The Beauty Myth: Women, Weight and Appearances
By Ruth Raymond Thone
How can women free themselves from the beauty myth? Thone explores the cultural dictates of weight, size, clothing, hairstyles and color, body shape, skin—all the appearance "norms." The discussion focuses on how energy and money are spent on molding women to be what someone else enjoys looking at -- which is usually thin and young; on the ways women are socialized to be obsessed with their weight; and how women try to cover up the natural aging processes.

The Complexity of Human Relations
By Marilyn Johnson-Farr
Audiences begin or continue the process of self-clarification as Johnson-Farr discusses race, gender, age and sexual orientation. The approach is based on the premise that we cannot begin to understand another perspective until we understand our own experience.

Cultural and Racial Isolation
By Marilyn Johnson-Farr
Audiences gain first-hand knowledge about the experiences of African-American women who are racially and culturally isolated in the workplace. The experience of these women helps us to examine the workplace environment and try to discern whether it is attempting to understand systemic racism.

Intercultural Communication
By Janet Lu
This presentation covers bilingual education issues and discusses how language, both verbal and nonverbal, plays a significant role in helping people develop a mutual understanding and solve problems that are created by language barriers. It examines how education plays a role in teaching people to respect others who are different and have different skin colors. Lu addresses issues of multiculturalism and shares personal experiences. Lu prefers to speak within a 60-mile radius of Lincoln.

Issues of Equity, Inclusion and Multiculturalism
By Neville F. Murray
Murray has worked in the multicultural field and guided a nationally recognized initiative to provide greater access and assistance to underserved populations and communities in Nebraska. In this presentation, he focuses on cultural diversity and the fine arts and the ways and means to create a greater appreciation for the cultural contributions of all people. 

Why We Laugh
By Richard Kimbrough
Laughter is one of the defining aspects of what a human being is. This program examines why we laugh and what we laugh about with a particular emphasis on how cultural, social, and generational differences affect the perception of what is funny. A number of humorous stories from various cultures are used to illustrate how humor differs. The presenter is well aware of different cultures, having lived and worked in the U.S.A., England, the former Soviet Union, and Japan. This is at once a funny program and a serious program about how laughter affects our relationships with each other.

Women and Aging: A Celebration
By Ruth Raymond Thone
Humor and gentleness mark this vibrant discussion of how women can be allowed to be old and feel good about themselves and their lives. Thone explores old age as a time for celebration. She believes marking the last third of a woman's life with intention, consciousness and affirmation and action, helps women get beyond the cultural stereotypes and others' expectations. Discussion includes our culture's stereotypes of aging, the myth of aging gracefully, and all issues important to aging women. Aging makes us more so of who we are now, so it behooves us to work on becoming who we want to be in old age. We conclude by everyone answering "When I am an old woman . . ." or "Now that I am an old woman. . . " To be old, ten years older than whatever we are now, brings no magical wisdom and happiness to our lives. We must create that old age which is vibrant and satisfying.