Upcoming Public and Member Events
Monday, May 27: Office will be CLOSED for Memorial Day.
Friday, September 27: Women’s Expo on Fountain Square. Stay tuned for information about sponsorship.
Committee Meetings
Wednesday, May 29, 6-8:30 pm: Board meeting in the WCC conference room.
Wednesday, June 5, 6-8:30 pm: Annual Meeting, Geier Room of the Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church.
See Calendar for WCC Committee Meetings
The May 2019 Bulletin is HERE!
Recent Activities
Saturday, May 11, we followed up our National Speaker with “Coffee and Conversation.” Panelists Mark Curnutte, Diana Maria Lara, Dan Sarell, and Mirsada Kadiric (below) discussed the experiences and challenges of immigrants and refugees locally. 
Helen Thorpe
Acclaimed author Helen Thorpe spoke at WCC’s 2019 National Speaker Forum and Fundraiser on April 3 in Memorial Hall to an appreciative audience. Her talk highlighted what she learned about young people’s experiences as new immigrants and refugees — and their backstories during immersive research on location in their families, schools, and countries of origin. See April bulletin for a full report.
In case you missed it: WVXU’s Cincinnati Edition interviewed our National Speaker, Helen Thorpe March 18.
People from a wide range of Cincinnati neighborhoods overflowed the auditorium at the Fire Museum at
WCC’s February 26 program to hear a panel present on the topic, “Who Wins, Who Loses: Finding Balance in Neighborhood Development,” followed by audience questions and discussion. Read more in the March Bulletin.
On January 24, WCC and its Thriving Cincinnati project presented a program about the “Talent Pipeline Initiative of Partners for a Competitive Workforce.” Read more in the February Bulletin.
Centennial Books can still be purchased:
- WCC’s history from 1965, Lighting the Fire, Leading the Way and
- Stirring the Pot in the Kitchen and the Community for 100 Years,” with recipes from WCC members from World War I, the Fifties and the present
- Click here to order.