CLASSES & EVENTS
JUICING FOR BEGINNERS
About: Juicing for Beginners is your comprehensive workshop, with several easy recipes and all the nutritional information you need to get started. In simple, practical steps, you’ll learn the ins and outs of detoxes, cleanses, and healthy juices and smoothies, along with profiles on the revitalizing properties of key juicing ingredients.
Type: workshop
Limit: 10 seats available per class
When: This workshop is offered on different dates throughout the year. Choose a date that fits your schedule!
February 21, 2023 (in-person)
June 12, 2023 (in-person)
November 7, 2023 (online)
Time: 5pm to 6:15pm
Length: 75 minutes
Instructor: Cristina Macena, is a Nutrition Educator and Natural Juice Therapy Practitioner. She has been juicing for the last 15 years and has prepared many juices for the people who come to the Urban Life Center Juice Bar!
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore, MD
Fee: $15 (includes digital workbook)
TRANSITION TO A PLANT-BASED DIET
About: : Learning to cook a plant-based meal is easier than ever before. Plant-based cooking is easy, affordable and fun! Classes will teach you the basics of a plant-based diet and how to cook wholesome, delicious food! From breakfast to main courses to desserts!
Type: workshop
Limit: 8 seats available
When: This workshop is offered on different dates throughout the year. Chose a date that fits your schedule.
March 13, 2023 (in-person)
July 10, 2023 (in-person)
October 18, 2023 (in-person)
November 14, 2023 (online)
Time: 6pm to 7:15pm
Length: 1 1/2 hours workshop
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore MD
Instructor: Cristina Macena is a Nutrition Educator and Natural Juice Therapy Practitioner. She has been juicing for the last 15 years and has prepared many juices for the people who come to the Urban Life Center Juice Bar!
Fee: $15 (include digital book, grocery list, menu chart, and samples)
CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH FOR BEGINNERS
About: Do you want to take your influence and business further? Learning how to speak and have conversations in Spanish will do just that! In this course, you will learn the building blocks for speaking Spanish, including grammar, tenses, conjugations, and more.
Type: classes
Limit: max 12 people
When: Wednesday
New Starting Date: January 11th, 2023
Time: 6pm
Length: 6 weeks
Leader: John Rengifo has taught ESL and Spanish classes since his days in college. You will learn in a fun and friendly environment.
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD
Fee: $40 (includes book)
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR BEGINNERS
About: Join a small group of peers and our instructor to level up your skills! Designed for students who English is their second language. Students will learn basic vocabulary, verb tenses, and be on a path to learning how to speak and read to carry on sentence dialog.
Type: classes
Limit: max 15 people
When: TBA
Starting Date: TBA
Time: 6pm to 7:30pm
Length: 3 months
Leader: Karim Lazo is originally from Peru. She is a passionate teacher who loves teaching new immigrants how to carry on everyday conversation.
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD
Fee: $60
MAKING EASY SALAD DRESSINGS
About: Learn how to make plant-based, easy salad dressings for adding flavor no fat.
Type: workshop
Limit: max 12 people
When: Sunday
Starting Date: April 23, 2023
Time: 2pm to 3:30pm
Leader: Connie Goedert-Edwards, Connie Goedert-Edwards, Earned her Plant Based Nutrition Certificate through T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, who believes that healthy food should taste delicious and easy to make. Connie, a former YOYO dieter has lost 50 pounds on a plant based diet and kept it off for more than 6 years. She loves sharing what she has learned and has been conducting cooking classes for the past 6 years.
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD
Fee: $25 (includes samples and digital book with recipes)
HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE - MOMMY & ME GROUP
About: Here’s a fun-filled, hands-on group to help you and your children find ways
to get moving and make healthy food choices along with other parents and their kids. You’ll enjoy tons of activities, games, poems and songs, dances, and ways to include learning
about healthy choices into your everyday routines.
Type: Mommy & Me group (circle time)
Limit: 10 seats available
Ages: 0-2 year-olds (and mom)
Starting Dates: TBA
Time: 10am to 10:45am
Length: 6 weeks (each session)
Leader: Debbie Rivera
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore, MD
Fee: $40
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HOW TO EAT PLANT-BASED ON A BUDGET
About: Discover how affordable and delicious eating plant-based can be with tips on how to make your dollar stretch further. Learn some tricks on how to make your produce stay fresher longer, ideas for DIY items to cut costs, and some strategies to help you save money when shopping. Get some flavorful and easy meal and snack ideas that are friendly to the wallet and waistline.
Type: class
Limit: 20
When: August 20, 2023
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Leader: Emily Perryman is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition. She is very passionate about helping others adopt healthier lifestyles by empowering them to eat more plants, engage in regular physical activity, and to practice stress-management techniques. She loves sharing plant-based recipes and meals with others to show them how tasty, easy, and fun this way of eating is!
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: Free (includes digital book)
WHAT TO EAT TO BEAT TYPE 2 DIABETES & SHED EXTRA POUNDS
About: Discover what foods help to prevent and reverse Type 2 Diabetes while also helping to shed any of those stubborn extra pounds. Learn the underlying causes of Type 2 Diabetes and how eating a diet based on fruits, veggies, whole grains, and legumes can help improve your blood sugars and lower your weight. Explore some ideas for delicious meals and snacks that will leave you feeling satisfied and energized.
Type: class
Limit: 20 per class
When: May 21, 2023
Time: 3:00pm to 4:30pm.
Leader: Emily Perryman is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition. She is very passionate about helping others adopt healthier lifestyles by empowering them to eat more plants, engage in regular physical activity, and to practice stress-management techniques. She loves sharing plant-based recipes and meals with others to show them how tasty, easy, and fun this way of eating is!
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: Free (includes digital book)
EASY & TASTY PLANT-BASED MEAL PLANNING AND PREP
About: Learn tips and tools that will make meal planning easier and more exciting! Get some suggestions for healthy staples to stock your kitchen with and how they can be used to make healthy, tasty, and quick meals and snacks. Enjoy watching the preparation of a full day’s worth of meals and snacks to spark your creativity and excite your taste buds!
Type: class
Limit: 20
When: April 30, 2023
Time: 2pm to 4pm
Leader: Emily Perryman is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition. She is very passionate about helping others adopt healthier lifestyles by empowering them to eat more plants, engage in regular physical activity, and to practice stress-management techniques. She loves sharing plant-based recipes and meals with others to show them how tasty, easy, and fun this way of eating is!
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: $15 (includes samples and digital book)
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SATISFYING AND SIMPLE SOUPS & STEWS
About: Let’s explore some satisfying and simple soup and stew recipes and ideas as we move into the colder months. Soups and stews are great options for batch cooking, just prep and cook once and enjoy these satisfying soups and stews for several meals. Demo of two recipe and samples will be provided.
Type: demonstration
Limit: 15
When: September 17
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Leader: Emily Perryman is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition. She is very passionate about helping others adopt healthier lifestyles by empowering them to eat more plants, engage in regular physical activity, and to practice stress-management techniques. She loves sharing plant-based recipes and meals with others to show them how tasty, easy, and fun this way of eating is!
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: $15 (includes samples and digital book)
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LIL CHEF COOKING CLASS
About: Teaching kids how to cook healthy, plant-based foods has a huge impact in their lives and in the future of the planet. This class will teach them: 1) Intro to Healthy Foods and Healthy Habits. 2) Making Plant-Based Breakfast & the Benefits of Juicing. 3) Making a Healthy Lunch & Plant-Based Desserts. 4) Making Dinner & Snacks. You can register your child to participate of one class or all of them!
Type: classes
Limit: 10
When: TBA
Time: 4pm to 5pm
Leader: Cristina Macena is a Nutrition Educator and Natural Juice Therapy Practitioner. She has been juicing for the last 15 years and has prepared many juices for the people who come to the Urban Life Center Juice Bar!
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: $30
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JUNIOR CHEF COOKING CLASS
About: Teaching kids how to cook healthy, plant-based foods has a huge impact in their lives and in the future of the planet. This class will teach them: 1) Intro to Healthy Foods and Healthy Habits. 2) Making Plant-Based Breakfast & the Benefits of Juicing. 3) Making a Healthy Lunch & Plant-Based Desserts. 4) Making Dinner & Snacks. You can register your child to participate of one class or all of them!
Type: classes
Limit: 10
When: TBA
Time: 4pm to 5pm
Leader: Cristina Macena is a Nutrition Educator and Natural Juice Therapy Practitioner. She has been juicing for the last 15 years and has prepared many juices for the people who come to the Urban Life Center Juice Bar!
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: $30
CRAFTY KIDS CLUB
About: In this arts and crafts club, we will be spending time together in a positive social environment while completing different arts and crafts! Crafty Kids Club will meet every month to complete an awesome project!
Type: classes
Limit: 10 kids
Ages: 5-10 year-olds
When: TBA
Time: 5pm to 6pm
Leader: Karim Lazo
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: $10
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GREEN BANANA BIOMASS
About: Have you heard about Green Banana Biomass? No? So this is your opportunity to know everything about it and add it to your diet. What is Green Banana Biomass? What are the benefits? How to make it? How to use it? Plus, ten amazing ways to add your biomass to cakes, bread, desserts, and smoothies.
Type: class
Limit: 15
When: This class is offered on different days throughout the year. Choose a date that works for you!
April 17, 2023 (in-person)
August 14, 2023 (in-person)
November 21, 2023 (online) at 7:30pm
Time: 6PM TO 7:30PM
Leader: Cristina Macena is a Nutrition Educator and Natural Juice Therapy Practitioner. She has been juicing for the last 15 years and has prepared many juices for the people who come to the Urban Life Center Juice Bar!
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: $15 (includes samples and digital book)
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HOW TO MAKE PLANT-BASED TREATS
About: Learn how to make plant-based, easy, and tasty treats with no sugar, no oil and totally healthy.
Type: workshop
Limit: max 12 people
When: August 27, 2023
Time: 2pm to 3:30pm
Leader: Connie Goedert-Edwards, Connie Goedert-Edwards, Earned her Plant Based Nutrition Certificate through T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, who believes that healthy food should taste delicious and easy to make. Connie, a former YOYO dieter has lost 50 pounds on a plant based diet and kept it off for more than 6 years. She loves sharing what she has learned and has been conducting cooking classes for the past 6 years.
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD
Fee: $25 (includes samples and digital book with recipes)
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DOCUMENTARY SCREENING WITH Q&A AND PLANT-BASED SAMPLES
About: Join us for a screening of an eye-opening plant-based documentary with a Q & A session and samples following the screening.
Type: movie screening
Limit: 15 people
When: June 11, 2023
Time: 2pm to 4:30pm
Leader: Emily Perryman is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition. She is very passionate about helping others adopt healthier lifestyles by empowering them to eat more plants, engage in regular physical activity, and to practice stress-management techniques. She loves sharing plant-based recipes and meals with others to show them how tasty, easy, and fun this way of eating is!
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: Free
KIDS IN THE KITCHEN - Cooking is fun!
About: Let's have some fun cooking or baking together! This class is open for Preschoolers and 6 to 12 year-old kids who love creating in the kitchen. We will make some delicious, plant-based and healthy foods!
Type: classes
Limit: 10 kids
Ages: Preschoolers and 6-12 year-olds
When: Coming in 2023
Time: TBA
Leader: Cristina Macena
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: $20
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JUICE FASTING & DETOXING FOR HEALING
About: What do you do when you feel tired or unenergetic? Chug a cup of coffee? Go out for a run? Do a juice fast? Many people opt to try juice cleansing or fasting as a way to jump-start their way toward better health, weight loss, and improved gut health. But is following this liquid diet effective or even safe? Kleyton Feitosa did a 52-days juicing detoxing and will share his experience as he unpacks everything you need to know about the benefits of juice detoxing and the safest way to do it. Come and learn about his amazing experience.
Type: class
Limit: 20
When: March 4, 2023
Time: 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Teacher: Kleyton Feitosa
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: Free
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BLUE ZONES CHALLENGE
About: If you're struggling with your weight or other health conditions, it's probably not your fault. Our current living environment is making us sick. This challenge will help you to optimize your home, kitchen, workplace, relationships, and inner self so that health and longevity ensue. You'll learn how to find your sense of purpose, build a healthy, supportive community, and shape your surroundings to make the healthy choice the easy choice.
Four weeks for a better you! Challenge yourself to live longer, healthier, and happier!
Week 1: Right Outlook
Week 2: Move
Week 3: Eat wisely
Week 4: Connect
Type: challenge
Limit: 20 people
When: From January 8th to January 29th, 2023
Time: 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Fee: Free
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B'MORE SERVICE DAYS
About: Be kind, be love, be more! One of the keys for finding happiness and purpose is serving others. Join the service projects and make the difference in your own community. Groups are welcome to join us!
Type: service/community services/volunteering
Limit: 15 people
When: Starting in February. Monthly on the second Saturday of the month.
Time: varies according to the project of the month.
Location: varies according to the project of the month.
Fee: $20 (includes t-shirt and supplies)
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JOHN MAXWELL TEAM YOUTH CERTIFICATION
About: Welcome to the John Maxwell Team Youth Certification! This Certification is an interactive learning curriculum for difference makers. Through our proven leadership development program founded by John Maxwell, the world’s foremost authority in leadership, youth will be exposed to essential skills and values to help them become well-rounded and responsible members of their communities.
Type: classes
Limit: 25 per class
When: Schedule it for your group now!
Leader: Paulo Macena
Location: Urban Life Center
Fee: $30
Registration: Required
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SELF-DEFENSE FOR WOMEN
About: Hey ladies! This class is for you! Learn prevention techniques, awareness skills, & how to spot dangerous potential threats. Ken will teach you key skills and life-saving techniques to protect yourself and be safe!
Type: class
Limit: 15 per class
When: February 19, 2023
Time: 1:30pm to 2:45pm
Instructor: Ken Reely
Location: Urban Life Center
Fee: $15
Registration: Required
CREATING A PLANT-BASED MENU WITH CONFIDENCE
About: : Transitioning to a plant-based diet can seem overwhelming if you’re not sure what foods to eat or how to plan balanced meals. Even people who have been vegan for a while might benefit from some tips and tricks to ensure meals are properly balanced to meet nutrition needs. Creating a plant-based menu can be one of the best ways to ease into any dietary change, ensure nutrient needs are being met and to save time and stress through the week.
Type: workshop
Limit: 8 seats available
When: This workshop is offered more than once a year. Choose the best date for you to attend.
May 15, 2023 (in-person)
September 11, 2023 (in-person)
November 27, 2023 (online)
Time: 6pm-7pm
Length: 60 minutes
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore MD
Instructor: Cristina Macena is a Nutrition Educator and Natural Juice Therapy Practitioner. She has been juicing for the last 15 years and has prepared many juices for the people who come to the Urban Life Center Juice Bar!
Fee: $25 (includes digital book and customized menu)
SKINCARE 101 FOR TWEENS & TEENS
About: : When is the perfect time to start a skincare routine? Most experts recommend creating a very basic tween skincare routine during the preteen years, between the ages of 10-13 years old. This builds a good skincare habit and ensures by the time significant issues come along, there is an excellent healthy base to work from.
The key to getting a skincare routine going with your tween is to make it super easy. You do not want to make it complicated, but you also want to make it fun so that they will do it regularly. Teens will learn the basics of a good skincare routine, make their own DIY mask to take home, and have lots of fun in this class with a licensed professional.
Type: workshop
Limit: 8 seats available
When: April 18, 2023, June 20, 2023 and August 22, 2023
Time: 4pm
Length: 60 minutes
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave, Baltimore MD
Instructor: Luisa Macena is a board certified esthetician who struggled with her own skin and confidence when younger. She loves working with tweens and teens, helping them to find their best self-care routine and to feel confident within their own skin.
Fee: $20 (includes digital book and facial mask sample)
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MAKING DELICIOUS PLANT-BASED SAUCES
About: From naturally sweetened ketchup and barbecue sauce to luscious plant-based Alfredo, these vegan sauce recipes are surprisingly simple to make. And unlike store-bought versions loaded with refined sugars, salt, oil, they’re as healthful as they are flavorful. Use them liberally to add oomph to bowls, sandwiches, stir-fries, and more!
Type: workshop
Limit: max 12 people
When: Sunday
Starting Date: June 25, 2023
Time: 2pm to 3:30pm
Leader: Connie Goedert-Edwards, Connie Goedert-Edwards, Earned her Plant Based Nutrition Certificate through T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, who believes that healthy food should taste delicious and easy to make. Connie, a former YOYO dieter has lost 50 pounds on a plant based diet and kept it off for more than 6 years. She loves sharing what she has learned and has been conducting cooking classes for the past 6 years.
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD
Fee: $25 (includes samples and digital book with recipes)
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END THE SILENCE - MENTAL HEALTH SEMINAR FOR MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL
About: Ending the Silence is a free, evidence-based, 50-minute session designed for middle and high school students. Your students will learn about mental health conditions through a brief presentation, short videos, and personal testimony from a young adult who describes their journey to recovery.
Type: seminar
Limit: max 20 youth
When: Sunday, February 5th, 2023
Time: 3pm to 4pm
Leader: NAMI National Alliance on Mental Health - NAMI Ending the Silence presentations include two leaders: one who shares an informative presentation and a young adult with a mental health condition who shares their journey of recovery. Audience members can ask questions and gain understanding of an often-misunderstood topic. Through dialogue, we can help grow the movement to end stigma.
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD
Fee: Free
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IN OUR OWN VOICE - MENTAL HEALTH SEMINAR
About:
NAMI In Our Own Voice presentations change attitudes, assumptions and ideas about people with mental health conditions. These free, 40-, 60- or 90-minute presentations provide a personal perspective of mental health conditions, as leaders with lived experience talk openly about what it's like to have a mental health condition. This presentation provides:
An opportunity to hear open and honest perspectives on a highly misunderstood topic.
A chance to ask leaders questions, allowing for a deeper understanding of mental health conditions and dispelling of stereotypes and misconceptions.
The understanding that people with mental health conditions have lives enriched by hopes, dreams and goals.
Information on how to learn more about mental health and get involved with the mental health community.
Type: seminar
Limit: max 20 people
When: March 14, 2023
Time: 5pm to 6pm
Leader: NAMI National Alliance on Mental Health - NAMI Ending the Silence presentations include two leaders: one who shares an informative presentation and a young adult with a mental health condition who shares their journey of recovery. Audience members can ask questions and gain understanding of an often-misunderstood topic. Through dialogue, we can help grow the movement to end stigma.
Location: 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD
Fee: Free
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VISION BOARD WORKSHOP
About: Dream it, believe it, do it! You are invited to a Vision Board Workshop only for women. We will be creating our digital or paper vision boards. Material will be provided. Let's celebrate Women's Month by making new friends, dreaming together, and setting goals for our lives.
Limit: 12 seats available
When: March 7, 2023
Time: 1pm (lunch will be provided)
Length: 1:30 hours
Leader: Cristina Macena, is is the Projects Manager of the Urban Life Center & Juice Bar.
Location: Urban Life Center at 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore, MD
Fee: $25 (includes lunch, digital workbook, and material)
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BIBLE ART JOURNALING FOR CREATIVE STUDY & WORSHIP
About: This one-hour Bible Journaling Workshop offers participants the opportunity to explore God's Word creatively and experience a fresh approach to Bible reading. Participants will be guided through hands-on activities to inspire creativity in their daily walk with God. This workshop is designed to focus hearts on Christ as participants learn to color, paint, draw, and letter their way through God's Word. No artistic skills needed! Bring your own journaling bible. Material will be provided.
Type: workshop
Limit: 12 seats available
When: March 25, 2023
Time: 2:30pm
Length: 1:30 hours
Location: Urban Life Center at 3223 Eastern Ave Baltimore, MD
Fee: $15 (includes material)
IMPORTANT: Bring your own Journaling Bible. You can find them on Amazon. Find it HERE.