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International Women ’s Day program to focus on happiness 

IWF of Georgia to hold event on March 1 

hosted by Georgia Pacific 

The International Women ’s Forum of Georgia will celebrate International Women ’s Day on March 1 with a half-day program on happiness.  

The chapter ’s 5^th annual IWD event,  “Together we Thrive: The Impact and Effects of Happiness on Women ’s Leadership and Equity,” will be hosted by Georgia-Pacific.  

“The program will take a global look at what it means to be happy through different cultural lenses; to the ways happiness and life satisfaction — and the challenges to achieve them — tie to policy, leadership and your definiion of success,” said Susan O ’Farrell, 2024 IWD chair.  “We ’ll explore it all and might just spread a little joy while we ’re at it!” 

The International Women ’s Forum of Georgia will celebrate International Women ’s Day on March 1 with a half-day program on happiness.

The chapter ’s 5th annual IWD event,  “Together we Thrive: The Impact and Effects of Happiness on Women ’s Leadership and Equity,” will be hosted by Georgia-Pacific. 

“The program will take a global look at what it means to be happy through different cultural lenses; to the ways happiness and life satisfaction — and the challenges to achieve them — tie to policy, leadership and your definition of success,” said Susan O ’Farrell, 2024 IWD co-chair.  “We ’ll explore it all and might just spread a little joy while we ’re at it!”

IWD Co-chair Amy Glennon said she ’s glad that IWF is delving into the topic of happiness, and its impact on woman and leadership.  “The notion of happiness can get pushed aside — we ’re  too busy ... It ’s not important right now … the world is too messy,” said Glennon.   “But I ’m eager to hear what that could cost us and what we might want to do about it.”

Featured speakers will include:  

Robert Waldinger, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, Massachusetts General Hospital and Cofounder, Lifespan Research Foundation 

Dr. Kathleen Hall, the founder and CEO of Mindful Living Network and The Stress Institute 

Janet Wells, Professional Actress and Comedian in Film, Television, Radio, and Stage; and Comedy Improv Instructor 

Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Director, Chief of Staff;  

Dr. Helene Gayle, President of Spelman College

The International Women ’s Day program is one of the Georgia chapter ’s signature events and the only one where it invites external guests.  

For speaker bios, event details, and to register, go here. 

Program timeline:  

7:30 am - 9:30 am   PowerTalk Breakfast / Mentorship Program 

9:00 am - 9:30 am   General Session Arrival / Networking 

9:30 am – 1:30 pm  IWD Program 

The event is open to members and to the public. Virtual and in-person tickets are available at https://iwfgeorgia.org/IWD2024.

About the International Women ’s Forum 

The International Women ’s Forum is a global organization with a mission of Advancing Women ’s Leadership and Championing Equality Worldwide. There are chapters in 33 nations with more than 7,000 women as members in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America. The Georgia chapter of IWF was founded in 1988 (then known as the Women ’s Forum of Georgia), growing out of former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter ’s hosting of the Women and the Constitution Conference held at the Carter Center that year. The 15 founding members were Amanda Brown-Olmstead, Rosalynn Carter, Wicke Chambers, Christine King Farris, Shirley Franklin, Coretta Scott King, Liane Levetan, Alice Parsons, Judith Sans, Ruth Schmidt, Leah Ward Sears, Betty Siegel, Dayle Powell Spencer, Cathy Steinberg, and Betty Tallmadge. IWF Georgia has grown to be one of the largest Forums in the world with members across the state ranging from Atlanta to Savannah. 
  

 

For more information: 

Jennifer Langley 

IWF Georgia Forum Manager 

jlangley@iwfgeorgia.org 

404-314-3941 

Gina Espinosa

gespinosa@hopebeckham.com

404-229-4540