"How does one become a butterfly?" she asked, "You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar." - Trina Paulus, 'Hope for Flowers.' Inner Sparkle is a heart-centered organization dedicated to helping others awaken to their authentic self through spiritually-based seminars and workshops. By seeing life's challenges for what they really are - opportunities for growth and transformation - you have the opportunity to heal, forgive and recreate the life you were me …

Lunch and socializing, with informal presentations and discussions on various subjects related to human values, such as: aspects of society; the arts; social science; current events; nature and evolution; history; science and technology; ethics; futurism; philosophy; etc.

Our Group: This group centers around the lifestyle of running and hiking/walking with our dogs and enjoying a high-end sudsy beverage — and increasing awareness of how dogs are true partners to humans. Extra Fun: Among our everyday events you'll find the random dog-friendly event that doesn't have anything to do with a run or a hike, but likely a beer or some wine. Keep an eye on the group as we develop something new and exciting in the running community! Supporting Service Dogs: Our official ch …

visit http://www.aidjhu.org Welcome to AID and let us begin with a short story. A man taking a walk on the beach comes across a young girl who is doing something strange. She is taking the starfish one by one from the beach and putting them back into the sea. The starfish were washed onto the shore and the rocks by the waves, and were desperately trying to get back into the sea. He goes up to her and asks her “Why are you doing that? There are ten thousand starfish lying on the beach, how can …

Interaction Design (IxD) defines the structure and behavior of interactive systems. Interaction Designers strive to create meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use, from computers to mobile devices to appliances and beyond. Our practices are evolving with the world; join the conversation. - IxDA.org This Meetup Group is for the Baltimore chapter of the IxDA (Interaction Design Association). Our goal is to build a local group that fosters interaction des …

The Baltimore Ethical Society is a humanistic religious fellowship. We focus on human lives and relationships and explore what it means to live ethically as individuals, family members, and participants in the larger community. We have no creeds and no doctrines, but we are united by our belief in the worth and dignity of each individual and our commitment to working together to create a more just, humane, and peaceful world. Visit our website at bmorethical.org .

A place where African American Humanists, Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics, and all other non-believers of a Supreme Being(s) can meet and collaborate!

Mixing drawing, yoga, camping and more! Want to draw the human figure? Non instructional sessions that enable artists to draw from a life model, either full figure draped/un-draped or portrait. Basically whatever the artist wants and demands. Bring own drawing materials and equipment to comfortably draw the life model during the 3 hour sessions. This session will be created based upon interest and demand of artists seeking to have opportunities to draw.

Namaste' We are delighted you found us. We are a New Thought, metaphysical chapel/community sharing universal, spiritual principles to support you on your journey, Learn the Law of Attraction and so much more. We offer Sunday celebration of Life services, classes, socials, movie nights and lots of opportunities for you to plug in and be part of a non profit organization, making a difference in our world-- personally and collectively. We also host a fabulous Children's program. ALL ARE WELCOME. W …

Are you a member of the LGBTQ community who believes a person can be "Good without God"? Would you like to help build an LGBTQ community in Baltimore that values reason and compassion without regard to belief in the supernatural? We are the Baltimore Chapter of the LGBT Humanist Council (http://lgbthumanists.org/), a project of the American Humanist Association.  The LGBTQ Humanist Council of Baltimore is a forum for LGBTQ humanists from around the region to exchange ideas on local organizing, f …

We believe in raising our kids to be ethical and caring freethinkers and to teach them values of reason and compassion. We welcome families of humanists, atheists, freethinkers, skeptics. We recommend Dale McGowan's "Parenting Beyond Belief" (http://parentingbeyondbelief.com/).

Humanity, a discovery that brings an individuals state of being into the kingdom of ones existence. This process is challenged by mankind's determination to institute partiality, prerogative, and personal choice over the will, the mind, and the spirit of another soul. All we have is our intellectual resolve, the intimacy of belief, and our right to strive for quintessence. I welcome those conscripted by the spirit to not only dialogue about such, but to also become ambassadors in the sublime pro …

We meet to explore principles for living consciously in community. We are called together to support each other on the path to awakening through practice and study of shared values and principles. Living consciously means creating right livelyhood consciously, loving consciously, eating consciously, and playing consciously. There is no private good - as we awaken within ourselves we assist humanity in its own awakening. Everyone is welcome!

Join this group of men looking to improve performance, relationships, communication, self awareness / understanding, reduce stress and much more. How? By fine tuning a tool already in use... breath! You do it everyday. Come learn how a few changes to something you know how to do can make big changes. No formal experience needed.  Just bring a willingness to try and an open mind! Will be great to see you. Peace David

This is a group for anyone interested in sharing ideas and exploring topics related to Human - Extraterrestrial Relations. We wish to meet as a group in the community to share valuable information and have discussions on how we can prepare for open peaceful contact with benevolent ET neighbors. Join us in our quest to pave the way for Humanity to be prepared to meet and greet our Extraterrestrial family & friends. Our gatherings will address current issues impacting the manifestation of open pea …

MiGi Promotions is dedicated to bringing young professionals and GenX events and gatherings that are catered to our eclectic and embracing lifestyles. MiGi founders and friends are a group of professional GenXers who focus on elements that bring us together rather than keep us apart. From LGBTQ to aliens; from nerds to geeks; from leaders to followers; from society to culture; from BabyBoomers to Generation Y; we are the bridge that closes the gap between all humans who Think they are a minority …

The Belle's In Baltimore chapter was formed in the Fall of 2012 by 2 Pink Hat BFF's aka the chapter Co-Queen's Beau T Queen and Queen Make It Happen! Our chapter is for Pink and Red Hats who chooses to live life with purpose. We have a get together aka Hatter Chatter once a month and we try to blend fun with purpose. Volunteering at a food bank,habitat for humanity and etc. Along with going out for dinner, movies, shopping trips, vacations,and etc. We are Sassy, Sexy and Sophisticated Sisters of …