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Upcoming Events
Cornell University's 2nd
Big Red One-Day Online Auction
for United Way will be on Friday, February 10th! This online auction is open to everyone! Support United Way by bidding for dozens of Cornell-related and Ithaca-related items and experiences, including behind-the-scenes tours, special meals, gift baskets, and much more.
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This year, the fourth annual United Way of Tompkins County (UWTC) Fat Tuesday fundraiser will be held at
Lot 10 Bar and Lounge
on Tuesday, February 28th, 2017 from 5-8PM. With additional support from
Casey Max & The DixieKats
, and Lot 10 Bar and Lounge.
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The FAB5 Young Professional Awards celebrate the achievements of Tompkins County Young Professionals, ages 21-40, who are growing and excelling in their respective fields and in the community. The first FAB5 garnered over 130 nominations with five individuals chosen as winners.
The FAB5 winners will be announced on February 20, 2017 at FAB5 Awards Ceremony at
Coltivare.
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A three-day conference will be held on April 27-29, 2017 at Cornell, hosted by the Sage School of Philosophy in cooperation with the Program in Ethics and Public Life and the Cornell Society for the Humanities. The theme of the conference will be "
The Nature and Norms of Hope," and will bring together philosophers, social-political theorists, and religion scholars to discuss hope, despair, and related themes. Plans are to publish some of the papers as part of a new volume of collected essays on hope.
In conjunction with the conference will be the world premiere of our Hope on Stage winning play "I Carry Your Heart" by Georgette Kelly
at the
Hangar Theatre in Ithaca
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Please consider
Making A Gift Today
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I'm very proud to have the opportunity to share my story. I came to the Women's Opportunity Center after I broke my wrist and because of that I couldn't hold onto my job. I had to get surgery on it and couldn't preform my job anymore and it forced me into a difficult period. Without the Women's Opportunity Center I don't know where else I would have gone.
At the Women's Opportunity Center everyone is welcoming and caring, and they encouraged me not just to find work again but to make a difference. Their mission is to make a difference. They're not doing it for the money; they're doing it for the love.
They walked me through how to do a job interview well, gave me clothes to wear during my interviews. They're helping me to find a new career. I come from an era where you had one job your whole life - now it's not like that. The kind of work I did... it was always hands on. After my injury I couldn't do that sort of work anymore. The Women's Opportunity taught me computer skills; they gave me lab time so I can pursue another career.
They gave me hope and self-esteem at a time when I had little left. I'm an artist and they encouraged me in that - they even hung some of my artwork in their office.
They open the door for you. Now I see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's getting bigger. What they do is a hand up, not a hand out, and I can never say enough good things about the work Women's Opportunity Center does... I could go on and on. They've helped me come back from the ashes.
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