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May 2017
New Address:
OFFICERS
President Joan H. Bonds 225-752-1326
Vice-President,
Membership JiJi Jonas
225-379-3204 [email protected]
Secretary
June Klimash 518-441-5833
Treasurer Rebecca Triche 225-362-9007
Rebeccatriche @yahoo.com
Vice-President, Program
Jan Koellen 225-769-3642
COMMITTEES
Nominating Chair
Margot Kiehfuss 225-293-0683
[email protected] Lorraine Day 225-767-7239
Publicity Chair Rebecca Triche
Rebeccatriche @yahoo.com
Polly Williams 225`231-2895
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
President’s Message Hello all! Looking forward to seeing everyone at our Annual Meeting May 13. Please put the following on your calendar. When: Saturday, May 13, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Where: Drusilla Seafood Restaurant We will each order separately from the menu. Here is a link to the menu so you may make your choice ahead of time. http://drusillaplace.com/r/menus/luncheon-specials/ There will be elections, presentation of the budget, and committee reports. The speaker will be Racheal Hebert, CEO and President of STAR. Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response. If you are interested in becoming more involved. (as an officer), the nominating committee is looking for you or if you are willing or know of someone else who is, please call Margo Kiehfuss at 293-0683 or Lorraine Day at 767-7739. If you are new to AAUW and/or interested in becoming more involved, (in interest groups) don’t forget to check the rest of the newsletter for the various activities and sign up for those that interest you. Just email or call the contact person listed in the column at right.
Joan Houghton Bonds President
752-1326, [email protected]
Board Meeting on Monday, May 8 at the Bluebonnet
Library at 7:00 pm
Interest Group Contacts AM Book Group Suzanne Vincent, 923-2038 [email protected] PM Book Group [email protected]. 766-3093 [email protected] 303-2501 or 607-280-5514 Campus Study [email protected], 518-441-5833 Great Decisions [email protected], 205-8048 Gourmet Group JiJi Jonas, 379-3204 [email protected]
Were you there when Betty Lou Roundtree
was presented with the Athena Award at the state meeting ? Joan Houghton
Bonds and Jan Koellen were.
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Baton Rouge Branch **********************************************************************************************************************
Were you there? Thursday, March 20 - Saturday, March 22, 2017, AAUW BR hosted AAUW Louisiana for Lobby Day at the State Capitol, a dinner at which participants viewed the film “Equal is Equal” about pay disparity between men and women, and a state convention where members and affiliates from throughout the state met and heard speakers from different organizations discuss issues of relevance to women.
If you were unable to attend the events for members from throughout the state, how much do you know about AAUW’s impact in Louisiana ? During fiscal year 2016, AAUW held 36 lobby visits with members of the U.S. Congress. State members sent 1,569 messages through the Two-Minute Activist tool. AAUW was mentioned by media outlets including The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette), Daily World (Opelousas), the News-Star (Monroe/West Monroe), Shreveport Times, Town Talk (Alexandria), WWL TV (New Orleans), and KNOE (Monroe).
Louisiana State President Vivian Guillory reports that the activities of members from throughout the state were well attended and successful. Thank you AAUW BR for hosting the AAUW Louisiana State Convention! Thanks to our members who supported three days of events.
Michelle McCalope from the EBR Mayor’s office opened the convention, shown with Vivian Guillory.
Pam Thiel from AAUW National Board of Directors
spoke on the upcoming National Convention, the
activities of AAUW nationally and the benefits available to
the membership.
Dr. Chanta Proctor, Executive Director, Governor’s Office on Women’s Policy discussed the focus and future for women, shown with Aileen Hendricks, state VP of Programs.
Morgan Lamandre, Esq. Legal Director, Sexual Trauma
Awareness and Response, discusses issues Julie
Schwam Harris after her presentation.
Shown: Vivian Guillory, AAUW LA state president, Julie Schwam Harris, advocate from New Orleans, Angela Adkins, President NOW BR, Charmaine Caccioppi, Executive Director and COO, United Way of SE LA, Aileen Hendricks, AAUW LA VP Programs, and Gloria Hearn, President AAUW Alex.-Pineville.
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INTEREST GROUPS
BOOK GROUP I—PM The Evening Book group will meet on Wednesday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bluebonnet Library to propose and choose books for next year. Books be available at the public library. Catherine Roundtree and Ann Sperry will chair this group beginning with the May meeting. Ann ([email protected]) asked by email that you send nominations by April 25 so she could prepare a written list for consideration. (If you have a last minute suggestion, of course you may add it at the meeting.) Please RSVP regarding your attendance to Ann as well. Catherine Roundtree will be out of town for the May meeting, but any other time you may send her notice of your interest in participating to [email protected]. There will be no book discussion at this business meeting.
BOOK GROUP II—AM Suzanne Vincent reports that the group will not meet in May. Members made selections of books for next year at the April meeting. If you have an interest in joining this group in the fall, please let Suzanne know at [email protected]
Great Decisions June Klimash will host at her home, 417 Highland Trace, 70810, and lead a discussion of Saudi Arabia in Transition at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 18. Please RSVP regarding your attendance to [email protected] This group will not meet during the summer months but will resume meeting in the fall.
GOURMET GROUP The Gourmet Group will meet at 7:00 p.m on Saturday, May 20, for an Austrian Summer Picnic hosted by Lorraine and Donal Day at their home, 2133 General Lee Avenue, 70810. Please communicate with Lorraine, [email protected] or 767-7239 about attending. Participants typically prepare one recipe provided by the hostess. This will be the final gathering of the season. Contact JiJi Jonas at 379-3294 or 241-4921 or [email protected] to join.
CAMPUS STUDY June Klimash reports that Campus Study will meet on Thursday, May 25, at Juban’s at noon. The speaker will be Emily Sulzer, Local Foods Outreach Manager from BREADA, the organization that sponsors the Red Stick Farmer's Market. We hope you can join us. More details will be coming by email before the meeting. Please RSVP to [email protected] 448-5171 or 518-441-5833.
AAUW BR presented scholarships to two graduate students at its Campus Study Luncheon April 27. Photo results, left to right, inclue June Klimash, chapter secretary and Campus Study leader; recipient Christie Cognevich who is studying English Romantic and Victorian literature; President Joan Houghton Bonds; Susan Smolinsky,who, along with Rebecca Triche (not pictured) chaired the selection process; and recipient Emily Kraus whose focus in an entomology program is global food sources.
American Association Of University Women 1246 Verdun Drive Baton Rouge LA 70810
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May 2017
Join the Legacy Circle There are many ways to make a planned gift to AAUW. You can establish a charitable gift annuity or name AAUW as a beneficiary in your will, trust, insurance policy, or individual retirement account, among other options. AAUW’s planned giving team, including our Legacy Circle chairs and planned giving staff, would love to talk with you about the many ways you can remember AAUW in your estate plans. Read on for more information about each giving option, and visit www.aauwlegacy.org or call 877.357.5587 for more information. AAUW BR thanks Rebecca Triche for her efforts in securing 501c3 status which makes donations to our chapter exempt from federal taxes.
