University of Orange

What's the story? An autumn memoir writing class
2022-09-16 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
10-week virtual memoir class offered by UofO, taught by developmental editor Susan Hasho

What’s the Story? A Memoir writing class
Do you have some stories you’d like to tell? There may be stories about your life that you want to tell your children or grandchildren, perhaps about another country or culture you came from or your parents came from. Was there an experience that changed your life or your neighborhood? How about if you were in the military and you want to share something about that? If you have a desire to share or describe anything that you are fascinated by, care about or even want to change, this class is a place to do that.
What’s the Story is a 10-week writing class that intends to provoke, free and guide anyone to write a memoir that reflects their own unique voice and life experience. There will be interaction with everyone in the class, homework, time for each person to talk about their writing or their questions about what they would like to write as well as feedback from the teacher. Anyone who chooses may read their writing at a designated time period during the class.
Susan Hasho is a developmental editor which is an editor involved in the mysterious process of enabling writers and anyone interested in writing to find their way through the maze of expectations, judgement and even fear to find the true heart of what they want to write. She has trained and worked as an actor and writer, and moved into the advertising field to work as a copy editor for advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies. She began working with writers several years ago as an editor and it became her goal to teach a writing class that would enable people to be as free of self-criticism and inhibiting expectations as possible in order to write clearly and openly with joy.

September Community Potluck
2022-09-14 17:30 - 19:30 | The HUUB, inc, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Join HUUB and UofO and First UU for monthly community potluck and a family game night.

Bring a friend, bring a dish! This month’s potluck organized by Ernest Lindsay and the Healthy Orange Coalition.

What's the story? A memoir writing class
2022-05-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-29 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-22 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-08 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-01 11:00 - 12:00 and 2 more dates
10-week virtual memoir class offered by UofO, taught by developmental editor Susan Hasho

Placemaking 14: Conversations on Cooperatives and Community Land
2022-05-02 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-04-25 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-04-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-04-11 19:00 - 20:00
Join us for Placemaking 14!

UofO Jan Term: Tiny Town
2022-04-06 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-03-30 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-03-23 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-03-16 12:00 - 13:00
Join UofO’s urbanists in residence, Kay Liang and Maria Gerdyman, for a free 10-week course: “Tiny Town”

Wednesdays, January 26th – April 6th, 2022 (except March 9th)
12PM-1PM EST on Zoom
Open to all ages.
Join UofO’s urbanists in residence, Kay Liang and Maria Gerdyman, for a free 10-week course: “Tiny Town”
Tiny Town is an interactive storytelling universe for adventurers of all ages. Participants interact with and contribute to a digital world by embodying their own avatars and submitting drawings, sounds, and found objects.
This course will take place in the malleable world of Tiny Town, where participants can playtest their wildest dreams for the city of Orange. Participants will be invited to heal their inner child and creative anxiety through playful drawing, storytelling and role-playing prompts. By illustrating our difficult experiences as characters and immersive neighborhoods, we can collectively build a city that is centered around love.
Grace Lee Boggs said, “It’s up to us to reimagine the alternatives and not just protest against them and expect them to do better.” What will emerge from a digital fantasyland where not even material reality, let alone slow-moving bureaucracy holds us back?
The invitation is that all participants will commit to make every effort to attend all classes. An additional smaller group co-creation session will be scheduled during the course. The last week will include a finale celebration, date to be decided.
Kay Liang is a ladybug lover and aspiring storyteller who is passionate about building worlds that can honor our full selves and collective imaginations.
Maria Gerdyman is a garbage enthusiast and amateur masseuse who cares about making everybody feel heard, non-humans included.
