2025-2026 Membership
LEARN+ Special discounts & early registration to classes
CONNECT+ Member events
CELEBRATE+ Guest passes & WE+ thank you gift
$145 [Honored through July 2026]
Join in Monday and Friday mornings, 8:15 am to 9:15 am, when the Women’s Exchange group gathers for a brisk walk in Glenview. Contact deb@womens-exchange.org for location details. No charge to participate.
Begin your Wednesdays with clarity, balance, and grounding. Each session with Ramaa Krishnan weaves together a short teaching, a guided meditation, and closing reflections to help you carry steadiness into the rest of your week. Think of it as a gentle reset, a midweek reminder of your own steady center. Recordings will be shared to Ramaa’s class page.
Plastics!
Jenny Gitliz, Director of Solutions to Plastic Pollutions from Beyond Basics, will share by Zoom how plastics recycling is fairing in the US.
Friday at 4 pm, November 21, Zoom. $25
This class, is continuing practice with Sue Baugh, deepens participants’ knowledge of the qi gong classic 18-part form. Pre-requisite attendance during Fall 2025
Wednesday, December 3, 1:30 pm to 3 pm. In-person. $30/$35
Please Note: This particular class will continue to be offered into the Winter for current participants to deepen their study. Sue is currently designing one or two more workshops open to all to learn, grow and study with her. Stay tuned for the Winter Class listing and additional new course offerings.
Jingle and Mingle Holiday Luncheon
Women’s Exchange invites you to a warm & joyful afternoon in a festive setting, to relax among women you may have met at Women’s Exchange or for the first time this day.
This year, WE has invited Amber Johnson, Founder of Bright Threads to speak about this holiday building stronger bonds among family and friends by asking better questions.
December 4, 2025 – 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Skokie Country Club, 500 Washington, Glencoe
RSVP by November 26th.
Limited Seating. Menu follows.
$75
Menu:
Bread & Butter Service and a cup of warm Minestrone Soup
Choose One Entree when registering:
Spinach and Gruyere Quiche V, Nut Free – served with Mixed Greens and Fresh Fruit
Seasonal Quinoa Bowl GF, V, Nut Free – Romesco, roasted seasonal vegetable, quinoa, arugula, pickled red onion, dressed with lemon vinaigrette
Dessert – Homer’s Peppermint Ice Cream, chocolate shavings, crushed peppermint
HOLIDAY TECH GIFT IDEAS
Join in for this Friday Salon to discover from Michael Gershbein, all the hottest gadget gifts available this holiday season. From smart home and smart phones to toys and oddities. WE will open people’s eyes to lots of cool options for the family’s (or their own) wish list!
Friday at 4 pm, December 5. $25
Circle of One – Additional December Class
Continue the conversation, one more time this fall with Therese Evans and other like-minded women in a Circle of One.
Wednesday, December 10, 11 am to 12:30 pm. $35
Circle of One
As our world appears increasingly divided and chaotic, are you feeling the need for supportive spiritual community? You are invited to join Therese Evans and other like-minded women in a Circle of One. This discussion group offers an opportunity to open your heart and connect with the Divine Presence within.
5 Wednesdays: January 7 & 28, February 11 & 25, March 11, 11 am to 12:30 pm. $160/$150
Making Life Easy: A Simple Guide to a Divinely Inspired Life by Christiane Northrup, M.D.
MY MINI MEMOIRS WRITING CLASS
Join us this Winter as we launch another memoir writing group. Master-trained Memoir Writing Facilitator Sarah Squires-Doyle will provide writing exercises and prompts to generate stories from different ages and stages of life.
If you like accountability, camaraderie and sharing your stories, this group is for you! No experience necessary. Meets for 2 hours.
6 Thursdays: January 15 &29, February 12 & 26, March 12 & 26, 10 am to 12 pm. $240/$230
| Join Anne Wieboldt, Certified Elder Planning Specialist and CFP, to learn the essentials to putting personal finances in simple good order, no matter your age, that allows us and our POAs to manage paperwork over our longer lifespans. |
| Participants will be inspired to simplify their personal finances so that your paperwork is clear and straightforward for those who come after us. Joyful Outcome: Participants can avoid money stress as they age into longer lifespans. Winter Session Zoom Only
3 Thursdays: January 15, February 12, March 12, 3:30 pm to 5 pm. Zoom. $120/$110
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The Gift of Years: Book Discussion
Judy Bowman invites you to attend facilitated sessions during which we will discuss one chapter from Joan Chittister’s book each gathering. For this gathering, January 16, please read to discuss the chapter entitled “Forgiveness”. You are welcome to join in this on-going discussion of the book, “Gift of Years”. Class will meet until April 10 when book study will complete all chapters.
7 Fridays: January 16 & 30, February 13 & 27, March 13 & 27 and April 10, 10 am to 11:15 am. $105/$95
The Wolves group will continue working together to continue exploring the multi-faceted, woman’s archetypal journey. Pre-requisite class attendance Fall 2025.
6 Thursdays: January 29, February 12 & 26, March 12 & 26, April 9,
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. $240/$230
Mary Magdalene: A Leader for the First and Twenty-First Centuries
Mary Magdalene is quite relevant today. Who is this Mary? Where did she live? What did she do? Was she a disciple of Jesus? What new information about the early Christians can be gleaned from looking at the textual references now available? Join Dr. Shirley Paulson, scholar of Early Christian texts for this unique opportunity to learn from her extensive studies.
Friday, January 30, 1 pm to 2:30 pm. $25