Graduate Students. \n \nRSVP: Thursday January 9th 2014\nwww.susielangcounseling.com\nEmail: susielang757@gmail.com\nPhone: (347) 699 2959\n \n \nJanuary 201411&123:30 – 6 pm 
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SUMMARY:Free Slow Flow Yoga with Yokko — 12/27
DESCRIPTION:Take it slow with this gentle\, but deep approach to Vinyasa yoga. This practice links poses to breath to reveal body awareness\, inner strength\, and easeful opening.\nABOUT YOKKO \nYokko (RYT200\, MFA in Acting) is an actor\, dancer\, and Yoga & movement instructor. She has been teaching physical activities (including Yoga\, Movement\, Dance\, Marcial Arts) for 5 years. She has been practicing yoga since 2007. She has practiced Bikram\, Ashtanga\, Power\, Hartha\, Vinyasa\, and Kundalini Yoga. She recieved RYT200 from Sarah Coleman & Shawn Granato at Finiding Sukah Yoga School in NYC in 2011. She will recieve 100 hour at the end of theaputic yoga teacher’s training program\, and will be RYT300 in January 2014. \nShe has been trained in Butoh\, Nihon Buyoh\, Japanese Martial Arts\, Grotowsky\, Suzuki and improvisational movement\, Clowning\, and Comtemporary Dance.  She has held Workshops in Eugene (OR)\,  Albany (NY)\,  NYC\, and Los Angeles (CA). Recently\, she has been creating her own style of movement: Dance with Nature which includes Butoh\, Yoga\, and other her trainings. \nhttp://yokkoyoga.weebly.com\n \n \n \nDecember 2013276:30 – 7:30 pm 
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SUMMARY:Free Slow Flow Yoga with Yokko — 1/3
DESCRIPTION:Take it slow with this gentle\, but deep approach to Vinyasa yoga. This practice links poses to breath to reveal body awareness\, inner strength\, and easeful opening.\nABOUT YOKKO \nYokko (RYT200\, MFA in Acting) is an actor\, dancer\, and Yoga & movement instructor. She has been teaching physical activities (including Yoga\, Movement\, Dance\, Marcial Arts) for 5 years. She has been practicing yoga since 2007. She has practiced Bikram\, Ashtanga\, Power\, Hartha\, Vinyasa\, and Kundalini Yoga. She recieved RYT200 from Sarah Coleman & Shawn Granato at Finiding Sukah Yoga School in NYC in 2011. She will recieve 100 hour at the end of theaputic yoga teacher’s training program\, and will be RYT300 in January 2014. \nShe has been trained in Butoh\, Nihon Buyoh\, Japanese Martial Arts\, Grotowsky\, Suzuki and improvisational movement\, Clowning\, and Comtemporary Dance.  She has held Workshops in Eugene (OR)\,  Albany (NY)\,  NYC\, and Los Angeles (CA). Recently\, she has been creating her own style of movement: Dance with Nature which includes Butoh\, Yoga\, and other her trainings. \nhttp://yokkoyoga.weebly.com\n \n \n \nJanuary 201436:30 – 7:30 pm 
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SUMMARY:2014:  A Year of Miracles! Miracle Mindset Workshop — 1/10
DESCRIPTION:SET YOUR MIND ON LOVE. CREATE MIRACLES\nJoin Life Coach Lyna Jones for her workshop on Miracle mindset and Year Year Resolutions! In this workshop\, Lyna will offer tools to create a miracle mindset and provide guidance on how to create empowering resolutions that last! Lyna will offer meditation techniques\, lessons from A Course in Miracles\, and wisdom gained from her own spiritual recovery around self-esteem and happiness.\nLyna Jones is a Lilfe Coach\, Writer\, and Spiritual Mentor. In spite of an early life spent amidst the pains of abuse and depression\, she was given a second chance at happiness through an extensive study of human behavior and spirituality over the past 12 years.\n \n \nJanuary 2014107 – 8:30 pm 
URL:https://crsny.org/event/2014-a-year-of-miracles-miracle-mindset-workshop-110/
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SUMMARY:Miracles in Manhattan Lecture Series with Jon Mundy\, Ph.D. – 1/12
DESCRIPTION:One Chapter Per Month From the Text of A Course in Miracles\nThere are 31 Chapters is the Course\, so it will take about 3 years to complete this project.\nLECTURE 8:\nThe Lessons of Love\nBased on Chapter 6 from A Course in Miracles Textbook\nSunday\, Jan 12\, 2014 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm\n~ $20 per person with advanced registration ~\n~ $25 per person at the door without a registration ~\nCall 212-866-3795 or email Fran@miraclesmagazine.org to register in advance.\nYour name will be on a list at the door. To pay by credit\, card please register in advance.\nOr\, you can pay with cash or a check at the door.\nAs long as space is available\, “No one is ever turned away.”\nContribute what you can.\nYou will receive a monthly email reminder with the latest information on the date\, time and topic. The schedule can always be found on our website:\nwww.miraclesmagazine.org \nFuture Dates:\nFeb 9\nMar 9\nApr 13\nDr. Jon Mundy met Dr. Helen Schucman\, the scribe for A Course in Miracles\, in 1973. Helen introduced Jon to the Course and served as his mentor and guide till she became ill in 1980. He is the author of Living A Course in Miracles. After Return to Love by Marianne Williamson\, it is currently the best-selling book based on the teaching of A Course in Miracles.\nLearn moreWatch Lecture #1Resources\nJanuary 2014121:30 – 4:30 pm
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SUMMARY:Human Trafficking Awareness Day Free Program — 1/11/14
DESCRIPTION:There are 29.8 million people living as slaves right now\, more than at any other time in history\, 60\,000 in the United States — Walk Free Foundation.\nCRS Community Films and Think Act Change NYC invite you to a panel discussion and two film screenings (one documentary\, one feature) exploring the exploding crisis of slavery right here in the United States. We’ll look at how it’s happening and why\, what government agencies are doing to prevent trafficking\, the obstacles that non-profit agencies face in helping to return the victims to free\, healthy lives\, and what we can do as individuals to help. \nAdmission is free. You are welcome to attend either or both screenings (seating is first come\, first serve)\, but either way we encourage you to participate in the discussion! \n4:30 – 6 pm\n			FLESH THE MOVIE (documentary)\, 2011\n			Kristin Ross Lauterbach\, writer/director/producer\n			USA | 90′ (English)\n6 – 7 pm\n			PANEL DISCUSSION​\n			Kenneth Ora Melie\, dir. of LOVE TRAFFIC\n			Richard Mowatt of Fight Slavery Now!\n			Shihomi Tonogawa\, NY Asian Women’s Center\n7 – 9 pm\n			LOVE TRAFFIC (feature)\, 2014\n			Kenneth Ora Melie\, writer/director/producer\n			USA | 120′ (English) \nHuman trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world\, tied with arms trafficking as the second largest criminal industry in the world\, after drug trafficking. Several million more individuals become victims of human trafficking each year. Of these\, 87% are trafficked for the explicit purpose of sexual exploitation. The majority are girls and women (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). — Coalition Against Trafficking in Women\nABOUT FLESH THE MOVIE\nSlavery. In the past. Human trafficking. Over there. FLESH a shocking documentary\, calls into question our definitions of slavery\, human trafficking\, and prostitution in the United States. This is a story told by girls who have escaped and by those still enslaved. It is told by former and current pimps. It is told by the abolitionists of today\, including numerous directors of non-profit organizations\, a former U.S. Ambassador\, LAPD vice and the L.A. City Task Force on Human Trafficking.  \nCameras capture prostitutes on the streets of Los Angeles and reveal the heartbreaking reality of “The Game”. Even more compelling are the stories of these former prostitutes\, who tell of the atrocious ways they were enslaved physically and psychologically. They tell their stories of being trafficked in the U.S. and the moving stories of how they escaped.  FLESH goes behind the scenes of the third largest criminal industry that preys upon girls\, whose average age of entry is twelve to fourteen. \n \nFLESH does not end with the presentation of trafficking in the U.S. – it delves into its causes. Why the demand for the supply of new flesh? Why must pimps rotate their prostitutes between cities and states? Why must new and younger girls be forced into the system? The interviews give voice to those in the business of prostitution and to those seeking to end it. Together they offer startling perspectives on what drives trafficking here in the U.S.\nWriter/Director/Producer Kristin Ross Lauterbach’s interest in social and human right issues has led her to promote awareness and provide relief for people who are suffering around the world. Kristin has also directed several short-length documentaries.  Of these\, “Emthonjeni: South Africa\,” a profile of a settlement outside of Johannesburg\, and “Help Haiti Heal\,” which shows the devastating effects of the 2008 flooding in Haiti\, have together raised well over half a million dollars in relief money for victims of poverty and natural disaster in those countries.\nProducer/Writer Christina Lee Storm is an international independent producer whose experience in both Asia and the U.S. has enabled her to collaborate with talented independent filmmakers from around the world. She is a Partner and Producer for Accelerated Entertainment.  Her most recent producing credits include The Least of These staring Isaiah Washington and To Save A Life distributed by Goldwyn Films.  Christina has a passion for making films with profound themes.  She is an alumnus of Act One: Writing for Hollywood program and serves on its Advisory Board for the Executive Program.  She is also a member of the Producers Guild of America and serves on the National Board of Directors.  \nhttp://www.fleshthemovie.org\nABOUT LOVE TRAFFIC\nThis fiction feature exposes the untold and often overlooked story of the African girls sold into slavery for sex and labor\, often under the spell of an herb doctor. “Love Traffic” trails the story of a trafficker and his associates trading African girls for financial gain to support his interest in love for the beautiful Iffy. A close brush with the law drives Tony to kidnap and traffic his lover’s sister.\nWriter/director/producer Kenneth Ora Melie was born in Onitsha\, Eastern Nigeria and holds a masters in information security and teaches IT at various institutions in the New York Area. He also holds a bachelors degree in film production from the University of Wisconsin and has worked in all capacities in film and video from LA to New York with major production houses as ABC\, HBO\, NHK\, MTV\, and Panavision to name a few.  Kenneth worked on several music videos in the 90s from Naughty by Nature\, Erick B and Rakim\, George Benson\, and some commercials. He has since worked in the explosive African film industry “Nollywood” and completed several short and full length films to his credit. Filmmaking is not only to exercise his passion but a necessity to expose the ills of our society.\nABOUT THINK ACT CHANGE NYC\nTHINK ACT CHANGE NYC is a meetup group for change-makers\, thinkers\, innovators\, entrepreneurs or anyone who is passionate about social innovation\, social enterprise or simply doing good. At our meetups we want to spark conversations about things that matter in an informal gathering of people who want to talk about real issues. We want to connect\, inform\, inspire\, and empower you to act on innovative ideas to implement real change.\nhttp://www.meetup.com/Think-Act-Change-NYC/\nABOUT CRS COMUNITY FILMS\nCRS COMMUNITY FILMS provides a forum for local and independent filmmakers to share and discuss their work and ideas.\nhttp://www.meetup.com/NYC-FILM-VIDEO-SHOW-TELL/\n  \nAbout CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Social Activism\nAs you may know\, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is a center for the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles (ACIM). Many people see the Course as being solely about changing the mind rather than behavior\, about finding peace in one’s own mind by accepting external circumstances (as being unimportant\, indeed unreal) rather than trying to change them. However\, the Course also says (in an earlier edition) that once your mind returns to love\, \nYou now share my inability to tolerate the lack of love in yourself and in everyone else\, and must join the Great Crusade to correct it. The slogan for this Crusade is ‘Listen\, Learn\, and Do.’ This means Listen to My Voice\, Learn to undo the error\, and do something to correct it. The first two are not enough. The real members of my party are active workers. — A Course in Miracles Urtext (T-1.26).\nTherefore\, we at CRS actively support all forms of social action that are motivated by love and the goal of undoing the obstacles to love in the world. That starts with changing our own minds by returning our own thoughts to love and then spreads when we help others to do the same. \nStop DemandCoalition Against Trafficking in WomenThink Act Change Web Site\nJanuary 2014114:30 – 9 pm
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SUMMARY:Elixir Light Qigong with Dan Kowakofski — 1/29 – 2/19
DESCRIPTION:Unwind the daily stress and tensions\, clear your mind\, and rejuvenate your body\, as you get introduced to the ancient art of Qigong practice and learn one of the foundation Qigong exercises of the Elixir Light Qigong system: the Four Golden Wheels. In addition to toning and revitalizing of your physical body\, the benefits of this gentle moving exercise are the strengthening of the main energy centers of the body\, as well as increasing the capacity to draw energy from the Universe into these centers.\nThis introductory Qigong class series meets on 4 consecutive\nWednesdays beginning 01/29 until 02/19\, 2014 @ 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Elixir Light Qigong draws on ancient Buddhist and Taoist practices to help practitioners develop their body\, mind\, and spirit. As the main energy centers of your body become more balanced and harmonized\, so does the quality of our life. Elixir Light Qigong was founded by Master Robert Peng\, the disciple of the legendary Monk Xiao Yao.\nFee: $60 ($50 Early Bird) for all 4 sessions. $20/single class\, space permitting.\nFor more information and to register visit\nhttp://www.nycqigong.com/qigong_workshops.php\n \n1/29 – 2/19/14Wed6:30 – 7:30 pm 
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:  Photographs & Stories by Annie Ling — 1/11 – 1/31/14
DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to present a selection of images and stories from photographer Annie Ling’s project AWHERENESS on human trafficking in Romania and Moldova. The exhibition has been arranged to coincide with a free Human Trafficking Awareness Day Program taking place on January 11\, 2014 at CRS from 4 – 9 pm featuring two film screenings and a panel discussion. The photographs will remain on view from Jan 11 – 31\, 2014.\nPlease take this opportunity and direct your attention to SocialDocumentary.net\, which highlights work by photographers around the world shedding light on the tragedy of trafficking.\nRomania and Moldova are beautiful countries with an ugly problem. Every year\, thousands of women\, men and children are trafficked outside and within the borders for sex and forced labor.\nIn many cases\, children and young adults turn to the streets to escape harsh conditions at overrun orphanages or domestic abuse at home. Those affected by trafficking are often exploited by the ones closest to them: a family member\, a partner\, a lover. Psychological manipulation\, coercion\, and physical violence form the basis for a majority of these stories.\nHuman trafficking is rooted in various systems of oppression. Hearing these stories\, it is impossible to understand and address human trafficking without addressing broader socio-economic realities\, gender inequality\, domestic violence\, corruption\, racism\, and poverty.\nAWHERENESS is a collaboration with trafficked survivors to trace their stories and expose the places that enable trafficking. Trafficking is pervasive\, making it hard to detect. It takes on many different forms\, often in the most mundane places: at home\, parks\, transportation hubs\, cafes\, and beyond.\nArtist Statement\nAWHERENESS the project grew out of conversations and focused research between close friend and collaborator Patricia Chabvepi\, a Romanian human rights activist and myself nearly two years ago.\nTrafficking in Romania has swelled since 1989\, with the end of communism. Upon joining the European Union in 2007\, Romania relaxed its border patrol measures\, making free flow of both goods and people easier across borders. However\, as the country’s economy is also improving\, internal trafficking is also gaining traction. The situation is even more critical in Moldova due to the rise of orphanages amidst a struggling economy and lack of employment opportunities in the country. Most people in Moldova want to live and work abroad\, which makes the trafficking of human beings a perversely easy endeavor. Moldova is the poorest nation of Europe\, with a large percentage of its children growing up in state institutions\, not necessarily because they are orphans\, but because their parents do not have the means to raise them.\nMy first exposure to the problem of human trafficking was through a number of awareness raising campaigns\, seminars\, reports and articles. Being from Romania\, Patricia had been aware for years of Romanian young women being tricked into prostitution abroad\, but only vaguely considered what this really meant and what exactly drove them to these jobs abroad as “waitresses” and “dancers.” During a volunteer opportunity with a New York-based organization that works with victims of domestic abuse\, Patricia confronted the reality that domestic abuse and trafficking often go hand in hand.\nHuman trafficking is a cunning beast that takes on various and evolving forms as result of underlying systems of oppression. Hearing these stories\, it is impossible to understand and address human trafficking without addressing the broader socio-economic realities\, gender inequality\, domestic violence\, racism\, and poverty.\nTrafficking today has a much more ambiguous and deceptive appearance\, thus making it harder to expose. What happens now is often done under the cover of legality\, with proper paperwork and even some portion of consent. This makes law enforcement particularly difficult\, as does corruption.\nTrafficking stories are personal. My hope is that these images would invite the viewer to contemplate more deeply the problem of human trafficking and to gain an “awhereness” of the context in which trafficking is born and bred through the personal stories of survivors.\n— Annie Ling\, http://annielingphoto.com @lingphoto\nAbout Annie Ling\nBorn in Taipei\, Annie is a Canadian artist and documentary photographer currently based in Brooklyn\, New York.\nSelect clients include The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine\, GEO Magazine (Germany)\, Courrier International (France)\, FADER Magazine\, and New York Magazine.\nHer photography has been featured in publications such as PDN Photo Annual\, American Photography 27\, Magenta Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers\, Monthly Photography\, and The Forward\, among others.\nHer work is exhibited and collected internationally. Most recently\, her work has been exhibited in Germany (Lumix Photo Festival)\, South Korea (Gwanju Biennale)\, Finland (NYPH Awards)\, Hungary (Budapest Photo Festival)\, Canada (Magenta Flash Forward)\, and throughout the USA in Maine\, Boston\, and currently in New York City (“A Floating Population” at MOCA).\nAnnie is currently a fellow of Reflexions Masterclass\, a laboratory investigating the evolution of the language of visual representation and photography. She is also a recipient of a Director’s Fellowship from The International Center of Photography.\nAWARDS & NOMINATIONS:\nNew York Photo Festival Award\, Honorary Mention\, USA\nMagenta Flash Forward Winner\, Canada/International\nAmerican Photography 27\, Selected\, USA/International\nPDN Photo Annual Winner\, USA/International\nPDN 30 Nominee\, USA/International\nWorld Press Joop Swart Masterclass Nominee\, Amsterdam\nReflexions Masterclass Nominee/Runner-Up\, Italy/Europe\nICP Director’s Fellowship\, USA/International\nFOLLOW:\nFor documentary projects\, please go to:\nwww.annielingphoto.com\nFacebook Artist Page (news feed):\nhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Annie-Ling/216525428377122\nFollow on Twitter @lingphoto\nAnnie is available for travel and assignments.\nPlease contact for details and quotes.\nLearn moreArtist BlogArtist Web Site\nthrough Jan 201431Daily
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SUMMARY:Miracles in Manhattan Lecture Series with Jon Mundy\, Ph.D. – 2/9/14
DESCRIPTION:One Chapter Per Month From the Text of A Course in Miracles\nThere are 31 Chapters is the Course\, so it will take about 3 years to complete this project.\nLECTURE 9:\nThe Gifts of the Kingdom\nBased on Chapter 7 from A Course in Miracles Textbook\nSunday\, Feb 9\, 2014 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm\n~ $20 per person with advanced registration ~\n~ $25 per person at the door without a registration ~\nCall 212-866-3795 or email Fran@miraclesmagazine.org to register in advance.\nYour name will be on a list at the door. To pay by credit\, card please register in advance.\nOr\, you can pay with cash or a check at the door.\nAs long as space is available\, “No one is ever turned away.”\nContribute what you can.\nYou will receive a monthly email reminder with the latest information on the date\, time and topic. The schedule can always be found on our website:\nwww.miraclesmagazine.org \nFuture Dates:\nMar 9\nApr 13\nDr. Jon Mundy met Dr. Helen Schucman\, the scribe for A Course in Miracles\, in 1973. Helen introduced Jon to the Course and served as his mentor and guide till she became ill in 1980. He is the author of Living A Course in Miracles. After Return to Love by Marianne Williamson\, it is currently the best-selling book based on the teaching of A Course in Miracles.\nLearn moreWatch Lecture #1Resources\nFebruary 201491:30 – 4:30 pm
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:  Marvin's 3rd Eye Paintings — 2/8 – 3/4/14
DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce the exhibition of a series of 3rd eye paintings by Marvin Rosenberg. Marvin appears to be peaceful and calm at all times\, and he conveys this experience of timeless peace through his paintings. An Opening Reception with the artist will be held Saturday\, Feb 8 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.\nThe spareness of the compositions suggests that the distractions of the world of perception have been largely stripped away\, encouraging us to focus on our awareness of our own consciousness. His vivid use of color and the roundness of his subjects’ eyes communicate joy and wakeful presence\, allowing us to let go of our own thoughts and say yes to bliss. The paintings will remain on view from Feb 8 – March 4\, 2014\, and you can experience the peace of Marvin in person at his Gentle Yoga classes every Tuesday & Thursday from 5:30 – 6:30 pm at CRS.\nArtist Statement\n“I am trying to express something higher\,\nsome state of intuition\, some state of realization\,\nan atmosphere we can all enter\,\nof calmness\, of wideness.\nA place where we can experience the delight of being.”  \nAbout Marvin Rosenberg\nMarvin Rosenberg was born in New York City.  As a teenager he started to draw and paint. When he was 21\, he met a man who greatly influenced the course of his life\, named Sam Spanier. Sam was a successful artist who started an ashram based upon the teachings of the Indian mystic Sri Aurobindo. It was Sam who introduced Marvin to Yoga and Meditation and encouraged him to continue painting and pursue all the aspects of his being. He studied Modern Dance and choreography\, performing and presenting his own work in NYC. He studied Hatha Yoga and was asked to teach a basic yoga class\, which became known as Gentle Yoga. He has been teaching gentle yoga for the past 20 years and currently teaches this class at CRS every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 – 6:30 pm.\nLearn moreArtist BlogArtist Web Site\nthrough Mar 20144Daily
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SUMMARY:Int'l Women's Day: Responding Creatively to the Crisis in Haiti  (film screening & panel discussion) – 3/8
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, March 8\, 2014 at 5pm\, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Think Act Change NYC invite you to an NYC premiere film screening and panel discussion spotlighting a number of amazing artists who have found ways to use their creative talents to work with the people of Haiti in ways that sustainably enrich the lives of everyone involved.\nThe Canadian documentary HAITI UNTOLD (76′\, English)\, directed by Isabelle Depelteau and Dan Shannon\, chronicles the personal journeys of actor Sean Penn (founder of J/P Haitian Relief Organization)\, designers Donna Karan (DKNY\, Haiti Artisan Project) and Joey Adler (Diesel Canada) and others who have put their heads and hearts to the task of affecting radical change in Haiti following the devastating earthquake of 2010.\nFollowing the screenings\, we’ll circle up with Architects Magali Regis and Burtland Granvil of HIBISCUS(Haiti Initiative for Building Innovative and Sustainable Communities)\, and with Anna Zastrow who has worked in Haiti with Clowns Without Borders\, Bond Street Theatre\, and FAVILEK (Famn Viktim Leve Kanpe/Women Victims Get Up Stand Up) to learn how they have put their own creative talents to work in partnership with the people of Haiti.\nThey will respond to the film\, take questions\, update us on current conditions\, and discuss some of the organizations working for the betterment of Haiti.\nThe screening is $10. Tickets are available online. Seating is limited and first come\, first serve.\nHAITI UNTOLD provides an unusual counter point-of-view on what is really happening in the country\, looking beyond the ethos of fast-food journalism\, which seems at times to feed exclusively on tragedies to scandals while skipping over the stories of hope and re-building. Many of us who were moved to give generously in response to the quake\, now wonder if all the donations made any difference at all. In fact\, while many contributions have failed to find bear fruit\, many caring individuals and communities are making a positive impact. \nAt Think Act Change NYC events\, we focus on how we can change OUR OWN thinking so that we can realize our own limitless capacity to affect change and inspire others to do the same. We bring together individuals who are already creating social change and people looking for ways to get more involved\, sparking vital conversations about how to translate passions into projects.\n This film makes it abundantly clear that in order to solve Haiti’s humanitarian crisis\, its causes must first be truly understood. As the saying goes\, we won’t solve the problem with the same thinking that created it. For solutions to be effective\, we have to commit to working together with the Haitian people to create the infrastructure necessary to implement those solutions and sustain them.\nABOUT OUR PANELISTS\nAnna Zastrow is a longtime professional clown and teaching artist and a graduate of the famed Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She has worked with street children\, trafficking victims and the economically challenged in Thailand\, Indonesia\, Myanmar\, Afghanistan and Sudan. She first went to Haiti in Sept 2010 with Clowns Without Borders\, training local volunteers to provide psychosocial relief through theatrical play to children in the tent camps\, and creating a performance together that they presented in several of the camps.\nShe then launched a project with Bond Street Theatre that returned her to Haiti in Feb 2011 and Feb 2012. They worked with several local community groups\, but specifically with the women’s rights group FAVILEK (Famn Viktim Leve Kanpe/Women Victims Get Up Stand Up) to train them in theater techniques for psychosocial support and to create a performance about rape in the camps as a way to raise awareness and mobilize the community against gender-based violence.  They are planning to continue their engagement in Haiti in 2014-2015.\nhttp://lokahumana.blogspot.com\nMagali Régis\, AIA\, Leed AP\, president of HIBISCUS\, is a New York-based architect who was born and attended primary school in Port-au-Prince\, Haiti\, middle and high school in Rome\, Italy\, followed by a move to New York where she studied architecture at Pratt Institute. As a world traveler\, the cosmopolitan character of New York suited her and she decided to make it her home. She has been practicing architecture for the past 25 years\, working at a variety of firms\, both large and small\, including JGArchitects\, Karl Fisher Architects\, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects\, Kohn Pedersen Fox Interior Architects & Meridian Design to name a few\, as well as holding her own private practice\, e_space design. Her experience includes historic preservation\, adaptive reuse\, civic buildings\, public schools and colleges\, high-end residential\, retail\, hotels and corporate interiors. Magali is also a community gardener and green space activist\, working for the past 15 years to preserve New York’s communal green spaces from looming development.\nBurtland Granvil is a registered architect of Haitian heritage with over 15 years professional experience both in New York and Haiti.  After the Haiti earthquake of 2010\, he immediately flew down to participate in an ATC-20 Assessment Program\, going door to door\, inspecting buildings to determine their safety. A year later\, he relocated to Port-au-Prince to work with Architecture for Humanity\, focusing both on new construction and rehabilitating existing structures (mainly schools and clinics). He later joined a local construction company in Haiti as a construction manager. Burt recently returned to New York and currently works at an architectural firm in downtown Manhattan specializing in Educational Projects\, who aspire to bring their expertise to Haiti.\nNGO SPOTLIGHT\nBond Street Theatre\nBond Street Theatre’s mission is to promote peace and mutual understanding through the arts.  The company initiates creative programming for conflict resolution and peace-building that reach women\, youth\, children\, educators\, refugees\, those in prisons and shelters\, and other populations in need. Bond Street Theatre creates performances that illustrate important social issues\, and uses the arts to educate\, inspire\, and heal in areas of conflict\, poverty and post-war rehabilitation. The company collaborates with local artists to enjoy the benefits of artistic exchange — to learn\, to share\, and to explore commonalities and differences\, and promote mutual understanding and the value of the arts in shaping a peaceful global future.  \nThe company has initiated innovative theatre and theatre-based programs in over 40 countries worldwide that improve leadership skills\, build self-confidence\, stimulate the imagination\, and illustrate health and civic issues to audiences of all ages and genders. 90% of all funds go directly to our programs. Bond Street Theatre was voted a Top-Rated Non-Profit in 2012\, and receives kudos from publications around the world\, including the New York Times\, India Times\, CNN\, Washington Post\, Voice of America\, Radio Free Europe\, and other media.\nhttp://www.bondst.org\nClowns Without Borders\nClowns Without Borders offers laughter to relieve the suffering of all persons\, especially children\, who live in areas of crisis including refugee camps\, conflict zones and territories in situations of emergency. We bring levity\, contemporary clown/circus oriented performances and workshops into communities so that they can celebrate together and forget for a moment the tensions that darken their daily lives.  We also seek to raise our society’s awareness of affected populations and to promote a spirit of solidarity.\nCWB recognizes that our work is made up of small moments. Although small and purely emotional\, these moments build upon each other staying with children as they grow and support their incredible resilience. CWB works with relief organizations addressing psycho-social needs of those who suffer from traumatic situations. We are not doctors\, psychologists or social-workers\, but together with these professionals and community participation we create joyful experiences from which children and their communities thrive. \nHome \n\nFAVILEK\nFanm Viktim Leve Kanpe (Women Victims Get Up Stand Up) known as FAVILEK is an organization of over 80 women who were victim to political violence during the years of military dictatorship in Haiti that followed the coup d’etat of September 1991. Since 1993\, FAVILEK has organized and mobilized for justice and reparations for crimes such as rape\, torture\, the loss of spouse\, child\, or parent or imprisonment suffered at the hands of the paramilitary and military. While FAVILEK is pushing forward the legal case against the former members and leaders of the paramilitary and military\, it also works to reach out to other women who were victims of political violence across Haiti via their original theater piece “Ochan pou tout fanm yo bliye” (Tribute to all forgotten women). Through dialogue\, monologue\, movement\, drumming and singing\, FAVILEK members give graphic descriptions of abuses suffered under military rule\, while sharing how they have struggled to come to terms with the aftermath. An especially poignant monologue tells the true-life story of a woman (performed by herself) raising a child conceived by rape. As a grassroots group of women from the poorest areas of Port au Prince\, FAVILEK relies on limited resources and the medium of theater to inspire increased activism nationally and internationally to make justice a reality.\nhttp://favilek.interconnection.org\nHIBISCUS (Haiti Initiative for Building Innovative and Sustainable Communities)\nHIBISCUS’ mission is to initiate and develop viable\, environmentally-focused projects for urban renewal and rural development in Haiti.  We are committed to addressing economic and social needs by providing innovative\, sustainable\, and culturally contextual solutions inspired by\, in partnership with\, and implemented for the benefit of Haiti and its people.\nWe strongly believe that we can play a crucial role in the rebuilding of Haiti. We have the skills\, we have the talent\, we have the know-how\, and together\, we can achieve this.\nWe are dedicated to providing a 21st century development vision that promotes the use of safe building practices and technology\, efficient use of energy\, preservation of the environment and management of natural resources in a manner inspired by\, in partnership with and implemented for the benefit and in partnership with the Haitian people. Any effort to rebuild Haiti sustainably which does not offer the people of Haiti an alternative way of thinking about its environment is bound to fail and any effort to rebuild Haiti’s built and natural environment which does not put its citizens at the center is also bound to fail. The people component is not only paramount in rebuilding Haiti; it is indeed the foundation of such rebuilding. Clearly\, environmental redemption will only occur after thorough examination of social realities which include education\, economy\, culture\, politics \, both individually and collectively.\nhttp://www.hibiscus-haiti.org\nAbout J/P Haitian Relief Organization\nJ/P Haitian Relief Organization was founded by actor Sean Penn in 2010 in response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. J/P Haitian Relief Organization is dedicated to saving lives and bringing sustainable programs to the Haitian people quickly and effectively. Following the tragic earthquake of 2010\, J/P HRO began working immediately to make a meaningful and lasting impact in Haiti. J/P HRO programs focus on supporting the residents of the camps we manage and the surrounding areas transition from life left homeless by the earthquake to durable\, sustainable and prosperous communities. J/P HRO has implemented its mission through four integrated programs: Medical\, Camp & Relocations Management\, Engineering & Construction\, and Community Development. \nToday\, J/P HRO continues to keep in step with the needs on the ground as they evolve. Programs focus on supporting the residents of the camps we manage and the surrounding communities in the ongoing post-earthquake reconstruction effort. Early on\, J/P HRO became camp manager of Pétionville Camp\, supporting nearly 60\,000 internally displaced persons. By the end of 2013\, J/P HRO will have achieved a significant milestone in the successful relocation of all remaining camp families. Our staff\, which is nearly 350-strong and 95 percent Haitian\, is working every day to provide health\, education and community development\, housing and economic opportunities.\nhttp://jphro.org\nhttps://www.facebook.com/JPHRO\nAbout Donna Karan and the Haiti Artisan Project\nThrough the Haiti Artisan Project\, Donna Karan\, Urban Zen\, Russell James and Nomad Two Worlds have collaborated with designers\, artists\, photographers and videographers to present the potential of Haiti’s creativity to a wide consumer and design base both nationally and internationally. The project promotes economic development by supporting artists through a program that emphasizes the beauty of their gifts and the wisdom of their culture.\nWe are committed to Hope\, Help and Rebuild Haiti.\nFor me\, Haiti is where all the initiatives I care so passionately about come together; preserving culture\, securing the health and well-being for people and the education of the children who represent their tomorrow. The journey of my two worlds – design and philanthropy – picks up in Haiti. Haiti speaks to my heart. It embraces everything we seek to accomplish at Urban Zen and the vision for Haiti is simple: help Haiti help itself by utilizing and organizing its artisans\, natural resources and production potential to create business models that can be properly marketed and distributed throughout the US and Europe. As an American designer and businesswoman\, I have a good sense of what makes a product desirable to the western consumer. My trip to Haiti was in follow-up to a previous visit with the Clinton Foundation which focused on the opportunities for creative business development. This trip was about working with the creative communities and helping them in anyway I could. Haiti brings out every emotion you have – despair\, compassion\, love and hope – as well as the excitement of what’s possible with some heartfelt connection and creative collaboration.\nTo read the complete blog entries from my trip to Haiti\, go to: Urban Zen\n— Donna Karan\, Donna’s Journal \nhttp://www.urbanzen.org/haiti-artisan-project/\nHaiti Untold web siteWatch trailerJ/P Haitian Relief Organization\nMarch 20148 5 pm
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SUMMARY:Miracles in Manhattan Lecture Series with Jon Mundy\, Ph.D. – 3/9/14
DESCRIPTION:One Chapter Per Month From the Text of A Course in Miracles\nThere are 31 Chapters is the Course\, so it will take about 3 years to complete this project.\nLECTURE 10:\nThe Journey Back\nBased on Chapter 8 from A Course in Miracles Textbook\nSunday\, Mar 9\, 2014 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm\n~ $20 per person with advanced registration ~\n~ $25 per person at the door without a registration ~\nCall 212-866-3795 or email Fran@miraclesmagazine.org to register in advance.\nYour name will be on a list at the door. To pay by credit\, card please register in advance.\nOr\, you can pay with cash or a check at the door.\nAs long as space is available\, “No one is ever turned away.”\nContribute what you can.\nYou will receive a monthly email reminder with the latest information on the date\, time and topic. The schedule can always be found on our website:\nwww.miraclesmagazine.org \nFuture Dates:\nApr 13\nDr. Jon Mundy met Dr. Helen Schucman\, the scribe for A Course in Miracles\, in 1973. Helen introduced Jon to the Course and served as his mentor and guide till she became ill in 1980. He is the author of Living A Course in Miracles. After Return to Love by Marianne Williamson\, it is currently the best-selling book based on the teaching of A Course in Miracles.\nLearn moreWatch Lecture #1Resources\nMarch 201491:30 – 4:30 pm
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SUMMARY:Remembering and Living 311 — 3/7
DESCRIPTION:It will have been 3 years since the triple disaster of 311 on March 11. While for some of us it is a past\, remote event\, there are so many who still ‘live’ the harsh reality affected by the disaster. For some\, the suffering might be more personal\, but for others\, it might have to do with the community\, the country\, and so forth.\nThis is a gathering for people who have things to say about 311 and those who simply wish to be here to commemorate. A 3-fold framework of the present\, before the disaster\, and the gap between the two will be used to facilitate the discussion.\nThis is a bilingual workshop where informal interpretation is offered by the facilitator.\nFee: $20.00\n(Part of the proceeds of this workshop will be donated to activities to help people affected by 311.)  \nFacilitator: Misa Tsuruta\, MA\nShe obtained MA in education psychology at NYU. After studying clinical psychology at The New School\, she is currently a doctoral candidate in cognitive\, social\, and developmental psychology at The New School. She resides in Tokyo with her husband and son\, works as psychotherapist\, workshop provider\, and dance instructor.\nMarch 201477 – 9 pm
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SUMMARY:World Water Day: The World Water Crisis\, How Can We Solve It? — 3/22
DESCRIPTION:BLUE GOLD:  WORLD WATER WARS\n​Sam Bozzo\, Director\, 2008  \nUSA | 90′ (English)\nThe water crisis is a human rights problem. On Saturday\, March 22\, 2014 at 4 pm\, in conjunction with UN World Water Day 2014\, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Think Act Change NYC invite you to screen and discuss the award winning documentary BLUE GOLD:  WORLD WATER WARS and discussing the world water crisis.\nThe complexity of water crisis is one nobody talks enough about. On 28 July 2010\, through Resolution 64/292\, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledged that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights. \nYet there are 780 million people in the world that lack access to clean water. We are driving an unsustainable waste of our fresh water supply with the population growth with polluting\, diverting\, pumping being controlled by the corporate giants\, wall street investors\, corrupt governments and military control using water for economic and political gain. \nAfter the screening\, we have a past event attendee\, Julien Lapraz\, coming to provide us with an update on his 1\,000 Lives campaign to raise $30K for Charity Water by May 2014.\nThe screening is free. Seating is limited and first come\, first serve.\nAbout the Film\nIn every corner of the globe\, we are polluting\, diverting\, pumping\, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as population and technology grows. The rampant overdevelopment of agriculture\, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply\, resulting in the desertification of the earth.\nCorporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geo-political map and power structure forms\, setting the stage for world water wars.\nWe follow numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water\, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools. As Maude Barlow proclaims\, “This is our revolution\, this is our war”. A line is crossed as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive?\nAbout World Water DayWatch trailer\nMarch 201422 4 pm
URL:https://crsny.org/event/world-water-day-the-world-water-crisis-how-can-we-solve-it-322/
CATEGORIES:CRS Presents
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SUMMARY:Think Act Change:  Urban Farming — 4/11
DESCRIPTION:GROWING CITIES\nDan Susman\, Director\, 2013  \nUSA | 97′ (English)\nAre you ready to grow something you can eat beyond the supermarket basil plant? Or curious about produce grown on rooftop spaces in New York City you can actually eat? On Friday\, April 11\, 2014 at 7 pm\, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Think Act Change NYC invite you to screen and discuss the documentary GROWING CITIES and re-imagine your urban space with guest speakers Bradley Fleming (rooftop farm manager for Brooklyn Grange) and Liz Pulver (landscape architect by day who started a line of locally made outdoor planters which was featured in Martha Stewart’s 2013 Made in America contest). \nThe event is $10 and tickets are available online. Seating is limited and first come\, first serve.\nABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY\nIn GROWING CITIES filmmakers Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette chronicle their road trip to meet the men and women who are challenging the way this country grows and distributes its food\, one vacant city lot\, rooftop garden\, and backyard chicken coop at a time.\nJoin them as they discover that good food isn’t the only crop these urban visionaries are harvesting. They’re producing stronger and more vibrant communities\, too.\nGROWING CITIES blog\nGROWING CITIES on Facebook\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\nBradley Fleming is the Farm Manager at the Long Island City operations for Brooklyn Grange. Before joining the Brooklyn Grange team\, he turned nine acres of Vermont soil into delicious\, organic vegetables. When he’s not up on the farm staking tomatoes\, he can be found listening to 99.5 FM\, sipping green juice and studying up on nutrition. \nBrooklyn Grange is New York City’s leading rooftop commercial urban farming business\,  growing over 50\,000 lbs of organically-cultivated produce per year and distributing fresh local vegetables and herbs.  \nhttp://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com\nLiz Pulver is a landscape architect in New York City\, her line of planters aims to address the unique gardening needs of urban dwellers\, developing planters and products that fit their spaces and lifestyles. \nhttp://lizpulverdesign.com/­ \nGrowing Cities web siteWatch trailer\nApril 201411 7 pm
URL:https://crsny.org/event/think-act-change-urban-farming-411/
CATEGORIES:CRS Presents
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SUMMARY:Miracles in Manhattan Lecture Series with Jon Mundy\, Ph.D. – 4/13
DESCRIPTION:One Chapter Per Month From the Text of A Course in Miracles\nThere are 31 Chapters is the Course\, so it will take about 3 years to complete this project.\nLECTURE 11:\nThe Acceptance of the Atonement\nBased on Chapter 9 from A Course in Miracles Textbook\nSunday\, April 13\, 2014 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm\n~ $20 per person with advanced registration ~\n~ $25 per person at the door without a registration ~\nCall 212-866-3795 or email Fran@miraclesmagazine.org to register in advance.\nYour name will be on a list at the door. To pay by credit\, card please register in advance.\nOr\, you can pay with cash or a check at the door.\nAs long as space is available\, “No one is ever turned away.”\nContribute what you can.\nYou will receive a monthly email reminder with the latest information on the date\, time and topic. The schedule can always be found on our website:\nwww.miraclesmagazine.org \nFuture Dates:\nFeb 9\nMar 9\nApr 13\nDr. Jon Mundy met Dr. Helen Schucman\, the scribe for A Course in Miracles\, in 1973. Helen introduced Jon to the Course and served as his mentor and guide till she became ill in 1980. He is the author of Living A Course in Miracles. After Return to Love by Marianne Williamson\, it is currently the best-selling book based on the teaching of A Course in Miracles.\nLearn moreWatch Lecture #1Resources\nJanuary 2014121:30 – 4:30 pm
URL:https://crsny.org/event/miracles-in-manhattan-lecture-series-with-jon-mundy-ph-d-413/
CATEGORIES:Guest Event
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:  New Flowers — Paintings by Robin Ann Meyer and Rie Nishimura — 5/17 – 6/28/14
DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents NEW FLOWERS\, an exhibition of recent paintings by Robin Ann Meyer and Rie Nishimura. \nThere will be an Closing Reception on Saturday\, June 28\, 2014 from 7 – 8:30 pm with a short\, live painting demonstration of their technqiues from 7 – 7:30 pm.\nPerformance 7pm-7:30pm (Door open 6:30pm)\nDjembe: Umeda Hirotoshi\, \nSinger: Mayu Toyama\nAdmission: Free\nCRS patrons will recall Ms. Nishimura’s 2012 exhibition at CRS of colorful abstract paintings inspired by the sea. Her newest paintings continue her method of finishing her canvases in one session but now she paints with her bare hands\, resulting in more dynamically complex and energetic compositions. Ms. Meyer\, by contrast\, has painted the works in this show while holding her brush with her feet. Each strives to use her entire body in the painting process and arrive at an organic and intuitive representation of her feeling in the moment.\nABOUT ROBIN ANN MEYER\nRobin grew up in Rochester\, NY. She demonstrated interest/ability in visual arts from a young age. She left her hometown and her native country to further her arts education\, receiving both a BA and MFA from highly respected European institutions. Currently\, she works as a textile artist and painter in NYC. The patenting technique she has developed requires complete concentration and acceptance. She finds constant depth and growth inside her self-imposed boundaries\, which make her feel all the more connected to the work. \nEducation:\nMFA in Fine Art/ Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain: 2006 BA (Hons) Design/ University College Falmouth\, England: 2003-2006\nGroup Exhibitions:\nArt Students League Gallery (NY\, NY) : January 2014\nArt Students League Gallery (NY\, NY) : May 2013\nDreams ( Monroe Art Center\, Hoboken\, NJ) : October 2011 New Blood (Islington\, London) : June 2006\nNew Designers (Islington\, London) : July 2006\nAwards and Recognition:\nArt Students League Blue Dot 2014\nArt Students League Blue Dot 2013\nUniversidad Complutense International Scholarship 2006 University College Falmouth International Scholarship 2003 \n \nABOUT RIE NISHIMURA\nRie was born in Tokyo\, graduated from the Department of Spatial Design\, Musashino Art University. She had worked as an art director and a graphic designer in Tokyo\, then relocated in New York in 2008 to diversify her expression in design and art fields. In 2010\, she started a performance art\, which is the combination of dancing and painting to capture her feelings in the moment. She creates a unique atmosphere\, allowing her to share time\, space\, and experience with others. For Rie\, art-making is an inevitable process to welcome\, feel\, and express the new flow of emotions.\nPerformance Show:\nJapan Week Event at Grand Central Station : May 2013 Solo Exhibition “Tears of the Ocean” at CRS : June 2012 Arigato Event at Central Park : Mar 2012\nJ-Collabo Event: “Past-Present-Future” at Audi Forum 250 Park Avenue : May 2012\nPainting Show at Mundo : Mar 2011\nJ-Collabo Event: SADOU (Japanese Tea Ceremony) “THE UNIVERSE” : Feb 2011\nPainting Show at LINN : Feb 2011\nDesign Awards:\nNew York Art Directors Club 81st annual\nJAPAN PACKAGE DESIGN AWARDS 2006\nJapanese Society of Commercial Space Design Award 2006 \n \nLearn moreRie Nishimura’s web siteRobin Ann Meyer’s web site\nthrough June 201428Opens May 17
URL:https://crsny.org/event/exhibition-new-flowers-paintings-by-robin-ann-meyer-and-rie-nishimura-517-62814/
CATEGORIES:CRS Presents,Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Miracles in Manhattan Lecture Series with Jon Mundy\, Ph.D. – 5/4
DESCRIPTION:One Chapter Per Month From the Text of A Course in Miracles\nThere are 31 Chapters is the Course\, so it will take about 3 years to complete this project.\nLECTURE 12:\nThe Idols of Sickness\nBased on Chapter 10 from A Course in Miracles Textbook\nSunday\, May 4\, 2014 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm\n~ $20 per person with advanced registration ~\n~ $25 per person at the door without a registration ~\nCall 212-866-3795 or email Fran@miraclesmagazine.org to register in advance.\nYour name will be on a list at the door. To pay by credit\, card please register in advance.\nOr\, you can pay with cash or a check at the door.\nAs long as space is available\, “No one is ever turned away.”\nContribute what you can.\nYou will receive a monthly email reminder with the latest information on the date\, time and topic. The schedule can always be found on our website:\nwww.miraclesmagazine.org \nFuture Dates:\nJune 8\nJuly 13\n*August — no lecture\nSept 14\nOct 12\nNov 9\nDec 14\nDr. Jon Mundy met Dr. Helen Schucman\, the scribe for A Course in Miracles\, in 1973. Helen introduced Jon to the Course and served as his mentor and guide till she became ill in 1980. He is the author of Living A Course in Miracles. After Return to Love by Marianne Williamson\, it is currently the best-selling book based on the teaching of A Course in Miracles.\nLearn moreWatch Lecture #1Resources\nMay 201441:30 – 4:30 pm
URL:https://crsny.org/event/miracles-in-manhattan-lecture-series-with-jon-mundy-ph-d-54/
CATEGORIES:Guest Event
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SUMMARY:Think Act Change:  Crowdfunding 101 - How to get YOUR idea funded & launched! — 5/9
DESCRIPTION:So you have an idea. But no money. How can you make it happen? Where do you find supporters? How do you launch?\nOn Friday\, May 9\, 2014 at 7 pm\, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Think Act Change NYC invite you to an evening with Patty Simonton\, Community Organizer of Start Some Good\, to learn how you can use Crowdfunding to make YOUR idea happen. Sometimes it seems like crowdfunding is just about iPhone accessories\, games and new album releases but this isn’t so! Crowdfunding is a fantastic way to launch a social enterprise or non-profit\, raise funds for a cause\, expand or save an existing program or make a grassroots project happen in your community.\nThe event is $10 and tickets are available online ONLY on the Think Act Change NYC meetup page. Seating is limited and first come\, first serve.\nABOUT THE PROGRAM\nPatty Simonton will give us tips on:\n• Selecting a realistic financial target for your campaign\n• Identifying your community and how to target them\n• Offering rewards which people want\n• Developing a video with limited or no budget\n• Using social media to support your campaign\n• Crafting the stories which will inspire support We’ll also be hearing from folks who have run successful campaigns – speakers TBA. We’ll be hearing from folks who have been through the campaign process\, and we’ll also have some current campaigns featured that you can support. As always\, you will also have the opportunity to pitch your idea during our 60 second shoutouts!\nDREAM BIG people!!\nLight refreshments and snacks will be served.\nABOUT THE GUEST SPEAKER: \nPatty Simonton is a DC-based Venture Support Lead for StartSomeGood\, a crowdfunding platform for social entrepreneurs and changemakers around the world. Patty Simonton likes to work behind the scenes to make it possible for others to bring their dreams to life. She has a degree in International Business from Georgetown University and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. The world is her playground\, and she aims to make it beautiful. She is currently producing FIGMENT DC\, a free\, participatory arts festival\, and bartends at her neighborhood watering hole.\nThe truth is there is no shortage of problems in the world. But the good news is there’s also no shortage of people with the ideas and passion to address those problems. These are our people\, the changemakers. Too often however\, the vision for change doesn’t come packaged with the resources needed to make it happen. StartSomeGood provides social entrepreneurs with a platform to raise funds and build a community of supporters — all in a fun\, engaging and community-driven way. Our site taps into the power of community\, allowing social entrepreneurs to ask for financial support from supporters from around the world. We give them the tools to update their supporters and provide unique rewards in exchange for support – on their first campaign\, and for future campaigns down the road.\nWe’ve taken the crowdfunding model — which is growing in popularity world-wide — and customized it to reflect the unique needs of social entrepreneurs.\n— StartSomeGood.com \nStart Some Good web siteWatch video\nMay 20149 7 pm
URL:https://crsny.org/event/think-act-change-crowdfunding-101-how-to-get-your-idea-funded-launched-59/
CATEGORIES:CRS Presents
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