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We are not alone! Come listen, learn, and share at this weekly ***WOMEN ONLY*** presentation by Women's Declaration International (formerly Women's Human Rights Campaign). Join this sorority of radical feminists from around the world as they inform us about the challenges and struggles in their own countries. Chat with other attendees and put questions to the panelists. Following the presentation, you are invited to join breakout rooms (women only please) with the panelists. These weekly online webinars present a new panel each week from around the world, often reporting on a central theme. They are attended by a global feminist and activist community of between 250-350. The main focus is how gender ideology is harming the rights of women and girls. The speaker list and any particular theme is usually announced mid-week before the webinar. Information will be added here as it becomes available. Invitation to Feminist Question Time LIVE: ZOOM REGISTRATION: [https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mq9EMIAbTkyNz5gAx4l2DQ](https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mq9EMIAbTkyNz5gAx4l2DQ) After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. You can see recordings of previous panels on the WHRC YouTube Channel: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWECmp5Tk3epYSkjs0qAKKQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWECmp5Tk3epYSkjs0qAKKQ) *** Declaration on Women's Sex-Based Rights [https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/](https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/) The Declaration re-affirms women and girls' sex-based rights, and challenges the discrimination experienced from the replacement of the category of sex with that of ‘gender identity'. Declaration on Women's Sex-Based Rights: Summary [https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/declaration-womens-sex-based-rights-summary/](https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/declaration-womens-sex-based-rights-summary/) *** The legal adoption of "gender identity" politics is fraught with unintended consequences. A clear example has unfolded in New York where a self-described "trans-woman lesbian" (a hetero man in a dress) has used gender-neutral language amendments to supplant women in elected offices that had been specifically reserved for females. The arrangement of "1 man + 1 woman" had been put in place to ensure women's fair representation in an arena from which they have been historically underrepresented or excluded: [https://thevelvetchronicle.com/exclusive-decaudin-preps-for-election-recount-after-unofficially-taking-2-female-seats-new-details-uncovered/](https://thevelvetchronicle.com/exclusive-decaudin-preps-for-election-recount-after-unofficially-taking-2-female-seats-new-details-uncovered/) Women's Liberation Front: "New York Democrats have decided to insult women by pretending in public that state committee member Emilia Decaudin is literally female..." [https://www.womensliberationfront.org/news/6talyh8q4v98g4eksjv56l8530bthb](https://www.womensliberationfront.org/news/6talyh8q4v98g4eksjv56l8530bthb) **WOMAN: noun; adult human female**

We will meet via the internet, using Zoom, until the current virus passes. To receive an invitation to all Wednesday evening meetings (starting 7 pm) and all Saturday meeting (starting 3:00 pm), send your email address to ams@ifsu.org and write, "Send me an internet invitation.” we will reply with links to Zoom -you can then join any meeting anytime free of charge.

San Antonio Authors League Saturday Zoom Critique Session. Weekly Saturday 2:00 – 4:00 pm The Zoom link is only visible to those who RSVP. All attendees are welcomed to participate in this event and need not to a member of San Antonio Authors League.

We are a group of people dedicated to exploring the metaphysical world and the Noetic Sciences. Here is the Zoom contact info: Meeting ID: 826 6556 0211 Passcode: 358574

Vous voulez vous améliorer dans la prise de parole? Développer votre leadership? Vous souhaiter maîtriser les secrets de l'art de la communication? Venez nous rencontrer et saisissez l'opportunité d'en apprendre davantage, de pratiquer les techniques d'une communication réussie et d'un leadership efficace . Nous sommes des membres motivés dans un cardre collaboratif. Nous travaillerons avec vous afin de grandir l'orateur qui est en vous, de révéler le leader qui reside en vous... en fait, depuis toujours! Un épanouissement personnel et professionnel vous attend! Club Les Orateurs Distingués LesOrateursDistingues.com info.LesOrateursDistingues@gmail.com LOD.Toastmasters@gmail.com

Contemplative Conversations has held a space for people to meet and talk about what is important to them for over 4 years! Covid-19 changed the world as we know it. We realized that meeting in person would not take place in 2020. Yet, for our group, these changes have come to be an opportunity to see and meet new friends - virtually. Contemplative Conversations will continue to host our discussions online via Zoom through 2021. In this way, we can meet and greet each other no matter where we are in the world! Eventually, we will return to meeting in person in locations around the Triad. Our conversations will always take place on every other Saturday morning at 9am - 11am EST. Same rules apply, so please read the description below. WHAT WE WILL DO *************** We will spend a little time getting to know each other, and begin exploring the scope and direction of our discussions. The list of topics to consider is broad, and together we will narrow the field to a few most popular issues to focus on. As we move into the discussions, expect robust and energizing conversation that will peel back the layers of our topic and help us move to the core of the important issues we decide to address. We recognize that we sometimes don't agree with the opinions or beliefs of others who choose to join us; however, the diverse discussion that develops is encouraged. Contemplative conversations are not debates. Instead, we seek to understand, then be understood. To support this effort, we strongly discourage unfounded conspiratorially charged dialogue. IMPORTANT TO KNOW *************** Our meetings will continue to be moderated. Disrespect in any form will not be tolerated. Each person will be allow 2 minutes to share their thoughts on the topic at hand. Please feel free to share resources you've found to be helpful. This meeting space will require a password to enter in the Zoom conference call. It would be helpful to download the free Zoom app to your device for easier access to the meetings.

Are You Ready for an Advanced Toastmasters Club? This virtual forum is for current Toastmasters who want to take their speeches to the next level. How? We give kind, but candid round robin feedback. The club chartered in April 2015 and is going strong. We meet virtually on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 10AM to 12noon. Come check us out to see for yourself. Why Join? > Learn from other tenured Toastmasters. > Learn to give better feedback. > Opportunity to deliver longer speeches. > The main difference between a basic and an advanced club is the level or type of feedback. How to attend? > Visit --> https://ppat.toastmastersclubs.org/ > Fill-out the "Contact Us" form > The VP of Membership will provide the Zoom meeting link

Let's try something new. For the next dozen weeks or so, starting 4/17/2022, we are going to live-read and discuss Aristotle's \~*Nicomachean Ethics*\~. What is new and different about this project is that the translation, by Adam Beresford (2020), happens to be rendered in standard 'Murican English. . From the translator's "Note" on the text: . "This translation is conservative in interpretation and traditional in aim. It aims to translate the text as accurately as possible. . "I translated every page from scratch, from a clean Greek text, rather than revising an existing translation. ... I wanted to avoid the scholars’ dialect that is traditionally used for translating Aristotle. ... "I reject the approach of Arthur Adkins, Elizabeth Anscombe, and others who followed Nietzsche in supposing that the main elements of modern thinking about right and wrong were unknown to the Greeks, or known to them only in some radically different form. My view of humanity and of our shared moral instincts is shaped by a newer paradigm. This is a post-Darwinian translation. (It is also more in line with the older, both Aristotelian and Christian view of human character.) . "Having said that, I have no interest at all in modernizing Aristotle’s ideas. All the attitudes of this treatise remain fully Greek, very patriarchal, somewhat aristocratic, and firmly embedded in the fourth century BC. My choice of dialect (standard English) has no bearing on that whatsoever. (It is perfectly possible to express distinctively Greek and ancient attitudes in standard English.) ... I have also not simplified the text in any way. I have translated every iota, particle, preposition, noun, verb, adjective, phrase, clause, and sentence of the original. Every premise and every argument therefore remains – unfortunately – exactly as complex and annoyingly difficult as in any other version in whatever dialect. ... "Some scholars and students unwarily assume that the traditional dialect has a special connection with Greek and that using it brings readers closer to the original text; and that it makes the translation more accurate. In reality, it has no special tie to the Greek language, either in its main philosophical glossary or in its dozens of minor (and pointless) deviations from normal English. And in my view it certainly makes any translation much less accurate. . "I will occasionally refer to the scholars’ dialect (‘Gringlish’) and its traditional glossary in the Notes." . . Here is our plan: 1\. Read Intro excerpts or a summary to gain the big picture\. 2\. Read a segment of the translated text\. 3\. Discuss it analytically and interpretively\. 4\. Repeat again at \#2 for several more times\. 5\. Discuss the segments evaluatively\. . . Zoom is the project's current meeting platform, but that can change. The project's cloud drive is [here](https://mega.nz/folder/vqJCXIQJ#muxiUXMHhfljvxKnWaOxZA), at which you'll find the reading texts, notes, and slideshows.

Let's try something new. For the next dozen weeks or so, starting 4/17/2022, we are going to live-read and discuss Aristotle's \~*Nicomachean Ethics*\~. What is new and different about this project is that the translation, by Adam Beresford (2020), happens to be rendered in standard 'Murican English. . From the translator's "Note" on the text: . "This translation is conservative in interpretation and traditional in aim. It aims to translate the text as accurately as possible. . "I translated every page from scratch, from a clean Greek text, rather than revising an existing translation. ... I wanted to avoid the scholars’ dialect that is traditionally used for translating Aristotle. ... "I reject the approach of Arthur Adkins, Elizabeth Anscombe, and others who followed Nietzsche in supposing that the main elements of modern thinking about right and wrong were unknown to the Greeks, or known to them only in some radically different form. My view of humanity and of our shared moral instincts is shaped by a newer paradigm. This is a post-Darwinian translation. (It is also more in line with the older, both Aristotelian and Christian view of human character.) . "Having said that, I have no interest at all in modernizing Aristotle’s ideas. All the attitudes of this treatise remain fully Greek, very patriarchal, somewhat aristocratic, and firmly embedded in the fourth century BC. My choice of dialect (standard English) has no bearing on that whatsoever. (It is perfectly possible to express distinctively Greek and ancient attitudes in standard English.) ... I have also not simplified the text in any way. I have translated every iota, particle, preposition, noun, verb, adjective, phrase, clause, and sentence of the original. Every premise and every argument therefore remains – unfortunately – exactly as complex and annoyingly difficult as in any other version in whatever dialect. ... "Some scholars and students unwarily assume that the traditional dialect has a special connection with Greek and that using it brings readers closer to the original text; and that it makes the translation more accurate. In reality, it has no special tie to the Greek language, either in its main philosophical glossary or in its dozens of minor (and pointless) deviations from normal English. And in my view it certainly makes any translation much less accurate. . "I will occasionally refer to the scholars’ dialect (‘Gringlish’) and its traditional glossary in the Notes." . . Here is our plan: 1\. Read Intro excerpts or a summary to gain the big picture\. 2\. Read a segment of the translated text\. 3\. Discuss it analytically and interpretively\. 4\. Repeat again at \#2 for several more times\. 5\. Discuss the segments evaluatively\. . . Zoom is the project's current meeting platform, but that can change. The project's cloud drive is [here](https://mega.nz/folder/vqJCXIQJ#muxiUXMHhfljvxKnWaOxZA), at which you'll find the reading texts, notes, and slideshows.

It’s LEADERSHIP Sunday…wooohooo!! Has anyone told you, including yourself, that you need to get something under control? That task is easier said than done and takes practice. Today’s session will be on self control. We will explore and answer questions on “What is self control?” “ How to get it?” and “Why should we care about it?” Here’s what’s happening. 10:30: Meet & Greet 10:35: Ice Breakers 10:45: Anouncements and Table Topics fun! 10:50: Leadership in the Bible and breakout group discussions on self-control. 11:15: Games and craft rotations 11:35: Prayer 11:40: End of meeting energizer 11:45 End. Join us! We hope to see you on our big screen! NOTE: This is a hybrid event.

https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/2/f/5/4/600_434472116.jpeg REDWOOD STOA via Zoom 10:00am – 12:30pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85442532652?pwd=d0Y1TmZjY0xkWXV3TG4xd0Qrc0hPZz09 Meeting ID: 854 4253 2652 Passcode: 524584

We know these are difficult times for many so we've set up some great events that you can participate in from the comfort of your own home! We have several types of events on different days of the week so make sure to click the link of the one you're interested in: Wednesday - 8:00 PM Zoom Trivia Night Get details and tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/112531388412 --------------------------------------- Friday - 7:00 PM Zoom Trivia Night Get details and tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/107630244960 ---------------------------------------- Friday - 9:00 PM Zoom Fun & Games Night Get details and tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/103166561964 ---------------------------------------- Saturday - 8:30 PM Zoom Fun & Games Night Get details and tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/103165962170 --------------------------------------- Sunday - 8:30 PM Online Escape Room Get details and tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/103177015230 --------------------------------------- Monday - 8:00 PM Online Breathwork & Meditation Session Get details and tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/136320114131 https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/b/1/8/highres_490695128.jpeg

Due to the current guidance associated with the COVID-19 state of emergency in Massachusetts, NLTMC weekly meetings are held online via zoom until further notice. Welcome to the New Life Toastmasters Club! Anyone is welcome to join our weekly meetings. Time : Every Sunday from 1:30PM to 3:00PM Website : https://3550659.toastmastersclubs.org/ Cost: FREE The New Life Toastmasters Club is ready to help you to become a better communicator, listener, leader, critical thinker and more. How will you benefit? Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. Whether you are a professional, student, stay-at-home parent or retiree, Toastmasters is the most efficient, fun and affordable way of gaining great communication and leadership skills. By joining the club, you’ll learn how to speak comfortably in front of a group and lead with purpose. By learning to effectively formulate and express your ideas, you open an entirely new world of possibilities. You’ll be more persuasive and confident when you convey your ideas across. Why it works? The Toastmasters environment is friendly and supportive. The self-paced program allows you to build confidence as you take on each speaking assignments. By attending the meeting regularly, you’ll be able to watch yourself grow as a confident speaker, communicator, and leader. Not only does our club provides a supportive learning environment, we encourage our members to take action and allow everyone to have a chance to speak at the meeting. This is to help our members to step out of their comfort zone to take actions to reach their full potentials. Each time you give a prepared speech, an evaluator will point out strengths and suggest improvements. If you think you’re stuck on any assignments the members are always there and ready to help. Still not convinced? Please come and see our club for yourself. You are always welcome to join our weekly meeting. We’ll be glad to see you there. For more information about New Life Toastmasters Club, please visit us at https://3550659.toastmastersclubs.org/ . Follow us on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/newlifetmc/

I'm Dan Weicher, developer of Recovering the Way, which is a fusion of qigong, the Scientific Method and 12-step. Some time after coming into a 12 step program I met with Dr. Roger Jahnke OMD of The Institute Of Integral Qigong, It started a long and deep learning experience of integrating the principles of Internal Alchemy into my life. I realized pretty soon that the 12-step paradigm was also one of Alchemy, and the two of them worked well together. You might be saying, “That’s really nice for you, Dan, but I'm not interested in meditation", or "That’s really nice for you, Dan, I don't need a program for addiction" Bu there's a new pathology in the world now now that tis coming directly at us. And I don’t just mean the pandemic of the COVID virus. I'm talking about, if you a virus of freneticism that has overtaken us like a tsunami. We all have addictive tendencies, and just like gene expression, certain environmental phenomena can bring to surface the dis-ease. And it’s nearly impossible for us to avoid the effects of the new world of electronic phenomena and it is laying bare the compulsive, addictive parts of our personalities. Where people may not have considered themselves dependent, it’s being laid bare now for us. So, why this fusion? Just as Chinese medicine is a paradigm for healing and Western medicine is a paradigm for healing, the 12-Step process is a paradigm for healing. The fusion of the paradigms is how I healed and it can work for you too. I've seen in recovery circles that there are many people who have come to grips with a lot of their pressing issues but they're still very rife and tense, as if the body won't stop being in a state of excitation. I've also seen many people come into yoga or meditation class expecting for the addictive or compulsive part of their personality to abate and subside. It doesn’t necessarily always work. Recovering The Way is advantageous for those people who might be looking to see how they can integrate themselves better into today’s life. The practice is in the format of a Qigong Class, incorporating parts of the Tai Chi Easy program and Integral Qigong. No experience is necessary, it is pleasing, almost effortless and can be done seated, standing or just listening. Seasoned practitioners and novices each find it beneficial. We have amongst us Physicians, Scientists, Doctors of Oriental Medicine, Teachers and people from all walks of life and all ages. It is easy seamless and graspable to just about anybody. We bring into the body aspects of mind that allude us and visa versa. By integrating simplified Qigong (gentle movement, breath regulation, meditation and self massage), with simplified Recovery principles (self awareness of conduct and thought) we attain a level of internal harmony that may surprise us. This is all done under the backdrop a simple understanding of the most modern aspects of human physiology. In lay terms we are given valuable information on how the brain, the blood and or bodies interact. Daniel Weicher Founder Recovering The Way Qigong A fusion of Healing Paradigms

⛳ **Tuesday Golf League – Registrations Open!** Join our 2-Player Scramble league with 15 men and 15 women, featuring new partners every week. 📅 Every Tuesday, April 21–Aug 18 ⏰ 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 Champions Golf Course (3900 Westerville Rd) 💲 Pricing: • 12 weeks – $450 • 9 weeks – $345 YOU MUST SIGN UP AND PAY USING BELOW LINK TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT: [Tuesday Golf - 2026 - Calendar - Columbus Ski Club](https://columbusskiclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=686961&item_id=2870039&actr=3) Great way to meet new golfers, mix up teams weekly, and enjoy competitive fun all season long. Questions - contact Bob Kaplan 614-286-8463 [gah97@aol.com](mailto:gah97@aol.com)

This month's prompt concerns the idea of the “warrior philosopher” (seemed appropriate in these times)--that is someone whose understanding of violence, power, and justice is forged through direct experience of war. We are looking at Major General Smedley D. Butler, a highly decorated U.S. Marine raised in a Quaker (pacifist) tradition who later became a prominent critic of American militarism (there is a wonderful biography of Gen. Butler called "Gangsters of Capitalism") Butler's argument in *War Is a Racket* (1935): that many U.S. interventions were driven less by national defense than by corporate and financial interests, with Butler portraying himself as an enforcer for business and Wall Street. We can consider the moral ambiguity of his insider critique—whether complicity strengthens or undermines credibility and also consider some of the concrete reforms he proposed (e.g., “conscript” capital before soldiers, restrict the military to coastal defense, and have only those who fight decide on war). Butler’s life arc clearly changed from pacifist upbringing to warrior to antiwar crusader—and asks whether true understanding of peace requires firsthand knowledge of war, and what that implies about the cost of suffering. So do we need to suffer to understand suffering? Do we have to experience war to appreciate peace? As one more question: in the movie "A Few Good Men" Jack Nicholson's character says that "you have the luxury of not knowing what I know" so do most of us go through life oblivious to real violence and suffering? See you at Drunken Philosophy!

AI is changing how art is made. But when does it stop being your work and start being the machine’s? This month we're going to be doing a panel with with digital image, music, and written word artists, talking about at what point, while using AI in the creation process, does the work become not the artist creation? We encourage audience participation during this event that will be moderated by Chris Slee. Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.transformlabs.com/services) Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/55umjqta)

We connect you with up to 30 Men or Women tennis partners close to your PLAYING REGION and skill level. This program is less competitive, no champions crowned, no league standings just dedicated tennis partners who want to meet up with you on the courts. Players will meet up to play a tennis match or just to hit around. Just go through the [Join Page](https://www.tenniscolumbus.com/partner-program) to enter this program. [https://www.tenniscolumbus.com/partner-program](https://www.tenniscolumbus.com/partner-program)

**Sunday Golf League at Safari Golf Club ⛳** Join us for a fun and social golf season at **Safari Golf Club** (next to the **Columbus Zoo and Aquarium**) in Powell! 🗓 **Sundays at 3:45 PM** 📅 May 3 – August 2 🏆 Week 13 (Aug 2): 9-hole scramble, awards party, food & prizes 🌧 Rain Date: August 16 🚫 No play on May 24 ⛳ **Season Includes:** • 13 weeks of golf • 12 weeks of 9-hole play • 13th week scramble + awards celebration 🚶 Walking is welcome in this league! You can choose to play in a **competitive** or **social** group — all skill levels encouraged. 💲 Full Season: $382 💲 Half Season: $210 YOU MUST SIGN UP AND PAY FOR LEAGUE WITH LINK BELOW: [Sunday Golf - 2026 - Calendar - Columbus Ski Club](https://www.columbusskiclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=686961&item_id=2877928&actr=3) Questions? Peggy McDaniel (Activity Leader) – 614-216-6779 Bev McCain (Scoring Assistant) – 614-738-6560