Monthly Archives: March 2013

3/30/13 Branch Meeting: Luncheon & Author Event with Modele Clarke

American Association of University Women

(AAUW) Kingston – Branch Meeting

Saturday, March 30, noon

Christina’s Restaurant

812 Ulster Avenue, Kingston

Reading and book signing by

Reverend G. Modele Dale Clarke

author of Up in Mahaica

Up in Mahaica: Stories from the Market People is a collection of short stories about the unusual characters in an oil refinery in southern Trinidad. They scheme against each other and resort to obeah to win affection or to avenge real or imagined offenses. And through it all, most residents secretly want to abandon the poverty of their post-colonial existence and escape to the middle class mirage the oil company created up in Mahaica. The open-air market vendors, the only ones not beholden to the British company, hold the community`s secrets.

Cost: $20 (includes lunch)

Reservations: Virginia Kohli, 845-338-4990. Seating is limited, so call today! You must reserve (or cancel, if necessary) by Tuesday, March 26.

More info: Susan Holland, susan-holland@usa.net, 845-389-3961

FB event: http://www.facebook.com/events/317897444980477/

Co-sponsored by the Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library in Poughkeepsie

Women’s History Event in Rosendale tonight (3/22)

Brimstone, Booze and the Ballot

A Dialogue from the letters of Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage

Friday, March 22, 7:30 PM

Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale (845-658-8989)

An evening to celebrate Women’s History Month with a provocative theatrical program exploring why one Suffrage leader was written out of history. The background drama of the Suffrage movement is brought to life through compelling dialogue that explores the split between two of the three founders of the Suffrage movement. The rupture between Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage is revealed in a reading of their correspondence by two dynamic performers; Sally Roesch Wagner, executive director of the Gage Center in Fayetteville, and Deborah Hughes, president and CEO of the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester.

After the performance, the audience is invited and encouraged to join the dialogue.

This live performance will benefit the Susan B. Anthony House, Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, and Votes for Women 2020.

Tickets price: $20.20 — Buy tickets.

Brimstone, Booze and the Ballot is a joint production of the Susan B. Anthony House, the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, and Votes for Women 2020. All organizations are 501c3 nonprofit organizations.

Petition for a Special UN Resolution to End Child Marriage

The World YWCA is sponsoring a petition calling on the UN Commission on the Status of Women to issue a special resolution to end child marriage.

Worldwide, 1 in 3 women ages 20 to 24 were married before the age of 18. In developing countries, 1 in 7 girls are married before the age of 15. If present trends continue, the UNFPA estimates that over the next decade, 14.2 million girls will be married before they turn 18 every year. Without meaningful and aggressive intervention, by 2021 the average number of girls married each year will raise to 15.1 million girls– a figure nearly equal to the population of New England.

Early marriage limits girls’ economic and social opportunities, decreases their access to education, and seriously impacts their health. Worldwide, complications from pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death for adolescent girls. Furthermore, young brides are more likely to become victims of domestic violence. Early marriage helps to perpetuate unequal gender roles, poverty, and lack of education. Allowing girls to have a childhood, education, and make their own choices helps strengthen communities in the long-run, advance development, and stabilize societies.

On March 7, the World YWCA will deliver its petition to the CSW57 session. You can support the rights of women and girls around the world by adding your name here and then sharing the petition with your family and friends.