Registration Now Open For Change Makers Forum

Posted on September 28, 2018

JFS, St. Paul JCC, and Sholom Home East have teamed up to present Change Makers: Thinking of Change on Sunday, November 4, from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Paul JCC.

Join us for a day of workshops and panels to explore making change in mid-life and beyond. Come be inspired by stories, experiences and strategies. Rabbi Morris Allen will be the keynote speaker.

12:30 to 1:00 – Registration
1:00 to 1:30 – Keynote Speaker
1:30 to 2:00 – Life Lessons Learned panel moderated by Beth Friend, former MPR host and JCC Adult Program Coordinator
2:15 to 3:15 – Workshop 1. Choose from these five options:

Making the World a Better Place panel moderated by Beth Pearlman.
Ten Steps to a Richer and Healthier Life: When Torah Tradition Meets Science Discovery with David Alter Ph.D.
Encore Adulthood with Dr. Kate Schaefers Ph.D.
Trapped Between Dreams and Obligations with Paul Boehnke, CPC (Certified Professional Coach).
Mindfulness for Times of Change with Sara Lynn Newberger, Director of Hineni: Adult Jewish Learning and Contemplative Practices, Talmud Torah of St. Paul.

3:30 to 4:30 – Workshop 2. Choose from these six options.

Change-makers moderated by Beth Friend, former MPR host and JCC Adult Program Coordinator.
Writing through Change with Christine Sikorski, poet, editor and writing teacher.
Paper Collage: Wrinkles are Good with Lucy Rose Fischer, Ph.D., an award-winning gerontologist, author and artist.
Cultivating Middot (soul traits) for Times of Change with Sara Lynn Newberger, Director of Hineni: Adult Jewish Learning and Contemplative Practices, Talmud Torah of St. Paul.
Make it REAL (Realistic, Exciting, Action, Mystery Word) with Karen Carr, Certified Professional Life Coach.
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande with Beth Shapiro Johnson, LMFT at Jewish Family Service of St. Paul.

4:30-5:30 – Happy Hour; Light refreshments, and a toast to change, informational booths, nutritionist, personal trainer, and “Ask a Millennial” booth.

The cost is $20 in advance; $36 at the door. Financial assistance is available to eliminate barriers to participation. Open to people of all faiths.