Tue

Dec 05

+ Add to Calendar 12/05/2023 6:00PM 12/05/2023 7:30PM America/New_York Book Launch "Inspired Citizens - How Our Political Role Models Shape American Politics" Join us to celebrate Women's Institute Affiliated Faculty member Dr. Jennie Sweet-Cushman's new book! A reception will be followed by a short presentation by the author, and a conversation with special guest, Pittsburgh City Councilperson Erika Strassburger. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32054 Mellon Living Room Women's Institute WomensInstitute@chatham.edu
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Book Launch "Inspired Citizens - How Our Political Role Models Shape American Politics"

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Join us to celebrate Women's Institute Affiliated Faculty member Dr. Jennie Sweet-Cushman's new book! A reception will be followed by a short presentation by the author, and a conversation with special guest, Pittsburgh City Councilperson Erika Strassburger.

Tue

Jan 09

+ Add to Calendar 01/09/2024 9:00AM 01/09/2024 10:30AM America/New_York CWE Open House : In-Person Come meet the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship (CWE) staff in-person and learn about our programs for entrepreneurs and small business owners, including free business counseling and technical assistance, business resources, training programs and membership. Light refreshments provided. Free parking. Agenda: 9:00 - 9:30AM: Networking & Refreshments 9:30 - 10:00AM: CWE Introduction, Programming & Membership 10:00 - 10:15AM: CWE Member Success Story, Casey Kilroy, owner & founder of The Pittsburgh Worsh Company 10:15 - 10:30AM: Networking and Tour of Prototyping & Design Lab To register for the Open House, CLICK HERE! .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32121 Chatham Eastside, CWE Hub (2nd floor), 6585 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15206 Mitra Saeidi womens-entrepreneurship@chatham.edu

CWE Open House : In-Person

09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Come meet the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship (CWE) staff in-person and learn about our programs for entrepreneurs and small business owners, including free business counseling and technical assistance, business resources, training programs and membership. Light refreshments provided. Free parking. Agenda: 9:00 - 9:30AM: Networking & Refreshments 9:30 - 10:00AM: CWE Introduction, Programming & Membership 10:00 - 10:15AM: CWE Member Success Story, Casey Kilroy, owner & founder of T...

Thu

Jan 18

+ Add to Calendar 01/18/2024 12:00PM 01/18/2024 1:00PM America/New_York Webinar: Five Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Business Starting your business is exciting, but sometimes, it can feel daunting to figure out where to start. When Lillian Rafson launched her company Pack Up + Go, and Ayeshah Abuelhiga launched Mason Dixie Foods, they were blissfully unaware of some of the challenges they would face as entrepreneurs, as well as how gratifying the process would be for them. In this webinar, Rafson and Abuelhiga will walk attendees through five core lessons they have learned that every new business owner should know before setting out on their entrepreneurial journey. Presenters: Lillian Rafson, Founder and CEO of Pack Up + Go & Ayeshah Abuelhiga Founder & CEO of Mason Dixie Foods To register for the Webinar, CLICK HERE! .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32165 Online - Zoom Rachel Webber womens-entrepreneurship@chatham.edu

Webinar: Five Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Business

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Starting your business is exciting, but sometimes, it can feel daunting to figure out where to start. When Lillian Rafson launched her company Pack Up + Go, and Ayeshah Abuelhiga launched Mason Dixie Foods, they were blissfully unaware of some of the challenges they would face as entrepreneurs, as well as how gratifying the process would be for them. In this webinar, Rafson and Abuelhiga will walk attendees through five core lessons they have learned that every new business owner should know bef...

Fri

Jan 19

+ Add to Calendar 01/19/2024 01/20/2024 America/New_York Ready to Run Pittsburgh Ready to Run is a non-partisan program for women who want to run for office, seek higher office, work on a campaign, get appointed to office, or learn more about the political system. Ready to Run is your one-stop training on running for office or getting involved in public life. You will learn from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, party officials , and policy experts. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=31894 Mellon Center, Chatham Shadyside Annie Guadagnino pcwp@chatham.edu
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Ready to Run Pittsburgh

Ready to Run is a non-partisan program for women who want to run for office, seek higher office, work on a campaign, get appointed to office, or learn more about the political system. Ready to Run is your one-stop training on running for office or getting involved in public life. You will learn from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, party officials , and policy experts.

Tue

Jan 23

+ Add to Calendar 01/23/2024 1:00PM 02/20/2024 3:00PM America/New_York Digital Service Training Series: Websites that Work - Turning Visits into Value This four-part training series is designed for small business owners interested in understanding the essence of creating effective websites. The series not only covers the foundational aspects of website strategy but also dives deep into advanced strategies that make websites stand out. Through a blend of lectures, collaborative discussions, and real-world applications, business owners will gain comprehensive insights into website creation, ensuring their digital presence aligns with their business goals. The goal of this series is for business owners to leave with a website they’ve built that brings value to their business. The training series will run on Tuesdays from 1:00PM-3:00PM on January 23, January 30, February 13 and February 20 at Chatham University Eastside Building. This is a hands-on, interactive training series and participants are expected to attend all four sessions. After each training session participants will be asked to complete an assignment before the next session. To participate in this training series, you must have access to a laptop and have a website domain established. The training series is limited to 15 participants. Any size business is welcome. The training series is in-person and is not recorded. - Session 1 - January 23: Introduction to Website Strategy (Platform Analysis, Brand Position, User Intent, and Data Analysis). - Session 2 - January 30: Website Strategy Deep Dive (Real-world website strategy challenges and experiences, performance tracking). - Session 3 - February 13: Website Tools and Beyond (ADA Compliance, Mobile Responsiveness, Social Media, Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing, Intellectual Property, E-commerce, and Digital Asset Creation). - Session 4 - February 20: Website Review & Feedback (Present and Review each participants’ website and provide feedback on improving website strategy, website design and optimization). Facilitators: Meesha Gerhart, CEO, RedTree Web Designs Auldyn Matthews-McGee, Founder, Auldyn Matthews Consulting, LLC & Assistant Teaching Professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. To register for the Training Series, CLICK HERE! .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32119 Chatham Eastside - 6585 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15206 Mitra Saeidi womens-entrepreneurship@chatham.edu

Digital Service Training Series: Websites that Work - Turning Visits into Value

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

This four-part training series is designed for small business owners interested in understanding the essence of creating effective websites. The series not only covers the foundational aspects of website strategy but also dives deep into advanced strategies that make websites stand out. Through a blend of lectures, collaborative discussions, and real-world applications, business owners will gain comprehensive insights into website creation, ensuring their digital presence aligns with their busin...

Tue

Feb 06

+ Add to Calendar 02/06/2024 11:00AM 02/20/2024 12:30PM America/New_York Training Series: QuickBooks Online QuickBooks Online is a cloud-based monthly subscription service that allows access to financial and accounting data online and seamlessly integrates with many other applications. This training series will consist of three training webinars to help business owners: 1- Establish and navigate QuickBooks Online. 2- Enter transactions and reconcile bank statements. 3- Run reports. However large your business is, having accurate and current financial data is vital for evaluating performance, accessing financial reports, and sharing information with partners, investors, and lenders. To participate in this training series, you must have created a QuickBooks Online account. The training series is limited to 15 participants. Any size business is welcome. This online training is not recorded. *** For NEW Accounts Only – CWE has a discount for QuickBooks Online. Contact Mitra @ M.Saeidi@Chatham.edu for discount promo code. Meeting #1 - February 6: The step-by-step process for QuickBooks Online will start with adding business information, setting up the beginning balance sheet, adding customer and vendor information, and inputting business checking account data. Meeting #2 – February 13: Learn how to balance your checking account in QuickBooks Online, create client invoices, pay vendors, group sales into categories, and generate project-specific reports. Meeting #3 - February 20: Master QuickBooks Online Reporting functions. The session will cover generating reports for accounts receivable, sales, accounts payable, profit and loss, comparison, and much more. With the skills gained through participation in this training series, submitting year-end data to a CPA for a tax return will be painless. The instructor will provide a list of items to prepare for each session and individualized support setting up your system. Instructor: Melanie Ansell, President/Owner | My Business Builders LLC To register for the Training Series, CLICK HERE! .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32120 Online - Zoom Mitra Saeidi womens-entrepreneurship@chatham.edu

Training Series: QuickBooks Online

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

QuickBooks Online is a cloud-based monthly subscription service that allows access to financial and accounting data online and seamlessly integrates with many other applications. This training series will consist of three training webinars to help business owners: 1- Establish and navigate QuickBooks Online. 2- Enter transactions and reconcile bank statements. 3- Run reports. However large your business is, having accurate and current financial data is vital for evaluating performance, acc...

Sat

Feb 10

+ Add to Calendar 02/10/2024 02/10/2024 America/New_York Ready to Run Philadelphia Ready to Run is a non-partisan program for women who want to run for office, seek higher office, work on a campaign, get appointed to office, or learn more about the political system. Ready to Run is your one-stop training on running for office or getting involved in public life. You will learn from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, party officials, and policy experts. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32044 Virtual Annie Guadagnino pcwp@chatham.edu
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Ready to Run Philadelphia

Ready to Run is a non-partisan program for women who want to run for office, seek higher office, work on a campaign, get appointed to office, or learn more about the political system. Ready to Run is your one-stop training on running for office or getting involved in public life. You will learn from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, party officials, and policy experts.

Wed

Feb 21

+ Add to Calendar 02/21/2024 6:00PM 03/27/2024 8:00PM America/New_York Concept to Launch - Online "Concept to Launch" is a 6-week entrepreneurial training program for entrepreneurs in the early stages of starting a business. Dates: Six Wednesday evenings from 6-8 PM starting on February 21 and ending on March 27. The Spring program will be offered Online Only and offered at a reduced rate of $55. The program is capped at 25 participants. Required: Zoom capable device and internet access to participate for remaining classes. Certificate of Completion will be awarded to participants who complete four or more classes live. Classes focus on: - Developing the business concept - Identifying target customers and markets - Marketing strategies - Foundational operations of your business - Basic financials - Legal business entities - Developing and delivering your “pitch” Facilitator: Lillian Rafson, Founder and CEO of Pack Up + Go To view the syllabus for the Concept to Launch program: Click here To Register for the program Click Here. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32161 Online - Zoom Mitra Saeidi womens-entrepreneurship@chatham.edu

Concept to Launch - Online

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

"Concept to Launch" is a 6-week entrepreneurial training program for entrepreneurs in the early stages of starting a business. Dates: Six Wednesday evenings from 6-8 PM starting on February 21 and ending on March 27. The Spring program will be offered Online Only and offered at a reduced rate of $55. The program is capped at 25 participants. Required: Zoom capable device and internet access to participate for remaining classes. Certificate of Completion will be awarded to participant...

Tue

Feb 27

+ Add to Calendar 02/27/2024 5:30PM 02/27/2024 8:00PM America/New_York Just Films: The Same Difference: Gender Roles in the Black Lesbian Community THE SAME DIFFERENCE is a compelling documentary about lesbians who discriminate against other lesbians based on gender roles. Director Nneka Onuorah takes an in-depth look at the internalized hetero-normative gender roles that have become all too familiar within the African American lesbian and bisexual community. Onuorah shows how these behaviors reproduce the homophobic oppression and masculine privilege of the straight world, while looking for solutions in compelling discussions with community members. Self-identified studs—and the women who love them—discuss hypocrisy in terms of gender roles, performative expectations, and the silent disciplining that occurs between community members. This film features many queer celebrities, including actress Felicia “Snoop” Pearson from the critically acclaimed HBO drama The Wire, and Lea DeLaria from Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, living daily with opinions about how identity should be portrayed. Onuorah’s engaging documentary shines a light on the relationships and experiences within the queer black female community, intersecting race, gender and sexuality. Just Films is a collaboration of six organizations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania committed to women, girls, gender equity, and social justice: Black Women’s Policy Center, Chatham University Art & Design Department and Women’s Institute, MomsWork Powered by NCJW Pittsburgh, Women and Girls Foundation, Women’s Law Project, and YWCA Greater Pittsburgh. We believe in the power of film to promote conversations about social, political, and economic change. We also believe in engaging the community broadly and deeply in dialogue as we pursue equality together. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=31745 Women's Institute WomensInstitute@chatham.edu
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Just Films: The Same Difference: Gender Roles in the Black Lesbian Community

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

THE SAME DIFFERENCE is a compelling documentary about lesbians who discriminate against other lesbians based on gender roles. Director Nneka Onuorah takes an in-depth look at the internalized hetero-normative gender roles that have become all too familiar within the African American lesbian and bisexual community. Onuorah shows how these behaviors reproduce the homophobic oppression and masculine privilege of the straight world, while looking for solutions in compelling discussions with communit...

Thu

Mar 14

+ Add to Calendar 03/14/2024 6:00PM 03/14/2024 7:30PM America/New_York 2023-2024 Elsie Hillman Chair in Women and Politics: Soledad O'Brien As host of the weekly political magazine show Matter of Fact, Soledad O’Brien expands the conversation around the day’s most important issues by engaging in a more inclusive dialogue with decision makers who are shaping the new American political landscape. In this public lecture, Soledad will share her commitment to introducing the under-voiced into the national conversation, and offer powerful insights on the impact of highlighting these perspectives on individuals across the country. Soledad will reflect on her goal to bring the news above the noise created by the traditional media cycle, and offer a renewed outlook on the issues and dialogue that matter most. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32086 Campbell Memorial Chapel Annie Guadagnino pcwp@chatham.edu
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2023-2024 Elsie Hillman Chair in Women and Politics: Soledad O'Brien

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

As host of the weekly political magazine show Matter of Fact, Soledad O’Brien expands the conversation around the day’s most important issues by engaging in a more inclusive dialogue with decision makers who are shaping the new American political landscape. In this public lecture, Soledad will share her commitment to introducing the under-voiced into the national conversation, and offer powerful insights on the impact of highlighting these perspectives on individuals across the country. Soled...

Tue

Apr 02

+ Add to Calendar 04/02/2024 5:30PM 04/02/2024 8:00PM America/New_York Just Films: Hysterical Hysterical is an honest and hilarious backstage pass into the lives of some of stand-up comedy’s most boundary-breaking women, exploring the hard-fought journey to become the voices of their generation and their gender. Just Films is a collaboration of six organizations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania committed to women, girls, gender equity, and social justice: Black Women’s Policy Center, Chatham University Art & Design Department and Women’s Institute, MomsWork Powered by NCJW Pittsburgh, Women and Girls Foundation, Women’s Law Project, and YWCA Greater Pittsburgh. We believe in the power of film to promote conversations about social, political, and economic change. We also believe in engaging the community broadly and deeply in dialogue as we pursue equality together. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=31746 Eddy Theater Women's Institute WomensInstitute@chatham.edu
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Just Films: Hysterical

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Hysterical is an honest and hilarious backstage pass into the lives of some of stand-up comedy’s most boundary-breaking women, exploring the hard-fought journey to become the voices of their generation and their gender. Just Films is a collaboration of six organizations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania committed to women, girls, gender equity, and social justice: Black Women’s Policy Center, Chatham University Art & Design Department and Women’s Institute, MomsWork Powered by NCJW Pittsburgh, Women ...