The Charlotte Jewish News - May 2012 - Page 2
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Network sponsored by the speeeh language pathology with
Jewish Federation of Greater a eoneentration in neuroseienee
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JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS
How Do We Keep
Them Safe?
Charlotte will meet
on Thursday, May
24 at 6 PM in the
Sam Lemer Center
at Shalom Park.
Our faeilitator,
Dr. Vieki Parker,
The Brain Trainer,
will offer praetieal
solutions and exer-
eises to help women
beeome more organ
ized, better able to
solve problems and make deei-
sions more easily. This is brain
based information about what
works and what doesn’t work.
Come try out some of the fun
ways to praetiee problem solv
ing.
Dr. Vieki Parker is founder
and direetor of The Brain
Dr. Vicki Parker, “The
Brain Trainer”
University. For nearly
30 years, she has
worked with ehildren
and adults who have
learning, speeeh, lan
guage, behavior, and
reading disorders.
Dr. Parker has been
interviewed and fea
tured in major media
outlets, ineluding The
New York Daily News,
The Charlotte Observer, South
Charlotte Weekly, The Charlotte
Business Journal, Charlotte
Talks with Mike Collins - NPR -
90.7, News 14 Carolinas, Fox
Charlotte, WBT, and
MomsCharlotte.eom. She’s been
a reoeeurring guest on You Aut
To Know, a national radio pro-
Shabbat and Holiday
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Friday, May 4, 7:53 PM
Friday, May 11, 7:59 PM
Friday, May 18, 8:04 PM
Friday, May 25, 8:10 PM
Saturday, May 26, Erev Shavuot,
after 9:12 PM
Sunday, May 27, 2nd night Shavuot
after 9:12 PM
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gram about autism. Dr. Parker is
the 2011 winner of the Rising
Star Award from the Charlotte
Chapter of the National
Assoeiation of Women Business
Owners.
Along with years of elinieal
expertise in her field. Dr. Parker
understands learning from the
perspeetive of a mother whose
ehild needed help. Her daughter
Sally struggled with learning
and reading in first grade. After
extensively researehing options.
Dr. Parker ehose brain training
and speeeh therapy for her own
daughter. Today, Sally is a sev
enth grader who reads above
grade level, enjoys leisure read
ing and is an independent learn
er.
WPN offers women the
opportunity to engage soeially
and eonneet with a eause. It
meets five times a year and is
open to all professional women
who eontribute a minimum of
$180 to the Annual Campaign.
For more information about the
Women’s
Professional
Network, or to
RSVP, please eon-
taet Sue Littauer at
sue .littauer@j ew-
isheharlotte.org. ^
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WPN Focus on Social Action
“I had just given birth
and found out it was a baby
girP’, said the speaker to
the 15 women gathered at a
workshop on a Sunday
morning at the LJCC. “My
first thought was, how was
I going to keep her safe?”
For the next two
hours, the attendees, most
members of Women’s
Professional Network of
the Jewish Federation,
found answers to that ques
tion and many more at a
workshop on domestie abuse
and healthy relationships spon
sored by WPN and Shalom
Bayit-NC.
“WPN has adopted domestie
abuse as its soeial aetion plat
form,” said WPN Chair Kelly
Gaines. “For our
women to be effeetive
advoeates and make a
differenee in our
Jewish eommunity,
we knew the first step
would be to get some
edueation,” she eon-
tinued.
Workshop speaker Kelly Coyne (left)
with attendees Susan Mayo and Elaine
Moody.
Led by professional edueator^
and trainer Kelly Coyne,»
Direetor of Residential Vietim^^
Serviees for United Family
Serviees, the workshop was^
held on Mareh 18. Also featured'
were speakers from Shalom^^
Bayit-NC, the loeal volunteer
group whieh foeuses on domes- ^
tie abuse in our Jewish eommu- ^
nity. For more information on^^
domestie abuse visit their web^
site at www.shalombayit-ne.org. ^
For information on getting ^
involved with WPN and soeial
aetion efforts, eontaet sue.lit-
tauer@jewisheharlotte.org. ^
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CONTENTS
Federation News pp. 2-5
Mazel Tov p. 5
Jewish Family Services p. 6
Community News pp. 7-12
Women’s Page p. 12
Youth p. 13
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library pp. 13,14
Synagogues/Cong pp. 15-17, 20-22
Jewish Community Center pp. 18,19
Schools PP.22, 23
Dining Out p. 24
Travel p.25
Shavout p. 26
Op-Ed p. 27
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