November AAUW Meeting

November 14th Program

What’s New in AAUW?

Karen Kirkwood, AAUW National Board Member

6:30 PM

Riverland Community College

West Building

Room B116

(Park in South Lot and enter main door – W 1)

We are fortunate to have Karen Kirkwood from the national AAUW Board of Directors coming to Austin to talk about vital AAUW initiatives and answer our questions.  Karen recently attended a national board meeting and will bring us up to date on “What’s New in AAUW?”

Karen Kirkwood is a member of the AAUW St. Paul (MN) Branch and the AAUW St. Cloud (MN) Branch. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota. She has served AAUW as a branch and state president and has held various board and committee positions. She is currently a co-fundraiser for the St. Cloud Tech Savvy events. Karen was a member of the successful Charting the Course campaign. She has been employed as a special education teacher, a legal advocate for a battered women’s shelter, the owner of a home-based small business, the office manager for the Minnesota Education Association, and a mental health practitioner for toddlers with autism. In addition to her AAUW experience, Karen has served on several volunteer boards and committees in her community.

Her husband, David, a former national AAUW Board member will also be here.

Marijo Alexander and Sue Grove, Program Vice Presidents

Volunteer Needed

Jill and I are looking for 3 people who will volunteer to be on the nominating committee to organize and find nominees for officer elections in the spring.  If you are interested in serving our organization in this manner or just have questions about this opportunity, please let me know.

Contact Catherine Haslag

We are collecting used books. NOW

We are collecting used books.  NOW

We are needing your help to sort and arrange books any time that you are able.  Follow regular hours at the Library.

The last few days before the sale  May 4, 5 and 6  we will be doing final arranging.

The Kids room no longer has Bev Smith, so Kaye and Maye, are you available???

Several openings on Saturday afternoon beginning at 1:30 until the bag sale is done.

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Banquet

Spring banquet will be at The Hormel Historic Home on May 9. Social time begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Historic Home and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the Banquet Hall. A cash bar will be available. The cost is $20.00; pre-payment is required on or before May 4. 

Join us tonight at Riverland

Please plan to join us tonight at Riverland in room C110 East Building.  Remember to bring your donation for our basket to donate to the State Convention AAUW fundraiser.  If you have an item, that’s great.  If not, cash works well! 

Our program features the winners of the 11th annual Women’s History Month Contest that centered around the theme, “The Changing Role of Women in the Twentieth Century.”

Austin High School students Hannah Alberts, Emily Sayles and Isaac Christopherson all tied for first place.  They pose with Lisa Maatz in the photo below.  Note: Lisa serves as Vice President of Government Relations and she works to advance AAUW’s priority issues on Capital, in the White House, and in coalition with other organizations.

Join AAUW’s Online Book Discussion with the Author of Re Jane: A Novel, Patricia Park

 Join AAUW’s Online Book Discussion with the Author of Re Jane: A Novel, Patricia Park

Join AAUW and our ¡Adelante! Book of the Month Club in celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month as we talk with 2013–14 AAUW American Fellow Patricia Park about her book Re Jane. What The New York Times calls a “breezy, engaging” first novel that “grapples with real issues of identity, race, and culture from global and historical perspectives”. Register to join the discussion on May 2, 2017 at 7:00pm. Read more.

Nominate an AAUW Member for a U.S. Postage Stamp

Nominate an AAUW Member for a U.S. Postage Stamp

There have been more than a dozen women involved with AAUW who have appeared on postage stamps. Including Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, and Rachel Carson. We’d love to see more AAUW women represented on our nation’s postage stamps — so we’ll be choosing one woman from AAUW’s rich history to nominate for a commemorative stamp. We’ll select the winning nominee to propose to the U.S. Postal Service. Voting closes April 30 at 12 p.m. EST. Read more.