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The Grasshopper Women: A Peruvian Tale of Globalization
03/09/2025
Jeff Seward

Presentation by Zoom. Jeff Seward shows us a video looking at the lives of a group of pioneering Peruvian women who experimented with the idea of creating an elite corps of computer professionals in a poor developing Latin American country. Jeff is a retired political scientist from Pacific University. He has given us more than twenty presentations over the years. He now lives in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Mindful Communal Responsiveness
03/02/2025
David Buckley

Presentation at Friendly House by David Buckley. David leads an interactive presentation seeking to bring mindfulness to our shared experience as a community. David is a psychiatric nurse practitioner trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which uses mindfulness to establish behaviors in line with one’s deeper values.

99 Girlfriends: Collective Giving
02/23/2025
Tammy Wilhoite & Lori Rux

Presentation at Friendly House by Tammy Wilhoite & Lori Rux   Ninety-nine Girlfriends is a collective giving circle that engages women of Portland and Southwest Washington in giving back to our community through collective action. Since 2016, we have given more than $3.3M million to 73 area nonprofits. Tammy enjoys connecting people with things that inspire them and in ways that they can share their gifts. Lori grew up in rural Oregon and developed an early interest in volunteering and contributing to the community. 

A Pseudoscience Cure for Women
02/16/2025
Lydia Reeder

Lydia Reeder discusses the nineteenth century origin of a pseudoscience that claimed to connect all of women's ills to her uterus. She discusses the women doctors and suffragists who fought back against this attempt to control women's bodies and lives  Lydia is an award-winning author and storyteller. Her new book, The Cure for Woman … received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and rave reviews from The New York Times.

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