Hellenic American Women's Council - HAWC

08/19/2026

We are delighted to have Varvara Athanasiou-Ioannou, Founder of the FFTN.org.au and Author of 'Her Voice' as our Moderator for the Voices Across Two Shores Program on Zoom. We invited you to join on August 22 11am Eastern to join as Varvara will lead us in a Workshop exercise, where each one of us can share Your Voice, Your Story. We will spend time answering the Five Questions and then sharing them in a safe space where you can remember, reflect and give your experience a Voice. To work on the questions in advance, please download the worksheet and jot down your answers. Remember to have it handy on Saturday, August 22 at 11am Eastern, 10am Central and 8am Pacific. Varvara will be joining us from Greece which will be 6pm Greece. Ladies from Australia and Europe are also welcome to join and register.

To register visit: www.tinyurl.com/two-voices

Download the Five Questions : https://files.constantcontact.com/3c7ab8f7601/a664867f-3496-4be1-86dd-f83dab110842.docx?rdr=true

08/09/2026

Thank you The National Herald / Εθνικός Κήρυξ and Varvara Athanasiou-Ioannou . We are looking forward to sharing stories on August 22 . There is still time to register at www.tinyurl.com/two-voices

ΣΙΚΑΓΟ. Το Ελληνοαμερικανικό Συμβούλιο Γυναικών (Hellenic American Women’s Council – HAWC) προσκαλεί γυναίκες ελληνικής καταγωγής, καθώς και φίλες του Ελληνισμού, να συμμετάσχουν στην εκδήλωση «Φωνές από Δύο Ακτές» (Voices Across Two Shores), μια ενδιαφέρουσα διαδικτυακή συζήτηση που θα πραγματοποιηθεί το Σάββατο 22 Αυγούστου, στις 8 π.μ. (Ώρα Ειρηνικού), 10 π.μ. (Κεντρική Ώρα) και 11 π.μ. (Ανατολική Ώρα), μέσω Zoom, με προσκεκλημένη την καταξιωμένη Αυστραλή συγγραφέα, παιδαγωγό και ιδρύτρια του δικτύου Food for Thought Network, Βαρβάρα Αθανασίου-Ιωάννου, μέλος του Τάγματος της Αυστραλίας (AM).

(Διαβάστε το άρθρο στο 1o σχόλιο)

08/09/2026

Thank you The National Herald / Εθνικός Κήρυξ and Hellenic Professional Society of Illinois . We are looking forward to the Odyssey & Art on August 27th. There is still time to register for this complimentary event !! tinyurl.com/Odyssey-Art

Tap into your inner Odyssey ..join us on this voyage .. Aug 27th at the Art Institute

Free event but we have reserved a block of seats. Register following the link:
https://tinyurl.com/Odyssey-Art

*HPSI & HAWC Odyssey Event Article
https://www.thenationalherald.com/hpsi-hawc-event-on-art-the-odyssey-at-chicago-art-institute-aug-27/

The National Herald / Εθνικός Κήρυξ
Hellenic Professional Society of Illinois
Hellenic American Women's Council - HAWC

08/08/2026

HPSI and HAWC Great Lakes Present

"Art & the Odyssey" at the Art Institute of Chicago

Thursday, August 27

The Community is Invited to Explore Homer's Odyssey
Through Ancient Art & Popular Culture
Register today at tinyurl.com/Odyssey-Art

08/08/2026

Art and the Odyssey will be held on August 27 at the Art Institute of Chicago. To register and join HAWC and HPSI please visit tinyurl.com/Odyssey-Art .

We are excited to have these great presenters for this program:

Leading the tour at 5pm at the Jaharis Greek Wing of the Art Institute will be Dr. Karen Ros. Dr. Karen Ros earned her A.M. and Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan and her A.B. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College. She has participated in archaeological excavations throughout Greece, Italy, and Tunisia and regularly teaches courses on Greek and Roman art and archaeology. Dr. Ros is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago

At 6pm we will convene in the Rubloff Auditorium for the Art Institute's Homer's Odyssey in Art and Popular Culture which will be led by Dr. Lisa Ayla Cakmak. Since 2020, Dr. Lisa Ayla Çakmak has overseen one of the art museum's distinguished collections of ancient Mediterranean art. Previously, she served for ten years at the Saint Louis Art Museum, where she was the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Associate Curator.

Her presentation will explore how Homer's Odyssey has inspired artists for centuries while examining universal themes of journey, identity, resilience, homecoming, and cultural memory that continue to resonate today.

Also in the Rubloff Auditorium Ginia Shubik Seeney, director of interpretation at the Art Institute of Chicago, will be sharing content. She develops tools that connect visitors with works of art. She works closely with teams across the museum to present engaging narratives in the galleries, with the goals of sparking revelation, fostering close ties between people, and providing a tangible understanding of the past. Prior to joining the Art Institute in 2018, Ginia worked at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. She holds an MA from Williams College and a BA from Columbia University, both in art history.

08/04/2026

Thank you to the The National Herald / Εθνικός Κήρυξ for covering our upcoming event:

CHICAGO – The Hellenic American Women’s Council (HAWC) invites women of Hellenic heritage, and friends of Hellenes to participate in ‘Voices Across Two Shores’, an engaging online conversation on Saturday, August 22, 8 AM Pacific/10 AM Central/ 11 AM Eastern, via Zoom, with acclaimed Austral...

08/04/2026

Women sharing stories...join us and share your story.
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