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Sonia Pressman Fuentes
Speaking Engagements
Sonia will be speaking at the 12th Annual Conference of the International Association of Yiddish Clubs (IAYC) Oct. 24-27, 2008, followed by a Q&A and a book-signing.
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TOPIC: “My Yidishe Tate-Mame” (“My Jewish Parents”)
PLACE: Marriott San Diego La Jolla
4240 La Jolla Village Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
Sonia will be a panelist at the Yale Law School Symposium celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.
DATE: Nov. 7-8, 2008
PLACE: Yale University Law School
New Haven, CT
Fuentes is represented by the speakers bureau, Speakers Plus!, in the category of Amazing Women.
Contact Ms. Fuentes at: spfuentes@comcast.net Sonia Pressman Fuentes has given
talks on the women's movement and her role in it and done memoirs
readings at universities, women's and Jewish organizations, law
firms, genealogical societies, libraries, bookstores, and book
festivals. Among the places where she has done programs are the
University of Virginia, the University of Texas--both its Austin
and Edinburg campuses, George Washington University, the Jewish
Community Center of Greater Washington, the Friends of the [Montgomery
County] Library, Borders and Barnes & Noble bookstores, and
the National Archives.
Click here to see the article in the campus newspaper at the University of Virginia, the Cavalier Daily, for a report on Fuentes' lecture there. |
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NOW Co-founder Praises MC-Takoma Park Campus "A Very Special Place" |
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Takoma Park Event Draws Enthusiastic Response
NOW co-founder Sonia Pressman Fuentes
presented her talk "From Immigrant to Feminist: My Role in the
Women's Rights Movement" to a full house on October 8 at the Takoma
Park Campus, kicking off the Women's Studies Speaker
Series at Takoma Park. According to Esther Schwartz-McKinzie,
Women's Studies coordinator, Fuentes was met with applause and
intelligent questions from MC students who were moved by her analysis
of what it means to be an immigrant in America, and by her call
to personal and political action. Click
here for a transcript of Fuentes' talk.
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NOW co-founder Sonia Pressman
Fuentes, right, answers questions from students, while signing
her book, Eat First-You Don't Know What They'll Give You, The
Adventures of an Immigrant Family and Their Feminist Daughter. Fuentes shared her reactions about the Takoma Park Campus a day
later with Dave Willingham, Media Relations Director, describing
her talk at the campus as a "marvelous experience." Read
more of her praises below...
Sonia
Pressman Fuentes' reactions about her experience at Takoma Park
Campus...
"I
cannot begin to tell you what a marvelous experience it was
last night. I'm still on a high from it. The TP campus is
a very special place.
All
things start with Esther Schwartz-McKinzie, who is such a
dynamic, can-do, warm and fantastic person.
When
I got to the College, I spent a few minutes chatting in the
office of Dr. Clarence Porter. He couldn't have been nicer
to me and he later gave me an excellent introduction that
was just right (I do not like long introductions.)
Jim
Walters.warned me beforehand that students at TP don't like
to come back for evening programs after they've left for the
day. So it was delightful to walk into the room and find what
appeared to be every seat taken, stretching back a considerable
distance to the end of the room.
The
students and faculty there were incredibly responsive to what
I had to say. Since I spoke about my feelings in being an
immigrant, and TP's students come from 100 different countries,
my remarks resonated with them. They were eager, enthusiastic,
and very welcoming. It was also a great pleasure speaking
to them individually when they came by to have me sign my
books.
.though I've been giving talks since 1965, I have not had
an experience that tops this one."
"The
students and faculty there were incredibly responsive to what
I had to say."
-Sonia
Pressman Fuentes
For information on speaking engagements, contact
Ms. Fuentes at: spfuentes@comcast.net
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Fuentes -- Photographs |
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Germany, 1931
Berlin Shop, 1931
Germany, 1932
Belgium, 1934
Cornell, 1950
University of Miami, 1956
Washington, DC, 1966
Washington, DC, 1993
Coral Gables, 1990s
Sarasota, 1990s
Plainfield, 1998
Women's Hall of Fame
At the Capitol, 2000
Meadows Players, 2001
Piltz Library, 2001
Piltz, Poland, 2001
Sarasota, March 2002
Sarasota, April 2002
Lewin Studio, 2003
Alice Award, 2003
Book Signing, 2003
Teaching English, 2003
Book Bag Replica, 2004
AILF Awards, 2005
Foremothers Awards, 2005
IAYC Conference, 2005
Alice Paul Award, 2005
National Woman's Party, 2006
Potomac, MD, 2006
Bozeman, MT, 2007
CLEA Course, 2007
Cornell University, 2008
Siesta Key, FL, 2008
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