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WCRC Gallery

Reflections

Atiba Cropped


by Atiba Sylvia Thomas

A satellite show of The Art of Living Black

Art by Atiba Sylvia Thomas and Yusef Waajid.

The show runs January 15 – March 18, 2010.

Reception with the artists Friday, January 15, 2010, 7-9 PM with music by Chantelle Tibbs.

See a gallery preview | View past exhibits | Book a show

 

New Events


March  

  • The Colors of Your Healing - Body Image Creativity Workshop

    Cheryl Krauter 3/13 (Sat) 10 AM – 2 PM :: Cheryl Krauter

    After you have finished treatment for cancer you may feel like a stranger in your own body. “Who am I and where have I landed after my journey through illness and recovery?” This workshop is for women who want to discover themselves where they live in their body now. Using expressive arts, we will explore and discover the colors, textures, and terrains of the body.   Allowing yourself to know the colors of your own unique experience with cancer survivorship, you will create a piece that symbolizes your sorrows, your joys, your fears and your laughter…your courage and aliveness.      

    Dress in clothes that don’t mind messy!

    Cheryl Krauter, MFT is a psychotherapist and breast cancer survivor.  She enjoys creating fun and depthful experiences with others.

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org

  • Visualization for Health, Healing & Change

    Randy Page3/16 (Tue)  2 – 3:30 PM :: Randy Page

    This three-class series offers guided visualization experiences that promote inner/spiritualhealing and positive transformation of one’s relationships with self and others.  Randy Page, the facilitator, assures a safe, supportive, positive environment.

    Randy Page is a non-religious Spiritual Teacher and Training Consultant. She joyfully assists people of all orientations in understanding the power of their own inner truth, and how to direct that power in healing and transforming their relationships with self, others, and life.
     
    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org

  • Cooking Club - Thai

    Sandy Der3/17 (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org



  • Visualization for Health, Healing & Change

    Randy Page3/23 (Tue)  2 – 3:30 PM :: Randy Page

    Please see Tuesday, 3/16 for more information

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 


  • Spring Cleansing: How To & Is It Right for You?


    Debra Sue3/23 (Tue) 6:30 - 8:00 PM :: Debra Sue Kelvin, L.Ac.

    Internal cleansing has been valued in many cultures for centuries.  We are exposed to numerous environmental toxins on a daily basis, most of which have been produced over the last 70 years.  Given the proper nutrients and support, the human body can gently purify from this "body burden" of toxic substances. In Chinese Medicine, Spring is the season to harness the liver's expanding nature and detoxify.

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org


  • Monday Hearts for Madalene – Book Party

    Monday Hearts for Madalene3/27 (Sat) 7 – 9 PM :: Page Hodel

    When a person falls in love, the universe—and everything in it—come vividly alive. It happened to San Francisco artist Page Hodel when she found the love of her life, Madalene Rodriguez. She expressed her devotion in an unusual way: Early every Monday morning, Page would create a heart for Madalene and leave it for her to discover somewhere near her front door. Tragically, Madalene died of ovarian cancer less than a year after she and Page met. But Page’s love goes on, beautifully symbolized in the hearts she continues to create from a plenitude of objects.

    Here are photographs of one hundred of Page’s hearts for Madalene, fashioned from a magical, surprising diversity of materials: acorns and asparagus; berries, buttons, and bungee cord; cardboard, clothespins, corks, and candy corn. True love embraces the world, and Page’s art is testimony to its enduring faith.

    About the author:
    Page Hodel, a San Francisco Bay native, is an internationally renowned DJ and nightclub promoter. As a DJ, she has been booked at major dance venues in San Francisco as well as clubs in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Paris.

  • Visualization for Health, Healing & Change

    Randy Page3/30 (Tue)  2 – 3:30 PM :: Randy Page

    Please see Tuesday, 3/16 for more information

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org  


 

April

  • Making Natural Lotions - MAKE YOUR OWN HERBAL SKIN CREAMS
    4/15 (Thu) 6:30 – 8 PM :: Patricia Kazmierowski

    Celebrate the wonder of your skin and find out how surprisingly easy it is to make your own naturally healthy moisturizers. Join Patricia Kazmierowski, LAc, herbalist and beauty product formulator as she offers expert advice on how your skin functions, what it needs to be healthy and why you should make your own skin care products. Learn how to make an easy to follow recipe for hydrating and healing skin creams."
    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org

  • Cooking Club - Southwestern Dishes

    Sandy Der4/21  (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org



  • Immune Support

    Sandy Der 4/29 (Th) 6:30 – 8PM :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org  



 

May

  • Nutrition Movie Night - Food, Inc.
    5/6 (Thu), 6:30 - 8:00 P.M.

    Please join us for a screening of this important film by Robert Kenner. Food, Inc. explores the real story behind chicken "farming," insecticide resistant soybean seeds and tomatoes that don't spoil. Appearances from Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemna) and other food and nutrition experts. Discussion with nutrition consultant and local chef Sandy Der afterward.

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org

 

  • Cooking Club  Using Spices & Herbs

    Sandy Der 5/19 (Wed) 6 – 8 PM  :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org



  • Novel Herbal Compounds in Cancer Therapy: Recent Findings for Health

    Debra Sue 5/25 (Tue) 6:30 - 8 PM :: Debra Sue Kelvin, L.Ac.

    In recent years, research has been pouring in on the benefits of turmeric and green tea in the battle against cancer.   These are but two botanical powerhouses in the cancer spotlight that have played a significant role in maintaining human health and improving quality of life for thousands of years.   Come learn specifics about how these and many other natural compounds are scientifically proving themselves in restoring gene expression and repairing cellular damage.

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org  

 

June

  • Cooking Club - Middle Eastern Pt. 2

    Sandy Der 6/16 (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org



  • Kicking Sugar/Blood Sugar Control

    Sandy Der6/24 (Th) 6:30 – 8 :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 



 

July

  • Cooking Club - Mediterranean Part 2

    Sandy Der 7/21 -  (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org



  • Managing Menopause/Hormones

    Sandy Der 7/29 (Th) 6:30 – 8 :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 



 

August

  • Cooking Club - Summer Stone Fruit

    Sandy Der 8/18 -  (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 



  • Nutritional Approaches to Inflammation

    Sandy Der 8/26 (Th) 6:30 – 8 :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org  


 

September

  • Cooking Club Bonus - Fermentation - Back by popular demand!

    Sandy Der 9/1 (Wed), 6:00 - 8:00 PM :: Sandy Der

    Join Sandy Der for an evening of delicious homemade fermented kombucha teas, saurkraut, kim chee and much more. This class was so popular last time we are bringing it back. Please bring a clean glass jar with a lid if you'd like to bring home a kombucha starter.

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org

  • Inflammation: the Silent Storm in Chronic Disease

    Debra Sue 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 :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 

  • Cooking Club - Fish

    Sandy Der9/15 (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 


 

October

  • Nutrition Film Night - King Corn
    Thursday 10/14 - 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 :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 

 

  • Cooking Club  - Eggs

    Sandy Der 10/20 (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 


 

November

  • Sexuality After Cancer
    11/4 (Thurs) 6:30 - 8 PM

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 

 

  • Holistic Integrative Oncology:  A Natural Approach to Correcting Impairment in Your Immunity & Response to Cancer

    Debra Sue11/9 (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 :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 

  • Cooking Club  - Healthy Appetizers & Party Food

    Sandy Der 11/17 (Wed) 6 – 8 PM :: Sandy Der

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED :: please contact margo@wcrc.org 

 

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.The process 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.

RSVP: margo@wcrc.org or 510-601-4040 x111

Gentle Yoga for Health and Healing

With Bonnie Maeda, Carol Love, Debbie Gilman, & Margie Cohea 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.Please contact Margo to register margo@wcrc.org (510) 420-7900 x111

 

Fundraisers and Benefits

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.