8 Meetup Groups match “Family History” near Alpharetta, GA
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What if we treated depression as a rite of passage instead of a disease? There may not be a lot of support for this notion in our current mental health system, but there's a long history of well-documented cases—even within Christian mysticism—of deep, dark depressions, and “dark night of the soul" experiences leading up to profound and life-changing transformations. Depression is often regarded as a stigma is our culture, something that you should be ashamed of and hide from friends, family …
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This is a support group for African American men and women of all ages, who are concerned their children and grand-children are losing or have lost their true identity. The purpose of this group is to reunite parent, grandparent, and child with their African/African American heritage through cultural, spiritual, political, recreational, economical, nutritional empowerment. We have the highest rate of single parent households than any other group. Our children lag behind in academics. We have a …
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This is a group for community storytellers, culture-lovers, history buffs, artists, writers, musicians, performing artists, and lovers of Black Culture. The Year of the Griot is a network of community literary, theatrical, audio-visual, and service projects dedicated to learning and sharing more about the African-American Experience. It’s also a movement. The world needs to know your communal story. This year - Tell It. Core Projects: • Black Synergy: Elder Community Arts Outreach, Positive Peri …
The Schola Saint George is an international group with a structured approach to medieval martial arts as recorded in the Italian and German fighting treatises. We base the core of our work on the fourteenth century master Fiore dei Liberi, although we also do work from the German, English, Spanish and French manuscripts. We are currently sponsored by the Douglas County Parks & Rec. Classes are offered at the Deer Lick Park Family Fun Center located at 2171 Mack Road, north of Fairburn Road in Do …
We volunteer to help maintain the hiking, running, equestrian trails at the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Park. Typical work goes from light tasks such as pruning, planting, raking; to harder task like trail building and rock stairs or rock wall building. Leadership, training and tools are provided. We typically work for 4 hours per event. To do this work you should wear sturdy shoes and long pants (summer weight on warm days). You should also bring a water bottle and work gloves. See our websi …
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Ni Hao, Y'All! I love eating and exploring cultures, places & stories through food. I'm a great guide--I teach hands-on, multicultural cooking classes, do TV demos, write a food/culture blog (book in the works), know my Asian/Chinese history, food factoids, speak Mandarin Chinese, and can navigate meals and deals (and strange menus) at restaurants and international supermarkets (Note: I was born in Atlanta, but I get easily "disorientaled" on the hwy and with directions!) I'm kicking off a new g …
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The Chattanooga Freethought Association (C.F.A.) is a social, educational, and service organization for all atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and rational thinkers in the Chattanooga, TN and North GA area. Our mission: *to provide a social network and support structure for the area freethinkers and let it be known that we are not alone. *to promote positive Atheism through community service and action to defend and support the separation of church and state. *to educate and inform our membership on …
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Emotional Sobriety: Beyond the 4th Step is a professionally facilitated psychotherapy group open to anyone who wants to heal from family of origin issues. The focus is on personal healing, interpersonal growth, and 2nd stage recovery. 2nd stage recovery is emotional sobriety while 1st stage recovery is addiction sobriety. The focus is NOT on addiction, but on unresolved childhood painful experiences, growing up in a dysfunctional family system, and how your past continues to affect your present …
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