“Meet Six Women Who Made a Difference”
March 27th 7-9 P.M. Tri-C Westshore Campus
Presented by: Betty Zak
Join us in March for exclusive fundraising events commemorating Women’s History Month. Proceeds will fund the creation of TRAIL MAGIC -- the PBS documentary about Emma Gatewood, the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955 at the age of 67.
Sponsored by Women Making Moves and Eden Valley, each week during March will spotlight one or more historic heroines! Presentations will take place at 7p.m. and will include the show and light refreshments. Each week will be a different topic at a different location at Cuyahoga Community and Lorain County Community College.
Strongsville resident, Betty Zak, will present the culminating program titled “Six Women Who Made a Difference” on Thursday, March 27th at 7 P.M. at Tri-C Westshore Campus. Zak is a presenter, performer, business woman and Area Chair-Lead Faculty for the College of Humanities and Sciences at the University of Phoenix, Cleveland Campus. Besides having taught at CWRU, Notre Dame College and Tri-C, she has presented at international conferences, was named to Ohio Magazine's College/University Excellence in Education list in 2007 and 2010 and has been granted the YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence Award for her achievements. She enjoys sharing her enthusiasm about women leaders with others.Meet “Six Who Made a Difference” including such women as Annie Oakley - Ohio - Sharp Shooter, Katherine Lee Bates - Author, Poet - America the Beautiful, Amelia Earhart – Aviatrix, Maya Lin - Ohio - Architect-Designer of the Vietnam Memorial and more.
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Please join us for the rest of the series:
Tuesday, March 4 at Lorain County Community College. Alisa Riccardi opens the series as Margaret Bourke-White, legendary photo-journalist from Cleveland.Thursday, March 13 at Tri-C East. Find out about Eleanor Roosevelt when Kathie Dice brings this famous first lady to life.
Thursday, March 20 at Tri-C Westshore with Anne McEvoy as persistent Presidential Candidate Victoria Woodhull.
Tickets for these performances are available separately or as a series. We hope you'll join us for ALL these historical tales!
This event is being sponsored by Cuyahoga Community College, Earth Fare, Giant Eagle, and Lorain County Community College.
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Link:
http://edenvalleyenterprises.org/progdesc/gatewood/2014events/march/owtnseries.htm