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SUMMARY:FACING GRIEF: Nourishing Ourselves and Others Through Loss
DESCRIPTION:The Nov. 5 performance at 4pm will have live captioning to a screen.\nThe Nov. 7 performance at 7pm will has ASL interpretation.\nAll other accommodation requests should be made by Oct. 20. \nMany of us don’t know what to say or do when a loved one experiences profound grief. Through live theatrical enactments of various scenarios\, audiences are invited to practice reacting to loss and supporting those they love. \nOur brains are wired for survival\, not loss\, creating significant challenges in the aftermath of profound grief. FACING GRIEF\, a presentation of The Sapphire Theatre’s award-winning PICTURE THIS® applied theatre programming\, engages improvisational actors to act out brief scenarios. Staying in character\, they “break the fourth wall” for an interactive talk back with the audience at the crisis point of each scene. Society and the community can do better for those who are hurting. Theatre can help show the way by allowing participants to practice how to have hard conversations\, hold space\, and listen. Musicians\, interfaith ministers\, educators\, counselors and other subject matter experts will help facilitate this event. \nFACING GRIEF will also be performed twice on November 5 at Unity Indianapolis. The 11:30am performance will follow a specially-themed worship service (10am) that all are welcome to attend! A second performance is scheduled for 4pm. FACING GRIEF will be performed a final time on Nov. 7 at the Phoenix Theatre. If interested in these other performances\, please return to the event calendar and register for those dates/times. \nQuestions? Contact 317-966-7529 or andrea@sapphiretheatre.com \nEvent Partners: Sapphire Theatre Co.; Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center; Unity of Indianapolis; Jon Swanson\, PhD.; Deandra Dycus; and Congregation Beth-El Zedeck. \nEvent Registration: Registration requested by Nov. 3\, but walk-ins are welcome as space permits. Registration link forthcoming. \nAudience Note: This program is focused on people who are seeking to better support loved ones experiencing profound bereavement. However\, those currently grieving are welcome to attend – care is being shown to create an emotionally safe space. Additionally\, the November 3 gather will include a post-event reception. \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/facing-grief-nourishing-ourselves-and-others-through-loss-4/
LOCATION:Phoenix Theater Cultural Center\, 705 N. Illinois Street\, Indianapolis\, IN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Conversation,festival,Interactive,Performance,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Nourishing Our Spirits: an interfaith dinner with Center for Interfaith Cooperation
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT \nEnjoy conversation over dinner with members from across Indianapolis’ faith communities on the ways food rituals and practices sustain faith. \nHindu\, Jewish\, Pagan\, Sikh\, and Sufi prayers and reflective practices will be offered by local faith leaders as well as information on the historical and cultural significance of these practices. Dinner will follow and\, with the aid of dialogue cards and table facilitators\, attendees will be invited to share their own reflections on history\, culture\, food\, and faith. Digital booklets of recipes\, prayers\, and reflections will keep attendees engaged after the event. \nQuestions? Contact 317-268-5300 or josih@indycic.org. \nEvent Partners: Center for Interfaith Cooperation\, Sufi Ruhaniat International\, Indiana Pagan Community Outreach and Dialogue\, Hindu Temple of Central Indiana\, Sikh Satsang Indianapolis\, and Congregation Beth-El Zedeck. \nEvent Registration: Due to a seating limit of 50 guests\, registration is required by October 30. \n \n 
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/nourishing-our-spirits-an-interfaith-dinner-with-center-for-interfaith-cooperation/
LOCATION:Indiana Interchurch Center – Krannert Hall\, 1100 W. 42nd St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46208\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Conversation,festival,Interactive,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231106T120000
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SUMMARY:Indy Community Voices: Storytelling for Tenants’ Empowerment
DESCRIPTION:Housing is a basic human need. This event invites communities in Indy to share their experiences and envision paths for affordable housing stability\, which is central to human and community nourishment. \nPlease join us to share and listen to stories and experiences around rental housing and building communities in Indianapolis. Stories have power as they bring people together to build community through shared experiences. Using multiple art forms and other means of expression\, this event highlights the centrality of stories for creating spaces of community nourishment and empowerment. Attendees to this event will be encouraged to share their stories verbally\, through art and audio\, before hearing from panelists who will share their stories\, experiences\, and struggles related to rental housing in Indianapolis. Attendees will also be able to consult with housing attorneys and the City of Indianapolis Tenant Navigators. \nQuestions? Contact 434-242-1012 or indyhousingproject@gmail.com. \nEvent Partners: Indy Community Voices Podcast; Patricia Basile\, assistant professor in the IU College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geography in Bloomington; Andy Beck\, community designer with the Learning Tree\, equitable development consultant; Greater Indianapolis Multifaith Alliance (GIMA); and Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP). \nEvent Registration: Registration requested by Nov. 5 (button below). Walk-ins welcome. \nAudience Note: Doors open at 5pm with food and activities. Panel remarks will begin at 6pm. \n \nImage Credit: Wildstyle Paschall 
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/indy-community-voices-storytelling-for-tenants-empowerment/
LOCATION:The Amp at 16 Tech\, 1220 Waterway Blvd.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Conversation,festival,Interactive,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231110T110000
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SUMMARY:Nourish: Testimonies about Food\, Family\, and Love (Day 1: Film Screening)
DESCRIPTION:A two-day celebration focused on the healing powers of food\, community\, and spirituality featuring films\, food\, and testimonies from Black femme creators. \nThe gathering will take attendees on an immersive visual\, sensual\, auditory\, and spiritual experience in the spirit of honoring how Black femmes have nourished themselves and one another while making an indelible impact on the world. \nOn Friday\, Nov. 10\, two films – “In Our Mother’s Gardens” and “Food as Resistance” will be shown. Dinner will be served in between screenings and a discussion about the ways lineage\, love\, and (unjust) food systems intersect will close the night. \nThe following day (Nov. 11) will feature music\, storytelling\, and the culinary arts in a Testimony Service for all! (Think: Moth Radio Hour.) Testimony services have their roots in the Black church tradition as a time where people can take to the altar and tell a story or sing a song that illustrates a triumphant moment in their lives. Attendees will be given writing prompts for their own reflections and will hear from a selection of Black femme speakers before enjoying refreshments. \nDoors open at 4pm each day for guests to congregate with each other. Programming begins at 5pm. \nAudience Note: While this event is open to people from all faiths or non-faith backgrounds\, Black Christian traditions as well as African ancestral practices will be honored. \nQuestions? Please contact317-413-1239 or TheTestimonyServiceOnline@gmail.com \nEvent Partners: The Testimony Service and The Center for Religion\, Arts\, and Culture. \nEvent Registration: Registration requested by Nov.3\, but walk-in guests are welcome! \n \nImage Courtesy of The Testimony Service
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/nourish-testimonies-about-food-family-and-love-day-1-film-screening/
LOCATION:Broadway United Methodist Church\, 609 E. 29th St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Award of Awesomeness Nominee,Community Conversation,festival,Film Screening,Interactive
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SUMMARY:Nourishing Democracy: Healthy IPS School Board Elections
DESCRIPTION:Constitutional republics must be nourished to stay viable. As school board elections offer a microcosm of democracy\, what does IPS board history teach us about the democratic process and what citizens can do to nurture their own sense of civic empowerment? \nOnce regulated to the May Primary\, Indianapolis school board elections are now large and expensive early November events. Debate from a plurality of perspectives is needed for a healthy democracy and a vigorous public education system. So is an understanding of local history. In the early 1920s\, little to no competition existed in school board races which were ostensibly run by the Citizens School Committee. This is the era that deeply segregated and segmented Indianapolis’s public schools into a caste system. As recent media stories have shown\, modern school board elections are being inundated with outside money – and agendas – that threaten to shape public schools in ways the community may not want. Using primary sources and recent news articles\, attendees will be divided into working groups to compare and contrast the past to the present in an effort to plan for the future. Visual arts\, poetry\, and music will further help attendees appreciate the challenges democracy faces while inspiring them to stay engaged and active. \nQuestions? Contact 317-998-1339 or johnharrisloflin@yahoo.com. \nAudience Notes: Doors open at 6pm for guests to interact with the exhibits. Programming begins at 7pm. \nEvent Partners: Charles E. Loflin & Virginia P. Vornehm-Loflin Center on IPS History\, the Black & Latino Policy Institute\, Virgil and Sheila Boyd\, Wyse Ra\, Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Brown\, and artists Dr. Monday\, Clyde Gaw\, and Clockwork Janz. \nEvent Registration: Registration requested by Nov. 9. Walk-ins welcome!
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/nourishing-democracy-healthy-ips-school-board-elections/
LOCATION:MLK Community Center\, 40 W. 40th St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Conversation,Exhibit,festival,Interactive,Poetry,Spoken Word,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Cultural Compost: Nourishing Places in the Footprints of Toxic History
DESCRIPTION:ASL Upon Request by Oct. 27. \nFrom the water that we drink to the air that we breathe\, we all have experience with the legacies of environmental damage. This hands-on workshop will help you develop personal stories related to places of environmental harm and then use those stories to nourish the ongoing work of environmental justice. \nCommunity members are invited to share stories of experience with environmental damage (including social and physical harm from industrial waste\, climate change\, pollution\, etc.) and then transform those stories into deeper knowledge\, empathy\, and tools for change. The goal of this workshop is to increase awareness of both common threats and ongoing efforts to create a healthier city\, as well as to gather stories from diverse perspectives that will be included in a forthcoming exhibit hosted at Indy Parks sites in 2024. The stories shared and refined during this workshop will add to a broader understanding (and study) of the city’s toxic heritage and will help ensure that lived experience is part of how we document the history and legacy of toxic environments. Out of decay can come new\, nourishing life. This workshop plows the contaminated soil of the city to grow new understanding and empathy\, and to motivate people to act for a cleaner\, healthier\, sustainable\, and more just future. \nQuestions? Contact 317-327-7161 or Kavita.mahoney@indy.gov \nEvent Partners: IU School of Liberal Arts Museum Studies Program at IUPUI and Indy Parks and Recreation. \nEvent Registration: Registration requested by Nov. 9. Walk-ins welcome as space permits. \n \nImage Credit: IUPUI Museum Studies Program
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/cultural-compost-nourishing-places-in-the-footprints-of-toxic-history/
LOCATION:Broad Ripple Park Family Center\, 1426 Broad Ripple Ave.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46220\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Conversation,festival,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Nourish: Testimonies about Food\, Family\, and Love (Day 2: Testimony Service)
DESCRIPTION:A two-day celebration focused on the healing powers of food\, community\, and spirituality featuring films\, food\, and testimonies from Black femme creators. \nThe gathering will take attendees on an immersive visual\, sensual\, auditory\, and spiritual experience in the spirit of honoring how Black femmes have nourished themselves and one another while making an indelible impact on the world. On Friday\, Nov. 10\, two films – “In Our Mother’s Gardens” and “Food as Resistance” will be shown. Dinner will be served in between screenings and a discussion about the ways lineage\, love\, and (unjust) food systems intersect will close the night. \nThe following day (Nov. 11) will feature music\, storytelling\, and the culinary arts in a Testimony Service for all! (Think: Moth Radio Hour.) Testimony services have their roots in the Black church tradition as a time where people can take to the altar and tell a story or sing a song that illustrates a triumphant moment in their lives. Attendees will be given writing prompts for their own reflections and will hear from a selection of Black femme speakers before enjoying refreshments. \nDoors open at 4pm with programming beginning at 5pm. \nAudience Note: While this event is open to people from all faiths or non-faith backgrounds\, Black Christian traditions as well as African ancestral practices will be honored. \nQuestions? Contact 317-413-1239 or TheTestimonyServiceOnline@gmail.com. \nEvent Partners: The Testimony Service and The Center for Religion\, Arts\, and Culture. \nEvent Registration: Registration requested by Nov. 3\, but walk-in guests are welcome. \n \nImage Courtesy of The Testimony Service
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/nourish-testimonies-about-food-family-and-love-day-2-testimony-service/
CATEGORIES:Award of Awesomeness Nominee,Community Conversation,festival,Spoken Word
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SUMMARY:Powerful Conversations on Race: National Identity\, Community Values\, & Race
DESCRIPTION:Powerful Conversations on Race [PCR] is a monthly community dialogue series exploring topics around race and racism and the resulting impact. \nPowerful Conversations on Race is a way for us to get comfortable talking about uncomfortable histories and is\, therefore\, rooted in historical documents and subject matter. \nThis IS NOT a lecture or book club\, but a space for community to come together and dive deeply into a variety of topics concerning race. This is an immersive experience. As such\, we’ll spend a considerable amount of time in small groups to dialogue with each other about these topics. \nThis dialogue is virtual and occur on Eastern Standard Time / Eastern Daylight Time. \nFor the November 2023 dialogue we will explore the interconnection between national identity\, community values and race. \nRegistration ends at 12 noon day of event.
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/powerful-conversations-on-race-national-identity-community-values-race/
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