As a former college professor, Helen very much enjoys speaking to students and readers. She has met with English and History classes in public and independent schools; with college students in Women's Studies, Slavic Studies, Jewish Studies, Journalism and Memoir classes; with social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists at various mental health conferences; with women's groups and public library reading groups; with religious groups at synagogues and churches. She has recently traveled to speak in Mexico City, Toronto, Budapest, and Prague.

Lectures The Legacy of Joseph Papp Reading and Writing Women's Memoir Transforming Trauma Writing Your Family History Swimming against stereotype: The Story of a Czech Water Polo Player/Officer/Jew Assimilating Jews: The case of Bohemia

Some of Helen's Events in 2009

January 24	University of Rome "La Sapienza"
January 24	ISIPSé: Istituto di Specializzazione in Psicologia Psicoanalitica del Sé e Psicoanalisi Relazionale
January 26	Pitigliani Center of Rome
January 27	Giorno della Memoria, Udine
January 28	National Chamber of Italian Fashion, Milan
February 2	Moriacchi Theater, Perugia
March 1	The Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews, New York City
April 20	SUNY Geneseo Keynote Address, Great Day
October 21	Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, Cambridge, MA
October 31	2009 World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust, Newton, MA
December 5	Czech and Slovak Association of Boston, Everett, MA