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I would love topics that deal with anything scientific, because that is an area in which my knowledge is wholly deficient!
Margaret Busse - October 25, 2006 at 12:10 pm
I would also love to have lessons on art and music appreciation. While I have no talent in this area, I am sure we have plenty of potential performances within our crowd…
Stacey Petrey - November 2, 2006 at 5:58 am
Some thoughts:
1) Last week I went to a cooking class (which I ordinarily wouldn’t do), but I was absolutely fascinated by the chef’s understanding of the chemistry behind cooking. An eventual follow-on to Stacey’s presentation/Margaret’s query, is how to think of five or six scientific concepts drawing from physics, chemistry, technology, and turn those concepts into metaphors we can relate to. For example, when you have a rudimentary understanding how information packets move from one e-mail address to another, you can compare it to achieving a goal: you start at Point A and want to go to point B, but there are multiple ways to get there….
If that doesn’t make sense…. ask me.
I was also intrigued by Elizabeth’s statement that all great social reforms were begun by women… It would be interesting to trace what role women have played in some of the movements that we see as being particularly important.
I believe someone in the first session mentioned that they have some knowledge of microcredit programs. This has the potential of being a way our group could help empower women in poverty trying to start their own businesses. I would be very interested in knowing more. And Prof. Yunus who developed this idea just won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Jamie Larsen - December 7, 2006 at 3:04 pm
A couple of thouhts on service projects/learning:
1) What if for the service project cum inauguration of Fusion, each woman were to bring two swatches of fabric that are meaningful or beautiful to them and then shared why. We could then make two quilts, one to give away, and one to symbolize the patchwork of lives (or the fusing of lives) that is taking place via Fusion.
2) For the second service project, I would love to see us do a walking 10k and raise money for some project. It would give us a chance to get some exercise while raising money for a cause.
1) Volunteer component — have Tara Kenney, board of Accion Internacional, a micro-credit organization, as a guest speaker. She used to be one of my clients; schedule permitting I think she’d say yes.
2) Speaker series — Dr. Gloria White-Hammond — she and her husband Dr. Ray Hammond are both Harvard- trained physicians, turned ministers. She now holds a leadership position for Save Darfur. Laurel Ulrich heard her speak a year or so ago and said she was remarkable. I do not know her.
3) Diana Eck — head of the pluralism project at Harvard (don’t know) OR Diane Kessler, head of Mass Council of Churches (do know).
4) Karyn Polito — Shrewsbury State Rep — would LOVE to hear what she has to say; SO involved in the Shrewsbury community. She really is one of the key faces of Shrewsbury; trained as a lawyer and has two children.
5) Group-led events — Macy Robison and Dana Linder — cabaret act and discuss the history of cabaret.
I would love topics that deal with anything scientific, because that is an area in which my knowledge is wholly deficient!
I would also love to have lessons on art and music appreciation. While I have no talent in this area, I am sure we have plenty of potential performances within our crowd…
Some thoughts:
1) Last week I went to a cooking class (which I ordinarily wouldn’t do), but I was absolutely fascinated by the chef’s understanding of the chemistry behind cooking. An eventual follow-on to Stacey’s presentation/Margaret’s query, is how to think of five or six scientific concepts drawing from physics, chemistry, technology, and turn those concepts into metaphors we can relate to. For example, when you have a rudimentary understanding how information packets move from one e-mail address to another, you can compare it to achieving a goal: you start at Point A and want to go to point B, but there are multiple ways to get there….
If that doesn’t make sense…. ask me.
I was also intrigued by Elizabeth’s statement that all great social reforms were begun by women… It would be interesting to trace what role women have played in some of the movements that we see as being particularly important.
I believe someone in the first session mentioned that they have some knowledge of microcredit programs. This has the potential of being a way our group could help empower women in poverty trying to start their own businesses. I would be very interested in knowing more. And Prof. Yunus who developed this idea just won the Nobel Peace Prize.
A couple of thouhts on service projects/learning:
1) What if for the service project cum inauguration of Fusion, each woman were to bring two swatches of fabric that are meaningful or beautiful to them and then shared why. We could then make two quilts, one to give away, and one to symbolize the patchwork of lives (or the fusing of lives) that is taking place via Fusion.
2) For the second service project, I would love to see us do a walking 10k and raise money for some project. It would give us a chance to get some exercise while raising money for a cause.
Margaret, Becky and Jen —
Some more ideas for you.
1) Volunteer component — have Tara Kenney, board of Accion Internacional, a micro-credit organization, as a guest speaker. She used to be one of my clients; schedule permitting I think she’d say yes.
2) Speaker series — Dr. Gloria White-Hammond — she and her husband Dr. Ray Hammond are both Harvard- trained physicians, turned ministers. She now holds a leadership position for Save Darfur. Laurel Ulrich heard her speak a year or so ago and said she was remarkable. I do not know her.
3) Diana Eck — head of the pluralism project at Harvard (don’t know) OR Diane Kessler, head of Mass Council of Churches (do know).
4) Karyn Polito — Shrewsbury State Rep — would LOVE to hear what she has to say; SO involved in the Shrewsbury community. She really is one of the key faces of Shrewsbury; trained as a lawyer and has two children.
5) Group-led events — Macy Robison and Dana Linder — cabaret act and discuss the history of cabaret.