Interest Group Happenings By PJ Missman

January – Baby it’s cold out outside! I hope you got through the holidays with some Peace and Joy.  Sometimes we have too much to do and wish for some PEACE and sometimes we are surrounded by quiet and try not to feel lonely.  Then January arrives and we can spend more quiet quality time with our AAUW friends.  Here are the wonderful things we can do this month and at the same time support women’s equity!  The perfect way to start the new year.  I wish you a Happy 2026!

Art and Architecture: No meeting in January. Contact: Deborah Dunn
-Great Decisions I: On hiatus until Feb. 2026. Contact: Cathy Locke.
-Great Decisions II: Thursday, Jan. 8, which will be a social/business potluck at the home of Hazar Bazirgan. If interested in joining, contact: Lynn Blair Wood
-Great Decisions III: Monday, Jan. 19, 1pm. Meets in a member’s home. Contact: Margaret McCarthy
-Great Decisions IV: Will begin meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays beginning Feb. 3 through May. Meets in a member’s home. If interested in joining, contact: Virginia Sturdevant at hands619@gmail.com
-Healthy Heart Lunch: Friday, Jan. 9, 11:30 a.m. Contact: Marlys Huez
-Lunch Bunch: Wednesday, Jan. 14, Noon at Nixtaco Folsom, 185 Placerville Road, Suite 150, Folsom, 916-790-8479. (https://nixta.co) Contact: PJ Missman
-Mahjong: Thursday, Jan 8 & 22, 1-3 p.m. at Edgewood Community Center 5700 Spyglass Center, Citrus Heights. Cost is $5/month as this is a fundraiser for AAUW Funds. Contact: Charlene Eberwine
-Reader’s Theater: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1 p.m. at Mary Williams home. The play is “The Turn Away Play” by Lesley Lisa Greene. Contact: Diane Petersen
-Scrabble Just For Fun: Monday, Jan. 26, 1 p.m. Eskaton Village Carmichael game room. Contact: Vivian Counts
-Singles Dining Out: Sunday, Jan. 4, 6 p.m., Roma II Pizzeria 8491 Folsom Blvd, Sacramento, 916-383-9264. (www.roma2pizza.com) RSVP by Saturday; call if plans change. Contact: Nancy McCabe
-World Country Study: Wednesday Jan. 28, 1:30 p.m. at a member’s home in Rancho Cordova. We are studying Greece, “Cradle of Western Thought”. We will hear about the dawn of Greek history (ca. 6000 BCE) to the Establishment of Athenian Democracy (508 BCE-501 BCE) then to the Golden Age of classical Greek culture (475 BCE-400 BCE, the Age of Pericles). We’ll end with hardy native trees and plants from Greece. Contact: Fran Clarke