Saturday, September, 21, 2019
Oakland-Piedmont Kick-Off Meeting

Come Hear Keynote Speaker Cheryl Sundari Dembe

Cheryl Sundari Dembe, chemistry professor and author of The Choice of Happiness: Glimpses from an Extraordinary Ordinary Scientific Mystical Life, is our featured Kickoff speaker.

She was a graduate student at the University of Chicago in 1971 when her thesis advisor suddenly died and no other team was willing to take a female on!  Now Nearly 50 years after her scientific research was interrupted, Dembe was awarded her doctorate there.

Dembe’s academic journey was propelled by a female chemistry teacher. “I thought by studying chemistry I would learn the truth about the universe and what it was made of,” she said.

“All my life, I had thought of myself as a woman who didn’t make it,” said Dembe, now in her 70s and living in Lafayette. “I am extraordinarily grateful, after all these years, to be taken seriously.”

Refreshments: Finger foods & beverages will be available

Date:          Saturday, September 21, 2019
Time:          9:30am to Noon
Location:  Telegraph Hill Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .3003 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
Parking:    Parking is available in the back of the building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Signage will direct you to the event from there
Cost:           Free to attend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Questions: Contact Diane Rawicz here

Everyone is Invited to attend this free event – Bring a friend!

Program:

Mingle:  9:30 – 10:00  | Welcome:  10 – 10:15 | Tech Trek Girls:  10:15 – 10:45 | Cheryl Dembe:  10:45 – 11:30 | Announcements:  11:30 – Noon

Cheryl receiving her doctorate diploma at last!