Book Talk: The Power and Potential of Microfinance - Please Join Me, Saturday, June 19th

Using my book, Transforming Lives $40 at a Time,

Women + Microfinance: Upending the Status Quo,

we will explore the history, whos, whats, wheres and

whys, challenges and successes of microfinance through

face-to-face, heart-to-heart encounters with those most

affected by microfinance: the microentrepreneurs themselves.

WHEN: Saturday, June 19th, 11:30-1

WHERE: Northbrae Community Church

941 The Alameda

Berkeley, CA

You're invited to the IMOW Photo Awards Exhibit! Dana's a Winner!

The cover photo from Dana's book, Transforming Lives $40 at a Time, Women + Microfinance: Upending the Status Quo (above) was selected by the International Museum of Women and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery to participate in IMOW's exhibition Picturing Power & Potential at San Francisco City Hall and on the IMOW web site. Over 150 artists submitted work to this competition, and after a rigorous review process, 54 images by twenty artists from across the globe were chosen. This exhibition is one component of IMOW's extensive online exhibition Economica: Women and the Global Economy.

Please join Dana at the Picturing Power & Potential OPENING
to celebrate her and to view the entire IMOW show.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 15th, 5:30-7:30
WHERE: San Francisco City Hall

What is microfinance? What can microentrepreneurs teach us about what it takes to enact significant changes in our lives? How can and why should we get involved in helping fellow human beings improve their lives? Explore these global yet very personal issues by joining Dana, author of Transforming Lives $40 at a Time, Women + Microfinance: Upending the Status Quo, as she takes us on a journey around the globe meeting some of the world's poorest yet most determined women who are using microfinance loans and training to pull themselves and their families out of poverty - inside and out.

Dana's book will be available for sale and signing. A portion of every sale will benefit Women's Initiative for Self Employment, a Bay Area microfinance organization.

Who: All welcome

When: Thursday, May 27th, 7-9pm

Where: Terra's Temple

654 Oakland Avenue

Oakland, CA

510.601.6198

Commit to Making a Difference in a Woman's Life!

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Women's Initiative for Self Employment Annual GALA

May 13th, 5:30-9
San Francisco Hilton
Information and Tickets

Coaching for a Change What I Want To/Will Do Before I Die! What do you really care about? What impact do you want to make on the world? In this four-session workshop you will: identify key life goals, develop ways of being and strategies to reach them, unearth and transform barriers, begin implementing your plan, receive support from other participants, and receive one personal coaching session with Dana. WHEN: Wednesdays, April 21, 28, May 5 & 12 12-1pm WHERE: Lunchtime Conference Call INVESTMENT: $200 for the series - $175 for those who sign up by Friday, April 16 SIGN UP: Email Dana at dewhitaker@openingeyes.net * You will receive workshop details once you have enrolled