The NYS Health Care Act: Information Session 
Friday, June 21
1 PM to 3 PM
Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston

Gail Myers, Deputy Director of the NY Statewide Senior Council, will speak about the proposed NYS Health Care Act. With many years of prior experience working with aging and health care issues, Gail is the Council’s spokeswoman and representative on this important issue.

For more information about this legislation, go to:
https://www.nysenior.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/NY-Health-and-Medicare.pdf

Please plan to attend this session if you can.  There’ll be plenty of time for discussion, so bring your questions and concerns.

Sponsored by: Settled and Serving in Place (SSIP) Kingston

A letter from New Paltz Women in Black:

We are very excited about the rally we are helping to organize this Saturday, June 8 from 1 PM to 2:30 PM, in front of Elting Library on Main Street, called “Rise against Hate”!

On the day of the event, a poster-making party will be held at Ryan Cronin: CronArtUSA in the Water Street Market from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. Some materials will be available, or bring your own.

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

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/962359677441113/

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

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:  

“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

• It’s past time for the #PaycheckFairness Act, which would help break harmful patterns of pay discrimination. The public overwhelmingly supports it and women and their families cannot afford to wait. @PowHerNY #Ledbetter10 #Equalpay
• Ten years after President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter #FairPay Act, women are still battling the #wagegap. Tell Congress it’s past time for the #PaycheckFairness Act. #Ledbetter10 @PowHerNY #Equalpay