Monthly Gathering for Woman-Identifying People
Every Second Thursday at DC Writer’s Salon

The Village is a monthly gathering for all woman-identifying people looking for a space to relax, connect, vent, listen, and relate. First conceptualized as a therapy group for “angry women,” creators Lisa Kays and Paula D. Atkinson, both psychotherapists, were inspired to create a casual and open space for women to be whatever they are. After countless months in this pandemic, what Lisa and Paula continue to observe in their woman-identifying clients is exhaustion, isolation, separation, and debilitating expectations of themselves. The Village is intended to be just that, a village of women connecting to combat the messages of our patriarchal, individualistic and capitalist culture that divides women, has us competing with each other and denying support. We are meant to gather, to hold each other, to exist in harmony and loving support of each other. The Village is meant to be a salve for the injuries inflicted by the culture, and a revolutionary return to women’s inherent abilities to love and be loved.