Spring 2021
Facing a World in Upheaval: Personal and Cultural Resilience ONLINE VIA ZOOM!
On Thursdays from 18th March to 20th May expert speakers offer their insights into the some of the issues facing us in this unprecedented time, and discusses the resilience we need personally and as a society.
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
Note:
On 15th April the panel discussion will go from 11.30 am to 1 pm, when the discussion will open to include the audience.
The whole of 20th May is devoted to stories from the audience.
See printable program for Spring 2021.Location:
Now online using Zoom!Go here to register.
Focus lecture: Marcia Miller Boehlke
Exploring Personal and Cultural Resilience
Janet Cooper Nelson
chaplain at Brown University, supervising a ministry serving a multi-faith, multi-ethnic community
MAR
18
Focus lecture: Virginia Loftus
Life Review: Testing Our Values
Andrea DeSharone
Nationally Certified Counselor, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in MA
MAR
25
Focus lecture: Linda Legge
Grappling with Opposing Views
David S Ball
Massachusetts State Coordinator for Braver Angels, a bipartisan citizen’s movement to unify our divided nation
APR
1
Focus lecture: Penny Dunning
Taking Responsibility for Changing Systemic Racism
Ken Wagner
UU Allies for Racial Equity, and a founding member of GRACE, the New England Region’s Antiracism/Anti-oppression/Multicultural Transformation team
APR
8
Climate Emergency: Truth and Action
11:30 am: A panel of representatives from:
Extinction Rebellion
Citizens’ Climate Lobby
and Mothers Out Front
APR
15
Focus lecture: Lindsa Vallee
The Environmental Cost of Getting Dressed
Maria Valentino
New York-based fashion photojournalist, co-founder of MintModa.com a fashion trend forecasting service
APR
22
Focus lecture: Paula Chandoha
The Circular Economy
In a world with finite resources and a limited capacity to absorb our waste products. it is imperative that we develop a circular economy. An expert speaker will discuss the topic.
APR
29
Focus lecture: Karen Sheahan
From Crisis to Creating a New Normal
Timothy Patrick McCarthy
historian, educator, social activist at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
MAY
6
Focus lecture: Barbara Villandry
Facing the Loss of Home
Introduced by Michael Oliver
Stories from Rosie’s Place, the first women's shelter in the US, founded in 1974 to provide a safe, nurturing environment for poor and homeless women.
MAY
13
Pandemic: Our Stories of Resilience and Healing
11.30 am: Open discussion facilitated by Lindsa Vallee
A ritual creating a Story Quilt from the personal reflections of audience members. Input is welcome from all participants. Share your story in a warm and welcoming environment!
MAY
20
Fall 2020
Democracy in Crisis!
Focus lecture: Pat Morris
Invisibled and Excluded: What Can We Learn from the Suffragettes?
Fredie Kay
president of the Women's Suffrage Celebration Coalition of Massachusetts
SEPT
10
How Would Plants and Animals Vote?
11.30 am: Performances by
True Story Theater
bringing true stories from the audience to life through improvisatory drama. Share your story!
SEPT
17
Focus: Faciltated audience sharing
The State of Hate in Massachusetts
Melissa Kraus
associate regional director at the Anti-Defamation League which fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all
SEPT
24
Focus lecture: Facilitated audience sharing
When Do Women Buy In To Misogynist Ideologies?
Elizabeth Rucker
coordinator of the Democracy Center, a community space which works to foster more vibrant local and global democracy
OCT
1
Focus lecture: Mila Chadayammuri
The Death of Democracy
Jane Mansbridge
Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard, author of Beyond Adversary Democracy and Why We Lost the ERA
OCT
8
Focus lecture: Dorianne Low
The Vital Role of the Media: Democracy and the Fourth Estate
Lylah M Alphonse
journalist and writer, editor, and blogger; regularly on WGBH radio and television
OCT
15
Focus lecture: Michael Vallee and Lindsa Vallee
The Perils and Pride of Patriotism
Timothy Patrick McCarthy
lecturer on History and Literature, adjunct lecturer in Public Policy, and director of the Sexuality, Gender and Human Rights Program at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
OCT
22
Focus lecture: Susan Nulsen
Is Our Eectoral Integrity at Risk?
Eitan Hersh
associate professor of political science at Tufts University, author of Politics is for Power and Hacking the Electorate
OCT
29
Focus lecture: A panel of WomenExplore participants
Bioethics as if Race and Gender Matter
Charlene Galarneau
Harvard Medical School, Center for Bioethics, author of Communities of Health Care Justice
NOV
5
A Post-Election Conversation
11.30 am: Open discussion facilitated by Lindsa Vallee
By now we should know the outcome of the 2020 election. Input is welcome from all participants. Let us know what your thoughts are!
NOV
12
Focus lecture: Susan Kains
Social Justice: A Narragansett Perspective
Lorén Spears
Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, RI, educator, activist, author and indigenous artist
NOV
19