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WomenExplore Lecture and Discussion Forum
In Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA since 1973
Exploring Issues in Women's Lives from the Personal to the Global
 
Thoughtful. Original. Provocative.

Exploring issues on women's minds,  expanding our horizons.     "The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and expand her sense of actual possibilities." Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)

Nurturing women's values.

A platform for women's perspectives.   "We hear each other into speech." Nelle Morton (1905-1987)

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Thursdays 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop St, Cambridge MA - just east of JFK St near the Kennedy School of Government.
To register for the series or for more info: WE/TOP, 200 Falls Blvd Unit H-106, Quincy, MA 02169 • 617 285 7408 • ExecutiveDirector.WomenExplore at gmail dot com  
  
May 2013 • WE, 200 Falls Blvd Unit H-106, Quincy, MA 02169 • 617 285 7408
WomenExplore carries on the proud tradition of the Theological Opportunities Program
 
– 2013 –
40th Anniversary Year!
 
Spring 2013 Series Program

What Does This "Wild and Precious Life" Demand of Us?
Thursday Lunchtime Conferences

May 16, 2013
 
WHAT ARE THE WAYS WE CRAVE LOVE?
 
11.30am Setting the issue: Dorianne Low*
12 noon Lecture by Lyda Kuth, maker of the documentary film, Love and Other Anxieties
 
May 23, 2013
 
"STANDING STILL AND LEARNING TO BE ASTONISHED": CAN WE OPEN UP TO BEAUTY?
 
11.30am Setting the issue: Elaine Fisher*
12 noon Lecture by Peg Baim, clinical dir Center for Training, Benson-Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine, MGH
 
Printable version of current program
 
News & Announcements

The annual Board Election is due to take place at the Advisory Committee meeting on 16th May 2013. ...more about the Board elections.

Planning the Spring 2014 series takes place at 1.45 pm in the afternoons of the lectures this Spring. Stay for the afternoons and help sort through the mix of issues on the minds of women during the first few weeks and see how the Spring 2013 series will arise! Identify common issues and themes. Who knows? You could end up with an expert speaker giving a lecture on a topic very close to your heart.

A new element has been added to the WomenExplore day: Coffee, and tea, will be available between 11 am and 11.25am to encourage people to mingle and enjoy a little social interaction after they have registered. Do your part to conserve resources and bring your own cup!

Monthly Conversations
The next Conversations meeting will take place at Emmy Robertson's home in Cambridge from 1.30pm to 4.30pm on Sunday May 26th. Please be on time.

WomenExplore is pleased to announce the appointment of our new Executive Director,
Maria Behnke, who succeeded Tracey Hurd. Raised in Kentucky and a graduate of Ohio University, Maria is a committed feminist and has been active in planning and executing women's rights programs. Since moving to the Boston area, Maria has been participating in WomenExplore and other outreach programs in Cambridge. Please plan to attend the following WomenExplore programs and meet Maria.

           ...more News & Announcements

 
WE/TOP's Blog, written by volunteer contributors (If any of you would like to publish an item on TOP of My Mind, please let us know!)
 
TOP of My Mind

Feeling at Home During My Life’s Journey
— Talk by Emmy K. Robertson, 10th May 2012
Feeling at home during my life’s journey has certainly been helped in recent years by being a member of WomenExplore. Finding a spiritual home with women who identify themselves as feminists is so deeply satisfying that it can actually bring tears to my eyes. Feeling at home means being understood for who one is without pretense or artifice. What a blessing all of you are to me. How thankful I am to be able to be a part of this organization. I am at home here.

But, feeling at home? Hmm, do I? Have I always felt at home? What does this mean? ...

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