Speaker: Nicole Snow, CEO and founder, Darn Good Yarn.

When Nicole Snow first began selling yarn from her home, it was the natural outgrowth of her long time interest in art and crafts. In 2008 she created Darn Good Yarn, now a multimillion dollar business in the Capital District which is focused on social consciousness through crafting and design. The beautiful handmade yarns and fabrics featured by the company are made by female artisans in India and Nepal, using remnants of silk from the sari industry. The business serves crafters all over the world and provides employment for more than 600 people overseas and an additional 26 people in the U.S. Nicole will describe how her love for crafting and creating has evolved into an enterprise able to create sustainable wages for artisans around the world. Now that she has a young daughter, her life has changed in other ways, and she will also discuss her efforts to find a better work-life balance. All women are invited to join us in hearing the remarkable story of someone who is doing well by doing good.

Since our programs this year are being offered only virtually, to receive an invitation to join the program on Zoom, please email Gabrielle Reals at ellegr3@gmail.com by Monday, February 22. If you have never used Zoom before, this tutorial created by the Treasure Coast Unitarian Universalist Church in Stuart, FL will tell you how to do it:  Zoom Tutorial from TCUUC. After you download a free Zoom account, if you need help, contact Judy Clough at mimaclough@yahoo.com.  (Best to do this well before the February 25 meeting.) Please note: If you are not already on Judy’s invitation list, you should email Gabrielle.

Sign into the meeting between 6:50 and 7:00 PM.  After welcoming remarks, the speaker will be introduced at 7:15. Following the presentation, there will be time for questions.  Networking (when each woman may share something of interest with the group) will begin around 8:15, and the meeting will end no later than 9 PM.

To see the complete calendar of EBWA programs for 2020-2021, please click here.