Events

Connect, Create, Contribute, Celebrate! A Four-Day Intensive Leadership Workshop presented in Wayne County, Indiana, by the Institute for Creative Leadership.

A leaderful community is essential in the 21st century. Everyone must have the capacities to make the community work. This intensive workshop will help you understand what makes an effective community, discover your gifts and talents, and learn to create and work in performing teams, transforming challenges into possibilities.

Four consecutive Wednesdays: February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 2007 from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. Participants must commit to all four sessions and complete a community project in order to graduate.

For more information, visit http://www.waynet.org/nonprofit/icl/

As part of Earlham College's partnership agreement with Recycle Force they have organized a Computer Recycling Event: Saturday, February 24th 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Carpenter Hall Parking Lot

They will accept desktop computers, laptops, monitors, printers, keyboards, computer peripherals, televisions, microwaves, and cell phones. There will be a $10.00 fee per vehicle to help support the event. They strongly encourage you to carpool with friends and family to save money and help reduce emissions.

Recycle Force, LLC is an Indianapolis based back-to-work program for ex-offenders that is dedicated to "Rebuilding Lives while Recycling Computers." More information on Recycle Force, including a great video about the program, can be found at: http://www.recycleindy.com/about.html

Supporting Earlham's wellness model of "Mind, Body, Spirit and Community," exhibitors from Richmond and Wayne County businesses offer services, including screenings for osteoporosis, blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol. Experts provide information in health and wellness including dietetics, dentistry, chiropractic care, alternative therapies and podiatry; as well as relaxing chair massages. Participants can register for door prizes; massages, reflexology sessions, T-shirts, climbing wall passes, and day passes to the Athletics and Wellness Center.

Trueblood Fieldhouse on Earlham's campus. Free Admission, no tickets required.

From WayNet.org: "The Earlham College Women’s Chorus’ annual Genesis Benefit Concert not only celebrates women, but also helps support the local YWCA’s abused women’s shelter. A tradition for over a decade, the evening is full of energy, excitement and fun with featured performances by students, faculty, and community members in a variety concert, including singing, dancing, juggling, and much more."

Comstock Room, Runyan Center, Earlham College. Admission: $5 donation suggested at the door. For more information, call (765)983-1410.

The Band Lift is playing at Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse, in Richmond, Indiana.

Goddard Auditorium, Carpenter Hall Four time Grammy nominee Kidjo is not only one of the spunkiest, most electrifying performers in the pop world today, but she is also one of its most forward and creative thinkers, an artist whose mission has been to explore the relationships of diverse musical cultures. While her music is steeped in tribal and pop rhythms of her West African heritage, the Benin-born, Brooklyn-based Kidjo has crossed musical boundaries by blending a variety of styles, including funk, salsa, jazz, rumba, soul and makossa. Tickets required: $5/Adults, $3/ Students and Seniors. Available at the Runyan Center Desk one month prior to event. For more information, call 765/983-1373. Goddard Auditorium, Carpenter Hall, Earlham College.

What is I-69 and what can we do here in Indiana to stop it? I-69 is part of the NAFTA super-highway that big business is trying to get American taxpayers from the border of Mexico to Indiana to the border of Canada to fund. Come learn about the plan and how you can help stop it. When: Wed., March 7, noon. Where: Leeds Gallery in Runyan Center on the Campus of Earlham College.

On Fri. March 9, a candle display will be set up around The Heart on the Campus of Earlham College followed by a service/ worship in remembrance of Tom Fox, American CPT member who was killed one year ago in Iraq. Come help with candles, starting at 4 p.m. on the Heart, and join us for the service afterwards at 7 p.m. in Stout Meetinghouse.

Come shake your booty at the Crema Latina party with WECI's DJ Ferchi, this and every Saturday night at Charlie's Cafe downtown, 8 p.m to 12 midnight. Salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton. FREE salsa lessons with Indy's best salsa instructors, from 9 – 10 p.m.

Lawrence Buell, professor of American Literature at Harvard University, presents "Environmental Imagination and Environmental Crisis." When: Wed., March 14, 1 p.m. Where: Goddard Auditorium in Carpenter Hall on the campus of Earlham College. For more information, contact: 973-1373.

The Conflict Resolution Center reeived a grant to offer two trainings - Family Group Conferencing and Family Group Decision Making. CRC would recommend the first of these for those interested in learning whether or how to incorporate Conferencing Circles. This training is offered at no cost (donations accepted). The trainings are as follows:

March 19-20 Family Group Conferencing - 8:30-4:30 p.m.
Registration begins at 8 a.m., lunch is provided.

March 21-22 Family Group Decision Making - 8:30-4:30 p.m.
Registration begins at 8 a.m., lunch is provided.