The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers Organizing Committee extends sincere thanks and appreciation to all of the Festival participants, hosts, venues and contributors, without whom this great event would not be possible.
A warm thank you to our 2013 generous donors and collaborators, including:
The Berkshire International Film Festival, with special thanks to Kelley Vickery
The Berkshire Human Rights Speaker Series, with special thanks to Ricky Bernstein
Orion Magazine, with special thanks to Hannah Fries
Berkshire Magazine, with special thanks to Anastasia Stanmeyer
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, with special thanks to Denise Barack
Quality Printing Co., with special thanks to John DiSantis
The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, with special thanks to Carla Oleska
The Women’s Interfaith Institute of the Berkshires, with special thanks to JoAnne Spies
Sisters for Peace, with special thanks to Caroline Wheeler
The public libraries of Berkshire County
Rubiners Cheesemongers and Grocers
A very special thanks to The John A. Sellon Charitable Trust, for its sustaining and generous contributions to our International Women’s Day and Berkshire Festival of Women Writers events for more than a decade, with particular gratitude to Mr. Michael Sellon for his unwavering commitment to promoting the rights and celebrating the achievements of women worldwide.
And with loving thanks to IWD committee members emeriti Vera Kalm and Zoe Dalheim, for their vision, leadership and lifelong dedication to the welfare of women locally and globally.
Major funding for the 2013 Berkshire Festival of Women Writers is provided by the Massachusetts Council on the Humanities and the Local Cultural Councils of the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, including Northern Berkshire and the towns of Alford-Egremont, Becket, Dalton, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Pittsfield, Stockbridge, Washington and West Stockbridge.
Also many thanks to our advertisers and supporters for the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers 2013:
