Thursday, August 19, 2010

FOCUSING ON and FOLLOWING YOUR LIFE'S PATH

What I Want To/Will Do Before I Die!
WHAT: 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, implementing your plan, receive support from other participants, and receive one personal coaching session with Dana.
WHEN: Wednesdays, September 8, 15, 22, 29
WHERE: Lunchtime Conference Call - 12-1pm
INVESTMENT: $200 for the series—$175 for those who sign up by Wednesday, September 1st
SIGN UP: Email Dana at dewhitaker@openingeyes.net

*you will receive workshop details once you have enrolled

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

International Museum of Women Photography Contest Exhibit Tour/Talk with Dana. She's A Winner!


You're invited!
PLEASE JOIN Dana for a Tour and Talk
at the
IMOW Photography Awards Exhibit
Picturing Power & Potential

The cover photo from Dana's book, Transforming Lives $40 at a Time, Women + Microfinance: Upending the Status Quo (left) was selected by the International Museum of Women (IMOW) 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 website:June 15th - August 27th. 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.

WHEN: Tuesday, August 10th, 5:30-8:00
WHERE: Tour: San Francisco City Hall, lower level
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
(Van Ness/Grove/Mcallister )

Talk/Reception: SFAC Gallery, 401 Van Ness
RSVP: Click here
Help Dana's photo WIN the Grand Prize Community Choice Award! Click: RECOMMEND

Thursday, June 17, 2010

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

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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

Monday, May 24, 2010



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
654 Oakland Avenue
Oakland, CA
510.601.6198