Sat
Feb 10
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
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
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...
Wed
Feb 28
Muslim Indian American Women and Culinary Placemaking
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
This talk by Visiting Scholar Dr. Farha Ternikar explores the significance of foodways for Muslim Indian immigrant women in the United States. Using a transnational feminist framework, Ternikar's talk will use narratives, and feminist theories to highlight how autoethnography and participant observation are important feminist methods in critical feminist food studies. This interdisciplinary project expands on how we understand the role of food in building communities. Immigration continues ...
Thu
Mar 07
Webinar: Independent Contractor Or Employee? Classification Do's & Don'ts
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
While Independent Contractors may be a necessary and strategic component to your business, the IRS, Workers Compensation, Department of Labor and other state agencies are concerned with whether a worker has been misclassified. During this webinar, we will discuss nuanced differences among various tests deployed for determining the status of workers as either employees or independent contractors, including discussion of the January 9, 2024, Department of Labor ruling favoring employee status. ...
Sat
Mar 09
ServSafe® Food Manager Certification
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
ServSafe is a food safety training administered by the U.S. National Restaurant Association which prepares food industry leaders to implement essential public health practices and create a culture of food safety. Pennsylvania law requires at least one employee per licensed food facility to hold a nationally recognized food manager certification during all hours of operation. ServSafe Manager Certification training, offered in collaboration with the Center for Regional Agriculture and Food Tr...
Thu
Mar 14
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
Mar 19
Barbara Stone Hollander '60 Lecture in Women's Leadership featuring Elise Robertson in a One-Woman Show about Rachel Carson
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join us for a Pre-Lecture Reception at 6:00 p.m. and a One-Woman Show about Rachel Carson featuring Elise Robertson at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Imagining Rachel, Explore Silent Spring author Rachel Carson’s nature in this wildly inventive solo show by fellow Pittsburgher Elise Robertson, who uses puppets, found objects, and stage wizardry to interweave her own messy coming-of-age with Rachel’s, as they struggle with their identities as artists, mothers, and truth-tellers. E...
Thu
Mar 21
Think Beyond the Bank - Alternative Funding for Your Small Business
05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Hosted by the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship and Riverside Center for Innovation. Traditional bank funding isn’t always the right fit for a small business. In the Think Beyond the Bank workshop small business owners will hear from local organizations about alternative finance opportunities available to them. This panel discussion will feature representatives from the alternative finance, non-profit lenders, and economic development agencies across the region. Speakers include Alleghen...
Thu
Mar 21
Webinar: Corporate Transparency Act – What You Need to Know
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) may be the most transformative piece of legislation in recent memory. For the first time, a nationwide database of companies and their beneficial owners is being created in order to assist law enforcement in detecting and preventing terrorism, money laundering and other misconduct through business entities. The CTA is the culmination of more than a decade of congressional efforts. Prior to CTA, the burden of collecting beneficial ownership information was squ...
Tue
Apr 02
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 ...
Thu
Apr 11
Annual Celebration of Women's Leadership & Gender Equity
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Annual presentation of the Women's Leadership Certificates, Triota honors society pins and cords, and celebration of all things women's leadership and gender equity at Chatham.