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OFFICERS
Vice-President, Membership JiJi Jonas
225-379-3204 [email protected]
Secretary
Valerie Jackson-Jones
225-751-6418 [email protected]
Treasurer & Publicity Chair Rebecca Triche 225-362-9007
Rebeccatriche @yahoo.com
Vice-President, Programs
Jan Koellen 225-769-3642
COMMITTEES
Nominating Co-Chairs
Aileen Hendricks 225-771-3190
Aileen4474 @bellsouth.net
Julie Sukkar 225-907-6861
Historian
Faye Ferdinand 225-767-4749
Newsletter Publisher
Melanie Hanley 225-205-8048 Melaniehanley2003
@yahoo.com
AAUW Empowering women since
1881
A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n o f U n i v e r s i t y W o m e n
Kimberly Churches, pictured above, Chief Executive Officer of AAUW, will deliver the keynote address at the AAUW Louisiana annual convention in Lafayette Saturday, April 14.
Churches joined AAUW as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer in June 2017.
Previously, Churches worked at the Brookings Institution, the University of Denver, the University of North Florida, and the American Heart Association. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English Education from Florida State University.
She currently serves as chair of the BUILD D.C. board.
Churches is the mother of an elementary school aged daughter.
Past President Ann Taylor
will visit Baton Rouge and all who knew her are invited
to a Pot Luck dinner in her honor
at the home of Carolyn and Charles Stutts
8023 Glacier Drive Denham Springs, LA 70726
Saturday, March 17 7:00 p.m.
Please contact Carolyn, 271-4323, [email protected], if you are planning to participate. She needs to know how many to expect. And please bring a dish to contribute. ****************************************
Attn: all AAUW BR members! AAUW Louisiana
Saturday, March 31 8:30-11:00 a.m. Lobby Training
in collaboration with coalition partners in preparation for
Lobby Day, Tuesday, April 10 at the State Capitol
**************************************** Every member should have received an email message from the AAUW National Board of Directors re: voting on three proposals to 1) create 3-year staggered board terms, 2) open the opportunity for AAUW board service to non-members, and 3) eliminate the degree requirement for membership. This is a vote that has been called for beyond the previous voting calendar. Look for an email that was sent to you on February 22 at 4:01 p.m.
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NEW MEMBERS ! Anne Blank
Taryn Branson Tracey Rizzuto
Kelly Young Please introduce yourselves to and welcome these new
members as they attend interest group meetings.
********************************** Support AAUW Baton Rouge by donating to Here Today Gone Tomorrow. When you donate your gently used clothing and home goods to Here Today Gone Tomorrow, let them know you are donating for AAUW Baton Rouge Account #518. A portion of the sale of your donated items will be given to AAUW Baton Rouge. Here Today Gone Tomorrow is located at 10240 Burbank Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Note: Here Today Gone Tomorrow has requested volunteer support for their on-going operation. If any members are interested in providing this assistance, please get in touch with the shop.
Valerie Jackson Jones, above center, AAUW Baton Rouge Board Member, is a member of Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s Women’s Advancement Commission. Established to address the needs of women and girls of East Baton Rouge Parish, the Commission will explore opportunities to improve the lives and status of women and girls through public policy, service delivery and the promotion of cultural norms that advance equity, equality and safety. Commission members will use their expertise to consider how City-Parish government can promote policies and services that address the needs of women and their families in our parish. (Photo credit to Mayor-President Broome’s website )
Pam Baldwin, Mariann Allbright, Larry Jonas, and Margot Kiehfuss were among those gathered at the Jonas home for a pot luck celebration during the Krewe of Southdowns Mardi Gras parade Friday, February 9.
BOOK GROUP I—PM Evening Book Group
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7
Bluebonnet Library Reviewer: Carolyn Stutts A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles RSVP: Ann Sperry [email protected], 607-280-5514/225-303-2501 or Catherine Roundtree, [email protected] 766-3093.
Next Book, Last Book before Summer Hiatus
Murder on False River by Martha Gabour Manuel
BOOK GROUP II—AM BR Morning Book Group
Monday, March 19, 10 a.m. Home of Vicky Magnuson
7335 Conestoga Drive Reviewer: Vicky Magnuson The Second Mrs. Hockaday
by Susan Rivers RSVP: Vicky Magnuson [email protected] 241-8378 Chairperson: Suzanne Vincent [email protected] 923-3028
Books to Follow April The Invisible Bridge
by Julie Orringer May The Zookeeper’s Wife
By Dianne Ackerman
GREAT DECISIONS Thursday, March 15
6:30 p.m. Anne Campbell
leading discussion of The Waning of Pax Americana?
La Madeleine at Perkins Rowe
RSVP Melanie Hanley, 205-8048
[email protected] ************************************
CAMPUS STUDY No meeting in March
The April 26 meeting will feature our 2017 Eleanor Earle Scholarship Recipients. Campus Study contact is June Klimash, [email protected], 448-5171/518-441-5833. The February Campus Study luncheon and speaker event was so well attended that a larger room than usual was required. Above left, Blaine Dzwonczyk spoke about her experiences working for social justice at Tufts University and in Mountain View, CA; Mary Beth Bird was a guest; Dr. Victor Klimash, president of the more than 100-year-old Baton Rouge Music Club, spoke about the club’s activities including providing scholarships to music students in our area; Also shown is June Klimash, Campus Study Chair.
GOURMET
Spring Favorites at the home of
Judy and Chuck Nielson 9715 Grenwich Avenue, 70809
Co-hosts Betty Lou Roundtree
and Catherine Roundtree Saturday, March 10
7:00 p.m. RSVP
[email protected] 293-3136
**************************************** POLICY GROUP
Saturday, March 17 9:00—11:00 a.m.
Room 102 Goodwood Library
RSVP Vivian Guillory
[email protected] 205-1544
**************************************** Day Trippers
Natchez, Mississippi
Spring Pilgrimage 2018
Valerie Jackson-Jones has let us know that the Pilgrimage will begin Saturday, March 17. She offers to organize an outing to Elms Court (1837-1853) on either Saturday, March 17; Sunday, March 25; or Saturday, April 14. The house will be open from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon. Valerie suggests that participants could carpool and leave Baton Rouge at 8:30 a.m.to arrive for 9:30 a.m.to tour the home and gardens with lunch in Natchez before returning to Baton Rouge. Valerie mentions that there is seating available should anyone tire. Cost for the home tour is $15 for a single home. If there is another home individuals would like to tour, please let Valerie know. Valerie asks that you contact her by March 5 if you have an interest in making this trip or if you have questions.
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5 Deadline to
Respond re: Day Trip To Natchez
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7 Evening Book
Group
8 9
10 Gourmet
11 12
13 14 15 Great
Decisions
16 17 Policy Group
and Pot Luck for Ann Taylor
18 19 Morning Book
Group
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21 Happy
Birthday , Laurabeth Hicks
22 No
Campus Study this month
23 Happy
Birthday, Valerie Jackson-
Jones
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25
26 Happy
Birthday, Eileen Kennedy
27 28 29 30 31 Lobby Training
Happy Birthday , Eunice A.
Phillips
March 2018
SPEAK Out! Day FOR HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SHAPE America’s member advocacy event was February 13-14, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Our own JiJi Jonas was among more than 150 health and physical education advocates from 42 states. (See Jonas front and center in a red coat.) Participants met with members of Congress in support of health and physical education.
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