Upcoming: Keynote on the Metaverse

July 11, 2022

Carnegie Mellon

Past Events

Living Color: Agency, Advocacy, and Allyship

June 23, 2022

As a part of the year's Prid Month, we invited Dr. Loretta Chen to discuss and share how and what it means to be an ally for the LGBTQIA+ community.

International Women's Day Webinar

March 8, 2022

An engaging, no holds barred sharing about women and leadership. Come Vent, Venture, and Adventure!

Discover, Collaborate & Network with keynote speaker Dr. Loretta Chen at the 2020 Hawai'i Association for Career and Technical Education Conference

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January 30 & 31, 2020

Hawai'i Convention Center

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Thank you Hawaii ACTE for this incredible opportunity to share on the 21st-century educator and its interpellations with AI, MOOC in this VUCA world in the Opening Keynote to 700+ attendees from Dept of Education and Univ of Hawaii. 

In my two other breakouts, I also spoke on Gross National Happiness as an alternative matrix for assessing progress, citing Bhutan as a case study as well as premiering my short film on Secrets to Happiness directed by Bhutan’s leading media personality Namgay Zam. I also shared my TED talk, The Power of Failure and the importance of leaning into vulnerability as an Authentic Leader.

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My deepest gratitude to President Barack Obama for mailing me a letter addressed to the conference-goers that came in time (4 hours to be exact !) before the keynote. This means a lot to the organization and the attendees as your words inspire and uplift especially in these divisive times.

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NEW RELEASE

M/OTHER

M/OTHER wishes to shed light on the voices of alternative modalities of motherhood and on the lives of these “invisible” mummies. Popular culture and mass media have glamorized and normalized the “mother” in heteronormative households leaving no public discourse on teen, single, incarcerated, foster, rape survivor, special needs, transgender and step-moms etc. This inequity in representation, repression of their visibility leads to less awareness and support for these mothers and their children.

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This is a system of silence and shame that leaves little room for these mothers who face social stigma as well as the emotional and economic stress of raising children in alternative households without typical, societal frameworks of support. We need diverse voices to be heard especially in these unprecedented times. M/OTHER foregrounds the challenges of these mothers who raise children in spite of extraordinary circumstances.

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Joycelyn, one of the mothers who has not lived to see this book published, wants this as a keepsake for her daughters. Proceeds of the book will go towards a scholarship fund for her young daughters as well as The Best of You, a social movement that creates awareness on urban poverty.
 

INSPIRING WOMEN OF HAWAI'I

Dr. Loretta Chen

Celebrating the diverse and powerful women who have made Hawai‘i the place it is today. In their own voice, learn more about their lives and contributions and what they see for the future of Hawai‘i.

This book is a celebration of inspiring women who have contributed to the growth and development of the Aloha State determined by their spheres of influence, dedication, and commitment to their craft, industries, and the Hawaiian community. All of them have demonstrated their ability to rise above the ordinary and push the margins as frontier.

Inspiring Women of Hawai‘i gives us a glimpse into the past, a portrait of the contemporary and a vision of the future ...

Available Now