WDC CEO to speak at City Club event

Marlena Sessions, Chief Executive Officer of the WDC, will be a featured speaker at City Club’s luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 30.

The topic is “Got Stress?’” The WDC was invited to speak on the effect of stress on jobseekers and resources available to help.

Details below.

HealthCare Series: Got Stress? [click to follow link to registration]

Town Hall Seattle  |  1119 – 8th Ave, Seattle [view map]
Registration:  11:30 a.m. | Program: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Buffet Luncheon: $20/CityClub Members | $25/Guests and co-presenters | $30/General public
Coffee & Dessert: $12/CityClub Members | $15/Guests and co-presenters | $18/General public

Featuring:

• Marlena Sessions, CEO, Workforce Development Council
• John de Graaf, National Coordinator, Take Back Your Time
• David Levy, Professor, University of Washington Information School

o Susan B. Winston, LICSW, Director of Counseling Services, Sound Mental Health

Moderated by: Laura Musikanski, Executive Director, Sustainable Seattle

Have you achieved the ever elusive “work-life balance”? As a nation, we seem to be experiencing more and more stress and many cite stress as the main cause of mental and physical health problems. According to the International Labour Organization and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. remains the only industrialized nation without mandated annual leave. Americans work more and take less vacation time all while increasing in productivity a whopping 400% since 1950. What role does our current economic climate play? Is our stress simply work related, or does the increased access to information and technology also play a role? How big a problem is stress for us as individuals and for our society? Is medicine the answer or are social and behavioral changes needed? How can we combat the negative impacts and ultimately reduce the stress in our lives? Bring your own questions and join us as we strive to find the right balance!

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