Jillian,
Hey there--Im sorry I actually cant make it tonight, but please let
me know when the next meeting is--i would love to be there..Hope its amazing
love
anna
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From: "Jillian Goldstein" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 1:12 PM
Subject: MotherRoot!!! March 11th @ 7pm in the Allen House
> MotherRoot: An Ancient Tradition is Born Anew
> First Rosh Chodesh Gathering March 11, 7pm in the Allen House
> Jillian Goldstein and Lauren Jones
>
> In defining what it means to be an African American feminist (womanist),
> Alice Walker uses these words:
>
> "Love's music. Love's dance. Love's the moon. LOVE'S THE SPIRIT. Love's
love
> and food and roundness. Love's struggle. LOVE'S THE FOLK. Love's herself.
> REGARDLESS."
>
> As women who, from different pasts and religious backgrounds, each with
> unique characteristics, came together in a Women's Studies class fall
> semester and became friends, we wish to appropriate Walker's words and
make
> them all inclusive to apply to who we are and what we wish to gain from
> starting a women's group called MotherRoot, under the umbrella of Hillel.
We
> want to invite each and every woman to join us while we embark on the
> journey of celebrating our own experiences as women.
>
> As college students, busy with homework, classes, jobs and extracurricular
> activities, we sometimes feel overwhelmed and disconnected from who we
are,
> from our spirits, and from our women ancestors. Everyday life creates
> stressful situations and fast-paced routines that are not conducive to
> embracing our spirits as women. The goals of MotherRoot are to foster the
> importance of community for women, to connect with ourselves and each
other,
> with nature, with the divine (whatever that might be for each unique
woman),
> and to get in touch with our heritages.
>
> After discussing the prospect of these group gatherings with other women,
> both in our classes and in our personal lives, we have come to the
consensus
> that it is essential for women to have support systems. We hope that
> MotherRoot can be an extension to the other arenas of support for women in
> the UVM community, a place where they can feel welcome and learn something
> new.
>
> We hope to lead the group in activities such as: learning how to bake
bread,
> meditating, learning self-defense, making mini patchwork quilts, going
into
> nature, doing activism within our community, participating in Sexual
> Violence Awareness Month, and getting involved with the clothesline
project,
> in addition to other activities that will be arranged along the way.
>
> In the theme of Rosh Chodesh (that we just learned about ourselves) we
will
> meet once a month around the time of the New Moon. Rosh Chodesh is defined
> as follows:
>
> "Ushering in the new month. Rosh, meaning "head," and Chodesh, meaning
> "month" in Hebrew. An ancient Jewish women's holy day to embrace the
> feminine spirit, coinciding with the new moon, the essence of this monthly
> ceremony is to honor the rebirthing process in our lives. As women we need
> to embrace of feminine souls and get back to balancing our energies - the
> energies of giving and receiving."
>
> If you are a woman who is interested in being part of a community of
women,
> who wants to learn more about herself and other women, and if you want to
> have fun doing it, we'd like to invite you to our first MotherRoot
gathering
> on March 11, at 7pm in the Allen House. Just bring yourself!
>
> As participants in MotherRoot as well as its facilitators, we hope to
> encourage an eclectic group of women to enrich each other with what is
> sacred in each of us. If you are interested in finding out more about
> MotherRoot and/or would like to R.S.V.P for March 11, you can contact
Lauren
> Jones at [log in to unmask] or Jillian Goldstein at
> [log in to unmask] Hope to see you there!!!
>
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