AFLCR board chair Sylvie Butel and president Linda Pervier attended the annual convention of the Federation of Alliances Françaises USA, held in Chicago in late September 2013. Explained Linda, “We were awarded a workshop slot at which we described what is special about our Alliance–that real, local francophone heritage and geographic realities share space in our programming with Eurocentric and global French culture. We got a better sense of how the Alliance is organized (though the complexity is truly daunting). We picked up lots of programming ideas—more wine-tasting is in our future! We got collegial with our peers, and we had a great time. These photo captions each tell a little of the story.”
dining with Frédéric Duloc and Cyprienne Simchowitz of AF Kansas City.
“We had met in passing in the workshops, but didn’t get into chatting
until we met Madame at the savon français display in a shop in the hotel. Some things are universal,” wrote Linda.
“She has to make frequent trips to Hawaii, poor thing.
She is also a Federation officer. Her workshop was full of great ideas about how to make member/public events affordable.”
Federation president Carole Crosby, and AF Chicago president Hervé de la Vauvre.
“Ironically, the Prix recipient, chef Patricia Wells, was stuck on an airplane and missed the festive repast.
His eminence M. Delattre was his ever charming self.”
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Here is AF Buffalo president Evelyne Harris with our own Sylvie Butel.
A number of colleagues wanted to talk about our Piecework project,
especially those located where francophone heritage is a socio-cultural factor.”