Events Calendar
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WCRC Gallery
Benny's Garden
Benny's Garden
The show, which runs from July 9 to September 3, 2010, features work by apprentices and friends. The reception is Friday, July 9, 7-9 PM at the JanRae Community Art Gallery, 5741 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland.
The show will be on display from July 9 through September 3, 2010.
See a gallery preview | View past exhibits | Book a show
New Events
September
- Inflammation: the Silent Storm in Chronic Disease
9/2 (Tue) 6:30 - 8 PM :: Debra Sue Kelvin, L.Ac.
There is much evidence that chronic inflammation leads to an increased cancer risk. Chronic inflammation unleashes a plethora of agents which can cause mutations in neighboring cells, as well as changes in gene expression favoring the activation or "turning on" of cancer genes (oncogenes). The choices we make every day impact these changes. We will discuss dietary concerns including blood sugar regulation, botanical support and stress reduction to decrease inflammation. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- Opening the Heart Meditation Series
4 Saturdays - 9/11 - 10/2 10:30 AM - 12:00 noon :: Sarah Puyans
Using mindfulness practices, meditation, reflective readings and some movement to experience opening the heart/mind. All levels of meditation experience and different traditions welcome.
Sarah Puyans - Many years of meditation experience in various traditions, Charlotte Maxwell volunteer and Rosen Method bodyworker. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- Chair Yoga with Ian Waisler
Mondays 9/13 – 10/4; 4 – 5:15 PM
Instruction will accommodate students wishing to refrain from coming to the floor, those who travel in a wheelchair, and others who desire a greater range of options. Whether you are post injury, living with limited mobility, out of shape or simply curious whether this might suit you, do give this practice a try.
Ian delights in sharing purification practices of Hatha Yoga: chanting, moving, breathing, relaxing. His training at Integral Yoga has been continuous since 2001. His aim is for you to feel flexible during the day and to sleep well at night.
Co-sponsored by BORP (Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- Cooking Club - Fish
9/15 (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- Mask Making
9/19 (Sun) 10 AM - 5 PM :: Arlene Shmaeff
In this workshop we will make masks from a plaster casting of our own face and then using a wide variety of materials, decorate the masks. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- Cancer Care Roadmaps: How to Balance Care, Coping and Clinical Trials
9/28, 6:30 – 8 PM
With Deborah Hamolsky, RN, MS, AOCNS, Advanced Practice Nurse Assistant Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing, UCSF and Elly Cohen, Ph.D., Program Director, BreastCancerTrials.org, UCSF Center of Excellence for Breast Cancer Care. Refreshments served. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
October
- Nutrition Film Night - King Corn
10/14 (Thu) 6:30 - 8:30 P.M.
Please join us for a screening of King corn, a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn and the subsidized crop that drives our fast food nation. When the friends plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most productive grain the find troubling questions about how we eat and how we farm. Nutrition consultant and personal chef Sandy Der will be on hand to lead a discussion after the film. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Healthy Bodies, Minds and Spirits with Monique Sonoquie
10/12 (Tue) 5:00 – 6:30 P.M.
Monique Sonoquie incorporates food and traditional medicines with Indigenous cultures, healthly life styles and concepts. She is a videographer, author, lecturer and organizer. Monique is Chumash, an indigenous California tribe.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- Indigenous Artists and Women Healing the Earth
10/19 (Tue) 6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
- Cooking Club - Eggs
with Janeen Antoine. Janeen will show a slide presentation of "Impacted Nations" a 2005 traveling indigenous art exhibition she curated for Honor the Earth. With over fifty pieces of artwork spanning the continent, Impacted Nations is an artistic collaboration that portrays the conflict between Native peoples' cultural and spiritual relationship to Native land and the economic forces that undermine that relationship and Indigenous ways of life. The show also features artwork depicting renewable energy such as solar and wind power. She will also make a brief presentation on indigenous women working in their communities to halt and redress environmental contamination of their homelands. Janeen is Sicangu Lakota and has lived in the Bay Area 37 years. Cofounder of American Indian Contemporary Arts, she works with the community for social justice through the arts and radio.
10/20 (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- Fiber Postcards -The Mailable Quilt
10/26 (Tue) 6:30 - 8:30 PM :: Marion Coleman
Learn to make 4" x 6" fiber postcards that can be sent through the mail. Join Marion Coleman, local fiber artist, in making these collage, improvisational quilts using bits of fabric, small found items such as photos from magazines, buttons, glitter, glue and thread. They are easy and fun to make for gifts or your personal collection. Marion will bring her collection of cards from around the world for inspiration. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- CAM Lecture Series: Best of Both Worlds:
Integrating Complementary and Conventional Medicine
Co-sponsored by Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic and the Women’s Cancer Resource Center
Guided Imagery, Gabriella Heinsheimer, MD, Saturday, October 9th, 10am-Noon
The Brain as Center of Healing, Jane Grady Saturday, October 16th, 10am-Noon
Bodywork and Massage, Betty Segal Saturday, October 30, 10am-Noon
How Can Acupuncture Help? Kendra Stone Saturday, November 6, 10am-Noon
Location: Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic, 610-16th Street, Suite 426, Oakland, CA 94612
RSVP: Connie Holmes, 510.898.0548 or holmestead01@comcast.net
November
- Sexuality After Cancer - Get Your Mojo Back - Dr. Sueann Mark
11/4 (Thurs) 6:30 - 8 PM |
Like every other aspect of your life, sex may never be the same after cancer. If cancer treatment has drained you of your desire, altered your body image, or sent your juicy hormones packing, the “ABC’s of Sex After Cancer” is for you! With a little attention you can get your mojo back after cancer.
Dr. Mark creates a safe, non-judgmental environment that invites honest discussion of a topic that is often overlooked. You will leave the presentation with concrete steps you can begin to implement on your own at home.
Co-sponsored by Young Survivor Coalition Northern California
Holistic Integrative Oncology: A Natural Approach to Correcting Impairment in Your Immunity & Response to Cancer
11/9 (Tu) 6:30 – 8 :: Debra Sue Kelvin, L.Ac.
Holistic Integrative Oncology is a multi-dimensional system which integrates principles essential to the management of cancer and other diseases from both a traditional and modern medical system perspective. The pillars of care are scientifically supported botanical and nutritional medicine, acupuncture, and guiding the patient to selective chemotherapy when required. Scientific facts, theories and statistical findings of modern science are interwoven with five millenia of objective experience, constitutional energetics and spiritual philosophy of the Traditional Chinese Medical system. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Cooking Club - Healthy Appetizers & Party Food
11/17 (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
On-going Events
Writing for Wellness
With local author, Robyn Brooks
4th Saturday of each month, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
“Poetry can give you a sense of choice.”
Lorna Dee Cervantes
The power of Art has been known to transform and to transcend. Theprocess of writing can be a healing experience, helping the writer to give voice, color, and texture to emotions. The purpose of this workshop is to offer a safe and creative space for the writing of personal truth. Participants can choose their own mode of personal expression: prose, poetry, journaling, essay, freeform, etc. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Art Therapy Group
Facilitated by Shannon Bradley, art therapist
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, 5:30-7:30
The diagnosis of cancer takes one on a complex journey that’s often beyond words. Art therapy offers a safe, supportive space for exploring emotions, reconnecting to intuition and imagination, and creating symbols and objects that hold personal meaning. Join us as we support one another and experience the healing power of
creativity. No art experience is necessary, just a willingness to explore. All supplies are provided.
No drop ins please. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Gentle Yoga for Health and Healing
With Bonnie Maeda, Carol Love, Debbie Gilman, Carolyn Howell, Elle Vayers-Johnson, Sarah Levias & Sally Maxwell. Wednesdays, 1 - 2 PM
This class will include a gentle asana practice as well as restorative poses. No previous yoga experience is necessary.
Please wear comfortable clothing.
Especially for women with cancer—supporters may attend
as space permits. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Community Events
Cancer as a Turning Point, From Surviving to ThrivingÔ, a FREE award-winning event for anyone touched by cancer - patients, survivors, their friends and family, support persons, and healthcare providers - will be held October 9 & 10, 2010 at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center. Presenters include Abraham Verghese, MD, David Spiegel, MD, Jonna Tamases performing Jonna’s Body, please hold, David Feldman, PhD, Sista Monica’s choir, plus many more. Pre-registration is recommended. For registration and information see www.healingjourneys.org. or call Healing Journeys at (800) 423-9882. Continuing education units are available for a fee for RN, MFT, and LCSW.
Fundraisers and Benefits
WCRC’s Spring Appeal Letter
Please view WCRC’s Spring Appeal Letter (pdf)
Support Strokes
Saturday, September 25, 8:00 AM – on
California Canoe and Kayak, Oakland, CA
If you are a paddler, know a paddler, or want to be a paddler, please join California Canoe and Kayak in benefitting Women’s Cancer Resource Center and other great organizations by kayaking in the bay. Novice paddlers are welcome! Gather a group of your friends and have some fun while working to end the breast cancer epidemic! If you can’t attend and want to participate, support a paddler by making a donation on their behalf. https://www.calkayak.com/supportstrokes/index.cfm?go=signup
Taste of Temescal
Tuesday, September 14th
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Buy your tickets today for the 2010 Taste of Temescal
and support local non-profits!
Taste of Temescal is a night where local restaurants participate in a community fundraiser for area charities by giving you a small taste of their best dishes. Come join us for great food and drinks, live music and fabulous prizes (gift certificates to your favorite eatery). Two Pedicabs will be available to transport participants back and forth down Telegraph Avenue from 43rd to 51st. Live music will accompany your feast along the way.
There are a limited number of tickets available. Buy yours now at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/123542
Awakening Earth:
A vibrant Display of Color, Sound & Energy benefiting Women’s Cancer Resource Center
Healing Arts & Indian Devotional Music; Drumming, Arabic Chanting & Movement; Paintings by Mitsuyo Moore.
At Uptown Body & Fender
401- 26th St., Oakland
Saturday, Sept. 18, 3 – 6 PM
Suggested ticket donation $5 – 50
Tickets ordered in advance will receive a raffle ticket
To order tickets or for more information: 415-300-7813 or info@bodysymphony.org
BART Tickets
BART tickets with tiny bits of value on them that you find in your wallet, pockets, and drawers have just become far more valuable to the Bay Area's community organizations. As part of the Tiny Tickets Program, BART ticket holders may donate these tickets to the Women's Cancer Resource Center.Connecting local resources and community needs is what the Tiny Tickets Program is all about. Please send your "tiny tickets" directly to
WCRC
5741 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94609
If you're in the area, you may also drop them off Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm.
Community Thrift Store
Clean out your garage and help WCRC! Donate your items to Community Thrift Store and designate the Women's Cancer Resource Center as your beneficiary.
Visit the Community Thrift Store at 625 Valencia Street, San Francisco, or call them at 415-861-4910 for more information. You can also find them on the web at http://www.communitythriftsf.org/
Volunteer Opportunities
WCRC Volunteer Orientation
Volunteering at WCRC is the perfect way to give back to others, while at the same time providing nourishment for your spirit. Attend the Volunteer Orientation on the first Wednesday of the month and find out about who we are, what volunteers and interns do and some basic information about cancer. We look forward to seeing you!
To sign up for an orientation, e-mail or call Peggy, peggy@wcrc.org, 510/601-4040 x 101. There is more information available in the Volunteering section.
