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T.O.P.

Change, Power and Resilience
Thursday Half-Day Conferences

September 16, 2010 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
WHEN WE FEEL POWERLESS IN THE FACE OF UNWANTED CHANGE, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH OUR FEELINGS?
 
Setting the issue: True Story Theater Ensemble
Lecture by Judith Jordan, psychotherapist, dir Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley College
 
September 23, 2010 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
HOW CAN A CULTURE HAVE RESILIENCE? HOW CAN WE DEVELOP IT?
 
Setting the issue: Lindsa Vallee*
Lecture by Tim McCarthy, historian, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
 
September 30, 2010 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
PROS & CONS OF A WIRED WORLD: CONNECTING IN A "GLOCAL" COMMUNITY
 
Setting the issue: Cynthia Gilles*
Lecture by Charles Nesson, Founder and Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School

 
October 7, 2010 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
CONFRONTING THE FOOD INDUSTRY: CHANGES AND CHOICES
 
Setting the issue: Carol Staszewski*
Lecture by Katherine Brown, executive director Southside County Land Trust, Providence, RI
 
October 14, 2010 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
NEGOTIATING POWER IN MALE/FEMALE RELATIONS
 
Co-lectures by Janet Surrey & Samuel Shem, co-authors of We Have to Talk: Healing Dialogues Between Men and Women
 
 
*- Advisory Committee member
 
October 21, 2010 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF GENDER ROLES AND GENDER IDENTITIES
 
Panel setting the issue: Susan Nulsen*, Sandy Wayne*, Emily Robertson*
Lecture by Renée Bergland, professor of English, Simmons
 
October 28, 2010 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
FINDING OUR WAY IN MOTHER/ADULT-DAUGHTER RELATIONS
 
Setting the issue: Martha Nielsen* and her daughter Rebekah Santagata
Lecture by Linda Weltner, activist, former Boston Globe columnist
 
November 4, 2010 -10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
THE CHALLENGE OF CONNECTING IN MOTHER/SON RELATIONS
 
Setting the issue: Christine Farrow-Noble*
Lecture by Ruth Nemzoff, author of Don't Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with Your Adult Children, resident scholar at Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
 
November 11, 2010 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
WHAT IS THE DIFFICULTY WOMEN HAVE WITH WOMEN IN POWER?
 
Setting the issue: Kathy Jellison*
Lecture by Michaela Walsh, founding president of Women's World Banking
 
November 18, 2010 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran
 
WHAT ARE THE SPIRITUAL ISSUES IN CHANGE, POWER AND RESILIENCE?
 
Setting the issue: Claudia Demick, First Congregational Church, Providence
Lecture by Janet Cooper Nelson, chaplain, Brown University
 
Thursdays 10 am - 12:30 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: TOP, 351 Atherton St, Milton MA 02186 • 617 285 7408
 
Click here for printable version (pdf) of the Fall 2010 series
  
5th September 2010 • TOP, 351 Atherton St, Milton MA 02186 • 617 285 7408
 
Announcements

Fall 2010 Series begins on Thursday 16th September at 10am at the University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop St, Cambridge MA. Please allow sufficient time for registration so that the program can begin promptly.

Nominations are being sought for the TOP Board. If you wish to nominate yourself or someone else, with their permission, please contact Muna Killingback on 617 285 7408 or at Coordinator.TOP at gmail dot com, or Susan Nulsen at TOPWebMs at gmail dot com. The election will take place on 16th September at the end of the first Advisory Committee meeting of the Fall series. Please consider making yourself available, or think of someone who would make a good Board member.                        ...more

Planning the Fall 2011 series begins at 1.15 pm on the afternoon of 16th September. Come along in the afternoon and add your issues to the mix from which the Fall 2011 will arise! Who knows? You could end up with an expert speaker giving a lecture on a topic very close to your heart.

Announcing a new Coordinator.
TOP welcomes Muna Killingback as its first new Coordinator in 32 years. Muna officially began as Coordinator on 1st August 2010 and will present her first series this Fall. In addition to acting as Program Coordinator, Muna takes on the new role of Executive Director.

Donella Meadows Award.
On 3rd June 2010 Elizabeth and David Dodson Gray were presented with the Donella Meadows Award by the Club of Rome (USA).

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TOP's Blog, written by Cheryl Suchors
 
TOP of My Mind

Cheryl has stepped down as TOP's regular blogger to set up her own blog. If any of you would like to take on the position of TOP Blogger, or if you would just like to publish the occasional post, please let us know!
In the meantime, to fill the gaps, Cheryl has generously agreed to let us repost some of the posts from her multi-faceted blog (five blogs in one).
 
25 Years of TOP
Here is a republication of the press release issued on the occasion of TOP's 25th Anniversary in 1998. Read this to see how TOP has evolved and continues to evolve to meet the needs of the women it serves.
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WWII B-18 Bomber Crash Site Hike
This was a hike with history. On January 14, 1942 at 7:40 in the cold, dark night, a US B-18 Bomber crashed into the shoulder of Mt. Waternomee in North Lincoln, NH. The shock made tableware dance and windows rattle; even in Plymouth, 22 miles away, people wondered what on earth had happened. ...more and latest postings

Summer Reading
Light is the word here. I enjoy light reading. Not as a steady diet, but it’s refreshing in between heavier stuff. So here are some of my hitherto-secret vices. Enjoy, and let us all know what you think of any you read. Also add your own suggestions to the list!...more