Daily Archives: September 5, 2015

Attend AAUW Sacramento’s Yearly Branch Showcase on Sept. 19, 2015 by Linda Patterson

Save the Date!

For the Sacramento Branch Showcase of Programs and Interest Groups

Saturday, September 19, 2015 – 9 AM – 11:30 AM

Rancho Cordova Library

9845 Folsom Blvd. (cross street is Paseo Rio Way) near Bradshaw Road and Hwy 50

Sacramento

Tabling at Previous AAUW Sacramento Showcases

Tabling at Previous AAUW Sacramento Showcases

Learn about upcoming Branch activities at the first Branch Meeting of the 2015-16 year

  • Meet the new Sacramento Branch Scholarship Winners
  • Reconnect with other Branch members
  • Welcome New Branch Members
  • Hear Special Guest Sue Miller, Public Policy Chair, AAUW California, discuss the Stronger California network, AAUW’s support for Planned Parenthood, and the status of AAUW supported legislation including;
  • SB 3 to raise the minimum wage in California,
    • SB 358 which prohibits employers from paying any employees less than wages paid to the opposite sex for similar work,
    • ACR 50, the Equal Pay Day

Secure your spot at this important meeting now by registering  for free right here on Eventbrite .  Any member can register for multiple folks (in case you want to bring a guest).  If you have any questions, contact Dawn Arnone Boyd, our AAUW Branch Registrar at darnone1@att.net.

See you there!

 

October 10, 2015 Women Take Back The Night by Nancy McCabe

The Official Take Back the Night Icon

The Official Take Back the Night Icon

The AAUW Sacramento branch will again co-sponsor the Women Take Back the Night Rally and March to end violence against women around the world. Women Take Back the Night is an international feminist tradition of marches and rallies that have been organized around the world for nearly forty years.

This year marks Sacramento’s thirty-sixth annual Take Back the Night and the second year that our branch has participated.

 

 

Please join us on Second Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the Native American Health Center at 2020 J Street in downtown Sacramento.

  • We will staff a table at the resource fair to share with the community what AAUW does to advocate for women and girls and actually participate in the march about 8 p.m.
  • . The rally is a celebration of activism to end all forms of violence and oppression against women and children.

Break out those walking shoes and join us in a march. You will be glad you did!

Speech Trek Plans for 9th Annual Contest by Shari Beck

Speech TrekOur Speech Trek Committee has met and is planning for the 2016 Speech Contest. The contest is planned for February 20, 2016.  Students compete for four cash prizes from $50-$400.

High School students in the Elk Grove Unified School District are invited to speak for 5-6 minutes in a prepared extemporaneous speech.

This year’s topic:  What is gender bias and inequality? What is its impact on people? Why should organizations such as AAUW continue to work to change its practice?

Speech Trek is an AAUW CA Project that is provided by local branches to high school students. The branches send a video DVD of their student winner’s speech to the AAUW CA Speech Trek Co-coordinator who convenes a panel of judges to select the top five speeches.  The top three student speakers are invited to give their speeches before the AAUW Annual Meeting, held next year in April 2016.  Students competing in the statewide competition are eligible to win prizes from $150 – $1500.

The contest is named after a Roseville branch member, Eleanor Stem Allen, whose family makes a large annual memorial donation in her honor.  If you are interested in making a donation or in joining the committee’s efforts for the contest, please contact Shari Beck, gsbeck@surewest.net /916-451-5143, or Liz Jordan, lizjord@msn.com / 916-354-9608.

2015-16 Budget Needs Branch Approval by May Ruth Lynch

The Board of Directors has approved the budget for fiscal year 2015-16, and  we are asking Branch members to review the proposed budget and vote on it at the September Showcase.  Please direct any questions or suggestions to May Ruth Lynch at 382-4412 or mayrlynch@comcast.net.

Please click on Budget 2015-16 for Membership Approval and Budget 2015-16 for Membership Approval Part2 to review the relevant documents.

 

Meet Incoming AAUW Sacramento State Chapter President, Mariah by Gloria Yost

 

Mark your calendars for Wednesday afternoon, September 23, on the CSUS campus

Network with the Sac State AAUW members and friends and share your rich career experiences

The young women of the Sacramento State AAUW Chapter invite us to participate in a networking mixer on the CSUS campus on September 23rd in the late afternoon.  They are particularly interested in learning about our career experiences and would like us to share our words of wisdom.

Mariah Patterson, Incoming Sac State AAUW President

Mariah Patterson, Incoming Sac State AAUW President

The mixer will be held right after a presentation in the University Union Hinde Auditorium entitled, F-WORD Discussion:  What is Feminism?  

That event will be held 2:30 – 4 pm.

Watch for further details.

Please contact Gloria Yost, (916)961-3306, or gloriayost@aol.com to let her know that you can participate and/or to get answers to any questions you may have.  We will want to organize some carpools for easier parking on campus.