A dialogue among educators and physicians organized by  TeachCollab with Francesco BOIN, rheumatologist, Director of the Scleroderma Clinic, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco; Peter STOKMAN, cardiologist, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Crosby; Changsheng ZHANG MD, Joint PhD candidate, research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. and  Carolina BRITO (moderator), Dean of Curriculum and Instruction, Cristo Rey High School, Boston.

A presentation organized by the Well-Read Mom reading group on Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, with Maura–Kate COSTELLO, PhD candidate, University of Maryland; and Margaret STOKMAN, high school student; introduced by Marcie STOKMAN, Well-Read Mom founder.

A discussion organized by Crossroads on “Inside Out” with Peter FIELDS, freshman at City College of New York, Naomi GENUARD, mother; Margaret LARACY, psychologist; and Sal PETROSINO (moderator), Director of the Film, Video and Animation Department, School of Visual Arts.

A presentation organized by the Association of Medicine and the Person with Marc BEAUCHAMP, orthopedic surgeon, and Cristiano FERRARIO, oncologist, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal.

A conversation organized with Salone del Mobile.Milano, the most famous international furniture trade show,  with James BIBER, architect; Dario SNAIDERO, President Snaidero USA; and Roberto SNAIDERO, Chairman of Salone del Mobile.Milano.

A screening of Alexander Payne's Nebraska, organized by Crossroads Cultural Center and presented by Salvatore Petrosino, Director of the Film and Animation Department, School of Visual Arts.

A meeting organized by The Workcenter with Hope Carlson, Chief Development Officer at the Museum of Man in San Diego.

A presentation by AVSI-USA with John Waters, journalist.

“On the peripheries of existence”-- these are words Pope Francis frequently uses to describe some of the poorest areas of our world, communities where misery, conflicts and starvation are so overwhelming that they seem to call into question the very dignity of those among us that suffer the most. Join AVSI-USA and acclaimed Irish journalist John Waters as they discuss what lies at the heart of poverty and how, even in the most difficult situations, the AVSI Foundation has been able to generate lasting hope and human flourishing."

A presentation by the Italian woodwork federation, Federlegno Arredo, with Paolo Palamara, architect, real estate developer and builder, and Roberto Snaidero, President of Federlegno Arredo, moderated by Antonio Quaglio, senior editor for II Sole 24 Ore.

A Well-Read Mom presentation with Laurie Collins Quirk, Chair of the English Department of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington D.C.

In Anna Karenina, one views the complexity of life through the lens of three marriages. Set in a society plagued by corruption yet valuing what the ideal and stability of family provides, Anna Karenina is the story of three women who seek love and meaning in their lives.  It is in this place, between the idealized vision of what a person wants and imagines will lead to happiness and the reality of what a person actually has, that the true person emerges. 

A Well-Read Mom presentation with Paige Sanchez, Associate Superintendent of Mission Effectiveness, Archdiocese of New York, and Stephen Sanchez, Director of ComUnidad Juan Diego.

The Jeweler’s Shop was completed in 1960 while Karol Wojtyła (who became Pope John Paul II) was Bishop in Poland. This play is a meditation on the love between spouses understood as a visible presence of God’s love in and for the world.  Learn more >

A  Well-Read Mom presentation with Raffaella Mariani.

"Why Literature Matters: An Introduction to Well-Read Mom" by founder Marcie Stokman.

A presentation organized by the Association of Medicine and the Person with Dr. Brad Stuart, Chief Medical Officer of Sutter Care at Home and Enrico Grugnetti, geriatric nurse.