Fall 2023
WomenExplore Reimagined Fall 2023 Online via Zoom
This series, WomenExplore Reimagined Fall 2023 is coming to you on Zoom with an in-person event on 26th October. All the Zoom forums run from 11 am to 2 pm (US Eastern Daylight Time, EDT: UTC−04:00).
The Fall 2023 series of meetings will be alternating formal and informal meetings continuing our focus on identifying and exploring the important issues of our day, along with investigating topics of interest to the women who attend.
An exciting bonus this fall is watercolor lessons entitled "Virtual Painting Across Continents!" by well-known artist Ival Stratford Kovner, MS, MFA. These workshops will take place on informal weeks from 11 am to noon.
Schedule of Exploring & Discussion:
11 am
Check in: Participants each have a couple of minutes to describe what is current in their lives and their reflections onn current events.
12 - 2pm:
The formal presentation. This has no set format. It can range from a podcast or video to an in-person nature ramble to a lecture preceded by a focus talk, but always includes a lively Discussion
Schedule of Painting & Conversation
11 am:
"Virtual Painting Across Continents!"
Five watercolor workshops for ALL levels with Ival Stratford Kovner, MS, MFA. See here for the supply list. For any questions about the lessons email IvalSK at comcast.net.
Noon:
Sharing and Caring with the option to ask for feedback or support.
1 to 2 pm:
Reflection on the most recent Exploring & Discussion.
See printable program for Fall 2023.Location:
Sessions are online using Zoom, except 26th October.Go here to register.
26th October 2023: A walk through Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI
Focus talks: Barbara Sweet, Lindsa Vallee and Mary Rose Muti speak from their personal experience
Exciting Discoveries About the Universe Enabled by New Tools
Saeqa Dil Vrtilek
Dr Vrtilek has been an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian over 30 years, author of New Windows on the Universe.
SEPT
14
Virtual Painting Across Continents!
Ival Stratford Kovner, MS MFA
presents a watercolor workshop for ALL levels. For supply list see here. For any questions email IvalSK at comcast.net.
Noon: Sharing and caring with optional responding
1 to 2 pm: Reflection on Exciting Discoveries about the Universe
SEPT
21
11 am: Check in.
On Being a Daughter
Facilitated by Mary Rose Muti.
Participants tell stories of their relationships with their mothers.
SEPT
28
Virtual Painting Across Continents!
Ival Stratford Kovner, MS MFA
presents a second watercolor workshop. For any questions email IvalSK at comcast.net.
Noon: Sharing and caring with optional responding
1 to 2 pm: Reflection on On Being a Daughter
OCT
5
11 am: Check in.
The Sacred Green
Facilitated by MaryMargaret Halsey.
Stories, Reflections and Discussion by members of the audience. Think about what you want to say.
OCT
12
Virtual Painting Across Continents!
Ival Stratford Kovner, MS MFA
presents a third watercolor workshop. For any questions email IvalSK at comcast.net.
Noon: Sharing and caring with optional responding
1 to 2 pm: Reflection on The Sacred Green
OCT
19
11 am: Check in.
An Exploration Walk Through Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI
Led by Martha Nielsen.
Limited places available. BYO lunch.
Please register directly with Martha.
OCT
26
Virtual Painting Across Continents!
Ival Stratford Kovner, MS MFA
presents a third watercolor workshop. For any questions email IvalSK at comcast.net.
Noon: Sharing and caring with optional responding
1 to 2 pm: Reflection on An Exploration Walk Through Swan Point Cemetery
NOV
2
11 am: Check in.
AI: What It Means for All of Us -- Whether We Like It or Not!
Facilitated by Barbara Villandry.
What does it mean for you?
Good, bad or unsettling?
Can we predict what is to come?
Find out what others think!
NOV
9
Virtual Painting Across Continents!
Ival Stratford Kovner, MS MFA
presents a fifth watercolor workshop. For any questions email IvalSK at comcast.net.
Noon: Sharing and caring with optional responding
1 to 2 pm: Reflection on AI: What It Means for All of Us -- Whether We Like It or Not!
NOV
16
11 am: Check in.
Death Café
Facilitated by Lindsa Vallee and Paula Chandoha
Deep, honest sharing and exploring about our own dying and death
NOV
30
Celebrating the Holiday Season with an Art Show
Be amazed at how people's watercolor skills have improved over four or five short lessons with
Ival Stratford Kovner, MS MFA
Noon: Sharing and caring with optional responding
1 to 2 pm: Reflection on Death Café and the whole of the WomenExplore Reimagined Fall 2023 series
DEC
7
Spring 2023
Celebrating 50 Years and Still Exploring
Focus lecture: Muna Killingback, Tracey Hurd and Maria Behnke, previous executive directors WomenExplore
The Power of Radically Inclusive Women-Centered Spaces
Timothy Patrick McCarthy
scholar, teacher, activist, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Kennedy School
MAR
9
Poetry reading: Ival Stratford Kovner, Karen Sheahan, Lindsa Vallee
Aging with Wisdom: Opportunities and Challenges
Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle
writer, therapist and teacher, focusing on elder issues, spirituality and conscious aging, author of Aging with Wisdom
MAR
16
Focus: Ival Stratford Kovner
Nurturing Your Spiritual Self
Janet Cooper Nelson
Chaplain of the University, Director of the Office of Chaplains & Religious Life, faculty member at Brown University
MAR
23
Focus lecture: Barbara Villandry
Feminism’s Gains at Risk: Stemming the Tide
Linda Ai-Yun Liu
lecturer of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts Boston
MAR
30
Focus comments: WomenExplore participants
Inspiring Women Leaders
Muna Killingback
Assistant Program Director, Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy, McCormack Graduate School, UMass Boston; second executive director of WomenExplore
APR
6
Focus lecture: Lindsa Vallee
The Path of Eco-Intimacy and Co-creation: Engaging in Healing of Our World
Peter Wohl
author of Wild Mind, Wild Heart: Discover Your True Self in Nature, Zen Buddhist teacher, registered Maine Guide
APR
13
IN PERSON
Nature Walk Through Mt Auburn Cemetery
Led by MaryMargaret Halsey
a WomenExplore participant and nature expert
APR
20
Focus lecture: Paula Chandoha
Our Home: Taking Care of Earth
Excerpts of online interview(s) with Robin Wall Kimmerer
botanist & founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at SUNY, enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, author of Braiding Sweetgrass
APR
27
Celebrating 50 Years of TOP/WomenExplore
IN PERSON
Performances by True Story Theater
bringing true stories from the audience to life through improvisatory drama. Share your story!
MAY
4
TOP/WomenExplore Story Quilt
A ritual creating a Story Quilt from the personal reflections of audience members
Facilitated by Lindsa Vallee
MAY
11