Schedule
Monthly Calendar
Women with Disabilities Support Group First Saturday of each Month | 1:00PM-3:00PM
Women with Disabilities face unique challenges due to their disability and gender. Join a welcoming group of women who will support each other toward a goal of empowerment. Light refreshments served.
Men with Disabilities Support Group Third Saturday of each Month | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Join a group of men with various disabilities to talk about the challenges and coping techniques of living with a disability. Light refreshments served.
Meditation Made Easy Fourth Saturday of each Month | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Learn how to reduce stress and enhance relaxation with simple meditation and visualization techniques. Light refreshments served.
Upcoming:
Life Writing Workshop
Join a group interested in writing and exchanging memoirs and stories about life experiences! The Irving K. Zola Center for Persons with Disabilities at Brigham House, 20 Hartford St., Newton Highlands, MA 02461, will host this unique opportunity on Saturday, September 30, 2006, 12:00PM-3:00PM.
The first workshop will do exercises and discuss writing samples. After exchanging writing pieces by email, the next workshop will be a discussion of each others’ contributions. We will offer support and constructive comments as a group. If the group is interested, a third workshop can be scheduled. Attendees may bring writing samples to the initial meeting.
Instructor and facilitator, Mary G. Mason, PhD, Professor of English, emerita, Emmanuel College, is Resident Scholar at Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Research Center. She has written a memoir, Life Prints: A Memoir of Healing and Discovery and Working Against Odds: Stories of Disabled Women’s Work Lives.
Space is limited so please call 617 277-5131 to register for this free workshop or e-mail zolacenter@juno.com for more information.