A Reunion With the Feminine
April 23 & 30, 2025
2 online sessions | 0 CECs | Offered Live via Zoom
Program Description
A Reunion With the Feminine
Zora Neale Hurston once wrote, “[t]here is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” Hurston knew the psychic distress that stems from the visceral need to tell our stories. She reminds us too that, if we listen closely, the “agony” acts as a catalyst for the quest to know the narratives that give us deeper knowledge of ourselves and of each other.
Throughout her life, Dr. Oropeza has been preoccupied by a restlessness to be near the feminine, to bridge the gap of her knowledge of women’s voices, and feminine instincts and histories of resistance. While she cannot transcend the ambiguities and pinpoint the precise moment when the heroine sets out towards a deeper sense of her matrilineal, she does know that it is this yearning that landed her at Pacifica.
In this talk, Dr. Oropeza will share the ways that grappling with grief stemming from the wounds that have been inflicted on the feminine, especially in her lineage, led her on a deep search for the stories that have given her greater access to a matrilineal heritage, symbolic and personal. She will discuss how the critical study of mythology and depth psychology has settled at the intersections of both her professional and personal lives. We hope you will join her to explore the crossroads of our journeys of self-discovery.
What You Will Receive:
- 2 Live Webinar Sessions with Q &A
- 2 Links to the Recordings
The session on April 23rd will be a presentation by Dr. Clara Oropeza, followed by Q&A
The session on April 30th will be a mentoring circle session with Dr. Oropeza, where participants can ask more in-depth questions, share experiences, and connect with others on the topic.
The same zoom link will be used for both sessions.
Program Details
Dates
April 23 & 30, 2025, 12-1pm PT
Two Online sessions with Clara Oropeza
Prices
- Free
General Information
Location: Hosted Online
Cancellations
Cancellations 14 days or more prior to the program start date receive a 100% refund of program registrations. After 14 days, up to 7 days prior to the program start date, a 50% refund is available. For cancellations made less than 7 days of program start date, no refund is available.
For additional information, including travel, cancellation policy, and disability services please visit our general information section.
The presentations will be recorded and shared after each session for those unable to attend live.
About the Teacher
Dr. Clara Oropeza is a full-time professor of English Literature and Composition at Santa Barbara City College where she teaches literature and composition courses. Dr. Oropeza also served as the director of SBCC’s Multi-Literacy English Transfer Program (MET) for eight years. She earned an BA and MA in English Literature from California State University, Los Angeles with an emphasis in Latin American Literature, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Mythology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dr. Oropeza’s research combines literary studies, comparative mythology, feminist and cultural theory, and depth psychology. Her work has appeared in “The Journal of Multimodal Rhetoric,” “Minerva Rising,” Creative Writing: Four Genres in Brief, Impressions from Paris: Women Creatives in Interwar Years France, and elsewhere. She is the author of Anais Nin: A Myth of Her Own. Her book, A Re-mapping of Womanhood and Creativity: A Literary and Depth Psychological Perspective will be published in the Spring, 2025. You can learn more about her at: Claraoropeza.com
Registration Details
April 23 & 30, 2025
Number of Sessions: 2
Class Length: 1 hour
Class Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM PT
CECs: 0
