Lennon Flowers

Lennon Flowers Co-Founder & Executive Director at The Dinner Party Los Angeles, California Connect Connect with Lennon Flowers The Dinner Party University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill See contact info 500+ connections Experience The Dinner Party Co-Founder Company NameThe Dinner Party Dates EmployedJan 2014 – Present Employment Duration5 yrs 2 mos LocationGreater Los Angeles Area Ours is a community of mostly 20- and 30-somethings who've each experienced significant loss, and connect around potluck Dinner Parties to talk about it. We're working to turn loss from a conversation-stopper to a conversation-starter, with the goal of transforming our most isolating experiences into sources of meaningful connection and forward movement. Since January 2014, we've grown from a few dozen people to more than 4,000, who meet regularly at 217 tables in 98 cities and towns worldwide. We've been featured on NPR's Morning Edition, CNN, O Magazine, NYT, and more than a dozen other publications, and as a case study in three books: The Upside of Stress by Stanford psychologist and TED speaker Kelly McGonigal, The New Better Off b... See more #Realtalk: Welcome to The Dinner Party #Realtalk: Welcome to The Dinner Party Ashoka Senior Change Manager, Empathy Initiative Company NameAshoka Dates EmployedMay 2011 – Dec 2013 Employment Duration2 yrs 8 mos We're out to to increase recognition of the importance of empathy as a critical skill---and one that can be taught, measured, and easily integrated into today's classrooms. Together with school administrators and leading social entrepreneurs in education, we are working to distill the key principles and practices of the many Ashoka Fellows working to instill and nurture empa... See more GOOD Project Manager Company NameGOOD Dates EmployedMay 2010 – Jun 2011 Employment Duration1 yr 2 mos www.good.is Ashoka Partnership Manager Company NameAshoka Dates EmployedAug 2009 – May 2010 Employment Duration10 mos Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Degree NameB. A. Field Of StudyInternational Studies & Political Science Dates attended or expected graduation 2003 – 2007 Activities and Societies: Students Working in the Environment for Active Transformation (SWEAT), Millennium Village Project, Campus Y, & Company Carolina, among others.