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Healthy Relationships
A women-only workshop called Promoting Healthy Relationships In Your Life will take place on Tuesdays from Sept. 15 to Oct. 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the basement of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. This workshop focuses on learning ways to create, maintain and reinforce healthy boundaries and will include a heavy reading and writing component. For details, call 508-693-7900, extension 218.
Technothriller writer, essayist, postmodern literary fabulist and Island resident John Sundman will discuss his work and the meaning of literature in the age of the Internet at the Vineyard Haven library at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The talk, entitled Cheap Complex Devices, is free and open to the public.
Permaculturist Returns to Vineyard
Pornography is a $10 billion per year business that dehumanizes women, harms children, destroys relationships and is addictive. Because of widespread access to the internet and adult television channels in the privacy of the home or workplace, anyone can now access images that used to be limited to low lights and out-of-the way places. Faith Community Church will sponsor a two-part conference, called Hope for Parents and Men in a Sex-Saturated Society, Sept.
Twins Benefit
A benefit for the family of twins David and Jhonatan Souza, born months prematurely, was postponed from last weekend and now is set for Saturday, Sept. 5 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Grange Hall.
David suffers from multiple handicaps and is receiving regular medical treatment in Boston.
All are welcome to enjoy a potluck dinner with music and children’s games, and to make a donation if possible.
For details, call 508-696-0581.
On Thursday, Sept. 10 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. the Grant Resource Network: Martha’s Vineyard (GRNMV) will present a free grant funding workshop at the Oak Bluffs Public Library.
Called How to Approach a Foundation, it is for grant seekers that have identified potential funding organizations and want to learn how to effectively approach, communicate and build relationships with these foundations. The workshop will be run by Judith Margolin, vice president for planning and evaluation at the Foundation Center.