OLLI Interest Groups
Shamanic Drumming & Healing Circle - Debra Varner, M.A.
The circle is a powerful force for healing self and extending healing to others. We learn how to journey, a guided meditation, to retrieve information from our spirit guides on how we can heal ourselves. Drums and rattles are the tools which assist us in getting to the altered state by which we can access the spirit world. In addition, we learn some of the traditions of my teachers and guides, the Siberian shamans.
Join us in our work learning more about our spirit helpers and ourselves. We welcome new members to the ongoing circle. We meet at the Downtown Campus and ask that you bring the following to our gatherings: a gift for the altar, a light snack to share with the group, a rattle or drum, an eye covering, and a journal and pen.
Upcoming gatherings:
Mondays:
April 28
2:00pm-4:00pm
Tuesday:
May 27
2:00pm-4:00pm
(Usually meets the 4th Monday, 2:00pm-4:00pm)
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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For more details, contact Debra.
World Affairs Discussion Group
The World Affairs Discussion Group (WAD-G) meets once a month all year, and the group of 8 to 12 discusses issues of world importance. Often one member gives a short report on a topic, and then the group discusses it.
The group meets two hours in the middle of the day (Tuesdays) and invites people who like to read and keep up, listen, and share ideas to join it.
For more informations, contact Al Crowell.
4th Tuesday of the Month, 12:00 noon-2:00pm:
April 22
May 27
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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April 22
Discuss the US view point about undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America. Discussion will cover the history and current situation including population, cause, impacts, law enforcement, legal issues, and current legislation strategy being developed by states and the federal government.
May 27
Immigration II explores the root causes of immigration by focusing on migration to US from inside Mexico. Discussion is based on Global Exchange Reality Tour of US-Mexico Border by visiting an assembly plant and migrant camp, talking to woman's rights groups, labor leaders, US deportees, & discussing NAFTA & Corporate Globalization impact on women, migrants, environment, & democracy. Also photographs will be displayed.
Conversational Spanish Workshop
This drop-in workshop enable intermediate and advanced Spanish-speaking OLLI members (currently enrolled) to practice Spanish pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. Members will be able to improve their communication skills and fluency through a variety of topical discussions: currents events, literature, culture and music. Learning activities will include reading, listening, and short presentations.
Aida Cervantes, the workshop facilitator, obtained a Licenciatura's degree in Diplomatic Sciences (UNAM) and met all course requirements for a master's degree in Asian and African Studies from El Colegio de Mexico. She began her teaching career at UNAM and later taught at several colleges, including Universidad Iberoamericana. Most recently, she has taken courses for language instructors at the Cervantes Institute, NY, Baruch College (CUNY), among others. She has also worked as a human rights activist in different NGOs.
For more info about the workshop, contact Aida at aidacervantesl@yahoo.com.
For dates contact aidacervantesl@yahoo.com.
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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AKA Theater
Alternate Sunday Afternoons
AKA Theater (formerly known as Geezer Theater) welcomes playwrights, actors, stagehands, costumers, producers, directors and supporters of theater. Meetings are held at members' homes on alternate Sunday afternoons. If you would like to become involved in theater-making, contact Juanita Rusev, jrusev@earthlink.net.
Old Information Regarding Geezer Theater
Geezer Theater offers original theater on topical social issues. Founded with Joan Holden and Dan Chumley, the Geezers are currently working on a soon-to-be-released theatrical piece called "Antarctica".
There is also a 20-minute video documentary called "The Making of Geezer Theater" that chronicles the creative process of Geezer Theater's first production, "Subversion at Sunset Acres".
Geezer Theater welcomes playwrights, actors, stagehands, costumers, producers, directors and supporters of theater. Meetings are held at members' homes on alternate Sunday afternoons.
Travel Forum
3rd Wednesday of the month
April 16
May 21
June 18
12:00 noon-2:00pm
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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Wednesday, April 16
Michael Varner will present his experience as a Habitat for Humanity crew member in Ethiopia. Learn more about volunteering with Habitat on worksites around the world and in your neighborhood. Michael will share his photos and what he learned about the Ethiopian people, the land and their culture and what it's like to work alongside the Habitat families.
Aging Explorers
We are a group of OLLI members exploring aging together. We read, talk, argue, learn, laugh, and create. In 2007-08 we have planned and are putting on a lecture and discussion series on aging for OLLI and the public. We are currently meeting to plan our agenda for 2008-09. Our purpose is to create community and a space in which we can all talk about problems of aging and understand, prepare for, prevent if we can, live with as well as possible, or advocate solutions to them. For information about future meetings, check this Web site or contact Rufus Browning at rufusb5269@sbcglobal.net or Judy Goddess at JudyGoddess@sbcglobal.net.
Second Wednesday of the month, following each Lecture Series lecture
12:00 noon-2:00pm
April 9
May 14
June 11
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, Room 612
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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