Schedule: Mondays from 7 – 7:50 pmTuesdays from 7 – 7:50 pmThursdays from 11 am – 12 pm Suggested donation $20. No one is turned away. Location: CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL (between 12th & 13th Streets) Manhattan http://www.crsny.org 212-677-8621 "Since only the mind can be sick, only the mind can be healed. Only the mind is in need of healing." —"PSYCHOTHERAPY: Purpose, Process and Practice," Supplements to A Course in Miracles Hello, all miracle workers & …

The coworking community is composed of entrepreneurs, freelancers, telecommuters, and other location-independent workers who seek to work alongside one another and share resources. This Meetup group will offer events ranging from workshops to talks to happy hours, all in the interest of helping healthily grow and educate the NYC independent community. We're based at New Work City, a coworking space established in 2008 in Manhattan. Learn more about New Work City here: http://nwc.co

Hello my fellow social workers!!! I'm a licensed social worker, psychotherapist, psychoanalytic candidate, and member of the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service Alumni Advisory Board.  Over the years I worked as clinical consultant with the New York City Children’s Services and was a member of the Queens Borough President, Helen Marshall: Task Force on Domestic Violence, Child Maltreatment and Elder Abuse. I have consulted with numerous organizations regarding LMSW exam developm …

This meetup provides a space for meditation and the study of esoteric astrology and the seven rays, said to be the "oldest and greatest of sciences." Esoteric astrology is a psycho-spiritual tool that awakens the intuition and fosters creativity. In combination with the teaching on the rays we come to better know ourselves and others. in monthly workshops we will discuss: * spiritual keys of the signs, rays, planets & houses * cosmology: the universal aspects of astrology * new techniques of cha …

Parents in Transition Consultants work together as one community towards the common goal of ensuring that parents learn to maintain a healthy parenting relationship. This is an open forum for parents and educators to meet and discuss developing strategies for raising children. These courses will help you in learning effective parenting skills, improve your relationships with your children and co-parent(s), and also reinforce appropriate behavior in others.

This meetup will hold weekly study groups,  networking events, and continuing education trainings. It could also be a time to unwind with friends for brunch and share information with each other or a time to volunteer in the community. These events will take place in the community and sometimes at home. The Study Groups or individual study sessions will be held in NY & NJ . The  social workers facilitating the study groups have researched every topic and concept you need to know to pass your ASW …

Black feminism, Latina feminism, indigenous women's feminism is about harnessing the power of women of color as agents of knowledge and as agents of change. By coming together as women of color, as self-defined, self-reliant individuals confronting race, gender, sexuality and class oppression, it speaks to the importance that knowledge and solidarity plays in empowering ourselves and other oppressed people. Sisters, this group is for women of color who wish to come together in dialogue and in au …

We want the community to get involved with this issue. Purpose is to join together to fight for changes to help foster youths and foster parents. Anyone can join; foster parents and adoptive parents, social workers, youths in foster care, community organizers, advocates, nonprofits professionals, grassroot organizations. We welcome anyone who wants to get involved to make changes. Advocacy requires both the will to confront injustice and the commitment to transform it. We fight for social justic …

This group was created after finding a lack of groups for people our age.  If you came to Meetup.com looking for people your own age to hang out with, and left dismayed by all the "20-39" groups for helpless older singles, well then this group is probably for you (20-year-old's please have a decent fake-ID). This group is for people who are new to NYC - we seek fun, chill, open-minded college-going/grads who are looking to meet interesting people, explore this awesome city, and party like anima …

This is a social and networking group for professionals and graduate students in counseling, psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychiatric nursing, school psychology, rehabilitation counseling, creative arts therapy, and other counseling related helping professions. This group should provide opportunities for networking, and hopefully a casual atmosphere for like minded individuals to get together. Please note: This group is only open to current post-graduate professionals an …

New York is the place to be, especially these days, if you are involved in the tech industry (bay area? what bay area?). It is also an excellent place to go out and meet people, get inspired, and start something great. Since the East Village is clearly one of the hippest places to live - and lots of techies do - this meet-up group is focused on connecting you with the like minded, away from your cubicle or coffee shop, and have a beer while you are at it. So, if you are excited to change the wor …

Male supremacy must end. Oppression and violence is not natural nor inevitable and neither is patriarchy or any other kind of kyriarchy (a neologism meaning a collection of interlocking and intersecting systems of oppression). Radical feminism, in the truest sense of the word 'Radical', is about going to the root of the systems of oppression that we all participate in and perpetuate, creating change from the ground up and making the world a better, equal, non-oppressive place. We believe change …

Social Knitworking is a yarncrafting group geared towards those in the so-called "helping" professions (social workers, nurses, teachers, and the like) as well as people who work for social justice through activism, organizing, and community work. However, all are welcome! This group was created out of the need to encourage self care and community building among folks who spend their time giving of themselves, whether that means providing therapy to homeless adults or organizing working people i …

The future of content on the web – content that gets discovered, creates value, and builds audiences – is not cheap text cranked out by content farms. It's high quality, editorial and entertainment created by experienced journalists and passionate bloggers. The future is a social media world, where humans are the arbiters of quality, and search algorithms reward sharing and human readability. The Internet means publishers should no longer be confined to the limits of in-office staff, nor should …

We are a hyperlocal New York City group that meets to improve freelance business skills, share stories, solve problems and enable targeted learning through small-group conversations, informal talks, and mutual micro-mentoring. We form a community in which we can use our collective resources and experience to support one another. This group is open to all independent workers living or working in the NYC area. We originated from the Freelancers Union Monthly Member Meetings.

This is a group that is founded to celebrate and expand upon interesting work by interesting people. We hold meetings that display new tech developments and cool new companies. Most importantly, these meetings are a great place to discover new people, connections, and possible co-workers.

This is the meetup group for the SharePoint User Group in NYC that meets at Microsoft Manhattan on the first Wednesday of the month. The NYC SharePoint Users Group (NYCSPUG) was founded in March 2006. Our mission from inception has been to share deep SharePoint experience with individuals who are interested in learning, sharing and growing their Microsoft SharePoint knowledge and capabilities. The group’s vision is to provide members with a forum to hear top industry experts present, learn and t …

The Families Civil Liberties Union is embarking on a campaign to significantly improve the family law process in America.  Ambitious?  You bet.  Attainable?  Absolutely.  The Families Civil Liberties Union is a professional, politically neutral, national activist organization headquartered in New York City. We refuse government funds. Our mission is to represent the thousands of disparate, autonomous fathers’ and mothers’ groups and millions of fathers and mothers that have been damaged by the f …

NY Career Meetup connects job seekers with Managers and Employers who make hiring decisions through its events.The group connects job seekers and Recruiters, Hiring managers and Employers and gives them a chance to know about employment opportunities and gather information about companies/ individuals who are currently hiring for both part time and full time positions. The group gives job seekers best opportunity to make connections face to face with Managers and Employers.NY Career Meetup and …

Have you ever wished you had a place to hang out and like-minded people to chat with after a long day in the field? We hear you! That's why we created this meet-up group to provide a space for busy social workers to meet and enjoy happy hour together. Come grab a few drinks and have good conversations with your fellow social workers. Let's get together for some much needed "self-care" and networking! This is open to all NYC social workers and related mental health practitioners! Come to our even …

We are a group of restaurant workers fighting for the rights of restaurant workers nationally, on a legislative level. Did you know that there are 13 million restaurant workers in United States and that we hold 10% of the jobs. WE generate 632 billion dollars in sales annually and are working in the second largest private sector industry (only after the retail industry ). Yet, just like many of our brothers and sisters in the retail industry we have No Paid Sick Days ! No Vacation Time ! - no ma …

This is a group of financial professionals, accountants, technologists, economists, traders, engineers, housewives, househusbands, laborers, professors, students, activists and workers interested in reforming, revolutionizing and improving our financial system. We discuss and act regularly. Everyone is welcome! We meet at Columbia University's International Affairs Building on the corner of 118th and Amsterdam in room 409 or room 410 from 3 to 5 and go for dinner afterwards at Amsterdam.

Do you want to practice healing on real people?  Whether you are a practitioner or a person who is just curious about spiritual/energy healing, then Practice Healing is the Meetup for you.  Practice is the key to becoming a healing master  and our group holds events in Midtown Manhattan for practitioners to get the repetitions they need to perfect their healing modality. Our Meetup group is dedicated solely to "practicing" healing, not just "talking" about it, and by practicing on real people, y …

This group is for any and all those involved in the education of children: teachers, assistants, social workers, guidance counselors, administrators, etc. This group has two goals; one, to put people with similiar experiences together to network, vent, hang out, share stories and get great advice. The other goals is to have a reason to visit some cool places in the city! All educators are welcome to join and have fun with us. Hope to see you soon!

Psychology Tomorrow Magazine was created to respond against the current trend in psychology towards medical or scientific explanations and of pathologizing human behavior. It explores the practice of psychology as an art in all its complex possibilities. The magazine goes a step further by looking at the relationship between psychology and contemporary visual arts, photography, fashion, writing, dance and film. Psychology Tomorrow Meetup will bring together NYC's art and psych communities to exp …

A group of open exploration in all light, positive, metaphysical, mystic languages and paths. MEEGNYC embraces and illuminates the synergistic harmony between humanities and all constructive universal beliefs and spiritualities.

This group is for innovative managers, HR professionals and teleworkers who are interested in sharing and learning about best practices and technologies that help dispersed teams collaborate better. Our goal is to promote efficiency, productivity, better life-style, and protect the environment by using cutting-edge visual collaboration tools and methods.

This is a group for anyone interesting in promoting the rights of immigrant communities in NYC. We welcome activists, organizers, attorneys, teachers, students, social workers, artists, and anyone else working toward positive change.