Category: Meetings
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Meeting – Proud To Be Me
June 11 2025 It’s Pride Month! Let’s celebrate authenticity, individuality, and self-acceptance — because everyone has a unique voice. In preparation for the upcoming club officer election, our Sergeant at Arms Eduardo and SAA Tech Sarah explained their roles. Nitin gave his icebreaker speech where he shared a personal story about a haircut mishap that…
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Meeting – The Right to be Heard
June 4 2025 On June 4, 1919, the U.S. Congress passed the 19th Amendment, which recognized women’s right to vote. In preparation for the upcoming club officer election, our Events Coordinator Kirti and Secretary Audrey explained their roles. Leena gave her speech “Beneath the Iceberg: A Lesson in Leadership”. She shared her experience of taking…
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Meeting – Churchill’s Grit: Speak, Even When It’s Hard
May 28 2025 The WOD was fortitude. In preparation for the upcoming club officer election, our VP of Education Sarah and Mentor Chair Gail explained their roles. Monica gave her speech “An Unwelcomed Old Friend”. She shared a harrowing experience of dealing with a cockroach infestation in a New York City hotel, detailing the escalating…
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Meeting – The Power of Curiosity
May 21 2025 To start our meeting, our Sergeant of Arms Eduardo welcomed our many guests — we had almost as many guests as members present! Preetha, our Area Director (as well as our club Treasurer), congratulated us on our club’s President’s Distinguished status. Toastmaster Jagan introduced the theme, The Power of Curiosity, by asking…
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Meeting – The Pioneers
May 14 2025 This meeting, we celebrated the birth month of Florence Nightingale (May 12), whose pioneering voice reformed healthcare. We kicked off the meeting with officer intros. Ramya talked about her role as President, and Jian about hers as VPPR. Joscel gave his speech “21st Century Pioneers”. He reflected on the concept of pioneers,…
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Meeting – Mother Knows Best
May 7 2025 Happy Mother’s Day! The WOD was clairvoyant. Audrey gave her speech “How Audrey Got Her (Communication) Groove Back”. She described her communication style today and the bumpy journey she took to get there. Helen gave her speech “Just Say Yes”, where she described all of the awesome opportunities she said yes to…
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Meeting – National Honesty Day
Apr 30 2025 Happy National Honesty Day! Our word of the day chosen by Grammarian Joscel was “alignment.” Toastmaster Eduardo kept our meeting in alignment with the agenda, and started us off with a joke as usual. Dawn presented a leader profile on Sarah Wynn-Williams, who had the courage to call out Meta/Facebook’s unethical practices.…
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Meeting – World Book Day & Shakespeare’s Brithday
Apr 23 2025 In celebration of World Book Day & Shakespeare’s birthday, our Toastmaster Abhijeet opened with a famous Shakespeare quote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women simply players.” He asked for books that inspired us — he and Joscel highly recommended Michael Singer’s Untethered Soul . Then we heard…
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Meeting – Earth Matters
Apr 9 2025 The Word of the Day was anthropogenic. Dawn gave her speech ‘Good Grief’, a moving story in honor of her deceased father but also a reminder of how we can find beauty in grief as it reminds us of how much we loved the person. Leena gave her speech ‘Understanding Agentic AI’.…
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Meeting – “Exploring the Cosmos” Debate Workshop
Apr 9 2025 This Wednesday we had a debate workshop led by our member Ignacio Guerra Lorenzana! Ignacio will first introduce the structure of a debate, and then facilitate several rounds of debate between volunteers from our members, either as 1 versus 1 or in teams of 2 versus 2. The debate topics will follow our…
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