AAUW Kingston: Bus Trip to Cooperstown
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
1. Fenimore Museum
Special exhibits:
Floating Palaces of the Hudson
Herb Ritts: The Rock Portraits
2. Show Boat at Glimmerglass Opera House
8 AM: Leave Kingston Plaza (near Hannaford)
7 PM: Return to Kingston
Cost:
AAUW members: $140
Non-members: $150
Payment is due by July 1, 2019.
Questions?
Call Lynn Gore at 845-687-9210 or email lynngore54@gmail.com
Did you get an email about the AAUW National election? For example, I got one on April 30 from AAUW CEO Kim Churches — Subject: Two Weeks Left to Vote in the AAUW Election.
Check your in-box for this (or an earlier) election email from AAUW. Click on the big magenta VOTE NOW button in that email. Or, go to:
https://ww2.aauw.org/omov2019/
and enter your member ID and your voter PIN (listed on the back cover of your Spring Outlook).
Review the ballot and cast your votes.
For questions about the voting process, email connect@aauw.org or call 800-326-2289 (Monday to Friday from 10 AM to 5 PM ET).
So, please remember to vote by Tuesday, May 14!
Let me know if you need more information.
— Susan Holland, susan-holland@usa.net, 845-389-3961
Click here for the registration form (PDF)
Sunday, October 20, 2019, 10:30 AM to 1:45 PM
Stonehedge Restaurant, 1694 Route 9W, West Park, NY
https://www.stonehedgerestaurant.com/ ==> ABOUT ==> Directions
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STEMming the Tide: How Women and Girls are Changing the World
10:30 to 11 AM Registration and networking
11 to 11:15 AM Welcome Lynn Gore, President, AAUW Kingston
Janice Brown, President, AAUW-NYS
Judith Laughing Owl, Land acknowledgment and thanksgiving address
11:15 AM Brunch buffet begins
11:25 to 11:40 AM Laura Petit, Ulster County Legislator
11:40 AM to 11:55 AM Beth Roessler, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
11:55 AM to 12:10 PM Aliza Krevolin, FeedHV
12:10 to 12:25 PM Taylor Voner and Karen Ranney, E. Hodge Community Center
12:25 to 12:40 PM Emily Vail, Hudson River Watershed Alliance
12:40 to 12:55 PM Lisa Mitten, SUNY New Paltz
1 to 1:30 PM Question & answer session with our presenters
1:30 to 1:45 PM Announcements, wrap-up
1:45 PM Conference ends
Times might vary. Other possible speakers to be announced.
Brunch buffet: Assorted Muffins and Danish, Bagels with Butter & Herbed Cream Cheese, Fresh Fruit Salad, French Toast, Broccoli & Cheese Quiche, Bacon/Potato/Egg/Cheese Casserole, Garden Salad with Vinaigrette, Chicken Francaise, Italian Cookies, Fruit Punch Bowl, Coffee, Tea. Cash bar.
Logistics: There is plenty of parking available in the parking lot in front of the building. The lot and building are accessible. Enter the building through the farthest door to the left (under the green BANQUET ROOM awning).
Host branch: AAUW Kingston.
This program is sponsored in part by an AAUW-NYS district grant.
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For more information, please contact: susan-holland@usa.net, 845-389-3961
This year, Equal Pay Day is on Tuesday, April 2.
Here are a few things we can all do now to help ensure
equal pay and economic security for all women:
1. Urge your U.S. Senators to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act!
a. NWLC petition:
https://act.nwlc.org/onlineactions/dc3f9MK2p0y7TnRGu16fyw2
b. ACLU petition:
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/pass-paycheck-fairness-act
2. Call your representative today. Urge her or him to vote Yes on the Paycheck Fairness Act!
Call AAUW’s toll-free number, 1-855-973-0824, to hear the call script and automatically
connect to your representative’s office.
3. Go online and take the online AAUW Work Smart salary negotiation workshop.
AAUW’s goal is to train 10,000 women by April 2.
Visit https://salary.aauw.org to start the one-hour workshop online.
Ask other women you know to complete the online workshop by 4/2.
Make your voice heard on Equal Pay Day.
Take a few minutes to sign a petition, make a phone call, or take the online
salary negotiation workshop, because the time is now!
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2019 Equal Pay Days
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Tuesday, March 5: Asian American women’s Equal Pay Day
(Asian women vs. White, non-Hispanic men – $0.85)
Tuesday, April 2: All women’s Equal Pay Day
(Women overall vs. Men overall – $0.80)
Friday, April 19: White women’s equal pay day
(White, non-Hispanic women vs. White, non-Hispanic men – $0.77)
Thursday, August 22: Black women’s Equal Pay Day
(Black women vs. White, non-Hispanic men – $0.61)
Monday, September 23: Native Women’s Equal Pay Day
(Native women vs. White, non-Hispanic men – $0.58)
Wednesday, November 20: Latinas’ Equal Pay Day
(Latinas vs. White, non-Hispanic men – $0.53)
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Susan Holland, Branch Public Policy Chair, 845-389-3961
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| Sally Bermanzohn is author of Indian Annie, A Grandmother’s Story, and Through Survivors’ Eyes. She is active at Seed Song Farm, African Roots Library, and Neetopk Keetopk. Sally will talk about Native American women as farmers and leaders in the Eastern Woodlands.
Sarah Elisabeth is an herbalist who farms, gardens, teaches, consults, writes and sells herbal products. Sarah works in the Wise Woman Tradition, which reweaves the cloak of the Ancients, and is part of White Pine Farm and Neetopk Keetopk (“My Friends, Your Friends” in Algonquin). Sarah will speak on the Wise Woman Tradition, giving you the opportunity to slow down and reconnect to the Great Mother, Gaia, Earth, and to yourself. |
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Dear Friends of Women in Black,
Please join us this Saturday, March 9, as we march down Main Street for women’s rights on International Women’s Day! We are going to have the great brass band, Tin Horn Uprising, members of Resisterhood singing, rousing speakers, chants, resolve, and fun! Please make a sign (some will be available) and join us for what we think will be a memorable and exciting day.
We’ll start at 11 AM in front of the Elting Library, 93 Main Street, hear 1-minute talks from co-sponsors and then march to Water Street Market and back. People can then join our regular 12:45 – 1:30 vigil, which will be dedicated to women’s rights. New Paltz Women in Black is proud to be sponsoring this action, with many co-sponsors signing on.
You can sign up for this event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2633615856681082/
“Our action calls for an end to violence against women and all vulnerable and marginalized members of our society. We stand for reproductive justice, equity in the workplace, and full equality and respect for all. We stand against racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ bigotry, and threats and discrimination against immigrants. We urge people of all genders and identities to join this action in solidarity with women’s struggles for their full human rights here in the U.S. and throughout the world,” – Lead organizer Donna Goodman of New Paltz Women in Black
See you Saturday!
In Peace and Solidarity,
Barbara Upton
AAUW Kingston: NYC Bus Trip
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Note: There are bus seats available for $45 to do your own thing in NYC
(9 AM departure, 7:30 PM return).
Contact: Lynn Gore (845-687-9210, lynngore54@gmail.com)
The Band’s Visit
The Band’s Visit at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 West 47th Street, NYC
Overview:
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The Band’s Visit is the winner of 10 Tony Awards, making it one of the most Tony-winning musicals in history. In this delightfully offbeat story, set in a town that’s way off the beaten path, a band of musicians arrive lost, out of the blue. Under the spell of the desert sky, and with beautiful music perfuming the air, the band brings the town to life in unexpected and tantalizing ways. Even the briefest visit can stay with you forever.
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 “One of the most ravishing musicals you will ever be seduced by…A Broadway rarity seldom found these days outside of the canon of Stephen Sondheim: an honest-to-God musical for grown-ups…Directed by David Cromer with an inspired inventiveness that never calls attention to itself, ‘The Band’s Visit’ flows with the grave and joyful insistence of life itself…Close to perfect musically…A miraculous show.” — Ben Brantley, The New York Times |
Itinerary: April 3, 2019
9:00 AM: Leaving Kingston Plaza (near Hannaford’s)
9:20 AM: New Paltz Park and Ride pick up
11:00 AM: Drop off near the theater
11:30-1:00: lunch on your own (or you may join a group and eat with me, restaurant tba)
1:30 PM: Ethel Barrymore Theatre
5:15 PM: Pick up near the theatre
7:10 PM: Drop off at New Paltz Park and Ride
7:30 PM: Return to Kingston Plaza
| Prices include Tonche Coach bus ride, tip, Orchestra 1 seat AAUW member: $170 Non-member: $180 Send payment to Lynn Gore, 400 Chestnut Hill Road, Stone Ridge, NY 12484 by February 20, 2019. Make check out to AAUW Kingston. RSVP/questions: Lynn Gore (845-687-9210, lynngore54@gmail.com) |
Tuesday, November 6, 2018, is Election Day!
Please get out and vote.
Encourage your friends, family, and co-workers to vote too.
We have congressional, state, and county races, and a ballot proposal (Ulster County).
Ulster County: Turn Your Ballot Over!
There is an important proposal on the back of the ballot:
Proposal Number One: “Shall Section C-10 of the Ulster County Charter be amended to provide for the creation of an independent Redistricting Commission, designed to exclude political influence in revising county legislative districts, as proposed and unanimously approved by the Ulster County Charter Revision Committee?”
Polls are open in our area from 6 AM to 9 PM.
Call me if you need a ride to the polls.
Susan H, 845-389-3961, susan-holland@usa.net
Election information (LWV website)
http://www.vote411.org
Board of Elections websites
– Dutchess County:
http://www.dutchesselections.com/
– Greene County:
http://greenegovernment.com/departments/board-of-elections/
– Ulster County:
http://ulstercountyny.gov/elections
– NYS:
http://www.elections.ny.gov/
Amending the County’s Charter
– an item on the November 6 ballot in Ulster County
Upcoming information sessions to be held on 10/11, 10/13, and 10/24
The League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region will host three forums to explain the referendum that Ulster County residents will be voting on on November 6. Specifically, voters will be asked if the County’s Charter should be amended to allow the creation of an independent County Redistricting Commission.
This proposed change comes from the unanimous recommendation of the County’s Charter Revision Commission.
The first event will be held on Thursday, October 11 at 7 PM at the Senior Center, 207 Market Street, Saugerties.
Under the proposal, a new Redistricting Commission will be created every 10 years, following each census. No elected officials will be permitted to serve on the Redistricting Commission, and principles will be established regarding the method for creating districts. The final legislative district map will not require approval by the County Legislature.
This new process has been designed to exclude political influence in revising county legislative districts.
Members of the Charter Revision Commission will be on hand to present and explain the results of their work over the past year so that people might understand the proposal before Election Day. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers.
There are two additional informational events planned: one at City Hall, 420 Broadway, Kingston on Saturday, October 13 at 10 AM and one at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, October 24 at 7 PM at the Terrace. Each event will last approximately 90 minutes.
These community forums are free and open to the public. For more information, call 845-340-2003 and leave a message. Calls will be returned promptly. See also:
