Finding Our Voices is set to hold an online book club discussion of “The Bonobo Sisterhood,” with author Diane L. Rosenfeld, and a statewide cold water dip. Finding Our Voices is the grassroots nonprofit providing peer support and resources to Maine women survivors of domestic abuse.
The discussion around the Harvard professor’s manifesto on dissolving patriarchy is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11. The event is part of the Finding Our Voices Book Club, which gathers online with the authors six times a year to examine books through the lens of domestic abuse. The discussion of “The Bonobo Sisterhood: Revolution Through Female Alliance,” free and open to the public, can be joined through bookclubs.com.
The statewide “Love Ourselves” water dip fundraiser is set for Sunday, Feb. 9, with people from Brooklin to York immersing themselves at chosen times throughout the day. The second annual Sunday-before-Valentine’s-Day event promotes the well-being that comes from dipping and gathering with other women, while raising money for Maine’s women domestic abuse survivors, according to a news release from Patrisha McLean, CEO and founder of Finding Our Voices.
Dipping participants are encouraged to pick their time and place on Feb. 9, or join the schedule of an existing group.
Participating dipping group include include Saltwater Mountain Company in York, Cold Water Queers in South Portland, Wicked Nippy Dippahs in Rockport, Sea Sisters in Lincolnville, Wander Women in Union, Salty Sisters on Vinalhaven, Cold Water Warm Tits in Bar Harbor, and Snow Moon Selkies in Brooklin.
Dippers are encouraged to wear yellow.
According to McLean, “yellow is our color because we are survivors who have managed to cross over to the bright side of safety and freedom, shining a light for our sisters still in the dark.”
In 2024, more than 500 dippers as well as their towel-holders and sponsors raised $10,000 for Finding Our Voices.
For more information visit findingourvoices.net or email McLean at [email protected].
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