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Presented by:
San
Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women
San Mateo County
Health Department
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About our Speakers
The goal is to energize and inspire, educate and demonstrate that small, positive changes can blossom into individual long-life benefts and even make women more productive citizens and members of the local workforce. There will be a nominal fee for attending, and scholarships will be available.
Featured speakers include:
- Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Kids, Love and Life in a Half-Changed World. Peggy Orenstein, internationally recognized writer, editor and speaker
The Wait is Over Author Peggy Orenstein Speaks Candidly About Her Long Journey to Motherhood, Peggy Orenstein, BayArea Parent.com, February 2008 (Acrobat file)
- How to Eat Well & Not Wear It: Nancy Bennett, registered dietician, consulting nutritionist, media personality and author
- Lunch Lessons: Chef Ann Cooper, director of nutrition services, Berkeley Unifed School District
- The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? Leslie Bennetts, contributing editor to Vanity Fair Magazine
- Diversity in Health Care: Gloria WilderBrathwaite, M.D., medical director, Mobile Health Programs at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC; recipient of Oprah's Angel Network "Use Your Life Award"
Financial Health: Barbara Evers & Marilyn Orr