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Kingston AAUW Calendar
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 Tuesday, September 28 5:00pm, Public Policy Film/Discussion
Sunday, October 10, 5:00pm, Potluck, film, and discussion
Oct. 19, 1pm, Book Club: Peace Like a River by Lief Enger
Tuesday, October 12 3:00pm, AAUW board meeting
Note date change: Saturday, Oct. 23, 2-4pm
Branch Meeting: Rhinebeck student experience building a school in Nicaragua, Kingston Library
Tues., Oct. 26, 6:30 pm
Public Policy: TBD
Note date change:
Sunday, Nov. 7, 5pm, Potluck & a film
Tuesday, November 9,
3:00pm, AAUW board meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 16
1:00pm, Book Group: see article
Tentative date: Sat., Nov. 13, 10:30 AM
12:00 pm, Nov. Branch Meeting: Diana Chesnell, Latin Quarter showgirl
Tues., Nov. 30, 5:30 pm
Public Policy Book Discussion: Half the Sky & My Sisters' Keeper
Trips for Scholarships
For details on the fall trips, except Barcelona, click here.
Sunday, Oct. 17
Pepsico Gardens & the Neuberger Museum
Nov. 11-18 Barcelona Check out the details!
Sunday, Dec. 5th
BAM: Kafka's Metamorphosis
Saturday, Dec. 18
Museum of Arts & Design, NYC
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Public Policy Committee
Donations of Dignity Personal Care Drive
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Ulster County
Personal Care Drive
Thanks for the great start! Many brought personal care items to the September branch meeting to kick off the Donations of Dignity Drive.
As we noted last month, personal care items can't be purchased with food stamps so many low income people often do without. So, the
Public Policy Committee is asking you to contribute
personal comfort and hygiene products, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, diapers, cleaning and laundry supplies at all our October branch events. Human service agencies, soup kitchens and food pantries will distribute the collected items to their clients in need. |
Potluck and a Film
Bomber
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On Sunday, October 10th (Columbus Day weekend), we'll gather at 5 PM for a covered dish supper at my house to watch Bomber, a 2009 film directed by Paul Cotter and starring Shane Taylor, Benjamin Whitrow and Eileen Nicholas.
Bomber is a bittersweet comedy about love, family and war guilt. An old man goes back to Germany to apologize to a village he accidentally dropped bombs on during the War. When Ross, his lovelorn and useless son agrees to help drive him there, a nightmare of a family road trip begins.
Please note also that the November film is scheduled for November 7th--ONE WEEK EARLIER THAN USUAL. (I'll be away on the 14th.)
On Sunday, November
7th, we'll watch Intimate Strangers, a 2004 film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring
Fabrice Luchini, Beno�t P�tr�, Ludovic Berthillot:
A Frenchwoman tells her
marital troubles to a man she mistakes for a psychiatrist, and soon they form
an unusual relationship.
I hope you can join
us. Best wishes--ViVi
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Branch Member address updates
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No changes this month
I'm
currently preparing the 2010/11 Directory, so anyone who has changed their
address, email, or phone, please let me know right away.
Thanks,
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2010-2011 Kingston Branch Officers
| VP, Programming - Beverly Sloane
VP Membership - Ruth Bean
Treasurer - Jane Riley
Recording Secretary- Carol Leib
Corresponding Secretary - Joan Reis
Committees
Bus Trips - ViVi Hlavsa
Communications - Ruth Wahtera
Directory - Sheila Beall
Diversity - Arlene Bruck
Educational Foundation - Doris Goldberg & Gloria Sender
Historian - Virginia Kohli
Hospitality - Pat Stedge and Ginger Yaple
International - Vacant
Legal Advocacy Fund- Dolores LaChance
Publicity - Rosalie Zimmerman
Public Policy - Susan Holland
Telephone Tree - Dorothy Henry
See your directory for phone numbers and email addresses.
Click here for links to leadership profiles.
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Kingston AAUW Communication Committee
| 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
| 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, philanthropy, and research. |
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| Greetings! |  First, Iron Jawed Angels will show at 5pm Tuesday instead of 5:30. Hope you'll join us at the Kingston Library.
I hope you are enjoying
the start of the Fall season. We always hope for a vibrant color display
in our mountains. We have a wonderful slate of new meetings coming up
and I hope to see you all there.
Susan Holland and Rokki Carr
will be attending the UN Day in October and I look forward to hearing
all the international news from them. Please remember to bring personal
care items to our meetings as we are collecting them during the month of
October.
On a personal note, I will be having arthroscopic
surgery on my left ankle and will be out of commission a few days. So
you may see me on crutches during the month of October to early
November.
If you have ideas for programs or issues you feel we
should investigate, please contact me or Beverly Sloane, our program
chairperson. We are always eager to try new avenues of discovery.
Your President,
Bette Nitzky
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This Tuesday! Public Policy Committee
Film and Book Series
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Iron Jawed Angels screening and discussion Tuesday, 9/28, 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM,
Kingston Area Library Community
Room
Reminder: It's election season and the Public Policy Committee wants to get out the vote. What better way than reminding us all about the mind-boggling struggle to secure women the right to vote. Iron Jawed Angels is the HBO highly acclaimed film featuring Hillary Swank, Julia Ormond, and Angelica Huston -- (munch during the movie or catch dinner with friends after.) Oct. 26 meeting - program to be determined.
Nov. 30 meeting - Discussion of Half the Sky
Remember your donation of personal care items!
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Oct. Branch Meeting
Rhinebeck Student Service Project
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(C) Rhinebeck Rotary Club  |
Branch Meeting
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Kingston Library
2:00-4:00 pm
Imagine how your perspective on life might have changed if, as a high school student, you'd traveled to a poor, remote village to build classrooms. The Rhinebeck chapter of Rotary International teamed with ten students from the Interact Club of Rhinebeck High School for an extraordinary experience. This year, as part of its commitment to international service, the
Interact Club and Rhinebeck Rotary partnered on The Nicaragua Project.
The goal of the
Project was to raise funds to improve the conditions at an impoverished
rural village school in La Ceiba, Nicaragua. The entire Rhinebeck community provided an outpouring of
support by donating financial resources, materials, shoes, clothing and
school supplies to maximize potential for the Nicaraguan children and
families.
The Project culminated with a trip to Nicaragua. 15-year-old Sean Phelan, who participated in the Project and traveled
with the group, stated: "The Nicaragua Project opened our eyes to the
world. The people we met and the work we did there changed our lives.
Hopefully we changed their lives as well."
At our October meeting, several of the students, accompanied by Rotary advisor Mike Frazier, will show slides and tell us about their experience and how local craftsmen advised them to make concrete. School was in session all around them as they labored to build an elementary school classroom.
And, maybe you did have a similar experience when you were in high school or college. Come share it at the meeting or write an article for Focus.
Remember your donation of personal care items!
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AAUW Opportunity
Cuba: a Country in Transition
| Bev Sloane, Prog. VP & Libby Ross, September Speaker
 | At the September Branch Meeting, Libby Antarsh Ross shared her impressions of Cuba in Transition, based on her trip there last March. She joined a humanitarian trip to help reestablish Jewish traditions in one of the two synagogues in Havana. Libby described an economic system on the verge of reinventing itself, along the lines of the Vietnamese hybrid -- a merging of communism and capitalism. And, while Cuba has the second highest literacy rate in the world, and a free higher education system based on meritocracy, a class system is still quite evident. If you're especially interested in Cuba, you may be interested in joining the upcoming AAUW delegation to Cuba to lead a research program on the
role of women in contemporary Cuban society. This is an unprecedented
and historic opportunity to research gender equity in Cuba and meet with
Cuban citizens to gain first-hand understanding of the role of women in
Cuban society. Read more here. |
AAUW member Amy Godes Leads Staying In Place
| Amy Godes (R) & Victoria Reiss (L)  | Although the Staying In Place membership group officially began meeting in February 2009, I had been collecting clippings about the then new concept of "aging in place" since 2007/08. Another AAUW member, Vicky Reiss, sent me newspaper articles about a "senior village" in Beacon Hill, Boston, and one in New Canaan Conn., which finally inspired me to start organizing a non-profit community membership group in Woodstock.
Our goal is to help seniors (50 and older) continue to live independently in their own homes as long as possible. Remaining in a mixed community and contributing to it as active citizens seems like a more appealing life style to many of us.
To enable seniors to live comfortably, we developed a roster of reliable and discounted providers of services, which include home maintenance and repair, cleaning, outdoor services (both summer and winter) such as lawn and garden care, snow plowing and shoveling, home health care, transportation to various events, and volunteers to assist with many of these needs.
The social aspect of joining Staying In Place is another positive benefit, as pleasurable activities are frequent; we enjoy monthly luncheons with interesting speakers, parties, various trips with AAUW (with whom we partner, as well as with other organizations), a knitting group, classes and cultural events, a game day in the planning, and more, to enhance our lives.
With the able and hard-working Board of Directors (and notably, Jane Cane) we obtained a 50l�3, giving us non-profit status; we are most fortunate to have been given a grant by the Buchman Foundation to defray the cost of the membership fee for those requiring it.
On Sunday, September 26th, 2010, Staying In Place was delighted to present the well-known author and weekly New York Times Science Writer, Jane Brody, who spoke at our about her latest book, JANE BRODY'S GUIDE TO THE GREAT BEYOND, and signed her book for purchasers.
Amy Godes, President', Staying In Place
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Book Discussion Group
Peace Like a River
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 Oct. 19, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. A
young asthmatic boy named Rueben Land narrates the story of his family after
his brother Davy kills two bullies who had targeted him and their family.
When Davy escapes prison Rueben and family follow Davy to the Badlands
with many adventures. Next Up:Nov. 16, Howard's End by E.M. Foster. This was first published in 1910
and is about class struggle in turn-of-century England. The motto of the book
is "only connect". --Judee Irwin
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AAUW Member Benefits
Stay Up-To-Date on Legislative Issues
| We highlight a benefit in each issue, but you can view them here. Most benefits are free for you, your family, and friends. And, the companies make a contribution to AAUW funds for scholarships and legal action. This month:  Washington Update is AAUW's free, weekly e-bulletin. It offers
an insider's view on the legislative process, the latest policy news,
resources for advocates, programming ideas, and updates from the Public
Policy and Government Relations Department. To stay up-to-date on all issues important to our mission, all AAUW
members, including college and university partners, are encouraged to
subscribe to Washington Update by filling out the online subscription request form.
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News and Celebrations
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 Have you answered the survey?The deadline for the national AAUW everymember survey that was sent with the last AAUW magazine has been extended to Sept. 30th. If you haven't completed it, you can do it on-line here. This is an opportunity to let national know your feelings about doing away with the degree requirement for membership.
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This is the week to call Schumer and Gillibrand about the Pay Equity Act:
Call toll-free at 1-877-667-6650 and ask them to use their influence to get the Paycheck Fairness Act to the floor of the Senate this week! Once the Senate adjourns for election campaigning
two years' work will probably go out the window. We'll have to start at step one in January.
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Gold Stars to Ruth Bean and Ginger Yaple. As our new membership VP Ruth has been reaching out to potential new members, following up with those who express an interest, and welcoming people. Be sure to pass on the contact info for any prospects you may have.
Ginger has been squeezing a year's worth of hospitality into the few months before she heads south for the winter -- organizing the food for the coffee and lunch at Deisings last weekend. Much thanks to both of you.
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