Upcoming Events

September

Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at 5:30PM

Book Discussion Group

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings By Maya Angelou

Poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy,
and finally hard-won independence.

Join the good conversation! Nibbles provided. Drinks can be bought or brought.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at 6:30PM

Iron Butterflies: Women Transforming Themselves and the World

Author Birute Regine joins us in “the back corner” to discuss her new book.

Iron Butterflies weaves together the stories of more than fifty successful women from all walks of life and throughout the world.  Regine spent several years in eight countries, interviewing dynamic female role models: a congresswoman, a governor, a former prime minister, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Nobel Prize laureate, a winemaker, CEOs, artists, doctors, nurses, and many others. Forging their leadership from an amalgam of masculine and feminine skills, all these “Iron Butterflies” have transformed themselves, and in doing so they are contributing to a larger social transformation.

Iron Butterflies convincingly demonstrates how traditionally feminine skills and values — inclusion, empathy, relational awareness, emotional strength, and seeking a holistic perspective — can be applied to empower more people than ever before. Like the many women profiled, leaders in the twenty-first century will paradoxically embrace vulnerability and durability to create better working and living relationships for us all.

Birute Regine, EdD, is a developmental psychologist, executive coach, international speaker, and coauthor of the critically acclaimed Weaving Complexity and Business: Engaging the Soul at Work. She divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Hancock, New Hampshire.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at  5:30PM

Coffee Party hosted by Marie McDonald

We'll be talking about The Fair Elections Now Act (S. 752 and H.R. 1826) introduced in the Senate by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and in the House of Representatives by Reps. John Larson (D-Conn.) and Walter Jones, Jr. (R-N.C.). The bill would allow federal candidates to choose to run for office without relying on large contributions, big money bundlers, or donations from lobbyists, and would be freed from the constant fundraising in order to focus on what people in their communities want. Americans would be shocked if they
knew how much time Members of Congress and candidates seeking office must spend dialing for dollars and attending fundraisers. Without a fundamental reform of the way we finance campaigns, we cannot bring real reform to Capitol Hill. This bipartisan bill will give candidates the opportunity to focus on dealing with our nation’s problems and not chasing after campaign cash.