“Hold the door open for the person behind you and always make room at the table for one more.”
– Katha Cato, Co-Founder/Executive Director
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The Queens World Film Festival, New York Women in Film and Television, Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, and The Gaia Zine proudly announce PASSION in ACTION, a day-long mentoring event to bring high school and college students together with Passionate Professionals in the Arts, Sciences, Finance, Women’s Sports, Nonprofit Sectors and More.
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Micro Workshop:
Claim Your Confidence
When we claim our confident thoughts and engage in conversations about our passions, it facilitates the exchange of information and leads to the discovery of common ground.
Micro Workshop:
Write Your Personal Mission Statement
When we know our purpose, we become purposeful. Living a life with a mission that includes our passions and interests allows us to create meaningful relationships with others working in similar spaces.
Micro Workshop:
Bring Yourself Into the Collaborative Space
When we entertain the notion that anything is possible, we recognize and welcome the talents, passions, and interests of everyone in the room.
Event Info
APRIL 22, 2023
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
THE RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL
35-59 81 Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Lite Breakfast and Lunch Provided
FREE for ages 12 and above
9:00 am Registration, Light Breakfast
9:30 am Welcome and Introductions: Katha Cato (Queens World), Isabel Tiburcio (GAIA), Easmanie Michel (NYWIFT), Carolina Valencia (Epicenter-NYC), Vesna Cremona (AMER_ICAN)
9:40 am Start your engines: Robert Galinsky
9:45 am Morning Micro Workshops
12:00 pm Working Lunch: Practice your Elevator Pitch and your Mission Statement.
1:00 pm CM Krishnan welcomes our Passionate Professionals
1:10 pm 3 x 30 minutes sessions: PPs share career journeys, lead conversations
- 1:15pm – 1:45pm – Round #1
- 1:50pm – 2:20pm – Round #2
- 2:25pm – 2:55pm – Round #3
Fay Samaras (Kaufman Astoria Studios) draws the raffle winners for tours
3:10pm Open Mic
3:30pm Veggie Nuggets
Call to action: Now that we are leaning into our passions, lean into our community!
4:00pm Chat and Mingle and Networking and Goodbye
4:30pm Event concludes
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