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Building bridges to create new opportunities -- the power of women working together opens doors for positive change.
Upcoming Events
The Upcoming Election with Professor Charles Tien
Coralie Cooper on What We Can Do to Save our Planet
Coralie Cooper on What We Can Do to Save our Planet
You won’t want to miss this timely discussion on the upcoming election with noted expert Professor Charles Tien on October 29th, 2020 at 4:00 PM EST.
What should we be looking at in the final week before the election? What do the polls says and should we have confidence in them? Hear from one of the experts on polling and judging what the current data says about who will win on Election night.
The conversation will be moderated by CUSWF Executive Director Leslie Wolf-Creutzfeldt.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Upcoming Election with Professor Charles Tien
When: Thursday, October 29th, 2020, 4:00 PM EST
Guest speaker: Charles Tien is Professor of Political Science at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. He has served as department chair, was selected to be a Fulbright Scholar in American Politics at Renmin University in Beijing, China, and worked as a congressional staffer on Capitol Hill. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on American politics, women and minorities in politics, voting and elections, American foreign policy, research methods, and polling.
Coralie Cooper on What We Can Do to Save our Planet
Coralie Cooper on What We Can Do to Save our Planet
Coralie Cooper on What We Can Do to Save our Planet
Join us for a conversation with environmentalist Coralie Cooper on the positive steps being made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday, November 5th, 2020 at 4:00 PM EST.
We are all worried about the devastating effect of air pollution and global warming. Learn about the breakthrough work in policy and implementation that is being done to help to save our planet.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
What We Can Do to Save out Planet
When: Thursday, November 5th, 2020, 4:00 PM EST
Guest speaker: Coralie Cooper has worked on environmental issues for over 20 years with states and the federal government. She is currently Deputy Director of the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), a non-profit association of the air pollution control programs in eight Northeast states. NESCAUM provides technical advice and policy guidance to states on their air pollution control and climate programs. Coralie also worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation, contributing to regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption from cars and trucks. Coralie has served as an expert on working groups of the National Academy of Sciences, the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
The Healing Power of Poetry with Ming Di
Singer Mariah Bonner on her Musical Journey in the Pandemic
Singer Mariah Bonner on her Musical Journey in the Pandemic
Join us to explore the power of poetry with noted poet and translator Ming Di on Thursday, November 12th. The author of seven books of poetry in Chinese, Ming has received two literary awards as a Chinese diaspora writer and the Luce Fellowship.
She will present her new poems written in English about her ancestral home in the Three Gorges of Yangtze River, China.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
The Healing Power of Poetry with Ming Di
When: Thursday, November 12th, 2020, 4:00 PM EST
Guest speaker: Ming Di is a Chinese poet, born in Wuhan, currently living in California. She studied English literature in China and linguistics in the US and taught Chinese at Boston University before moving to the west coast. . She has translated Marianne Moore, e e cummings, Terrance Hayes and many other American poets into Chinese and co-translated many contemporary Chinese poets into English. She has edited several anthologies including New Cathay: Contemporary Chinese Poetry (Tupelo Press, 2013) and New Poetry from China 1917-2017 (Black Square Editions, 2019). She was a co-organizer of international translation workshops and festivals in Beijing from 2011 to 2017 and has been the China editor for Poetry International (Rotterdam) and Lyrikline (Berlin) since 2011. Her poetry has been translated into English (River Merchant's Wife, Marick Press, 2012), Spanish (Luna fracturada, Valparaiso Ediciones, 2014) and French (Histoire de famille, Transignum, 2015).
Singer Mariah Bonner on her Musical Journey in the Pandemic
Singer Mariah Bonner on her Musical Journey in the Pandemic
Singer Mariah Bonner on her Musical Journey in the Pandemic
Join us for this special event on November 19th with singer Mariah Bonner on her inspiring musical journey through the pandemic.
When the world of live concerts shut down, she went online and developed a series of online shows, bringing her friends and fans together every Friday, sharing her love of song and lifting spirits in the troubling time of pandemic. The result? A beautiful album of songs At Last .
Women's Power Tool Kit Special Event
Mariah Bonner's Musical Journey
When: Thursday, November 19th, 2020, 4:00 PM EST
Guest speaker: Singer and actress Mariah Bonner was born in Baltimore and grew up in Paris, where she studied classical dance and acting, and played her first commercial role in a French television film. Mariah graduated from The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. She has worked as an actress in film and television and sings in clubs in New York, L.A. and Baltimore.
Find out more at TheMariahBonner.com .
Our First Annual Gen-Z Global Forum
Thank you for making our first Annual Gen-Z Global Forum a success!
CUSWF was proud to present the first annual Gen-Z Global Forum, developed by our Gen-Z team, to bring attention and understanding about an important and misunderstood segment of the population that is rising rapidly in importance as a force changing the world and moving it into the future.
Gen Z'ers were born between 1996 and 2015. Globally there are almost 2 billion people in this demographic. They comprise the largest generation ever, comprising nearly 30% of the world's population. (including nearly 68 million in U.S. and 170 million in China.)
Being a member of this group means having a particular set of challenges that are impacting lives and shared experiences. The online event was held Thursday, October 15th and highlighted issues relevant to Generation Z, including mental health, the Hapa experience, the intersectionality of race across fields of study, and education. The first hour was a combination of pre-filmed and live discussion, followed by a cocktail party reception.
Cocktail Party Reception featured Quinn Slobodian, Associate Professor of History, Wellesley College, and Mingwei Song, Associate Professor of Chinese, Wellesley College
Thank you for joining us for this exciting event.
Join Our Community Mask and Food Drive
Help us provide face masks and support food banks, senior living homes, homeless shelters, and churches - in our local communities. We are working with groups around the country and can provide masks to your neighborhood centers on your behalf. This is a matter of life and death--let's meet the challenge together!
Recent Events
The New Entrepreneurism
Writer Karen Christensen on Chinese Cuisine and Culture
Writer Karen Christensen on Chinese Cuisine and Culture
Entrepreneur Jack Killion discussed his inspiring career and how the pandemic has created a new entrepreneurism on October 22nd, 2020.
In the midst of the pandemic, entrepreneurs see opportunity to provide solutions to problems and envision ways to do things differently. Hear from a seasoned professional who won’t stop looking towards the future.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
The New Entrepreneurism
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Guest speaker: Jack Killion has successfully launched and built nine different business in publishing, manufacturing, investment services, real estate development and others. Street-Smart Entrepreneurs is his 10thstartup. He has taught entrepreneurial studies in three business schools, evaluated 1000s of new ventures and advised 100s of other entrepreneurs. A consultant to “C” level leaders while with McKinsey & Company, he has served on multiple corporate and charity boards. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering Degree from Yale and an MBA from MIT Sloan School.
Writer Karen Christensen on Chinese Cuisine and Culture
Writer Karen Christensen on Chinese Cuisine and Culture
Writer Karen Christensen on Chinese Cuisine and Culture
Writer and publisher Karen Christensen discussed what she has learned collaborating on Encyclopedia of Chinese Cuisines, how Chinese cuisine is a window into Chinese history, culture and diplomacy.
Currently compiling the Encyclopedia of Chinese Cuisines, Karen shared how this varied and rich cuisine is essential for the culture, community and diplomacy.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Chinese Cuisines: History, Culture and Diplomacy
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Karen is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Berkshire Publishing Group, and also a writer specializing in sustainability and community with a focus on China. Starting with the award-winning Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, published by Scribners, her own company then produced the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China and the Dictionary of Chinese Biography. Now she is working on the Encyclopedia of Chinese Cuisines.
Karen is a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania Press, and an associate in research at the Fairbank Center at Harvard University.
The Life of Maud Gonne with Author Kim Bendheim
Writer Karen Christensen on Chinese Cuisine and Culture
The Life of Maud Gonne with Author Kim Bendheim
The author Kim Bendheim joined us for a special talk on the fascinating life of Maud Gonne.
Maud Gonne, an actress and journalist, left her mark on everyone she met and famously won the devotion of poet, William Butler Yeats. Born into tremendous privilege, she openly defied what was at the time the world’s most powerful empire as an activist for the cause of Irish independence.
Kim Bendheim has gives us an intensely personal assessment of Maud's thrilling life in her new book, The Fascination of What's Difficult, A Life of Maud Gonne.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Conversation with Author Kim Bendheim
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
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Kim Bendheim is a poet, actor, and writer. Her byline has appeared in The Forward, The Nation, The Chicago Tribune, Ladies Home Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Bomb magazine, which published her poetry. A cum laude graduate of Harvard University, she received two Masters degrees. She lives in New York City.
Pre-order Kim Bendheim's book The Fascination of What's Difficult, A Life of Maud Gonne here.
Living in Uncertain Times with Mary T. White
Freedom of Expression on Campus with Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy
The Life of Maud Gonne with Author Kim Bendheim
We discussed our concerns Living in Uncertain Times with Mary T. White, former Professor of Medical Humanities in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University.
Mary is learning from her own reactions to this transition, occurring as it is in a time of exceptional uncertainty over our national and global future. I hope those who attend will want to share their thoughts and strategies – we’re all in this together!
Women's Power Tool Kit
Living in Uncertain Times
Thursday, September 24th, 2020
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Mary T. White, former Professor, Medical Humanities, Dept. of Population and Public Health Sciences, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University Mary retired this summer from 25 years teaching medical ethics and humanities in an Ohio medical school; she relocated to Vermont in August and is in the process of creating a new home and a new life closer to old friends and familiar landscapes.
Freedom of Expression on Campus with Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy
Freedom of Expression on Campus with Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy
Freedom of Expression on Campus with Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy
A powerful conversation with
Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law, Harvard University, on freedom of expression on campus today.
Given academic challenges due to the pandemic, what is the state of free speech on campus? In a political and cultural climate of deep divisions and heightened polarization, must free speech be at odds with anti-racism and inclusion? During a campaign season, can we maintain civility when so much is at stake?
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Free Speech on Campus
Thursday, September 17th, 2020
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Randall Kennedy is Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard University, an author of six books and an expert on freedom of expression, race relations law, civil rights legislation, and the Supreme Court.
Innovative Ways to Turn a Passion into a Successful Jewelry Business
Freedom of Expression on Campus with Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy
Freedom of Expression on Campus with Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy
On Thursday, July 30th at 2:00 EDT Marla Aaron, jewelry designer, CEO and creative visionary, shared the innovative ways she built her high-end jewelry business.
You'll love her inspiring story of how her passion and creativity took her from corporate life to building a successful jewelry business using inventive ideas from inviting visuals with humor and flair on Instagram (often serving as her own model) to a jewelry vending machine.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Marla Aaron: Building a Business with Passion, Creativity and Instagram
Thursday, July 30th, 2020
Marla Aaron launched her eponymous collection in 2013 when her combined obsessions with bridges, hardware and jewelry could no longer be ignored. The collection is proudly made and finished by hand in New York City and sold all over the world. What began with one lock is now an entire collection designed to be worn in infinite ways and used as “jewel tools” with individuals’ own collections—to redefine the “precious” in jewelry with individuality.
Marla and her team release new designs regularly on Instagram first with no apparent rhyme or reason. The #lockyourmom Project, created by Marla, gives single moms sterling silver Baby Heartlocks just for them. To date Marla and her team have given out hundreds of Heartlocks to deserving single moms all over the country. Find out more at Marla Aaron's website .
Singer-songwriter Natalie Smith Shares her Artistic Journey
Wellesley Professor Angela Bahns on Why Diversity in Friendships Matter
Kelley L. Allen on Charity Hybrid-Business Model Humble Bundle
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On Friday, July 24th, 2020, the marvelous singer-songwriter Natalie Smith shared her musical journey and her beautiful and inspiring songs.
Special Friday Happy Hour
Friday, July 24th, 2020
Natalie Smith is a singer, songwriter, actress, and playwright. A lifelong New Yorker, she draws on the energy of the city to inform her work and performs regularly in clubs and on television.
Natalie's original music blends pop, rock and American folk influences and is rooted in her classical and jazz piano training. She released her terrific first studio album, “Take My Piano,” in 2015, which you can find on iTunes.
Natalie made her Broadway debut in the critically acclaimed, Tony award-winning production, One Man Two Guvnors starring James Corden. She is currently developing a one-woman show with a series of deeply imagined characters who tell a contemporary musical fairy tale for all ages.
Natalie earned her BFA in acting from the Guildhall school of Music and Drama in London, and has studied voice, classical piano, and songwriting since she was a child.
Find out more and listen to her wonderful music at NatalieSmithSings.com
Kelley L. Allen on Charity Hybrid-Business Model Humble Bundle
Wellesley Professor Angela Bahns on Why Diversity in Friendships Matter
Kelley L. Allen on Charity Hybrid-Business Model Humble Bundle
On Thursday, July 23rd Kelley Allen, Director of Humble Books, discussed Humble Bundle, an exciting hybrid business model success that has raised over $180M for charity.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Hybrid Business Model Success
When: Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Revolutionary new business models are being developed by innovative entrepreneurs who want to help make the world a better place by allocating part of their profit margins to charity. Humble Bundle is a great example of one of these business models in which customers pay what they want for digital content with a portion of their payments earmarked for charity. To date, Humble has raised over $180M for charity since their launch in 2010.
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Kelley L. Allen is the Director of Books at the gaming site, HumbleBundle.com and is in charge of their division, Humble Books, based out of San Francisco. There she has launched promotions with book and comics publishers, raising over $10 million for charity.
Before Humble Books, Kelley worked extensively in the field of eBooks and Book Publishing, including the Director of New Media at Random House and Director of Acquisition for the Sony eBookstore. She also holds her M.S. in Publishing from Pace University.
Wellesley Professor Angela Bahns on Why Diversity in Friendships Matter
Wellesley Professor Angela Bahns on Why Diversity in Friendships Matter
Wellesley Professor Angela Bahns on Why Diversity in Friendships Matter
On Thursday, July 16, Angela Bahns, Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College, discussed her research on diverse friendship formation.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Topic: Diverse Friendship Formation
When: Thursday, July 16th
Research has shown that diverse friendships can reduce prejudice. But similarity is a powerful predictor of friendship choices. Individual preferences and goals, such as similarity- or difference-seeking, often limits our opportunities to meet people who are similar or different to ourselves regarding cultural beliefs.
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Angela Bahns, a professor of psychology at Wellesley College, researches the dynamics of prejudice and friendship formation. Her work shows that people with positive diversity beliefs are more likely to have diverse friends, at least when “diverse” is defined in terms of race/ethnicity or sexual orientation.
Please join us Thursday, July 16th at 2:00pm EDT for a conversation about diverse friendship formation and how it impacts diversity and prejudice.
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We come together for conversation, ideas and friendship.
We are stronger when we connect and share.
Happy Hour to Discuss the Chinese Adoptee Experience
A Conversation with Professor Dána-Ain Davis on Reproductive Justice
Wellesley Professor Angela Bahns on Why Diversity in Friendships Matter
On Friday, July 17th , a conversation with China’s Children International Co-Founders Laney Allison (left) and Charlotte Cotter (right) on their experience as co-Presidents of CCI and the Chinese adoptee experience.
Founded in 2011, China's Children International (CCI for short) is one of the first international support, networking, and community organizations created by and for Chinese adoptees. CCI’s mission is to empower Chinese adoptees from all over the world by providing an inclusive and supportive community for all of us who share this common beginning.
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Laney Allison was adopted as an infant from Ma’Anshan in the Anhui Province. She received a BA in Asian studies with a minor in Mandarin Chinese and an MA in International Affairs with a focus on Global Gender Policy from The George Washington University. Allison currently resides and works in Washington, D. C.
Charlotte Cotter was adopted at 5 months from Zhenjiang city in Jiangsu Province, and grew up in Newton, MA. A recent graduate of Yale University with a BA in East Asian studies, Cotter currently works as a library assistant at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Collection at Harvard University.
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Friday Happy Hour
Friday, July 17th
A Conversation with Professor Dána-Ain Davis on Reproductive Justice
A Conversation with Professor Dána-Ain Davis on Reproductive Justice
A Conversation with Professor Dána-Ain Davis on Reproductive Justice
On Thursday, July 9th, Professor Dána-Ain Davis joined us to discuss reproductive justice and how today's social movements can intersect for positive change.
The fight for women's reproductive justice is one issue in which race has had a strong influence for centuries. Black women often face medical maltreatment and discrimination in the U.S. healthcare system.
Racism is present in every part of American society, and in order to work towards effective change, people need to be aware of how racism manifests in different circumstances.
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Dána-Ain Davis, a professor at Queens College, specializes in women’s studies, reproductive justice, Black studies, and more. She has written four books concerning Black welfare, reproductive injustice and Black gender and sexuality. She serves as the editor and is on the boards of multiple anthropology publications and organizations, and has been a member of New York State’s Maternal Mortality Task Force since June of 2018.
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Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Reproductive Justice
When: Thursday, July 9th
A Discussion about Gen Z and Mental Health Challenges during the Time of COVID-19
A Discussion about Gen Z and Mental Health Challenges during the Time of COVID-19
A Discussion about Gen Z and Mental Health Challenges during the Time of COVID-19
We discussed how Gen Z is Coping with Mental Health Issues in the Time of COVID.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Topic: Gen Z and Mental Health Challenges in the Time of COVID
When: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Social-learning network StuDocu polled over 1,600 students between March 24 and April 17 (the height of the pandemic), and found that 62.4% of Gen Zers said isolating during COVID-19 has worsened their mental health.
The top emotions for those polled were stress, frustration, anxiety, and loneliness. Only 18.5% reported that they often feel happy during the pandemic. Meanwhile no one is happy about paying thousands of dollars for a virtual college education. We took a closer look with our guest Anna Kim.
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Anna is a rising sophomore at Middlebury College, hailing from Washington, D.C where she attended the Sidwell Friends School. She is majoring in psychology and has a particular interest in mental health. She is the Middlebury chapter leader of Active Minds, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting mental health awareness and education for young adults.
We come together for conversation, ideas and friendship.
We are stronger when we connect and share.
Photographer Marianne Bernstein on Photography in the Time of COVID-19
A Discussion about Gen Z and Mental Health Challenges during the Time of COVID-19
A Discussion about Gen Z and Mental Health Challenges during the Time of COVID-19
Photographer Marianne Bernstein joined us to discuss photography in the time of COVID
When: Friday, June 26th, 2020
We were delighted to have noted artist and curator Marianne Bernstein join us to discuss her creative journey during COVID-19 and how her photography continues to be a social catalyst and a source of comfort and connection.
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About Marianne Bernstein: Known for curatorial projects that are often meant to be social catalysts, Marianne has produced a wide range of projects that are both site specific and global.
In Fall 2009, she conceived and produced The Welcome House in Love Park, Philadelphia, in a 10’ transparent cube (an artist residency by day and video installation at night) and Shelter at the Painted Bride (which paired eighteen artists with families on the verge of homelessness).
In 2011, Bernstein was a finalist for the Pew Fellowship in the Arts.
Being a Chinese Student at an American College Today
A Discussion about Gen Z and Mental Health Challenges during the Time of COVID-19
Being a Chinese Student at an American College Today
We explored what it means to be a Chinese student at an American college these days.
Women's Power Tool Kit Talks
Topic: Gen Z and New China-U.S. RelationsWhen: Thursday, June 25th, 2020
Emily Zhai and Josie Ku, Co-Presidents of the Chinese Student Association (CSA) at Wellesley College, shared their first hand observations of a radically changed world.
Instead of looking ahead to a world of opportunities, Gen Z now peers into an uncertain future.
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Emily Zhai is a rising senior at Wellesley, double majoring in Neuroscience and Women's and Gender Studies. She was born in Beijing but lived in New Zealand and Australia until she was 11. She then returned to Beijing and attended an international school there. At Wellesley, she found her first community through the Chinese Student Association and has been an active part of CSA since her first year.
Josie Ku is a rising junior at Wellesley majoring in Computer Science. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she finds a comforting feeling of home within Wellesley's Chinese Student Association, which she has been part of since her first year.
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Friday Happy Fun Hour with Robin Hirsch!
A Conversation with Michael Lydon, Founding Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine
A Conversation with Michael Lydon, Founding Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine
A Conversation with Robin Hirsch, Minister of Culture, Cornelia Street Café, Greenwich Village, NYC
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Friday, June 12th, 2020
Event: CUSWF Weekly Happy and Fun Hour
Hailed as a culinary as well as a cultural landmark by NYC Mayoral Proclamation, Cornelia Street Café brought folks together for creativity, pleasure and sustenance. We recaptured a little of that magic of being together at Cornelia Street Café.
Robin Hirsch is a former Oxford, Fulbright and English-Speaking Scholar, who has acted, directed, taught, and published on both sides of the Atlantic. He is a two-time NYFA Fellow, recipient of numerous awards for writing and producing, and holds a joint Ph.D in Literature and Theatre. But the titles of which he is proudest are self-bestowed: Minister of Culture, Wine Czar, Dean of Faculty at the Cornelia Street Café, which he opened with two other artists on the weekend of July 4, 1977 and closed on January 1, 2019.
Photo credit Anne Fritz
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We come together for conversation, ideas and friendship.
We are stronger when we connect and share.
Join our events list below for exciting invitations!
A Conversation with Michael Lydon, Founding Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine
A Conversation with Michael Lydon, Founding Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine
A Conversation with Michael Lydon, Founding Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine
A conversation with Michael Lydon, founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine, on the power of music for change
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
On June 11th, for our Women's Power Tool Kit talk, we welcomed journalist Michael Lydon to share his life and thoughts on the power of music for change and revolution in the 60's through today.
Writer and musician Michael Lydon, is a pioneering reporter of 60s rock ‘n’ roll and a founding editor of Rolling Stone who profiled Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, and BB King for the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, and Village Voice. The Rolling Stones Discover America, an Amazon e-book and audio book, is Lydon’s eyewitness account of the Stones’ long 1969 tour of America that led to the disastrous concert at Altamont.
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We come together for conversation, ideas and friendship. We are stronger when we connect and communicate.
The Healing Power of Music with Acclaimed Composer Ellen Mandel
A Conversation with Michael Lydon, Founding Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine
The Healing Power of Music with Acclaimed Composer Ellen Mandel
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A conversation with composer, pianist, and performer Ellen Mandel. With a degree in philosophy from Harvard University, Ellen brings a unique vision to her career in music.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
Ellen will share with us how she composes and talk about how it is never too late for anyone to take up an instrument to bring a fuller enjoyment of music to their lives.
Let’s share the joy of music to lift our spirits in this difficult time.
Ellen Mandel has written music for over eighty plays, received numerous best music nominations, and has performed internationally.
Composing a powerful body of work based on poetry, The NY Times calls Mandel’s songs to poems by E.E. Cummings, Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats, Charlotte Mew, and others “ardent, spiky, and refreshingly organic.” Her theater music is “remarkable for consistent invention, compositional resource, and apt theatricality,” Village Voice.
You can find out more at ellenmandel.com.
Listen to our Women's Power Tool Kit Podcasts
We share conversations with experts to help you manage in today's world. Below our some of our recent podcasts.
A Musical Journey with Songwriter Natalie Smith
The marvelous singer-songwriter Natalie Smith shared her musical journey and her beautiful and inspiring songs. Recorded on July 24th, 2020.
The Importance of Diversity in Friendship
Angela Bahns, Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College, discusses her innovative research of the dynamics of prejudice and friendship formation. Recorded on July 16, 2020
A Conversation with Professor Dána-Ain Davis on Reproductive Justice
Professor Dána-Ain Davis joined us to discuss reproductive justice and how today's social movements can intersect for positive change. Recorded on July 9, 2020.
Photographer Marianne Bernstein on Photography
A fascinating discussion with noted artist and curator Marianne Bernstein on her her creative journey and how her photography continues to be a social catalyst and a source of comfort, connection and change.
A Conversation with Laurie Buckle, Founder and CEO of CookIt Media
We talked with Laurie Buckle, founder and CEO of CookIt Media, about food and its transformative powers in uncertain times. With a stellar career in food publishing from Bon Appetit to Editor-in-Chief of Fine Cooking, Laurie has a passion for all things food.
Storytelling with Writer and Producer Robin Hirsch
A conversation with Robin Hirsch, founder and Minister of Culture of Cornelia Street Cafe, which was hailed as a culinary and cultural landmark, bringing people together for creativity, community and sustenance for forty-one years. We recapture a little of that magic of being together at the cafe.
The Art of Cartooning with Liza Donnelly
Renowned New Yorker cartoonist and writer Liza Donnelly shared highlights of her fascinating career and insights into the art of cartooning on May 28th, 2020.
The Trans-formative Power of Memoir with Ann Hedreen
Writer, filmmaker and teacher, Ann Hedreen, discussed the power of writing memoir to heal, how it helps to reflect on the world around you, and better cope in these difficult times, on May 21, 2020.
Dr. Tia Powell on Ways to Cope with Stress Podcast
On April 17th, 2020, Dr. Tia Powell, Director for the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Bioethics and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, shared her experiences on the medical front lines of Covid-19 as well as advice on ways to cope with the stress.
Listen: Our talk with Dr. Tia Powell on ways to cope with stress
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Keep Informed and Stay Healthy
What you can do to stay safe - get the latest on COVID-19
We are working to share information and understanding on how to keep you and your family safe and healthy.
Find helpful information on what you should know about COVID-19 and how to prepare at the CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Below are helpful resources from our partner UNICEF to learn more about how to keep you and your loved ones healthy:
- The Social Press Kit: Social media shareables for Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
- UNICEF Live Q&A: UNICEF interview with Carlos Navarro, UNICEF’s Principal Advisor for Public Health Emergencies
- Easy,affordable and healthy eating tips during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
- Gender equality during COVID-19: 5 ideas for action
- A coloring book about child rights for young children
- An activity book for older kids
- Know Your Rights, a workbook for kids aged 10-12 about human rights
- This 1-pager of tips for parents and 1-pager for children on how to fight the virus
In this uncertain time, try to remain calm and take time to appreciate family and friends.
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