Hi, I am Vanessa Moses the creator and founder of The Cooking Chicks! We are a community of professional women who love to eat, create, cook and share our love of food! Whether you like to cook or want to learn or just like to eat - our group was created to inspire and connect talented home cooks, chefs, food entrepreneurs and anyone who calls themselves "Foodie" - we just ask you always come hungry! I honestly always loved to entertain but actually hated cooking - crazy for some to believe, rig …

ChickChat’s monthly Women’s Networking Soirees bring women together in interesting and inspiring venues to try new products, learn about topics and meet local entrepreneurs and each other; all while sipping delectable cocktails and noshing on great food. ChickChat also helps women connect with local and international charities dedicated to improving the lives of people all over the world. In addition, a few vendors show off truly unique wares and, a bit of shopping might occur. For a night …

Vision To Wealth™ - Financial Freedom Business Growth Workshop is an intensive seminar that will assist every entrepreneur/business owner in learning specifically what it takes to grow or launch a new business in the current marketplace! The program has been developed for anyone that is serious about learning the key components in creating and growing a multi-million dollar business! At the event you will learn proven concepts and new ideas that millionaires and billionaires are utilizing in tod …

  Breathe Meditate Live Chicago! Breathe Meditate Live, Chicago offers free 1 hr session to combat stress arising in everyday life.  The session aims at bringing a smile to every face. By emphasizing the power of breath in creating a stable mind, body and spirit; the free session (as part of the meet up) is open to people of all ages, faiths, ethnicities and background who wish to inculcate a healthy lifestyle and be more productive. Inspired by the self awareness workshops and service projects …

This is a regular show and tell inspired by The Bay Area Quantified Self Meetup.  It's for people taking advantage of various kinds of personal tracking - geotracking, life-logging, DNA sequencing, etc. - to gain more knowledge about themselves. Come share what you are doing, and learn from others. Good sources of inspiration are:  The Bay Area QS Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/quantifiedself/)  The NYC QS Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/NYQuantifiedSelf/)  The Boston QS Meetup (http://ww …

  Positive Focus, NFP           Living Life Fulfilled Positive Focus, a 501c3 non-profit organization headquartered in Chicago, spreads positivity globally through virtual and physical communities allowing people to see love over fear, abundance over lack, diversity over differences, and peace over conflict.   By: ·         Inspiring and empowering all who seek us out through mind-body-spirit, service-charity, and fun-social events ·         Seeing the world as 1 person 7 billion times rather …

Welcome to the largest Green/Eco-living/Sustainability/Permaculture/Environmental meetup group in Chicago area! This group is for anyone who is concerned about the environment, supports the green movement and interested in eco-friendly living. The Green Movement, Eco-Living, Permaculture, Sustainability, Environmentalism, Nature Preservation, Green Living, Conservation of Natural Resources, Holistic Living, Ecology, being Environmentally friendly, Alternative energy, Recycling, Bio-fuel & other …

The Chicago Rebel Craft League is a meetup group organized to inspire women who love arts and crafts of all kinds and have different interests and passions to get together to create, share, talk and learn about art... If you'd like to get together to craft, get inspired, and learn from others with a DIY aesthetic, then this group is for you! We will have open studio time where you can just come, hang out, create and have fun, and more specific classes where we will do projects together. Ideall …

I started this group because I'm inspired by travel and would like to share my passion with a group that has similar interests...The purpose of the group is to find a common bond in order to create a fun, creative, themed event/trip such as; tasting exotic fruits, cooking Vietnamese cuisine, learning the benefits of teas from different countries, or simply finding the best places to relax and enjoy sightseeing...This group is for any travel enthusiast who would like to mix it up with travel insp …

The Fantastic Girls Club's mission is to provide inspiration and support for women who want to actively create their lives. Are you looking for a fun and dynamic group to help support your entrepreneurial baby? Are you looking to hang with other creative women who like pushing outside the box? Do you want to have fun while growing as an individual? Are you willing and able to do the work it takes to help change your life? If you answered yes to any of these, than the Fantastic Girls Club is fo …

A call to all artists… If you would love to get to know other area artists, talk about your ideas, projects, or dreams… come join us! We will meet at 7pm on the second Saturday of every month in the Garden Gallery & Studio. Bring a snack, a drink and join us to talk about art and all that goes with it. Inspire and be inspired!

Meet others who want to share Random Acts of Kindness. Be the change you wish to see in the world, as Gandhi said. Experience how good it feels to make our world a better place - one person, one deed at a time! This club is inspired by Dreamweavers (www.randomactsofkindness.org) which supported our first service project back in 2007 before we were even club. The club also supports the ideals of Foundation for a Better Life (www.forbetterlife.org) and CHARACTER COUNTS! (www.charactercounts …

Other OGC resources: Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/opengovchicago Wiki: http://opengovchi.pbworks.com/ ----- "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." We believe that citizens should consider government to be "us", not "them." This meetup is for citizens who are interested in seeing their federal, state, and local government function more efficiently and responsively. We are inspired by people who are actively building too …

  Chicago Natural Beauty Meetup is a women's natural beauty community started by Rachel Odem. Rachel O. also known as The Natural Beauty Expert is a Makeup Artist whose career spans over 10 years. She has experience in all facets of the beauty industry including TV, retail, photography, and modeling. The purpose of this group is to empower women to embrace natural black beauty. You should join this community if you are looking to be educated, inspired and supported in the natural hair journey …

Hi!  I'm Anne, your average "Bling Girl" who loves to get us girls together away from the huzzle and buzzle of life, take a moment to smell the roses... If you are a true believer of living in the moment, then you are in the right group! You can be a newly graduate or a successful career woman, we welcome you to share your book of knowledge and stories. "Girlfriends are Gems" - Anne Haywood Smith - Founder of Bling Club Social Also join us at our Media site www.BlingClubSocial.com NO SOLICITATIO …

Support 100% Paid Internships The Paid Internship Meetup Group was inspired by a movie short made by an Iowa college student. "Is Your Dream Unpaid Internship Illegal" asks college students to examine if their dream unpaid internship is illegal. The mission of Paid Internships Meetup Group is to rally interns together and educate them about unpaid internships that are illegal. Additionally, Paid Internships Meetup Group will connect, engage and share resources to each and every member on how t …