Greetings, Comadres!
Many thanks to Yvette
Martinez and AARP for hosting us this month.
We have sad news and good news. Sadly, Raesha Cartagena has had to step down from being a Comadres Facilitator for personal reasons, but she will continue to be a Comadre and will join us when she can. A search for another Comadre to join the Facilitator Team is underway.
We have sad news and good news. Sadly, Raesha Cartagena has had to step down from being a Comadres Facilitator for personal reasons, but she will continue to be a Comadre and will join us when she can. A search for another Comadre to join the Facilitator Team is underway.
The good news is the launch of our new Blog Site, where Comadres can find
the latest newsletters, events calendar and member bios. We want more ways to
connect with You! Hence, our Facebook
page and now this blog site. Check us
out at www.lascomadresnyc.blogspot.com.
#ComadresFun! We had lots of fun at July’s events and have
planned two activities for August – a movie night and a trip to the NY Bronx
Botanical Garden for the Chihuly night exhibition; see back for more details.
Join us and feel free to bring a friend. Use our hashtag #ComadresFun when
posting to social media.
We’ve posted some photos below of our July
activities, including the Chatting with Comadres information series at the July
Comadrazo. Many thanks again to Julie Anna Alvarez and Vanessa Peters for
talking to us about “Career Services.” The next “Chat with Comadres” will be in
November, and per your requests, it will be on Social Media.
Please check the
Calendar of Events and Announcements on the other side. Join us for all or any
of the events!
Las Comadres
Facilitators
Maria, Gladys & Miriam
Las Comadres Book Club
Discussion Leaders
Maria, Dora Maria, Nicole & Tess
JULY EVENTS PHOTO ALBUM
CHATTING WITH LAS COMADRES
Informational Series
Comadres Julie Anna Alvarez and Vanessa Peters
on Career Services
TEMPLE OF SOULS THEATRE PRODUCTION
Julie Anna, Friend, Clara, Tess, Maria, Gladys & Miriam
not show Viv Cotte
#ONDISPLAY AT THE HIGHLINE
Lovely, Maria, Gladys, Lillian, Miriam, Dora Maria, Nicole
MEET A COMADRE! DORA MARIA ABREU
Dora Maria Abreu is the Social Media Coordinator for
the Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club and a NYC Book Club
Discussion Leader since 2007.
Dora Maria
is also an avid technology and education professional with progressive work
experience in IT support and as a software engineer / developer but also in
career and professional and personal skills. She has helped youth of all ages
and community at large through mentoring, coaching and providing a variety
of programs and workshops on internship preparation, leadership / professional
development as well technical classes for those within and outside the STEM
field. By being part of the John C. Maxwell Team she has been able to
build on these skills and reach a wider audience. Dora Maria enjoys music,
dance, sports, photography, poetry and reading.
WE WANT YOU! Comadres are
invited to email a mini bio and photo to be featured in an upcoming newsletter. Tell us about yourself
and how long you’ve been a Comadre.
CALENDAR &
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- August 15 (Tues) – Comadres & Friends Book Club, 6:00pm.
·
August 16 (Wed) – Movie Night. “Girls Trip” at the
AMC Loews Theatre on 19 Street & Broadway.
Meet at 6:45pm.
·
August 28 (Mon) – Comadres & Friends Book Club
Teleconference & Twitter Chat, 8:00pm. Register at www.latinolit.com. Listen in as
we interview the month’s authors about their books and new projects.
#ReadLatinoLit
·
August 31 (Thurs) – Chihuly Night at the Bronx Botanical
Garden, tickets are $35. Show starts at 6:30pm.
Get tickets at: https://www.nybg.org/event/chihuly-2/chihuly-nights/
·
September 21 (Thurs) – September Comadrazo at Credit Suisse, 6:00pm
JOB OPPORTUNITIES! Please remember to
let us know of any job opportunities, volunteer positions or upcoming events
you come across that would be of benefit to a fellow Comadre. Email us at lascomadresNY@gmail.com.
ARE
YOU ON THE LIST SERV? If you are not receiving Las Comadres’ event
emails, join the group at: http://lascomadres.com/lco/join-las-comadres/
COMADRES FUN FRIDAYS
ON FACEBOOK! Like our Facebook
Page—@LasComadresNYCNetwork.
Comadre Miriam Molina is posting our upcoming events and
monthly notices on our Facebook page. AND, every Friday we want YOU to share
your photos with us of Comadres having fun. Use our hashtag #ComadresFun. Our
link is
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
Well behaved women
Rarely make history.
---Eleanor Roosevelt
Email: lascomadresNY@gmail.com
Facebook:
@LasComadresNYCNetwork
Book Club: www.latinolit.com
Use our
hashtags: #ComadresFun, #ReadLatinoLit