Applied Anthroposophy: Women in Anthroposophy

Chrysalis Group Series One: Biography Presentations

Over the last century, our anthroposophical movement has been enlivened by the activities of many amazing women. In this course we will introduce the biographies and contributions of four female leaders: Marie Steiner, Ita Wegman, Hilma af Klint and Marjorie Spock. We will discuss their unique methods of applying anthroposophy and consider how their lives might inspire us as individuals in our work today.  

What: A Fall Chrysalis Group, five weekly sessions of deepening together 
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When: September 19, 26 and October 3, 10, 17
Tuesdays at 1pm ET/10 am PT via Zoom for 60 minutes 
Not able to attend?  This program will be recorded and distributed to all registrants.

Contribution: You can register and pay for this Chrysalis Group as a stand alone course. However, if you would like to do more than one course, you can save money by registering for all seven groups by registering for the Chrysalis Group Series One Bundle! 
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Course Costs:
Suggested: $60
Supporter: $80
Youth and Equity: $45

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Not able to attend? 
This program will be recorded and distributed to all registrants.

Chrysalis Group Series One Bundle Costs: $250
Learn more about all Chrysalis Groups here.

Schedule
September 19: Marie Steiner with Christine Burke
September 26: Ita Wegman with Dottie Zold
October 3: Hilma af Klint with Kimberley Lewis
October 10: Marjorie Spock with Eileen King
October 17 Group reflections: the women in our lives

Meet Your Presenters

Christine Burke met anthroposophy in 1997 and immediately signed up for the Rudolf Steiner College San Francisco Waldorf Teacher Training. During a rich and art infused training, she met the anthroposophical speech arts. In 2001, Christine embarked on the 4 year, full-time Speech training in England. Before meeting anthroposophy, Christine completed an associate’s degree in Literature and a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics. After the Speech training, Christine earned a master’s degree in Communication Studies. In retrospect, a clear path of the Word – or to the Word – has been her life’s companion, along with a healthy dose of finding and creating community. Christine now teaches Communication Studies part time at her local Community College and teaches Sacred Speech Work in workshops around the globe, with private students, and at Kairos Institute.

Dorothy "Dottie" Zold, Anthroposopher, champion of at-risk youth, & the Threefold Social Organism given by Rudolf Steiner, Founder of Elderberries Three-Fold Cafe in LA & Co founder of Have Seeds House. 
Dottie Zold co creates curative spaces in urban communities. She met Rudolf Steiner’s work at 29 and her first book was Archangel Michael His Mission and Ours. Dottie founded Elderberries Threefold Cafe in 2008 after seeing the Youth Section housing at the bottom of the Hill in Dornach. In the following years, she cofounded many initiatives that have come forth out of the original seed including Urban First Aid - Art As Medicine, and Elderberries Biodynamic Outpost Chicago, with her coworkers Frank Agrama and Daniel Evaeus. As a threefold activist, Dottie has led youth to Moral Monday Los Angeles, Standing Rock, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, cooking meals for March Against Monsanto events and works with houseless youth and adults with special needs. She is now in her second year as Branch Chair for the Rudolf Steiner Community Center and Library in Los Angeles. Dottie’s parents are guiding lights in all she cares about in the world.
dottiez@anthroposophyla.org

Kimberley Lewis has been a student of Steiner and anthroposophy since 1991. Her varied anthroposophical interests include music, child development (specializing in birth to three), architecture, painting, nature's forms and healing. Everyone remembers the day they first encountered Hilma af Klint's paintings and became momentarily struck down and often reduced to tears. For Kimberley, that was in 2021 when her sister introduced her to the documentary "Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint".

Eileen King first met Anthroposophy in 1971 when she lived for three-quarters of a year in East Sullivan on land owned by Marjorie Spock and Polly Richards who were seeking young individuals who were interested in community building. Though this experiment did not work out as any had planned or hoped, it did expose her to the Philosophy of Freedom by Rudolf Steiner, to Camphill Village in Copake, NY, and to Reflections on Community Building and Goethean Conversation by Marjorie Spock. 
In November 1973, Eileen 4-year-old daughter and I joined Camphill Village Copake: she felt deeply connected to Camphill (and still does) after living in Camphill Communities in the US, Northern Ireland, and Germany over the course of 21 years.
After returning to the US in November 1994 after nearly 10 years in German Camphill Communities, Eileen began to work with The American Coalition for Abuse Awareness, the 501(c)(4) nonprofit her sister, Sherry Quirk, Esq., founded. She has been in the nonprofit world since then, founding a new nonprofit, Child Justice, Inc. on September 25, 2012 that focuses on protecting children who have been sexually/physically abused or exposed to coercive control and intrafamilial abuse or violence in the context of civil family law or protective order cases by providing free legal representation, consultations, referrals and resources.
Eileen also found her spiritual home with the Anthroposophical Society of Greater Washington, DC Branch and has served on both the Branch Planning Group and Festivals Group for more than 20 years. She has been a member of the wonderful Christian Community of Greater Washington DC & Baltimore for nearly 30 years.

Other Chrysalis Groups
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Dare to Ask: Biography Work with Hummingbird Principle
Mondays, 1pm ET/10 am PT
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Goddesses in America with Lila Tresemer
Mondays, 7pm ET/4pm PT
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Creating Sanctuary: Inner and Outer with Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary and House of Peace
Tuesdays, 10:30am ET/7:30 am PT
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Etheric Health in the Age of Technology with Cynthia Hoven and Andrew Linnell
Wednesdays, 10:30 am ET/7:30 am PT
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Experiencing Autumn by Drawing and Painting with Laura Summer
Thursdays, 11am ET / 8 am PT
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Connecting with your Angel with Verlyn McGilvray
Thursdays, 7pm ET/ 4 pm PT
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