Let's circle up!
Calling all Ancient ChangeMakers!
Porter’s is announcing its first-ever, global women’s circle designed to foster nourishing human connection, understanding and mutual support amongst our incredible network of Miss Porter’s School Ancients.
Together, we will weave an intergenerational community of women passionate about equity and social impact as a non profit/foundation leader, activist, public official, artist, journalist, lawyer, educator, entrepreneur or business leader.
A nurturing community to listen, learn, and identify opportunities for collaboration with and among fellow Ancients.
Co-created by Ancients –for Ancients – we offer a community experience to cultivate authentic relationships and share our collective wisdom.
We hold space for personal reflection and connection, storytelling, group learning, and problem-solving. We will continue to evolve as we foster an empowering, purpose-driven female community and Ancient network.
Why are we circling up?
Community
Community
Connection
Connection
Collective Impact
Collective Impact
What will we be doing?
Listening
Supporting
Reflecting
Problem-solving
Connecting between networks
Guiding
Details
Members pay monthly for facilitated community conversations, curated learning, and a suite of holistic workshops and experiences.
Biweekly sessions are a time for participants to dive into stories that highlight learning and transitions. ChangeMaker’s authentically centers participant needs and dialogue is focused on overcoming challenges.
Time: Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET
Platform: Zoom link to be sent pending registration confirmation
Membership
Memberships fees are based on a suggested sliding scale as follows:
$25 – Student Member (College/Grad School)
$50 – Supporting Member
$100 – Founding Member
$500 – Partner (6 months, pre-paid membership)
Membership fees contribute to facilitator fees for this initiative and provide support for the ChangeMaker’s Institute Certificate program.
Additional Program Offerings
Monthly “Ancient Spotlights”
We will hear from Ancients about their insights and learning from respective changemaking efforts. These sessions are recorded for on-demand review.
Monthly virtual holistic offerings and workshops related to health and wellbeing in partnership with Eso Terra Foundation.
Quarterly Learning Activations
We will respond to the shared desire for more learning or dialogue on specific issues or world events as we convene. For example, skill-building series or workshops and dialogue around challenging, polarizing topics.
WhatsApp group
for ongoing connectivity and sharing.
Virtual ChangeMaker’s Institute Workshop for Women
Monday, November 6, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. ET
On Zoom
Cost: Free
Registration is now closed
Join us for an interactive workshop for graduates of Miss Porter’s School, Westover and Ethel Walker who are passionate about change making. Through personal stories, we’ll explore the world we envision and the steps needed to get there, fostering connections and shared meaning. By embracing radical personal responsibility, we aim to leverage our collective networks to drive meaningful change.
In this two hour virtual workshop, we aim to engage a group of diverse graduates of Miss Porter’s School, Westover School and Ethel Walker School who are interested in and passionate about changemaking.
In an interactive experience, we will hear from each other’s personal stories about respective changemaking efforts, the world we dream of, and the space from here to there.
Overall, this experience will facilitate an opportunity for alumnae to deeply connect with each other and make meaning of their shared and diverse experiences in their lives, philanthropy, and changemaking work.
By making meaning of our collective experiences, and naming our shared dreams and current challenges – we can begin to ground the possibility of collective impact together on issues that matter most.
In 2020, Porter’s Center for Global Leadership (PCGL) launched ChangeMaker’s Institute to seed a new frontier in changemaking for women and girls around the world. Our middle and high school programs inspire young women to take up space, find their inner wisdom, and discover new convictions and strategies for their vision of possibility for the world.
Now, we are expanding our community to include adult women changemakers who are daring to make possible a better world.
Together, PCGL and Miss Porter’s School Ancient Cat Lindroth ’04 have developed the ChangeMaker’s Institute to inspire women and girls from around the world to achieve their personal purpose and determine their viable pathways forward as changemakers.
Facilitator
Cat Lindroth ‘04
Designer & Lead Facilitator, ChangeMaker’s Institute, Porter’s Center for Global Leadership
Founder, Eso Terra
Founder, Dual School, SummerCollab & Social Contract
Throughout her career, Catherine has helped foundation, non-profit, and government leaders strategically foster innovation, collaboration, and collective impact. Combining her expertise in entrepreneurship, education, youth development, organizational management, facilitation, design thinking, systems thinking, and program design, Catherine deploys a unique set of skills in allyship with daring, visionary minds looking to make an inspiring impact in the world.
