LEWISTON — On Friday, Nov. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m., the Center for Wisdom’s Women will host another of its events called “Wise and Strong Women Speak.”

This is a semi-annual program that invites remarkable women into a public conversation to share their lives and wisdom. The focus this time will be on aspirations and inspirations, and on the role of mentors who have helped in finding and fulfilling our true selves.

Gale Hart will share her personal story which includes overcoming the challenges of being a single mother of three by the age of 23, leaving an abusive relationship, working while attending college, being the sister of a murder victim, losing her home in a fire and being a caretaker of a son with a traumatic brain injury.

“We get our strength from those that have gone before us,” said Hart, and “sometime we just need a little encouragement.” She used to believe that life was what happened to you, but grew to understand from those who came before her, that life is a series of choices. Through diversity, she found forgiveness, gratitude and her voice.

Hart is upbeat and inspiring. Just as she was encouraged and helped along the way, she now inspires others. In addition to her work as finance director at United Way, she spends time with other women sharing her experience and walking with them in journeys of change.

Bonnie Rousseau and Heather Flanders, two women who have recently come to volunteer at the women’s center, will join Hart in the second half. Attendees will hear a bit of their stories, and then the three women will enter into a conversation about finding and taking the next step.

No reservations are needed. Light snacks and beverages will be offered. There is no charge, though a donation to the women’s center is appreciated.

The women’s center is between Pine and Ash streets, behind the Healy Terrace apartments. Parking is limited in the lot. Use the streets or the garage on Park Street one block away.

For more information, call 513-3922 or visit www.wisdomswomen.org.