News Release

For immediate release

September 1, 2013

Contact: Emma Jones, Public Relations Assistant

Emma@legacywomeninstitute.org, (585) 442-1704

LEANIN TO MOSAIC CONNECITONS

Rochester, NY— September 1, 2013   Legacy Women Institute International (LWII) completes its final round of Lean-In conversations.  It forum, Our Community Café is in partnership with the American Association of University Women (AAUW). According to Dr. Cofield, founder and President, “A conversation provides a powerful way to make a difference in our world, to build community, and to enhance collective intelligence. We are excited about our partnership with the Diversity Team of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) where Our Community Café will be hosted monthly and will cover a wide range of topics relevant to women. The first topic held June 11: Are women responsible for stalling their leadership progress?  The second topic held July 8, 2013:  “What can women do to harness the talent and level the playing field?”  Our final round of Lean-In Conversations will be: Lean-In to Mosaic Connections: Community of Women-to-Women.

According to Sheryl Sandberg, author of LEAN IN, women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled.  In her book, she explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.

Our Conversation Café

Lean-In to Mosaic Connections:
Community of Women-to-Women
Monday, September 23 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm.

Venue:  American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Address: 494 East Avenue, Rochester, NY

Facilitator: Dr. Melody A. Cofield, President & Founder (LWII) and

assisted by, Heide Parreño, Director of Diversity, AAUW.

Register Online: www.OurCommunityCafe.com

Join us as we complete our final round of Lean-In conversations. The response has been so great to this topic series that we are elevating it to a more comprehensive level.  At our next session, we will introduce Lean-In to Mosaic Connections: Community of Women-to-Women, a 9-month matching program specifically designed to strengthen the social capital and connectedness between women. This program serves to unseed the effects of gender stereotyping, particularly the biases occurring between women. It is designed to powerfully unify women’s actions through collaboration, leveraging talent, and understanding our relationship to differences.

Dr. Melody Cofield, Legacy Women Institute International, President will facility the discussion and introduce the new program assisted by Heide Parreno, Diversity Chair of GRAB AAUW.  Bring your own sandwich—tea and coffee will be provided free.

Free to AAUW Members
Non-member $10.00

 Register Online: www.OurCommunityCafe.com

Hosted in partnership with the Diversity Team at the AAUW, Our Community Cafe is a learning forum designed to promote connections and conversations that lead to community awareness and possibilities. Experience community in an inviting climate in which everyone is inspired to learn from diverse perspectives on a wide range of topics. Men and women are welcomed to join the conversation.

 Dr Melody Cofield, Our Community Café founder, believes Rochester continues to be fertile ground for innovation and creativity.  “A good face-to-face conversation about meaningful issues of our lives is a satisfying experience and plants the seeds for potential solutions.

 “We are looking to have a diverse perspective from different circles of our community.  We hope the topics will inspire new thinking about existing issues and will be transported by participants to circles of their families and friends.  We hope they are so positively provoked that they will turn conversation into action.” says Heidi Parreño, Diversity Chair for AAUW.

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 Legacy Women Institute International is both a social enterprise and women’s membership network committed to advancing positive social change for women, accelerating women’s potential, and propelling women into leadership roles. By integrating our online services with social platforms and partnership channels, we are able to provide unique opportunities for members to actively engage in legacy content, conversation, community, and collaboration. As a social enterprise, we are thought leaders, visionaries and pioneers of the Legacy Women Movement: Forwarding women’s evolution and empowering a world consciousness that openly embraces and utilizes the full potential of women. Our goal is for women to be defined and guided by the legacies they leave behind. Make a difference. Join the movement.

Legacy Women Institute International is both a social enterprise and women’s membership network committed to advancing positive social change for women, accelerating women’s potential, and propelling women into leadership roles. By integrating our online services with social platforms and partnership channels, we are able to provide unique opportunities for members to actively engage in legacy content, conversation, community, and collaboration. As a social enterprise, we are thought leaders, visionaries and pioneers of the Legacy Women Movement: Forwarding women’s evolution and empowering a world consciousness that openly embraces and utilizes the full potential of women. Our goal is for women to be defined and guided by the legacies they leave behind. Make a difference. Join the movement. 

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