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Fall 2018
Struggles, Strengths and Strategies
Every Thursday from 13th September to 15th November expert speakers offer their insights into the some of the struggles we experience, the strengths we can draw on and a variety of strategies we can use.
Focus talk:
To set the issue a WomenExplore participant gives a short talk describing how the day's topic has intersected her life and affected her thinking.
Schedule of Events:
11:30 am
Focus talk
12 noon
Main Lecture and questions
1:00 pm
Participatory discussion
See program for Fall 2018
11.30 am: Necessary Losses
Janet Cooper Nelson
chaplain, Brown University, on board of Hope Hospice and Palliative Care of Rhode Island
Followed by a Letting Go ritual, facilitated by Lindsa Vallee
SEP
13
Focus lecture: Elaine Fisher
The Impact of Women in Politics
Bridgette Bruno
communications associate with the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, working to advance women’s representation in American politics
SEP
20
Focus lecture: Erica Kenny
Strengthen Your Body, Strengthen Your Mind
Cheryl Suchors
author of fiction, poetry, essays and 48 Peaks: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains; surviving injuries, grief and cancer to become a writer
SEPT
27
Focus lecture: Barbara Villandry
Reaching out: Support Around Suicide and Depression
Daniel Jackson
MIT, author of Portraits of Resilience, a photo essay with stories of how people have coped, overcome challenges and found meaning in their lives
OCT
4
Focus lecture: A WomenExplore community sharing
Nipping Sexual Harassment in the Bud
Nan Stein
Wellesley Centers for Women, who directs several national research projects on sexual harassment, gender violence, and teen dating violence in K-12
OCT
11
The Temptation to be Unethical: Luis Ramirez
Civil and Uncivil Disobedience
Candice Delmas
associate professor of philosophy and political science, Northeastern University, author of A Duty to Resist: When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil
OCT
18
Focus lecture: Marcia Miller Boehlke
Domestic Violence: Changing Cultural Norms
Lee Clasper-Torch
Men's Engagement Coordinator for the RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Ten Men facilitator
OCT
25
Focus lecture: Ly Thai
Art to Effect Social Change
Ival Stratford Kovner
MS MFA National Arts Advocate and NEA Grant Recipient. Recent 2nd Place Professional Artist Category, National Parks Exhibition
NOV
1
Focus lecture: Laurie Markoff
Voluntary Simplicity: One Community’s Choice
Sue Donaldson
Cornerstone Cohousing in Cambridge
NOV
8
Focus lecture: A WomenExplore participant
How to Sustain Momentum Working for Change
Tim McCarthy
director of the Culture Change & Social Justice Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center, faculty convener of the Emerging Human Rights Leaders Program
NOV
15
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Focus lecture: Shannon Mackey
Racism: Addressing the White Problem
Barbara Beckwith
who is a white racial justice activist, co-facilitator of White People Challenging Racism: Moving From Talk to Action workshops, and author of What Was I Thinking?, an essay series on everyday racism, will lead an interactive discussion. See http://www.barbarabeckwith.net.
MAR
22
Focus lecture: Barbara Villandry
The Millennials: New Approaches to Old Problems
Panel Discussion:
Harvard Kennedy School of Government students form a panel to discuss issues facing emerging leaders.
Moderator: Tim McCarthy
director Culture Change & Social Justice Initiative at the Carr Center of the HKS, and faculty convener of the Emerging Human Rights Leaders Program
MAR
29
Focus lecture: Tracey Hurd
The Craving Mind
Patti Holland
Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical School, certified MBSR teacher, works in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation, applies ancient wisdom traditions to modern daily life.
APR
5
Focus lecture: Lindsa Vallee and Paula Chandoha
Constellation Work
Samvedam Randles
Dipl. Psych. LMHC. When an issue, depression or other life pattern can't be shaken it might be a trans-generational pass-down. Constellation Work can help discover the origin and aid in resolution.
APR
12
Focus lecture: Carol Goldman
Aging in Place: The Village Movement
Barbara Selwyn
executive director of Cambridge Neighbors (formerly Cambridge at Home), which supports people aging in their communities.
APR
19
Focus lecture: Elaine Fisher
Genomics Will Change Your Life
Robert C Green
medical geneticist, physician, public health researcher, assoc prof medicine at Harvard Medical School, director of the Genomes2People Research Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
APR
26
Focus lecture: Muna Killingback
Working While Female
Sarah Green Carmichael
executive editor at the Harvard Business Review, host of their weekly podcast, the HBR IdeaCast and co-host of their new podcast, Women at Work.
MAY
3
Focus lecture: Chris Farrow-Noble
The Inner Journey: Cultivating Resilience, Deepening Wisdom
Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle
writer, therapist and teacher, helped bring meditation, yoga, and cognitive therapy into the medical domain, now focuses on elder issues, spirituality and conscious aging, author of Aging with Wisdom.
MAY
10