by Leslie Snow | 26, Jul, 2023 | Blog
Greetings, friends: Thank you to everyone who sent healing thoughts, texts, notes, emails, and phone calls to offer a helping hand during my unexpected hospital visit. I had a short bout with respiratory and cardiac issues, spending several days in Valhalla at...
by Leslie Snow | 11, Jul, 2023 | Blog
Please support Caren Martineau, (www.bevival.com), one of the presenters at our May 9 event, along with Christine Herbes at the Dying to Know Film Festival this August at the Rosendale Theatre in Rosendale, NY. At the May 9 event we presented Christine’s film, “Dying...
by Leslie Snow | 31, May, 2023 | Blog
Ellen Messer’s book, “Back Rooms: Voices from the Illegal Abortion Era,” was the subject of a vibrant Zoom presentation at last year’s UCWN October event. Subsequently, Ellen donated copies to UCWN, who placed them in area independent bookstores to be sold. UCWN...
by Leslie Snow | 30, May, 2023 | Blog
Hi, All: For those of you who attended our May meeting, launching our Aging Series with Christine Herbes Summers’ film, “What Time Is Left,” we wish to thank you all for such a great turn out, your enthusiasm, and your candid comments on the subject of Death Literacy...
by Leslie Snow | 27, Apr, 2023 | Blog
Over a 45-year career, Christine Herbes-Sommers has produced dozens of educational and long-form national documentaries on issues of contemporary importance for PBS. Many earned prestigious awards, among them two DuPont Columbia awards, the National Academy of Science...
