An event for Ner Shalom Members: Come join us in person or on zoom for a celebration of our Ner Shalom community’s creativity and nurturing culture instead of gluing yourself to coverage of the inauguration! We’ll be singing, writing poetry, creating art, offering opportunities to be of service to the larger community and our nation through social action possibilities and connecting with each other in mutual support.

The event is free but help us plan by reserving your spot.

We’ll come together in-person and on zoom to focus on what our community offers to help us all cope and thrive. In person, we can bring clothes in excellent condition that we’re no longer wearing to give away. We will enjoy a morning nosh with tea and coffee, a bring-your-own vegetarian lunch, and then a meditation. Throughout the day, energy workers may be on hand for brief healings. We will close in-person with a drumming circle.

10:00 – 2:00

Throughout the Day (In-Person Only)

Energy Workers Offer Brief Healing Sessions (Sally Churgel, Carina Wagner)

Clothing Give-Away (bring or don’t bring, take or don’t take)

10:00 Coffee and Welcome (Hybrid)

Some songs, some poems, some intention-setting, some community building

Facilitators: Rabbi Irwin, Leiah Bowden, Rita Rowan, Suzanne Shanbaum, Sheridan Gold, Dianna Grayer, Diana Glassman

11:00 (In-Person and Separately On Zoom)

Music (Jill Rose in person, Hannah Caratti on zoom)

Creative Writing (Rita Rowan & Terry Rowan teaching “Poetry-Writing for Beginners” in person and Reb Irwin teaching Creative Writing on zoom)

Art-Making (In-Person Only with Stephanie Brown helping us make shivitis to take home, silk sacred prayer flags) Would someone like to facilitate an art session on zoom? Contact Leiah at lightspeak@gmail.com

Discussion of How to Navigate Forward (Roberta Teller in person and Bev Voloshin on zoom)

12:00 Closing Session (Hybrid)

All together, we’ll share what we created, sang and talked about in our activities, read poems written, and show art created during the event. We’ll sing a song and say goodbye to folks on zoom. (Hybrid)

1:00 Lunch (In Person Only) BYO Lunch - vegetarian please - we are kosher dairy.

1:30 Drumming Circle: bring your drum! (In-Person Only) facilitator: Sheridan Gold

2:00 Good-bye Wrap up the clothing swap and take our goodies home!