Kingston AAUW Calendar
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Tue. February 9, 3pm Branch Board Meeting, Kingston Library -- yes, there is a board meeting.
Note earlier time: Sat. Feb. 13, 1 pm, Branch Meeting: A New You with Joel Ludlow, Hairdresser to the Stars
Sun. Feb 14, 5 - 8 pm Potluck & a Film, V. Hlavsa's home. See below.
Tues. Feb. 16, 1-2:30 Book Discussion, Kingston Library. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Tues. March 23rd, 7pm Branch meeting - Writing Our Memoirs with Bev Sloane
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Potluck & a Film
I Am the Other Woman
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Rescheduled due to January snowstorm - On Sunday, February 14th, 5 PM, we will meet at my house (directions on request to have a covered dish supper and watch "I Am the Other Woman" directed by the German New Wave director (and former actress), Margrethe von Trotta, born 1942.
It takes place after fall of 'The Wall,' and the focus is on personal relationships, against a background of politics involving the Stasi and its adherents in former East
Germany. Made in mid-'90s.
Hope you can make it! ViVi |
Trip Information
No Spring Trips Planned
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When the Kingston Branch began offering trips, few other trip opportunities were available. Our trips also generated money for our scholarship fund.
Today, many groups offer trips, often for prices we can't match. We've had to cancel several recent trips for lack of participation. As a result, we aren't planning any spring trips.
We will plan a couple of summer trips to places others don't go.We'd appreciate your input into our planning, so watch for a survey in the next two weeks.
Meanwhile, we'll share information about trips others have scheduled in the hopes that you'll continue to enjoy the wealth of our region's resources.
Thank for your support.
ViVi
Philadelphia Flower
Show
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County's (CCEUC) Master Gardener
Program will host a bus trip to "The City of Brotherly Love" on Thursday,
March 4, 2010. The buses will load at 6:45am and leave from the MAC
Fitness parking lot located in the Kingston Plaza at 7:00am and will
return at approximately 9:30pm. Pre-registration is required before
Friday, February 26, 2010. The cost is $65 per person which includes
transportation and ticket to the show. No refunds. |
2009-2010 Kingston Branch Officers
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VP, Programming - ViVi Hlavsa and Beverly Sloane
VP Membership - Suki Kerr & Jean Semilof
Treasurer - Doris Licht
Recording Secretary - Carol Leib for Susan Holland
Corresponding Secretary - Joan Reis
Committees
Bus Trips - ViVi Hlavsa and Pat Whalan
Communications - Ruth Wahtera
Directory - Sheila Beall
Diversity - Arlene Bruck
Educational Foundation - Doris Goldberg & Irwin Rosenthal
Historian - Bernie Carpino
Hospitality - Pat Stedge and Ginger Yaple
International - Vacant
Legal Advocacy Fund - Dolores LaChance
Publicity - Carole Leib
Public Policy - Rokki Carr
Telephone Tree - Virginia Kohli
See your directory for phone numbers and email addresses.
Click here for links to leadership profiles.
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Kingston AAUW Branch Communication Committee
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Ruth Bean
ViVi Hlavsa
Susan Holland
Doris Licht
Ruth Wahtera, Editor
If you have something you would like posted on either the Kingston AAUW or the Unofficial Passions site, e-mail the information to a committee member.
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About AAUW
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AAUW's Value Promise
By joining AAUW, you belong
to a community that breaks through educational and economic barriers so
that all women have a fair chance. AAUW's Mission
AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. | |
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We hope this month's program will be of interest to a broader and, perhaps, younger audience. Joel Ludlow will be entertaining and certainly different from our usual fare -- and a good opportunity for an outing with friends of all ages.
While we aren't charging admission, we are suggesting donations to our local scholarship fund. In this time of rising tuition and books, we want to give everything we can.
-- Ruth
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February Branch Meeting
A New You from the Outside In - Joel Ludlow
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From the Oprah Great Hair Makeover
At AAUW, we tend to be a pretty cerebral group -- bridge, book clubs, breaking through barriers -- but that doesn't mean that we don't care about how we look. A compliment about our appearance can make us stand up a bit straighter, put a smile on our lips, and a twinkle in our eye. Join us on Saturday, February 13, when Joel Ludlow, Hairdresser to the Stars, will demonstrate and talk about things we can do to look our best. Joel practices his craft, making women and men from all walks of life look their best, at the well-known Kenneth's Salon in Manhattan. Joel's client list has included women as varied as Katherine Graham and Madeleine Albright; Debra Messing ( Will & Grace) and Dana Delaney ( Desperate Housewives). He has worked fashion shows for Mary McFadden and Missoni, VIP weddings, and innumerable photoshoots. Invite your daughters, grand-daughters, friends and neighbors. This should be a fun afternoon. When Joel shares the tricks of the trade, he's very entertaining. The New You -- from the Outside, In
Joel Ludlow, Hairdresser to the Stars
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Kingston Library Community Room
1:00 Registration and refreshments
!:30 Program
Non-members - suggested $10 donation to the Branch scholarship fund
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Haiti Relief Effort by a Local Agency
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Our hearts go out the the people of Haiti. The dimensions of the devastation are hard to comprehend and the long and expensive work of recovery lies ahead. If you can contribute to the effort, consider a local 501(c)3 agency with twenty years experience working in Haiti.
The Haitian People's Support Project based
in West Hurley, NY, was founded in 1990, and promotes Haitian self-sufficiency through educational exchange, material and technical support, nutritional and educational projects in Haitian orphanages,
schools, cooperatives, and sustainable living programs. Pierre and
Terry Leroy, the founders, are well known locally. The Freeman has written articles about them
in the past.
They are currently mounting a relief team of physicians, nurses, and other skilled people. If you are interested in traveling to Haiti to help, get in touch with them.
There's a paypal donate link on their website or MAKE A DONATION BY SENDING YOUR CHECK PAYABLE TO:
Haitian People's Support Project
P.O. Box 496
Woodstock, NY, 12498
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Feedback from the College/University Partnerships Webinar -- Doris Goldberg
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Follow-up: Monday evening , January 25, our electronic maven, Ruth Wahtera, connected us to the internet webinar that AAUW presented on the AAUW/College/University Partnership. Irwin and I listened in the hopes that the Partnership Program would tie into the scholarships that we offer students. Briefly, the Partnership Program is a means for AAUW to connect with and build a data base of young students. AAUW offers college or university partners free e-membership for their undergraduates and a year's free AAUW membership to graduates. AAUW also sponsors a course, Smart Start, about negotiating starting salaries for those about to enter the workforce, an effort to reduce the earning disparity between men and women. There is also a program that encourages young women to run for office while they are undergraduates, because research has shown that women who hold elected office while in college are more likely to run for elective office after graduation. Also, The Princeton Review offers their review courses for various graduate studies at a discount to students enrolled in Partner colleges and universities. The cost to the school for the Partner Program is a sliding scale based on the number of enrolled students, but does not exceed $350 per year. AAUW is recruiting branch members to serve as state/branch chairs and work with local and regional colleges to establish and extend this program. SUNY Ulster, where our Kingston branch offers scholarship aid, is not yet in the Partnership Program, nor is SUNY New Paltz, Bard or Vassar. This effort will be further discussed in our Board and Branch meetings but any members who would be interested in chairing or assisting in this program should contact me at 679-3239. --Doris Goldberg, Educational Foundation Co-chair
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Book Discussion Group
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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 For our Feb.16th meeting, Black History Month,we are reading The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
by Ernest J.Gaines. Vivi Hlavsa will present background on the author.
At the beginning of the meeting we will show an 18 minute video titled The Psychological Residuals of Slavery. We have watched this before but it makes several points that we can again ponder. Other News
1. This was written as propaganda against the Germans at the request of the Allies.
2. There was much maturing of the main characters. Don Marcel became less greedy. Julio developed into a person with a purpose. Marguerite was less frivolous and more self sacrificing. Some felt the characters were caricatures.
3. All were interested in the trench warfare used in WW1.
4.The losses and sufferings caused by War and the meaninglessness of War.
April Book AnnouncementThe book Bird Song by Sebastian Faulkes was chosen by the group for April since Vivi Hlavsa will not be doing the community wide book read this year. One of the reasons this book was chosen is because it features a British soldier caught up in WW1 and trench warfare is again involved. -- Marjorie Regan |
Directory Updates
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Each month we include corrections and updates to the directory. Send changes to Sheila Beall.
Welcome to new members:
Loel Barr
4 Boxwood Court
Saugerties, NY 12477-2009
phone # -- 246-3765
email - Loel@loelbarr.com
Preawphan Bhitiyakul
41 Tall Oaks Drive
Kingston, NY 12401-7426
phone # -- home: 339-4710
no email
Kathleen Foley
1 River Road
Ulster Park, NY 12487-5120
phone # -- home: 331-3906; work: 430-5701
email -- yogakathy@hvc.rr.com
Special Membership InformationUntil March15, new members to AAUW will receive a half price discount on their national dues ($24.50 instead of $49.) This will cover the remainder of the fiscal year which ends on June 30, 2010. For every two NEW members who join during this period, our branch will receive one free National membership. Please bring your friends as guests to our next meeting. Check with membership co-chairs Jean Semilof or Suki Kerr for details.
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News and Celebrations
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 More Information On-Line: As we move into the digital age, it's becoming easier and cheaper to make our minutes and other information available to the membership. So, if you're interested in the business of running our branch, you can follow the board's activity, read minutes, review Treasurer's Reports, and add to our discussions.
http://groups.google.com/group/kaauw-comcom.********
 If you are interested in attending the state convention, April 23-25, please let Susan Holland know.
The AAUW NYS Convention is for everyone, not just branch officers, and is a great way to meet women from around the state, learn, and enjoy a beautiful lakeside setting at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown, New York.
Have You Submitted Your Calendar Design?
 Each year AAUW holds a contest for photos and art to be used on the notecards and/or calendar sent to each AAUW member. Last year only one of our branch artists, Rokki Carr, submitted a design, but we know there are many more artists here. Deadline: February 10: Submit your designs through the art contest website for this year's calendar. Voting: February 11-March 11-- Visit the website once a week to vote for your favorite designs.(Do let us know if you submit a design.)
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The Obama Administration's First Year: A Progress Report on AAUW Priority Issues, available at www.aauw.org, and the Congressional Voting Record for the first session of the 111th Congress, available at www.aauwaction.org , outline the AAUW priority issues that became law in 2009.
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