Mandell JCC Hosts Rosalind Wiseman, Bestselling Author and Inspiration for Hit Film “Mean Girls” at 6th Annual Parenting Conference – Thursday, January 30, 2014

The Mandell JCC will be hosting New York Times bestselling
author and inspiration for the hit film, “Mean Girls,” Rosalind Wiseman, at its
6th Annual Parenting Conference – A Night with Rosalind Wiseman on Thursday,
January 30, 2014 at 7:00pm in the Herbert Gilman Theater at the Mandell JCC,
Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT. The event is a
discussion for parents of children of all ages, and teens grades 7 and up are
welcome to attend.

Ms. Wiseman is an internationally recognized expert on
children, teens, parenting, bullying, social justice and ethical leadership.
Her New York Times bestseller Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter
Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the new Realties of Girl World was the
inspiration for Tina Fey’s hit film “Mean Girls.” Recently, her latest book,
Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power,
Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the new Rules of Boy World, was voted one
of National Public Radio’s (NPR) Great Reads of 2013.

She is a frequent guest on the Today Show and Anderson
Cooper 360, and has been profiled in The New York Times, People, The
Washington, Post USA Today, CNN, Good Morning America, and NPR affiliates
throughout the country. In 2011, she was one of the principal speakers at the
White House Summit on Bullying.

Tickets are $20 per person, $15 per current educator, and $5
per teen (grades 7 and up). To register, contact the Member Services Center,
860-236-4571. For more information, contact Jane Pasternak, 860-231-6342, jpasternak@mandelljcc.org,
or visit www.mandelljcc.org.

A Night with Rosalind Wiseman is made possible by the
generosity of the following Mandell JCC Partners (as of 12/18/13): Fierston
Financial Group, Jewish Community Foundation, Connecticut Children’s Medical
Center, Data-Mail Inc., Tops PC, Lesro, Pediatric Partners, Connecticut Science
Center, Mathnasium, Coco Lily, Pediatric Dentistry, ProHealth Physicians
Children’s Medical Group and Waterford Hotel Group Inc.

The Mandell Jewish Community Center is open to everyone and
supported by funds raised by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, a
recipient of funding from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford,
and a member of the JCC Association of North America. For updates, visit
www.mandelljcc.org, or follow the Mandell JCC on Facebook and Twitter. All
dates and programs subject to change.