Lights! Camera! Action!
Equal Rights for All By Lisa Howard
Saturday, March 15, 2025
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Roberts Family Development Center
766 Darina Avenue, Sacramento
Please join us for our March branch meeting where we will explore the concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion using the AAUW Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Toolkit. 
The meeting will be held in the inspiring meeting space at the Roberts Family Development Center (RFDC) in Del Paso where we met last March. RFDC provides services to the Greater Sacramento area that meet the individual needs of each family member. Their services provide a holistic approach, focusing on Pre K-12th grade academic support and enrichment, parent education and engagement, and community involvement and advocacy.
DEI has been under attack this year, but do we really know what the concept means? AAUW has invested in building program materials to help members explore challenging topics such as DEI to ensure we are a welcoming place to new members. We will also take an opportunity to check in on the DEI action activity from the February newsletter and see how we each did.
Here are the details:
• Address: 766 Darina Ave, Sacramento, CA 95815
• Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Register on Eventbrite <here> no later than Thursday, March 13 at noon.
• Bring and wear your name tag. Don’t have one or forgot yours? We will have one for you.
• You can find out more about the toolkit by clicking on AAUW DEI Toolkit.
Hope to see you there!
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Corner
As an organization, AAUW strives to remove barriers for women. As educated white women of means, much of the AAUW membership has lived through a hopeful and dynamic phase of history. With such a noble mission, it is easy to assume that all women had the same experiences that we have, which is not true.
Women of color within our generations experienced the shared history quite differently. Young women today face less economic stability and often less reproductive freedom than most of our current membership. In support of attracting members to the mission, diversity is first about taking steps to understand the context that people may bring. For 2025, I will be sharing a recommended reading each month that can be used to guide a learning journey for those interested in exploring our diversity.
Our recommended reading for March is Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, which explores how the concept of caste has impacted how we relate to each other. The book is an excellent opportunity to reflect on experiences from the perspective of other people and holds up a mirror to the society in which we live. Don’t have time for a whole book? Check out Origin , the 2023 movie
about the writing of the book. As you read, take the opportunity to reflect on how you have experienced and observed the power of caste in your life.