Upcoming Events
WGC is excited to host this upcoming educational happy hour:
WGC Educational Happy Hour:
Nourishing Those Who Nourish Others: Tools to Keep Your Best Self - May 7, 2019
5:00 --7:00 pm
Maryland University of Integrative Health (formerly Tai Sophia Institute)
7750 Montpelier Rd.
Laurel, Maryland 20723
Speaker: Dr. Jyothi Rao, Shakthi Health and Wellness Center
Cost: $35
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
We know WGC donors burn the candle at both ends trying to make our community better. In order to be at our best to keep up the important work, we are hosting this event - Nourishing Those Who Nourish Others. Dr. Jyothi Rao will discuss how our bodies strive to stay in balance but stressors from daily life can deplete our resources and create imbalances that can lead to symptoms and illness. She will help us learn about the impact stress and the hormone cortisol has on our body and what we can do to help the body stay in balance.
Mark your calendars, and stay tuned for more information to come!
WGC Educational Happy Hour:
Nourishing Those Who Nourish Others: Tools to Keep Your Best Self - May 7, 2019
5:00 --7:00 pm
Maryland University of Integrative Health (formerly Tai Sophia Institute)
7750 Montpelier Rd.
Laurel, Maryland 20723
Speaker: Dr. Jyothi Rao, Shakthi Health and Wellness Center
Cost: $35
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
We know WGC donors burn the candle at both ends trying to make our community better. In order to be at our best to keep up the important work, we are hosting this event - Nourishing Those Who Nourish Others. Dr. Jyothi Rao will discuss how our bodies strive to stay in balance but stressors from daily life can deplete our resources and create imbalances that can lead to symptoms and illness. She will help us learn about the impact stress and the hormone cortisol has on our body and what we can do to help the body stay in balance.
Mark your calendars, and stay tuned for more information to come!
The WGC is proud to be a sponsor:
GIRL RISING FILM & DISCUSSION - June 30, 2019
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Smith Theatre, Horowitz Center
Howard Community College
Join in saluting the founding of the Columbia Film Society and HoCoPoLitSo with an afternoon that celebrates the education of girls, the beauty of story, and the power of collective action. This joint anniversary event features a talk by one of the writers of Girl Rising and a showing of the documentary film that inspired global awareness about the importance of education for girls. Novelist Aminatta Forna wrote the portion of the film about a girl from her home country, Sierra Leone, and her dreams of education and independence. Forna will also read from one of her novels that pertains to social justice around the world. After the author talk, there will be an intermission, refreshments, and a book signing, followed by a screening of the film. The documentary Girl Rising, featuring the voices of actresses including Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Kerry Washington, Selena Gomez and Salma Hayek, focuses on the power of education for nine girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan, telling their stories through writers from their home countries.
For early-bird tickets, available exclusively for Women's Giving Circle donors, visit http://www.columbiafestival.org and enter code FEST32 on the ticket purchasing page.
The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County is a sponsor of this program.
GIRL RISING FILM & DISCUSSION - June 30, 2019
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Smith Theatre, Horowitz Center
Howard Community College
Join in saluting the founding of the Columbia Film Society and HoCoPoLitSo with an afternoon that celebrates the education of girls, the beauty of story, and the power of collective action. This joint anniversary event features a talk by one of the writers of Girl Rising and a showing of the documentary film that inspired global awareness about the importance of education for girls. Novelist Aminatta Forna wrote the portion of the film about a girl from her home country, Sierra Leone, and her dreams of education and independence. Forna will also read from one of her novels that pertains to social justice around the world. After the author talk, there will be an intermission, refreshments, and a book signing, followed by a screening of the film. The documentary Girl Rising, featuring the voices of actresses including Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Kerry Washington, Selena Gomez and Salma Hayek, focuses on the power of education for nine girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan, telling their stories through writers from their home countries.
For early-bird tickets, available exclusively for Women's Giving Circle donors, visit http://www.columbiafestival.org and enter code FEST32 on the ticket purchasing page.
The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County is a sponsor of this program.
