AAUW Kingston, SSIP Kingston, & SSIP 209

Holiday Party

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

3:30 to 5:30 PM

Set up at 3 PM, clean up at 5:30 PM

Kingston Library Community Room, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston

Musical entertainment by Suzanne Zimbler, opera enthusiast and singer,
and Ann Osmond, singing a lovely selection of cabaret songs,
accompanied on the keyboard by Dennis Yerry. All are well-known
throughout the Hudson Valley for their cabaret performances.

Bring finger food and desserts to nibble.

  Coffee & tea provided.

Due to inclement weather, the 12/9 branch meeting and holiday party at the Kingston Library is cancelled. There is no snow date. Stay safe and warm. Happy Holidays!

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“Trafficking in Our Community: It’s Happening Here,” a discussion presented by the Dutchess County Task Force Against Youth Trafficking Program

Friday, December 5 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home (map)

Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please see the flyer posted below. This program is free and open to the public but to reserve your space, please call  (845) 454-0595 and ask for Samantha.

Join us in the Story Hour Room of the Kingston Library tomorrow, November 22, at 1:00 pm for our monthly branch meeting!

This month we are very excited to host Kimberly Hayes Pollard, AAUW National’s Northeast Regional Field Representative. Kim is here to answer all of your questions about AAUW, recruiting, organizing, and available resources.

Light refreshments will be served!

AAUW Kingston November Branch Meeting

Saturday, November 22 at 1:00 pm 

The Story Hour Room of the Kingston Library (55 Franklin St.)

Broadway Dinner Theater

at the Altamura Center
404 Winter Clove Road, Round Top, NY  12473

Sunday, October 5,  3 PM  to 7 PM

Happy Hour at 3 PM
Dinner and performance at 4 PM

with The Good Times Band, a popular Windham-based duo

$35 per person

Reservation required: 
518-622-0070 or 201-863-8724

Cash bar by Spirits of Cairo
Raffle, door prizes

More info: icpainc@optonline.net

Website: www.altocanto.org

– event info from Irene Miller

One of the publications from AAUW National is the Washington Update, a weekly email digest that summarizes legislative action, policy developments, emerging issues, and other important AAUW news. It also offers program ideas and resources for advocates. It is free to all AAUW members, to subscribe, click here.

The “Action Network” is an extension of the Washington Update emails that members can opt into by checking the box at the bottom of the Washington Update subscription form in the link above. Opting in to the “Action Network” provides subscribers with quick and easy actionable items about urgent issues such as contacting representatives or signing petitions about the Violence Against Women Act via the “Two-Minute Activist” program.

While the Washington Update is only available to AAUW members, non members can sign up to receive “Action Network” emails here.

10/1, 7 PM, A forum on sustainability with Congressional candidates Chris Gibson (R, incumbent) and Sean Eldridge (D), Lecture Center Room 100, SUNY New Paltz. Sponsored by the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), in collaboration with the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCVEF). Register at:  http://ow.ly/C0h4q

10/6, 7 PM, Congressional Candidate Debate between Congressional candidates Chris Gibson (R, incumbent) and Sean Eldridge (D) at Miller School, Lake Katrine. Sponsored by the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce with the Mid-Hudson League of Women Voters serving as timekeeper.

10/22, 7 PM, Debate on the state ballot amendment on redistricting (Proposition 1 on the November 4 ballot)​, Deyo House, Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. Learn why it’s got the good government experts arguing among themselves, including our debaters Dr. Gerald Benjamin of SUNY New Paltz’s CRREO (against it) and Dick Dadey of Citizens Union (for it).

10/22, Congressional Candidate Debate between Chris Gibson (R, incumbent) and Sean Eldridge (D) at TWC News studio in Albany
http://hudsonvalley.twcnews.com/content/politics/764020/candidates-in-19th-congressional-district-race-agree-to-time-warner-cable-news-debate/

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AAUW Kingston members:

Please note that the branch meeting on Saturday, September 27 is cancelled and the antique appraisal event will be rescheduled.

Many events, such as:

9/28: Songs We Sang During World War II

are coming up this fall – check your latest Focus and our branch calendar, and stay tuned for more!….

Join hundreds of other organizations, including the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region (LWV MHR), in a country-wide effort to register citizens to vote. This year, LWV MHR will focus their efforts in Ulster County at SUNY Ulster and the Kingston Library. All materials will be provided, as well as a “frequently-asked questions” (FAQ) sheet for any inquiries about voting. In addition, they’ll have Facts for Voters and information about the ballot proposal for a constitutional amendment on redistricting. Help get individuals registered to vote and educate voters before they get to the ballot box! Volunteers are needed. To join this effort, contact Jean McGarry at 845-336-6622 or at jfmc@hvc.rr.com.

National Voter Registration Day website

From the movies of…The Andrews Sisters, Spike Jones, Carmen Miranda, Betty Hutton, Benny Goodman, Lena Horne, Kate Smith, Dinah Shore, Bob Hope, Frances Langford, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Frank Sinatra, Betty Grable, and more!

Including…Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Don’t Fence Me In, Accentuate the Positive, Night and Day, I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen, Over the Rainbow, and People Will Say We’re in Love

Presented by Warren Boroson

Where: Irene Miller’s home, 634 Pennsylvania Avenue, Palenville, NY 12463

When: Sunday, September 28, 2 PM

RSVP: Irene at 518-678-3516 or imiller65@hvc.rr.com