… Our goal is to help FUTURE MOMS to: Understand and eliminate barriers to your successful conception and pregnancy Resolve any previous relationship traumas, including childhood and relationship issues with parents and significant others that often present major barriers for successful conception, healthy pregnancy and parenting Balance your emotions and maintain hormonal levels necessary for creating a new live and being a successful spouse and parent You will learn how to: Consciously suppor …

Do you cloth diaper or are you thinking about it?? Then this group is for you! Come meet other moms in the community who cloth diaper and share ideas and strategies for making it easier. Find out new items and see some of the newest cloth diapers in person!

Lock and Key Mingling Events are the new, hot, exciting, interactive, and a FUN way for singles to socialize. The idea is to make the initial meeting easier and more natural in hopes that you will make new friends, or just have a great time! We take a regular happy hour and throw in the ULTIMATE Icebreaker with the use of Locks and Keys. So for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, you try to meet each person at the party, getting to know them and of course, trying to unlock your possibilities. In addition to meetin …

We are a Chicago resource community for moms, dads and families passionate about conscious parenting, holistic health and sustainable living. We create events and projects to bring people together, educate, have fun and build lasting memories!   We also have a new group called NATURE BABES: Inspired by being Earth lovers ourselves and reading the book "Last Child in the Woods" by Richard Louv, we have come to the conclusion: WE WANT TO GET OUTSIDE!  All year round; and not just to the playgr …

Outdoor Movie Nights! When Chicago's warmer summer weather allows it, we set up an outdoor movie night each month to take advantage of the season (generally May - Sept). In October, when it gets a bit too cold for movies, we set up a haunted house and pumpkin patch.   The lawn space opens early for people to spread out their picnic blankets, mingle with their friends and neighbors, and grab a bite to eat. Before show time - we grill out and BBQ for a few hours while we wait for dusk. People are …

Are you any of the following? Intersexed, Transsexual (F2M, M2F, post-op, pre-op, non-op), Gender Queer, Boi, Androgynous, or a supporter opposed to gender binary normative pressure who is looking for a group to do fun things with and at the same time be able to be yourself with others that can relate? Then please continue reading and if it suits you, join us in creating a fun supportive primarily social group where members feel comfortable with who they are and how they present. Our main focus …

MOMS Club® of Northern Chicagoland, IL is a local chapter of the International MOMS Club, a non-profit support group designed for the at-home-Mother and their children. MOMS Club® has over 2,000 chapters and more than 100,000 members worldwide. If you're interested in the world around you, want a variety of activities for you and your child, and are proud of your choice of at-home mothering, then this group is for you. Such activities our moms take part in are playdates, park dates, museum out …

Hey mamas: where are the down-to-earth, socially-conscious, left-of-center, organic, environmentalist, breastfeeding, crafty, artistic, creative, or bookish moms of the Western Suburbs?! UNITE! We don't all agree or do things the same way; but, with this group, you can expect lively and fun conversation about health, nutrition, vaccinations, natural childbirth, co-sleeping, attachment parenting, cloth diapering, extended breastfeeding, education and even politics. "We think long and hard about t …

Creatively Caring provides opportunities for families to get involved in hands-on community service projects that help people, animals, and the environment.  Families with children of all ages are encouraged to participate in our projects.  By taking an active part in community service, our youth develop self-confidence and cultivate a greater sense of responsibility, tolerance and empathy for others.  When we plant these values as seeds in our children, they grow with our children and eventuall …

… As communities gather month after month, natural affinity groups will form and may want to explore their options. These options include cooperatives, cohousing, shared homes and even dormitory housing. NCV will facilitate housing mixers in your neighborhood so that you can to discover like-minded others within walking distance. Affinity groups who want to explore their options, will benefit from expert advice in both the legal and financial aspects of home sharing and also the interpersonal and …

Come find us on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/348671241832962/  As of February 2012, we are actively discussing homebirth there, and posting meetings/topics there. We'd love for you to join us. This page will be inactivated soon.

Having a homebirth means that we take on the challenge of accepting personal responsibility. Together, we are a network of homebirthers who support each other.   

  Hilaire Fuji Shioura is a proud parent, dedicated K12 educator and passionate avant-garde technologist pursuing to become an Independent candidate for the Ninth Congressional District of Illinois. From today to June 15th he will need to collect 5,000 signatures to be eligible to request to be placed on the ballot for the November 6th, 2012 US Congress Representative Election. Volunteers are welcomed! Township Academy has 5 objectives:  Essentials Having the essentials of a publically elected …