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Meeting – Earth Day
April 19, 2023 SamJam gave tribute to her great-grandmother’s bravery in hiding Jews from persecution during WWII. Abhijeet told a harrowing story of his fight with stillness at a recent meditation retreat. Ramya rallied us at Women L.E.A.D. to up our game and get financially literate. Risa led a rousing round of Table Topics that…
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Leader Profile -Tjitske Mulder
Tjitske Mulder was born in 1909 In Holland, in 1944 During WW2 at the age of 35 she received a knock at the door. It was the family doctor, a member of the Dutch underground. He needed help hiding a young Jewish woman from the Nazi Gestapo. She and her Husband immediately took her in,…
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Meeting -Hope
April 12, 2023 Jun profiled soccer player Abby Wambach, a champion for gender equality in professional sports. Grace gave a motivational speech about how to keep hope alive through goal-oriented action. Helen evaluated her experience in leadership and encouraged us all to step up and serve our club. Our Table Topics Master SamJam prompted us to reflect…
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Meeting – Animal Spirit
April 5, 2023 The meeting began with an interesting leader profile by Liz Spizer, who spoke about Annie Jump Cannon, “the census taker of the sky,” who revolutionized the way astronomers classify stars. Risa presented her speech, “Plain not Pain,” as part of her Humorous Pathway project, Presenting a Speech with a Purpose. Risa was…
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Meeting – Rainbows
March 29, 2023 Our meeting began with a leader profile by Ramya, who shared an inspiring story of Irene Bernasconi, the first Argentine woman to lead a marine biology expedition to Antarctica. During the expedition, Bernasconi and her team collected over 2,000 echinoderm specimens and discovered an entirely new echinoderm family. Abhijeet hosted a workshop on how…
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Meeting – Dreamscapes
March 22, 2023 The March 22 meeting began with a leader profile by Karen, who provided a heart warming, touching and inspiring speech on Margaret Sanger, a healthcare professional, birth control activist, educator, and writer. Preetha gave us a speech which was a follow-up to a speech titled “Saving Water” where she incorporated feedback provided…
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Leader Profile – Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison joined NASA in 1987 and was part NASA space mission in 1992. During her space mission, she studies the role of autogenic feedback training exercise on motion sickness and anxiety. She also conducted experiments to on the effect of gravity on bone cells. In 1993, she founded the Jemison Foundation, which strongly advocates…
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Event – 2nd Anniversary Panel Discussion
January 25, 2023 Women LEAD celebrated our second anniversary by hosting a panel discussion with the founders of the club, Renee Yao, Shoba Rao, and Abhijeet Joshi. SuJin moderated the panel with insightful and thoughtful questions and she provided a safe and nurturing environment for all of us to ask questions of the panelists. Our founders answered our questions on ways to improve the…
Women L.E.A.D. Toastmasters
A women-led public speaking club
Women L.E.A.D. Toastmasters 