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Join Hoosier Action every Monday evening for a statewide video call to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we can ensure that all Hoosiers get the care and resources we need during this crisis. Now is the time for us to unite across our differences and make policy choices that help every-day people — not the richest 1% and a handful of corporations. As individuals, we can wash our hands, avoid unnecessary travel and check in on our friends and neighbors. As a united force, we can demand our local, state and national governments do everything possible to protect everyone’s health, no exceptions.
Tags: statewide video call to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we can ensure that all Hoosiers get the care and resources we need during this crisis, nonprofit, Hoosier Action
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VIRTUAL ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC
from the Irving Theater
Monday April 6 (and every Monday night)
starting at 7:00p
FREE | All Ages
[LOCAL MUSICIANS] [ORIGINAL MUSIC] [PLAY OR LISTEN]
At the Governor’s suggestion, for the next few weeks the format of our Acoustic Open Mic will change slightly. A few of our musician neighbors have agreed to join us for an hour or more of music starting at 7:00p. You on the other hand (the Governor’s suggestion part) will need to join us virtually through Facebook Live (link below).
VIRTUAL LINK: https://www.facebook.com/IrvingTheater
More information at http://www.attheirving.com
Tags: open mic night, virtual, online, Irving Theater
06
Join this weekly conversation series to explore Resilience and Possibility in These Times with the global Pachamama Alliance community.
Lynne Twist is is a Co-founder of Pachamama Alliance, and founder of The Soul of Money Institute, and will be in conversation with two Pachamama Alliance Board Members: Dr. Anita Sanchez, author of The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times, and Andrew Hewitt, Founder of GameChangers 500.
You can join the conversation by computer or phone:
- https://pachamama.zoom.us/j/404069704
- (669) 900–6833 Meeting ID: 404-069-704
(Phone numbers outside of the U.S. may be available here)
Tags: Resilience and Possibility in These Times
06
Sustainable solutions often times require us to modify our behavior, ranging from minor adjustments to radically changing our lifestyle. The age-old question is – how do you make people change their behavior? IUPUI Sustainability director, Jessica Davis, will share insights from the field of psychology for how to make others behave more sustainably.
This event is part of the 2020 Earth Month Celebrations series. Visit the IUPUI Sustainability Events Calendar for more Earth Month events: https://events.iu.edu/sustainabilityiupui/
Tags: IUPUI Sustainability director, Jessica Davis, will share insights from the field of psychology for how to make others behave more sustainably, nonprofit
06
We’re so sad we can’t welcome you into our building for First Friday, so we commissioned artists to install window displays before they headed home to shelter-in-place. Next time you are out exercising or walking your dog, swing by the Harrison Center to see the window displays and celebrate the tradition of First Friday in a different way. They are sure to put a smile on your face.
Walk, bike, or even drive by, and check out the displays. The installation is open day and night, though the lights are spectacular at night.
(If you choose to walk by, please follow all social distance guidelines, remain at least 6 feet apart, and don’t touch the glass please!)
Tags: art, window displays, social distance
06
Now more than ever, we must all keep our bodies moving and take care of our minds.
We are so happy to share with you all that we will continue to offer virtual classes every day.
Look for the “Virtual Studio” on the class schedule.
How up sign up for our live virtual classes:
1. Download the Zoom application prior to the class time. Watch this video on how to navigate Zoom: https://youtu.be/vFhAEoCF7jg
2. Pre-register on the app or our schedule at least 5 minutes before the class start time.
3. After you sign in, you will receive an email prior to class with the link to log in and practice with us.
4. Enjoy your class!
Tags: virtual yoga, The Hot Room Indy
04
Building on the previous webinars, Lynne Twist & Sara Vetter will expand the conversation on the ways that we can see and hold these challenging times.
Join us as we connect with the deep wisdom coming from powerful teachers, indigenous shamans, and awake people everywhere.
The webinar is free-of-charge; and it will start promptly at Noon PT and run for 75 minutes, ending at 1:15pm PT. This webinar series is now weekly for at least 3 weeks. When you register now, you will be registered for the series and you won’t have to register again.
We believe that this is an important time for listening, learning, healing, and sharing, as well as for in being in community. We offer this webinar as a way to connect with each other, with the principles of The Soul of Money, and to learn from each other.
We look forward to being with you.
Tags: Lynne Twist & Sara Vetter, Soul of Money Institute, nonprofit, social justice
04
DATE CHANGE! In these times of rapid change, information overload/misinformation, and global connectedness/isolation, you might be wondering what to do to maintain or grow health for yourself and your community in these times.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Tags: what to do to maintain or grow health for yourself and your community in these times
04
Get your farm fix in the off-season. Since 2008, the Indy Winter Farmers Market has provided Downtown residents with a direct source of local produce and goods during the winter months.
The Farmers Market starts on Saturday, November 9, 2019, and runs every Saturday through April 25, 2020, from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Circle City Industrial Complex (1125 E Brookside Ave). The Indy Winter Farmers Market is one of the longest-running winter markets in the state of Indiana.
We believe everyone in our community should have access to local and fresh foods. Our market continues to be the only farmers market in the state to offer triple-match dollars for SNAP (The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), ensuring the market is an accessible place to shop for all members of the community.
The triple-match SNAP allows shoppers to use, $20 of their benefits to get an additional $40, ending up with a total of $60 to spend at the market.
At the market, you will find some of the best in local produce farmers, artisan food producers, including sustainably raised meats and dairy products, unique baked goods, preserved and fermented foods, and much more. Bring the whole family and enjoy breakfast in the cafe area, listen to live music, and let your kiddies play in the new and improved Lil’ Sprouts area.
Tags: farmers market, shop local, East Side, Circle City Industrial Complex
04
It’s time to come inside for the year. We’ll have a fire and music. Probably chai, too.
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8:30am Yoga
9:40am Break
9:40-ish am Meditation
10:10am Mindful Listening Dyads
10:20am Discussion
Stay for whatever parts you want.
Hi Everyone:
Bring your mat, come as you are, and join me at the Indianapolis Zen Center at 37th and Washington Blvd.
I lead a supportive, light-hearted practice of exploration. Through postures, you will learn how to hear what your body is telling you, how to find Interesting Sensation, and how breathing interacts with movement. Weight balance, tension, compression, stretch, cause and effect, and what you’re thinking and feeling at any given moment become clear.
Every (type of) body is welcome. You don’t need to be a gymnast to get something out of this.
Yes, the class is free. I’m just doing my small part to hold space for people to come together as friends, learn to get out of our heads and see the wisdom right in front of our faces.
Please consider making a donation to the Indianapolis Zen Center or to Second Helpings.
http://www.indyzen.org
https://www.secondhelpings.org/donate
About Me:
My name is Tony Wiederhold.
My life’s work is helping people to find inner-kindness and healing through facilitating both Inner Work and Outer Work: contemplative practices and group volunteer service.
My teaching is informed by what I’ve learned from years of meditation practice and working through my own stuff while going to a job Monday through Friday, living in the world, and encountering a lot of hurt people, injustice, and cruelty.
You can find me at the Indianapolis Zen Center (www.indyzen.org) most Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings for 6:45am meditation.
What I’ve learned from practicing:
1) We need each other and we need to stop hurting each other.
2) Hurt people hurt people. Cruelty comes from pain and propagates. Recognizing pain and creating conditions for wounds to heal in yourself and others is the way to stop this.
3) Kindness heals both the giver and the receiver.
4) Working for a more just, less cruel world is totally possible and totally worth doing.
5) There’s plenty of work to be done and it’s a lot of fun to work together to make the world better for everyone. I feel that working to create circumstances for people to heal and thrive is the whole point of living.
See you soon.
Tony
Tags: Indianapolis Zen Center, free yoga
04
To foster an inclusive community based on equality, equity, justice, safety for all IUPUI members.
Tune into our podcast! Available on Spotify, Soundcloud and Apple Podcast.
New Episodes every other Saturday!
Tags: Social Justice Education (IUPUI), podcast
03
Join us every First Friday of the month from 6-9pm for a celebration of new paintings from a variety of artists at the painting school, Studio Alchemy. This quirky artist studio is located near the Circle City Industrial Complex in the historic Cottage Home Neighborhood. Bring friends and enjoy the party!
https://studioalchemy.art/studioalchemygallery
Tags: near the Circle City Industrial Complex, historic Cottage Home Neighborhood, Art, First Friday, Open Studio
03
LEARN ABOUT GRANTS, LOANS AND OTHER LOCAL RESOURCES TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC
REGISTRATION LINK: https://bit.ly/adaptingbusinesssurvival
The rise of Covid-19 and local restrictions to slow the spread have resulted in social and economic impacts felt in the lives of many Indy residents and small businesses.
Tune into this online webinar to:
– Hear from our panel (to be announced) of entrepreneurs and community economic development and entrepreneur support organizations to talk about resources like loans available to small businesses.
– Connect with others and share useful resources and information.
– Ask questions to the panel.
PANELISTS
To Be Announced
Tags: small business support, panel, discussion, Adapting to Pandemic: Short-term Business Survival
03
LEARN ABOUT GRANTS, LOANS AND OTHER LOCAL RESOURCES TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC
REGISTRATION LINK: https://bit.ly/adaptingbusinesssurvival
The rise of Covid-19 and local restrictions to slow the spread have resulted in social and economic impacts felt in the lives of many Indy residents and small businesses. Tune into this online webinar to:
– Hear from our panel of entrepreneurs and community economic development and entrepreneur support organizations to talk about resources like loans available to small businesses.
– Connect with others and share useful resources and information.
– Ask questions to the panel.
PANELISTS
Chef Oya Woodruff
Chef Oya’s The TRAP
www.chefoya.com
Anita Williams
Indy Black Chamber of Commerce
indybcc.org
Emily Scott
Indianapolis LISC
www.lisc.org/indianapolis
Diop Adisa
Kheprw Institute
& Scarabys Consulting
kheprw.org – scarabys.com
Tags: LEARN ABOUT GRANTS, LOANS AND OTHER LOCAL RESOURCES TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC
02
Join the Center for Partnership Studies online on April 2, 2020 for Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Shifting to Partnership in Education and Society —a timely online dialogue with Dr. Mary Crnobori, BCBA, Khayree Bey, BBSc, M.Ed. and Dr. Riane Eisler.
Come hear what it takes to implement effective, compassionate, trauma-sensitive practices at all levels in public school systems, from whole-district initiatives to classroom-based strategies. Hear on-the-ground stories from front-line professionals and take away models and resources to help you join the trauma-informed movement in your classroom, school or district. And, discover how the emerging field of trauma-sensitive practices in schools is a crucial way to ignite broader societal shifts that move us away from domination systems and toward partnership systems that support equity, peace, and well-being.
• Intergenerational trauma and the roots of domination systems
• The neuroscience of stress in domination systems
• Trauma-sensitive schools: Models for district- and school-wide approaches
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and school success: the latest research
• How to support healthy self-regulation in educators and students
• Mindfulness practices in schools
• How healthy schools are a foundation for partnership cultures
Educator professional development CEUs and credits available.
Tags: Center for Partnership Studies, hear what it takes to implement effective, compassionate, trauma-sensitive practices at all levels in public school systems
02
Amidst the twin health and economic crises of COVID-19, we are seeing remarkable community mobilizations and the renewal of solidarity economy practices that have sustained us for generations. Strong mutual aid networks are emerging to nimbly navigate communications, logistics, and collective care. On every city block and in every small town, neighbors are supporting and caring for one another.
We’re also seeing local and state governments take steps to freeze evictions, ensure paid sick leave, house people without homes, free the incarcerated, and ban utility shut-offs to support communities during this crisis. These are important steps, and they are not enough yet.
We must keep organizing our communities and pushing our governments to ensure that we navigate these crises in ways that move us further from disaster capitalism and closer to a just COVID-19 recovery. What does this organizing look like? What are the policies that will get us there?
Join New Economy Coalition, Climate Justice Alliance, and partners for a participatory discussion to envision how we can transition the current changes to our system into the long-term, transformative changes our communities need. The conversation will be facilitated by Peoples Hub, an interactive online movement building school that is training groups like yours in communities where they live.
We’ll discuss current COVID-19 related legislation and community support practices, and discuss the long-term transformation that communities will continue to fight for to ensure community control of our economic system.
Tags: We’ll discuss current COVID-19 related legislation and community support practices, and discuss the long-term transformation that communities will continue to fight for to ensure community control of our economic system
01
IBC meets the first Wednesday of the month at the Garfield Park Conservatory from 7pm – 9pm. There is no December meeting at the park because we go out to eat for our annual Holiday Celebration.
Tags: bonsai gardening
01
Acclaimed jazz man Rob Dixon — Artistic Director of the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation, IUPUI adjunct professor and director of jazz ensembles — will lead you through the history of jazz from the New Orleans sound of Louis Armstrong through the groundbreaking music of today. In partnership with the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation
$35 member price for JCC and Indianapolis Jazz Foundation members. Click “Tickets” to register; Indianapolis Jazz Foundation members should contact Lev at [email protected]
Tags: music, jazz, history
01
Every Wednesday, we meet in the Speck Gallery for a peaceful candlelit practice – a perfect way to unwind after a busy day.
We start by warming the body using a dynamic standing flow, with an emphasis on mindful movements, ending in deep meditative stretches.
This class is appropriate for all levels.
Limited number of mats and props are available.
** Suggested donation of $10, but as always your presence is more important that your payment **
Tags: community yoga, Harrison Center
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Join Indy Contra for an online chat to catch up and “see” how everyone is doing! Feel free to invite all your Indy Contra friends!
This Tuesday at 8pm, join Dianna, Indy Contra president, and the Indy Contra board for a casual chat to “Say Hi!” and catch up with everyone. See details below.
If you have not used Zoom before, you will be instructed to download the zoom app. You will have to do this in order to use the software to do the meeting. This app is free and you will not have to create an account. You can also dial into the meeting from your phone – this way doesn’t require you to download the app. You will just participate via voice, not video.
Dianna Davis is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
**** Once you have downloaded the zoom app***
You can join the zoom meeting at
https://ivytech.zoom.us/j/175065657
Or open the app and type in this Meeting ID: 175 065 657
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Meeting ID: 175 065 657
Find your local number: https://ivytech.zoom.us/u/aemIDIcBg1
Tags: Indy Contra, dance, Live Music, square dance, caller, online meeting, chat, checking in