Women as Change Makers : Building community from the ground up

Event Date: 
October 2, 2015 (All day)

Join Zawadisha and influential women from around the Tahoe/Truckee/Reno region on October 2 as they cultivate self-reliance, creativity, and collaboration to catalyze intentional change.

This full-day event overlooking Lake Tahoe will provide you with the tools and inspiration to create vibrant and resilient communities on a personal, local, and global level. Through authentic dialogue and meaningful interaction with women who have forged their own paths of change, you will leave with an expanded sense of possibility.

Take a day to nourish yourself, your career, and your community and learn how to become your own change maker.

Women As Change Makers: Building Community From the Ground Up:

• LEVERAGE the assets and strengths of individuals and community
• CREATE partnerships and coalitions to initiate and scale change
locally and globally
• EMBRACE change by learning to adapt and thrive in a complex world
• ENGAGE with some of the region’s most successful female community
builders

Through authentic dialogue and meaningful interaction with women who have forged their own paths of change, you will leave with an expanded sense of possibility. Take a day to nourish yourself, your career, and your community and learn how to become your own change maker.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Rayona Sharpnack, Founder & CEO of the Institute for Women's Leadership

CONFIRMED PANELISTS:
Susie Sutphin, Tahoe Food Hub
Jana Vanderhaar, Verdant Connections
Amber Sallaberry, Great Basin Coop
Crissy Klenk, Reno Maker Faire
Emily Hargraves, Backcountry Babes
Melissa Siig, Tahoe Art House & Cinema
Paul Bancroft, Tahoe Safe Alliance
Ed Gurowtiz, Gender Leadership Group
Rebecca Bryson, Lake Tahoe Sustainablity Collaborative
Kim Wyatt, Bona Fide Books
Mayumi Elegado, Moonshine Ink
Kae Reed, Lake Tahoe News

More information and sign up here.