Branch Program 1/5/2015

LOOKING FORWARD                                                                                                                       9:30 – 10:30                                                                                                                               President’s Hall                                                                                                                                

     Speaker:  Kevin Smith, Interim President and CEO, Minnesota Orchestra                                        Smith, esteemed for his leadership of the Minnesota Opera and the Ordway, assumed the          role of Interim CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra last summer. He will describe                              the orchestra’s ongoing holistic and collaborative programming. Included are plans                    for growing confidence and trust among staff, board members, musicians, and                            community, as well as building audience.

TOWARD A BETTER WORLD                                                                                                         10:45 – 11:45                                                                                                                           President’s Hall

     Speaker:  Michele Boston, Co-founder, No Time for Poverty                                                            Boston has been co-owner and CEO for a large corporation and a non-profit organization.          She is now founder and CEO of a for-profit corporation established to donate 100% of its          profits to charity. She will share her personal journey as a girl from the Bronx who                      discovered a simple formula for not only living in a complex world changing by                            nanoseconds, but for making a better place.

ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                         11:45 – 12:00

LUNCHEON                                                                                                                                12:00 – 1:15

CANCER IS A BUSINESS                                                                                                          Burzynski Documentary Film                                                                                                         1:15-2:15                                                                                                                                  President’s Hall

     Speaker:  Barbara Eiger, AAUW Member                                                                                            “No one appears to contest the efficacy of his treatment; the problem…is a pharmaceutical         industry with nothing to gain…and much to lose…from the introduction of a                                highly successful, nontoxic competitor to chemotherapy and radiation.” The New                        York Times, June 4, 2010

     “…a wonderful movie…grippingly told… compelling.” Dr. Mehmet Oz, May 17, 2011

     “TOP TEN BEST FILM OF 2010! It will give you goose bumps and bring tears to your eyes.”           The Movie Film Show