This group is for people who are seeking to establish deep spiritual friendships both with others, and with themselves. We will commit to co-creating an atmosphere that offers deep listening, unwavering compassion -- and potentially life-altering challenge to the status quo. This ongoing group will explore and practice ways to 1) Access our deepest wisdom, and 2) More completely integrate and embody that wisdom in all aspects of our lives. In this process, we’ll draw respectfully from many s …

"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget." If you are looking to make new friends and have lots of fun in the East Bay, then look no further! It's 5 o'clock Somewhere, the Eastbay's premiere weekend social group, is your one stop shop for fun! We are a diverse group of fun, friendly, social, smart, down-to-earth, QUALITY people (age 30 to 70; singles and couples; men and women) who seriously enjoy having a great time together! If you genuinely e …

Are you looking for a book club, social club, group of friends, sisterhood, and support system? Ladies that will laugh, cry, and grow with you? Sista's Book / Social Club is all of the above and more! We are opening up membership to this dynamic organization's  Bay Area Chapter. This organization is not a fly-by-night group;  We are black women who share the common goal of uplifting one another. Whether you are young, old, a mom, a wife or single you will have a blast with the support of your si …

The goal of Spiritual Arts Institute is to help people from all walks of life accelerate their spiritual understanding and development. Through the various activities of the institute, it is our aim to help reassign metaphysics to its proper place in the study of life and human development and to inspire confidence, love, self-sufficiency, charity, kindness, creativity, and inner knowing in all aspects of life. Our mission statement is: To offer clear, accurate, and understandable instruction d …

Dear Friends: I decided to start this group for bay area people that need help around Real Estate and Property Investing. The first couple of months, I'll be covering: “How To Short Sale” their home; Homebuyers for the first time; and people needing help with Credit Repair. I will bring in great speakers, we will send out great information relevant to real estate and help educate you big time! You will get monthly workshops, webinars and great content around real estate, I would appreciate y …

Hello! Calling all Island gals from 21 to the age in our hearts! - happy Park Street Hipsters, Kite Board riders, Julie's Coffee and Tea Crafters, Wescafe lingerers, City Hall politicos and East Ender mamas - to come hang and meet semi-regularly for tea/dinner/brunch and more! Let's build a sense of community on our kick-ass island! The Alameda Ladies Social Club is growing into a tight-knit group of ladies to lean on and (gently) party with!

Crime and Punishment, Anna Karenina, A Tale of Two Cities......this group is for anyone who wants to re-visit classics such as these or explore them for the first time. This will be a casual book club and anyone with an interest in classic fiction is welcome! We will vote on our selection each month (except for the first). This group will not be a formal affair with prepared questions, etc. Instead, we will have a free-flowing discussion about the read over food and libations (if you so desire).

Spirituality is about life, not boredom. Spiritual life doesn't just happen in a single building, or one day a week.  Are you interested in exploring what it means to be Christian in a faith community that celebrates the gifts of all cultures and all people -- queer, straight, trans, cis, men and women -- and that values creation, creativity, and justice? We're hoping to meet a few people in different parts of the East Bay who want to experience a community of prayer and practice, instead of jus …

NO stuffed-shirt old codgers peddling their books and tapes that promise you’ll become the next Real Estate Millionaire if you buy them here. NO cheesy, yellow ‘WE BUY HOUSES’ bandit signs endorsed here.

NO vague, outdated ideas that simply don’t work in today’s market here.

What you WILL find here are straightforward, No BS ways to make money in Real Estate. Taught buy people who are in the trenches every day, doing it the RIGHT way! Founder, Chris Goff, wanted to create a REI Club where fel …

Are you curious about and interested in environmentalism on the planetary scale? We want to understand the Earth's ecological systems -- from a non-technical perspective -- and the crises they are now undergoing.  We include climate change, species extinction, resource depletion, economic collapse, the collapse of civilizations, and the end of industrial society in our discussions.  We want to learn how we can live with global crises and support one another through the worst of times ahead since …

This is a meetup for queer-identifying folks to get together and read books together, talk about them, and socialize. (But we won't discriminate against any straight allies that may want to participate!) Books read  in this meetup group will include multiple genres, and group participants will help decide what books will be read. While it is a queer-targeted book club, we will not be limited to queer-themed material (though such literature will have its place, as few other book clubs will incorp …

The Art Beat Writers' Society http://ArtBeatFoundation.org Mondays, 7-9:30 starting July 30th @The 25th Street Collective, 477 25th Street, Oakland, CA (Between Broadway and Telegraph) Taking Bart? 19th Street stop in Oakland. Walk up Broadway toward 25th. Set in a working arts warehouse right in the heart of the historic Oakland Arts District, the Art Beat Writers' Society is a weekly two and a half hour writing and performance workshop designed to generate new material, workshop pieces, focus …

Join us on our journey to our BEST SELF. NOT just a meetup, this is a MOVEMENT. A movement towards a new generation of "whole black women who are EMPOWERED in every area of their lives. Whole women make SMART decisions and know their value. We refer to ourselves as Diamonds and we are priceless! We bring out the BEST in each other! We plan events that cater to EVERY aspect of your life. We workout together, travel together, save and invest together, pray together, solve problems together. We …

I couldn't find a group for slash fans in the area, so I started one! If you like the female-friendly fandom spaces of LJ, AO3, DW, tumblr, are excited for Yuletide, etc, please join up! I'm hoping to have some low key cafe and restaurant meetups, as well as movie meetups and tv nights if people are interested. Also of interest: some people have kindly told me about the San Francisco Bay Area Slashers (SFBAS) yahoo group. They have meetings at rotating locations in the Bay Area every other month …

There are several Meetup book clubs in the East Bay, but many of them are specialized (e.g., women-only, we only read such-and-such books, etc.), or their meetings fill to capacity so fast that I never get a chance to rsvp - so I decided to start this one. I previously participated in a fantastic book club in Chicago, which gave me the opportunity to read some great books that I probably wouldn't have found on my own. I hope to continue that trend here! This is a mixed-gender book club for anyon …

The goal of Oakland Authors is to create a virtual and physical place for East Bay writers to gather, exchange ideas, and help each other in any way needed. The publishing industry as a whole is struggling. It’s up to us to decide if it dies or reinvents itself. The modern author doesn’t have the luxury of being able to retreat to write, letting others do the work of editing, producing and distributing books, coding e-books, or marketing him or herself. We at Oakland Authors hope that by banding …

This group is for people growing vegetables in the Oakland area (all locals welcome!) to get together and share techniques, experiences, seeds, methods, material, etc. so that we can all grow more vegetables! By vegetables, I mean all sorts of edible plants: Fruits, Tubers, Nuts, Seeds, Greens, Mushrooms, Herbs, Spices, etc. I hope to attract people with at least some experience so that we can all learn from one another. Meetups will mostly include meeting in a garden and discussing all sorts of …

A social group for lesbians (or bi women, whatever) who are seriously committed to a traditional Buddhist path. The Bay Area is rich with wonderful Buddhist groups in virtually all traditions. While there may only be a few lesbians in any one group, presumably there would be a bunch of us if we all got together. Doesn't that sound nice? Just to hang out for lunch or perhaps discuss a book of mutual interest. This group is for women who are already established Buddhist practitioners, and feel ver …

Within each one of us resides a fierce sexual spirit. Unfortunately, today's American culture has relegated sexuality to a place appropriate only in the bedroom, under the covers with the lights off. It is often inappropriate to discuss not only sexuality but how our sexuality ties together with our spiritual health and wellbeing. Restore balance to your spirit and vitality. Reclaim your Sacred Sexual Power! Tap into your own life essence and embody your most Radiant Self! Yogi Ramadin's Sacred …

Back by popular demand... First, thanks for taking the first step in joining a special group of ladies who love to read, chat, over enjoy a glass of wine. I initially started this group two years ago because I am a book junkie who was looking to join a book club in the area and found none. After a year on Facebook, I decided it was time to take the group back were it all started. We read mostly contemporary lit, but do mix it up every so often with a classic. This is the book club for anyone who …

In this group we will come together to write true stories from our lives.  In our writing we will hold the intention of connecting the external events playing out in the stories we tell with our internal experience. Our aim is to unearth our interior selves and to realize we are not alone in our joys and our struggles. Each meeting will be structured with multiple timed writing sessions followed by a period to share what we have written and receive feedback if we wish. The group will take place …

What: A book club for avid romance novel readers. Meetups not exclusively limited to book discussions. My hope is to get to know new people and building some new friendships (most of my friends are in Europe or scattered across the country). Who: Any avid romance novel reader with an open mind and a sense of humor. Why: I haven't been able to find a book club geared towards romance novels (most exclude them), and especially not in the East Bay. I commute a lot during the week for work, so I woul …

This is an invitation to join a community of experienced golfers who are interested in connecting over a round of golf. Each member commits to a rotating schedule where everyone shares responsibility to book a tee time for four at a golf course in the East Bay, primarily Alameda, Oakland, and Berkeley locations, post on meetup.com, and show up at the course and play. Have an NCGA Ghin #. Index 0-25. Afterward, we can socialize at the 19th hole. If more golfers, want to attend, we can set up more …

This is a wonderful get-together for people interested in cultivating healing energy for themselves, others and Mother Earth- a transforming, relaxing and rejuvenating experience. The origin of OM Healing is thousands of years old. It comes from ancient times when mankind was more connected to a higher wisdom and living in harmony with the universe. The rishis (the ancient sages and sources of the Vedic scriptures) of that time used this powerful primordial vibration of OM to bring about healing …

Catch up with other local Mills College alums and their friends and family! We host a wide variety of events every month  that we hope are of interest or practical benefit to alums, help our East Bay community gain greater exposure to Mills, and to support current students and staff. Events include film screenings of movies written/directed by alums, emergency preparedness for students/seniors/families, book clubs focusing on topics of interests to alums, and museum tours featuring faculty art, …

BiblioForge is a studio in Oakland that hosts book arts workshops and classes given by talented teachers in a variety of disciplines. Some traditional crafts as well as modern DIY and book arts disciplines. These will include bookbinding, mail art, calligraphy, lettering, paper crafts, lino and woodblock printmaking, maybe even letterpress printing. We'll also have history of the book classes where we visit rare book rooms and we'll feature out of town teachers with special subjects designed to …

This group is for folks in the East Bay/Oakland area who want to read the works of this American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic James Baldwin, then gather together and discuss what we read. For such a long time I, Sharon, have had a fascination with the work of this amazing writer, his vision and the clarity of expressing that vision. Join us in a reading/discussion group exploring one of the major American voices of the 20th century. We will work our way through "The Pr …

This is for people interested in writing one chapter of a novel. The overall narrative has been loosely thought out, but how you want to tell your piece of the story is entirely up to you. When we finish, we will have completed a book, and each of us can be proud of having accomplished something big together. If it is any good, the next step could be working together on getting it published! I came up with the idea of shared novel writing (I'm sure I'm not the first!) after thinking for years ab …