FOOD FOR THOUGHT

October 2010 Food For Thought, themed the New Media Landscape, featured a panel of local journalists: (from left) UW professor Kathy E. Gill,InvestigateWest editor Rita Hibbard and KUOW reporter Sara Lerner

Our Food for Thought format is simple--invite women with something exciting to share about their lives and fill a room with women curious about the world around them who have little time to discover it on their own. Bring them together for dinner and let them introduce themselves at each meeting. Many women tell us they meet people they’ve always admired in the audience as well as on the podium.

Food for Thought is held the third Thursday of the month from September – May, from 6:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m. at the Women’s University Club, 1105 6th Avenue in downtown Seattle. The cost is $45 in advance or $55 at the door.

Some speakers and topics have included “Have We Broken Through The Glass Ceiling or Are We Just Pushing It Higher?” with top local women executives; The Psychology of Women and Under-earning” with Mikelann Valterra of the Women’s Earning Institute; “Afghani Women’s Health” with Dr. Nassim Assefi, global women's health specialist and fiction writer; “The State of Women in Politics, Dirty Tricks” with local elected officials; “Women and Filmmaking” with successful local filmmakers, directors and editors; and “Great Bites Around Seattle” with Nancy Leson, Seattle Times Food Critic.

Some programs from the past year include:

October 20th Food for Thought:

Reflections on our visit to Viet Nam

January 20th Food For Thought:

Viet Nam: Past, Present, and Future

February 17th Food For Thought:

Title IX: Not a Perfect 10 for Women

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