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January’s #CMPromise speaker is:
Kelsey Jordan, WELL AP, Fitwel, Associate AIA!

Join us on January 29th at 8:30 am 💫
Registration is OPEN and FREE

As an experienced and award-winning architectural, interior, and graphic designer in St. Louis, Kelsey Jordan’s visions for the future of architecture strongly involve embedded ideologies on designing for equity in education and diversity in the built environment. Through research and practice, she has been able to understand how health and wellness can be implemented to effect positive change within communities that face multifaceted issues like obesity, food deserts, poverty, educational attainment, and systemic racism in educational environments.

You can read Kelsey’s full bio on our event page.
Link in below:

https://creativemornings.com/talks/kelsey-jordan

A message from all of us at Creative Mornings:

It has been a remarkably transformative 12 months for us, and we’re so grateful to have you along for the ride. Here are a few highlights we’re proud of…

⭐ When in-person events came to a halt in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our CreativeMornings chapters pivoted all of our face-to-face events to go virtually — our local creative leaders and organizers met this challenge with courage, diving in head-first.

⭐ To date, our global community has hosted over 1,000 virtual events. We are more globally connected than ever since CreativeMornings was born. We had 280,000+ registrants at our virtual events in 2020. We’ve even had attendees from cities that don’t even officially have CreativeMornings chapters!

⭐ On top of this experimentation, we have grown by twelve chapters since the pandemic first hit. We are proud of our volunteers and this resilient community. It’s thanks to their commitment and strength that we are still here. Our chapters held this community together.

As 2020 is closed and we forge ahead, we hope you find time to relax, unwind, and find the nourishment you need. Thank you for showing up last year in whatever way you did.❣️

Happy new year!January’s theme is #CMpromise. It was chosen by @CreativeMorningsTirana and it was beautifully interpreted by Jolin Matraku.

You can learn more about this month’s theme at the link below!

https://creativemornings.com/themes

Last day to register for our talk with Allison Miller! You must RSVP at the link below to get the link to join.

https://creativemornings.com/talks/allison-miller

Missouri Botanical Garden Research Associate and Professor in the Department of Biology at Saint Louis University and a Member and Principal Investigator at the Danforth Plant Science Center.

You won’t want to miss this discussion!

Great Rivers Greenway is a public agency that was formed by a vote of the people in St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St. Charles County in 2000 to connect the region together with greenways. With your help and with many partners, we’re bringing the community’s vision to life – there are 128 miles of greenways and counting for you to enjoy, making this an even more vibrant place to be. Every five years, with your guidance, we update our strategic plan.

So, what’s next? You tell us.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020GreenwayPlan

Thanks in advance for your collaboration as we envision the next 20 years together. Everyone who takes this survey (open through January 15, 2021) will be entered in a drawing to receive a $300 gift card to the grocery store of their choice.

Get in touch with the natural world with this month’s biophilia-themed playlist.  (Our next event is Dec 18th!!)

Dr. Octagon has a harsh diagnosis for our trees, Arrested Development encourages us to unplug and dig into the dirt, and Gum County communes with the garden. From Led Zeppelin to Lupe Fiasco, these songs of nature will feed your roots and stretch your branches. The perfect soundtrack for a walk in the park.

But, maybe bring a jacket?

https://creativemornings.com/blog/dj-jim-qs-playlist-biophilia

We are thrilled to announce that Skillshare is our newest CreativeMornings Global Partner!

Skillshare is an online learning community where millions come together to take the next step on their creative journey. 💫 They are generously offering 14 days of Skillshare Premium for free! (Link below) 💫

Skillshare will be joining Mailchimp and Basecamp as one of the generous partners that makes this global community possible.

Welcome to the family, Skillshare!

https://www.skillshare.com/signup?redirectTo=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skillshare.com%2Fmembership%2Fcheckout%3Fcoupon%3Dcm2wk%26utm_source%3Dcreativemornings%26utm_medium%3Dpartnerships

A Walking Xmas Carol!

Inspired by the tradition of taking in the grand holiday windows at Stix and Famous-Barr – “A Walking Xmas Carol” is a 21-stop, musical and window-display reimagining of the classic tale by Charles Dickens. Local artists from PaintedBlack STL (“Stroll”) created large-scale window installations interpreting Scrooge’s journey from a never before seen perspective while the musical adaptation Q Brothers Christmas Carol from the Q Brothers (Dress the Part) will guide guests throughout the walk along Euclid Ave. and Maryland Plz.

Follow the link below for more info!

https://stlshakes.org/production/carol/

December’s Speaker is Allison Miller!  Join us December 18th at 8:30 AM

Allison Miller is a Professor in the Department of Biology at Saint Louis University and a Member and Principal Investigator at the Danforth Plant Science Center. She is a Research Associate at the Missouri Botanical Garden.  Her research program focuses on understanding evolution and plasticity in perennial (long-lived) crops and emerging perennial candidates for domestication.

You can read more about her work and register for our talk at the link below!

https://creativemornings.com/talks/allison-miller

December’s theme is #CMbiophilia

Merriam-Webster defines Biophilia as a hypothetical human tendency to interact or be closely associated with other forms of life in nature: a desire or tendency to commune with nature.

Join us at our next event on December 18th!
https://creativemornings.com/talks/allison-miller

It was chosen by @CreativeMorningsDUS and illustrated by @larapaulussenillustration, and presented by our newest Global Partner @Skillshare!