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The Weight We Carry: Navigating Family, Culture & Personal Agency

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This conference will explore and allow women to share their experiences in navigating family, culture, and personal agency. We hope to engage in an open, candid discussion around the complex relationships we may have with our families and cultures, and the practices we can utilize to work through the challenges we currently face and might encounter. Within this conversation, this conference will also provide participants with direction in strategizing around available resources and opportunities as they set out and work towards their short-term and long-term goals.

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Leading Women (Summer Conference)

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This summer conference hopes to facilitate a collaborative dialogue around how we can plan and realistically achieve our long-term goals and dreams. As people with busy lives, we often find that we do not have enough time to sit and reflect on our future. This conference provides student participants a space to reflect and discuss their personal goals and career ambitions, while strategizing adaptable practices that can help them work towards those goals. Some questions to be explored are: What do our dreams look like? How can we realistically and pragmatically achieve them? How do we navigate familial and cultural expectations while still exercising our own agency?

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Incensed – A Novel

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Author Ed Lin will discuss and read from his new novel, Incensed, part of the Taipei Night Market Novel Series. The sequel to his 2014 mystery novel, Ghost Month, Incensed is set during Taiwan’s Mid-Autumn Moon Festival—also known as Chinese Thanksgiving. About Incensed In Taiwan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for prioritizing family. When … Read more

2012 Sunset Cinema Series

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Date: Fridays, July 13, 20, 27 & August 3, 2012 Time: 5:30PM to 8:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission Registration only accepted per session each week, and limited to only two reservations per session. Starts Monday, at 1PM. There is no on-site admittance without prior … Read more

2013 Sunset Cinema Series

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Date: Fridays, Aug 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2013 Time: 5:30PM to 8:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission Registration available each Monday the week of each screening, starting at 9:30AM. No on-site admittance without prior registration and confirmation by e-mail or phone. Please do not … Read more