The Freedom Center is celebrating the minority- and women-owned businesses that support our thriving community. When you come the the Freedom Center, you can spend an afternoon supporting local businesses.

Admission to the Community Market is free as part of our Fifth Third Community Days, made possible by the Fifth Third Foundation.

  • Date: June 11 – July 30
  • Time: 10am – 12:30pm
  • Tuition: $259
  • Open to: Women & Nonbinary Adults

The featured focus is writing in community over a period of several weeks. While some writing technique is taught in each class, emphasis is placed on writer’s pursuing their own forms of written expression (e.g., poetry, memoir, fiction, non-fiction or journaling). Writers are in charge of their writing. They request from small group members the type of feedback they want, based on their motivation and intentions. The proven process used creates a safe space for individuals to develop their own voice and offers opportunities to have their words heard and honored without judgment.

Writing from Memory with Maggie Smith

Saturday, Dec 9, 10:00am-12:30pm – $50

In-Person – Open to All Genders 16+

In this generative workshop, we’ll work on creating art from life, using our memories as material.

With gratitude to the following donors who helped make this event possible: Annette Januzzi Wick and Mark D. Manley; Elizabeth and Brian Mannion; Ellen Austin-Li and Jolly Li; Laurel and Jerry Chambers; Tina Neyer; and an Anonymous Donor.

Free Reading, Q&A and Book Signing

Friday, Dec 8, 7-9pm — In-Person

Open to All Genders 16+

Ohio’s own Maggie Smith will read from and discuss excerpts from her body of work, including her New York Times best-selling memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful.

Create the Vision Collage for the Life you Desire
Gain clarity, focus on your truest desires, and manifest the life and business successes you want and deserve. Turn your goals and intentions into reality with this powerful vision collage/dream board process.
Using WWf(a)C circle practices, reflect on who you are, what you value in life, how you want to feel, and put it all together to create a working vision for a life that has less stress and more of YOU in it.
Saturday, Jan 28, 10am-12:30pm
In-Person at WWf(a)C | Masks encouraged
Open to Women & Nonbinary Participants 16+
Facilitated by Carole Walkner
Tuition $45 | Scholarships available

Thursday, April 7
Reception and Viewing of the Exhibition: 6:30 — 8:30 pm ET
Program: 6:30 pm — 7:30 pm ET

“The First Four” Women Rabbis in Conversation:
Rabbi Sally Priesand ’72, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso ’74,
Rabbi Amy Eilberg ’85, and Rabba Sara Hurwitz ’09;
moderated by Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Ph.D.,’93
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost

Reflections by Rabbi Amy Perlin ’82 and President Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.

Performance by The Braid of an excerpt
from the play “Stories from the Fringe,”
about 18 pioneering women rabbis revealing their journeys

Thursday, April 7
Reception and Viewing of the Exhibition: 6:30 — 8:30 pm ET
Program: 6:30 pm — 7:30 pm ET

“The First Four” Women Rabbis in Conversation:
Rabbi Sally Priesand ’72, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso ’74,
Rabbi Amy Eilberg ’85, and Rabba Sara Hurwitz ’09;
moderated by Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Ph.D.,’93
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost

Reflections by Rabbi Amy Perlin ’82 and President Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.

Performance by The Braid of an excerpt
from the play “Stories from the Fringe,”
about 18 pioneering women rabbis revealing their journeys

Six Saturdays: March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
10:00 am – 12:30 pm ET via Zoom
Tuition: $190 – Scholarships are available!
Open to Women / Facilitated by Kelly Richey
This six-week virtual class invites you on a journey to a greater sense of purpose and self-worth. Using WWf(a)C practices, we will focus on writing both during and outside of class as a means of discovery and affirmation of who we, as individuals truly are.
Week 1: Learning to Love Ourselves
Week 2: Self Care – Is an Act of Love
Week 3: What do our Stories Have to Say?
Week 4: Our Gifts are Sacred Treasures
Week 5: Living into our Dreams
Week 6: I Carry My Light into the World
Questions? Not sure if this class is right for you? We’ve got a FREE Virtual Sampler on Saturday, March 19th, 10:30 am – Noon ET, via Zoom.
Six Saturdays: March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
10:00 am – 12:30 pm ET via Zoom
Tuition: $190 – Scholarships are available!
Open to Women / Facilitated by Kelly Richey
This six-week virtual class invites you on a journey to a greater sense of purpose and self-worth. Using WWf(a)C practices, we will focus on writing both during and outside of class as a means of discovery and affirmation of who we, as individuals truly are.
Week 1: Learning to Love Ourselves
Week 2: Self Care – Is an Act of Love
Week 3: What do our Stories Have to Say?
Week 4: Our Gifts are Sacred Treasures
Week 5: Living into our Dreams
Week 6: I Carry My Light into the World
Questions? Not sure if this class is right for you? We’ve got a FREE Virtual Sampler on Saturday, March 19th, 10:30 am – Noon ET, via Zoom.