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Discover The Goddess Within

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April 5 & 19
May 3 & 17
Saturday, 1-3pm
$20 donation
Latonia Dixon oshun45@gmail.com
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Join Latonia in guided meditation, art, poetry, & storytelling to discover the compossionate Goddess within each of us. Her workshops are filled with joy & compassion… no judgment is allowed.
April 5 & May 3: Women only workshop—all women from 18-99,
April 19 & May 17 for women and men. Continue reading →


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The Invisible War: Film Screening & Fundraiser

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Wednesday, October 16, 6:30 pm
Doors open at 6 pm; screening 6:30 pm
California College of the Arts
Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco Campus
Tickets: invisiblewarrecovery

From Academy Award nominated Director Kirby Dick The Invisible War, a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best-kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the US military.

The film paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem — today, a female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. The U.S. Department of Defense estimates there were a staggering 22,800 violent sex crimes in the military in 2011.

Twenty percent of all active-duty female soldiers are sexually assaulted. Female soldiers aged 18 to 21 accounted for more than half of the victims. Read more…

Cohosted by Dr. Mylea Charvat, SF Supervisor Malia Cohen, and SamaHope

Panel discussion following the screening moderated by San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen.

Proceeds from the screening go toward the Artemis Rising Invisible War Recovery Program, a nonprofit recovery program that provides free PTSD treatment to veterans.


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WWII: African American Women In The Military

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Women in the Military “…Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) was renamed the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in July 1943, and the Air Corps (AC), after a reorganization, became the Army Air Forces (AAF) in March 1942…”  Excepts from Pictures of African Americans World War II. Read more… National Archives: Pictures of African Americans during World War II