wcw JANUARY 2024
Happy New Year! Check out al the exciting things to do, explore and learn in this issue. Love dining out? Then you'll enjoy our feature on Natalia Levey who owns and manages many restaurants in or area including Palm Avenue Deli, Kojo and Bar Hana (to name a few). It's our Lifelong Learning issue. Learn to make some great mocktails and discover what's goin on in historic preservation in Sarasota.
Happy New Year! Check out al the exciting things to do, explore and learn in this issue. Love dining out? Then you'll enjoy our feature on Natalia Levey who owns and manages many restaurants in or area including Palm Avenue Deli, Kojo and Bar Hana (to name a few). It's our Lifelong Learning issue. Learn to make some great mocktails and discover what's goin on in historic preservation in Sarasota.
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happening this month<br />
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion -<br />
themes for the 42nd Annual<br />
Women in Power Luncheon<br />
The National Council of Jewish Women’s<br />
event is on January 17<br />
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International Film Festival<br />
produced byThrough Women’s Eyes<br />
Advancing Gender Equality Through Film<br />
Celebrating<br />
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Thought-provoking films from around the world<br />
featuring documentaries, shorts, features,<br />
animated films, emerging filmmakers and more.<br />
Opening Night Films & Reception March 8, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Friday 5-9pm<br />
Ringling College of Art & Design<br />
Morganroth Auditorium<br />
Film Screenings March 9-10, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Saturday 10am-9pm<br />
Sunday 11am-5pm<br />
Sarasota Art Museum<br />
SHS Alumni Auditorium<br />
Stream Films on Demand March 7-12, <strong>2024</strong><br />
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The National Council of Jewish<br />
Women, Sarasota-Manatee<br />
Section (NCJW) will<br />
hold the 42nd Annual Women<br />
in Power luncheon on<br />
Wednesday, January 17 at Michael’s on<br />
East in Sarasota. The message from this<br />
year’s event is Diversity, Equity, And<br />
Inclusion.<br />
This luncheon will honor four amazing<br />
women in the community whose accomplishments<br />
support NCJW’s mission to<br />
focus on social justice by improving the<br />
lives of women and children and families<br />
and by safeguarding individual rights and<br />
freedoms. NCJW is a grassroots organization<br />
of volunteers and advocates who<br />
turn progressive ideals into action.<br />
This year’s honorees are Renee James<br />
Gilmore, Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman,<br />
Jessica Rogers and Sarah Wertheimer.<br />
♦ Renee James Gilmore is the<br />
Executive Producer<br />
and host of ABC 7’s<br />
WWSB/Empowering<br />
Voices. The public<br />
affairs television<br />
program explores<br />
diversity, inclusion<br />
and issues of<br />
interest to people<br />
who are underrepresented<br />
and marginalized.<br />
Renee regularly guest<br />
hosts the television program Suncoast<br />
View. She founded the Saja Group, LLC<br />
which brings organizations and businesses<br />
together to benefit from inclusion and<br />
cultural diversity.<br />
♦ Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman<br />
serves on the clergy team<br />
at Temple Emanu-El<br />
in Sarasota and as<br />
Assistant Executive<br />
Director of<br />
the Women’s Rabbinic<br />
Network, a<br />
New York based<br />
organization providing<br />
advocacy<br />
and support for 800<br />
female and nonbinary rabbis<br />
worldwide. She is a board member<br />
of ALSO Youth (Advocacy, Leadership,<br />
Support and Outreach) and a digital<br />
counselor with The Trevor Project<br />
which provides crisis support services<br />
for LGBTQ young people in need. Her<br />
essays on Florida House Bill 1557, gun<br />
violence, sexual assault and abortion<br />
have been published in local and national<br />
newspapers.<br />
♦ Jessica Rogers is Vice President of<br />
Philanthropy at Children<br />
First, a Head Start<br />
Organization advocating<br />
for support<br />
of early childhood<br />
education, family<br />
strengthening and<br />
breaking barriers<br />
of poverty. Thousands<br />
of children<br />
and families have been<br />
helped through her fundraising<br />
and outreach efforts. Jessica was<br />
nominated for the National Head Start<br />
Association’s BOLD Leadership Award<br />
which recognizes individuals who boldly<br />
faced challenges brought on by Covid 19<br />
and lived up to an unprecedented level of<br />
extraordinary leadership.<br />
♦ Sarah Wertheimer holds the position<br />
of Executive Director<br />
of Embracing Our<br />
Differences, a local<br />
nonprofit organization<br />
that uses<br />
the transformative<br />
power of the arts<br />
to educate and<br />
inspire to create a<br />
better world. Sarah<br />
oversees all programing<br />
and fiscal planning<br />
which impacts more than 400,000 adults<br />
and children annually. Fundraising, community<br />
relations campaigns, program<br />
growth and sustainability goals are her<br />
responsibility.<br />
Networking begins at 11:30 a.m. and<br />
lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m. Closed<br />
Captioning will be available. Contact<br />
chairwomen Vivian Carasso vivi6778@<br />
aol.com, Carole Shaw cms1941@icloud.<br />
com or Rookie Shifrin rookies@me.com<br />
for additional information.<br />
24 WEST COAST WOMAN <strong>JANUARY</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
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