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Afghan Women Suffering
The New York Times article, "For Afghan Wives, a Desperate, Fiery Way Out," is a grim reminder about how important this month's featured program, Rubia Handwork, is to women in Afghanistan.
"The choices for Afghan women are extraordinarily restricted: Their family is their fate. There is little chance for education, little choice about whom a woman marries, no choice at all about her role in her own house. Her primary job is to serve her husband’s family. Outside that world, she is an outcast." Continue Reading.
A Heartwarming Thank You Letter from BeadforLife!
Don't miss this letter of gratitude from BeadforLife Co-Founder Torkin Wakefield.
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This Month's Featured Program is Rubia in Afghanistan
Dining for Women's donations in November will fund Rubia’s Threads of Change Program in Afghanistan. Details are available in this month's Fact Sheet and Food for Thought.
Sign Up Now to Read The Blue Sweater!
Next month, Dining for Women will be reading The Blue Sweater, a book by Acumen’s founder Jacqueline Novogratz. The first 15 DFW Chapters to register using this link, will have the opportunity to have an Acumen representative join by phone or in person for your book discussion. Sign up now to participate!
Why DFW Touches My Heart...by Erika Keaveney
Erika Keaveney, a San Diego chapter leader, is the Executive Director of Lotus Outreach International, recently selected to be a 2011 DFW program.
Passing on Giving
This past weekend I was honored to participate in the DFW Leadership Summit in Atlanta, spending many hours with amazing, passionate women of like mind. I was exhausted (14 hour days), but more than that, I was energized and excited about the future of this organization and the change we can make!
Thank YOU from Rebecca Kousky at Nest!
Dear Dining for Women advocates and members,
I want to write with the deepest appreciation. I am the executive director of Nest, a nonprofit agency that you collectively funded last June.
National Leadership Plan: Jennifer Moyen-Logan, speaker
Leadership Summit, Sunday, September 26th 10:30 AM
Regional Marketing Plan and Fundraising: Patricia Andersson, Facilitator
Leadership Summit, Sunday, September 26th 8:30 AM
Dollars for DFW: Thinking Caps Smokin’ and Sizzlin’
Free Your Inner Leader: Susan Geear, Facilitator
Leadership Summit, Saturday, September 25th 3:00 PM
I am in choice. I am chosen.
As women, we frequently focus on the world around us. We think about everything from world peace to our neighborhood block party to whether or not we remembered to unplug our curling iron. But how often do we think about ourselves- what WE want, what WE need, how WE feel?
Initial Impact Assessment: Hammy Aklilu, Speaker
Leadership Summit, Saturday, September 25th 1:30 PM
Our newest Board member, Hammy Aklilu, recently completed our first-ever Impact Report, and gave a presentation of the encouraging results. It gives us our first measured glimpse into the numbers of lives DFW has directly impacted, as well as the lives indirectly impacted by our work. Hammy sent out detailed questionnaires to 20 of the 44 programs that we’ve supported since our inception, and and so far has received back 9 reports, which gives us the following heartwarming data (if numbers can be heart-warming!)
Presentations and Panel Discussion by Program Partners: Haitian Health Foundation, Heifer International and BOMA Fund
Leadership Summit, Saturday, September 25th 9:30 AM
Marilyn Lowney, Executive Director Haitian Health Foundation, Monique Wherry Director for Philanthropy for Heifer International and Kathleen Colson, Executive Director of BOMA Fund
Travel Report 2010 and Plans for 2011: Patricia Andersson and Susan Negrin, speakers
Leadership Summit, Saturday, September 25th 8:30 AM
JAMBO!
Saturday morning’s program started with a very enlightening and inspiring presentation on the travel program from March 2010. Two groups of DFW members traveled to Africa – one to Kenya, which included 18 women, and a second trip to Uganda, which included 10 women. The trips were planned back-to-back, and some of the travelers from the first trip continued on and joined the second trip.
Keynote Speaker: Sondra Shaw-Hardy, Women in Philanthropy
Leadership Summit, Friday, September 24th 8:00 PM
Dining for Women Leadership Summit Awards
Leadership Summit, Saturday, Friday 24th 7:15 PM
DFW had a very special Awards Ceremony to recognize all the amazing individuals that spend countless volunteering hours to continue to grow and strengthen DFW for today and its future.
There were three different awards given out: DFW Heroes, Five Year Chapter Award, and Outstanding Chapter Leaders of the Year.
