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April "Pop-Up" Member Program:Friday, April 23rd, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
"Notorious RBG: A Lively and Reverent Remembrance of Supreme Court Justice Icon, RBG with sisters, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg and Legal Affairs Correspondent for NPR, Nina Totenberg"
About Our April 23rd Speakers: Nina Totenberg, Correspondent Legal Affairs, NPR Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition. Totenberg's coverage of the Supreme Court and legal affairs has won her widespread recognition. She is often featured in documentaries — most recently RBG — that deal with issues before the court. As Newsweek put it, "The mainstays [of NPR] are Morning Edition and All Things Considered. But the creme de la creme is Nina Totenberg." In 1991, her ground-breaking report about University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill's allegations of sexual harassment by Judge Clarence Thomas led the Senate Judiciary Committee to re-open Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings to consider Hill's charges. NPR received the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for its gavel-to-gavel coverage — anchored by Totenberg — of both the original hearings and the inquiry into Anita Hill's allegations, and for Totenberg's reports and exclusive interview with Hill. That same coverage earned Totenberg additional awards, including the Long Island University George Polk Award for excellence in journalism; the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting; the Carr Van Anda Award from the Scripps School of Journalism; and the prestigious Joan S. Barone Award for excellence in Washington-based national affairs/public policy reporting, which also acknowledged her coverage of Justice Thurgood Marshall's retirement. Totenberg was named Broadcaster of the Year and honored with the 1998 Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcasting from the National Press Foundation. She is the first radio journalist to receive the award. She is also the recipient of the American Judicature Society's first-ever award honoring a career body of work in the field of journalism and the law. In 1988, Totenberg won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton for her coverage of Supreme Court nominations. The jurors of the award stated, "Ms. Totenberg broke the story of Judge (Douglas) Ginsburg's use of marijuana, raising issues of changing social values and credibility with careful perspective under deadline pressure." Totenberg has been honored seven times by the American Bar Association for continued excellence in legal reporting and has received more than two dozen honorary degrees. On a lighter note, Esquire magazine twice named her one of the "Women We Love." A frequent contributor on TV shows, she has also written for major newspapers and periodicals — among them, The New York Times Magazine, The Harvard Law Review, The Christian Science Monitor, and New York Magazine, and others. Amy Totenberg, United States District Judge Judge Totenberg is a United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She previously had been in private practice in Atlanta and also formerly served as a Special Master for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. About Our Moderator:
Maria Saporta, Founder and Contributor, Saporta Report, Founder and ex-officio board member at Atlanta Civic Circle Maria Saporta is an Atlanta native and the daughter of European parents, who were active citizens of Atlanta. She is the mother of two children who also make Atlanta their home. Maria is a longtime Atlanta business and civic journalist. She spent 27 years with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as its business and civic columnist. She founded www.SaportaReport.com in 2009, to provide daily updates on local business, urban and civic issues focusing on metro Atlanta, Georgia, and beyond. Maria also provided columns and news stories for the Atlanta Business Chronicle, WABE/90.1 FM, and Atlanta Magazine among others. In 2017 SaportaReport received an award for Outstanding Public Outreach and Journalism from the Georgia Chapter of the American Planning Association. Maria was given the inaugural “Atlanta Hero” award by the Rotary Club of Atlanta on July 9, 2018. Most recently, in January 2019, Maria was inducted into Georgia Trend’s Hall of Fame. |
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Registration Open! In Person & Virtual Options to Choose from! Options for Sunday, April 11, 5 pm - 7 pm:
Options for Tuesday, April 13, 6:30 pm - 8 pm:
Save the Date! Member Program: Tuesday, May 18th, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Recover, Restore & Reset: a Primer on Naming Your Stress & Putting Yourself Back on the Calendar Summer Cocktails: June through August – Casual cocktail gatherings for members Fall Dine-Arounds: Sunday, September 19th, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. & Tuesday, September 21st, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Member Program: Tuesday, October 12th, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Erosion of Institutions as Trusted Organizations: Can We Stop the Undermining Quicksand or Do Trusted Institutions Need a Different Strategy? Signature Event: Tuesday, November 9th, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Holiday Party: Sunday, December 5th: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Significant Others Included Past 2021 Programs: Member Program: Tuesday, Jan 26th, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Where Does Courage Show up in Corporate America: Who is Winning and Why? Member Program: Tuesday, Feb 16th, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. How Do Conspiracy Theories Begin How are They Disseminated and What Should We Be Concerned About? International Women’s Day Program: Tuesday, March 8th, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Educating and Informing Women and Girls in the Wake of 2020 - Location: A Virtual Event Hosted by Georgia Pacific IWF Global Conferences:
March 18 – 25, 2021: IWF Cornerstone Conference, Virtual (Postponed to 2025). September 29 – October 1, 2021: IWF World Leadership Conference, Seattle, Washington May 18 – May 20, 2022: IWF Cornerstone Conference, Santiago, Chile November 2 – November 4, 2022: IWF World Leadership Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada October 4 – October 6, 2023: IWF World Leadership Conference, Detroit, Michigan May 15 – May 17, 2024: IWF World Leadership Conference, New York, New York |
