Living with Intention 2019
LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE
with journalist and author Jessica Abo
Monday, May 20, 2019
Beth El Temple | 2626 Albany Avenue | West Hartford
Community dinner 5:30 p.m. | Dessert & coffee 7 p.m. | Program 7:30 p.m.
Jessica Abo is on a mission to help people get to the root of their rut, to live life unfiltered, and remind them it's important to make a living, but it's also important to make a life. Jessica will discuss how her Jewish values have played a role in her journalism career and why she lives by the motto: affluence is not a requirement for influence.
$60 couvert* for dinner, dessert & program | $18 couvert* for just dessert & program
Laws of kashrut observed | Books will be available for sale
About Our Guest Speaker
Jessica Abo believes no matter where we are in our careers, relationships or level of activism, we are all a work in progress. Her book, Unfiltered: How To Be As Happy As You Look On Social Media, sold out on its first day of release in August 2018. Women's Health magazine named Unfiltered #1 on its list of self-love books. Jessica has spoken about her research and #liveunfiltered movement on The TODAY Show, Access Hollywood and ABC News and in dozens of publications including Forbes, Fast Company and SHAPE. She has spoken to Facebook, Microsoft, Delta Airlines, Weight Watchers, TEDx, the United Nations and at hundreds of conferences, nonprofits, universities and schools. In her spare time, Jessica is a passionate philanthropist and has raised more than a million dollars for several causes.
EVENT COMMITTEE**
Rachel Berezin · Dara Dyer · Jessica Fish · Carolyn Gitlin · Amanda Katzman · Laurie Mandell · Stefanie Ochs · Lisa Roland · Elise Rosenstock · Nikki Roth · Rachel Schilberg · Judy Schlossberg · Rachel Leventhal Weiner · Melissa Weinstock
2019 WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY CHAIR
Dana Keller
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT, AND DIRECTOR, WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY
Meredith Chandler
*Couvert does not represent a charitable contribution.
**As of April 3, 2019.
Sponsor: Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford