Soup Fundraiser!
Now through Sat., April 30, 2022
Eat some good soup and support our branch scholarships!

Made with top-quality freeze-dried ingredients, the delicious flavors are locked in
until you pour the packet in the pot with broth.
Add meat and fresh veggies as suggested or to your liking for a healthy meal.
No MSG. No Salt. No Preservatives.

Here is our unique branch fundraising web page:
https://fundraising.happyvalleysoupcompany.com/?fund=193
Please send this web page to your friends and relatives.
They can order and pay online and the soups are shipped directly to them.
Each package is $9 and shipping is calculated on the order form.
AAUW Kingston receives 50% ($4.50) for each soup package ordered on
our fundraising web page.

How Does it Work?
1. Go to our unique branch fundraising web page:
https://fundraising.happyvalleysoupcompany.com/?fund=193
2. You should see YOUR PURCHASE MADE BY 4/30/2022 SUPPORTS AAUW KINGSTON near the top and Thank you for supporting: AAUW KINGSTON below that.
3. Scroll down and click on the START SHOPPING button.
4. Click on the ADD TO CART button for each soup you want to order.
5. When you are done shopping, click on View cart.
6. Click on the PROCEED TO CHECKOUT button and fill in all of the required fields.
**Important!** ==> Under Fundraiser Name, type: AAUW KINGSTON.
7. If desired, you can ship soups directly to others.

If you need help ordering, email Lynn Gore: lynngore54@gmail.com

With 13 varieties to choose from, there’s a flavor for everyone.
These make great gifts for the holidays, birthdays, and get well and welcome baskets.
Stock up your pantry with easy, quick meals.

Thank you for supporting our branch scholarships and enjoy your soup!

AAUW Rockland County
22nd Annual Diversity Brunch
Saturday, February 26
11 AM to 12:30 PM

African American Women
In the Movement
with guest speaker Roger Glass
Family Historian and Lecturer

A Family’s Legacy of Women’s Rights Activists

In the early 1900s, New Yorkers Addie Jackson and her daughter Beatrice Jackson joined other Black women in NYS in leading the fight for equal rights for African Americans and for voting rights for all women.

Join us to hear Roger Glass’s account of his ancestral discoveries!

Advance Registration Required!
Click here to register.

For more information, call 845-406-5156.

This event is being co-sponsored by the Kingston, Poughkeepsie, and Westchester
Branches of AAUW, the League of Women Voters, RCAC Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
the Rockland Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and the Spring Valley Branch NAACP.

AAUW’s Inclusion and Equity Committee invites you to participate in a virtual webinar series. These webinars support state and branch leaders, diversity officers and other members as they work to make their affiliates more diverse, equitable and inclusive. They supplement the resources available in AAUW’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) toolkit. The 2022 series begins with:

Creating Allyship on 1/27

What is allyship? How can one truly be an ally? What is the connection between allyship and privilege? Please join us next Thursday afternoon for a discussion of allyship and how to create affiliate programming on this topic. With a diverse set of allies within their membership, AAUW state and branch leaders can better build inclusive spaces and attract new audiences, including new members.

To register, go to:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vfpwQEJeS5q8vUSBjBbTdQ

Details on future webinars on 3/24 and 5/26 will follow later.

— Susan Holland

AAUW Kingston Branch Meeting (on Zoom)
Thursday, January 20, 7 PM

A Current Look at Prosecution in Ulster County
– a joint meeting with the League of Women Voters Mid-Hudson

Here is a chance to learn about the state of prosecution in Ulster County.
David Clegg will present and answer questions.

During Clegg’s campaign, the League of Women Voters Mid-Hudson hosted a candidate forum to discuss what would make his tenure as a DA impactful to our judicial system. There was a great deal of public focus on the Bail Reform legislation and how it would be interpreted by the court and put into effect with the participating police departments and sheriff’s office. During the tight election, League members were witness to the ballot recounts. This program is an opportunity to check in now and see how this first year saw theory put into practice, to learn about who is collaborating in making change, and what are the hurdles and opportunities in the justice system that citizens should better understand.

Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/3006528119597976
(with Zoom information)

— Susan Holland, susan-holland@usa.net

Please join AAUW National for a Member Webinar on Wednesday, January 12, at 4 PM ET to kick off the New Year.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F970hiewRT-ItgardO7D2g

You’ll hear from Julia Brown—your AAUW National Board Chair—and AAUW National Governance Committee Chair Malinda Gaul about the year to come, including our upcoming bylaws vote and comment period.

You’ll also get a special update from new AAUW CEO Gloria L. Blackwell as she reflects on our 2021 accomplishments and looks ahead to 2022 and beyond.

We encourage you to submit your questions ahead of time when you register, but you can also ask questions and provide feedback during the live webinar using Zoom’s Q&A function. We look forward to seeing you there!

— posted by Susan Holland

From Janice Brown, AAUW-NYS President:

AAUW-NYS Members,
AAUW is celebrating its 140^th anniversary on Wed., November 17 at 4 PM. You are invited.
Click on the following link to register for the Zoom meeting, if you have not registered yet:
Register Here

It’s a party, and we don’t want you to miss out. Let’s represent “the Big Apple” as only New Yorkers can do. We will have two of our branches being celebrated during this event: Jamestown and Kingston.

Another highlight of the celebration will be an exclusive conversation with the 2021 Alumnae Recognition Award winner Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, PhD., first woman and first African to serve as Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Come prepared to have a party and let’s celebrate the work of AAUW.

— Susan Holland

For our 11/6/21 Branch Meeting, Luncheon, and Fundraiser at Reginato Ristorante in Lake Katrine, we were excited to welcome guest speaker Suzanne Young-Mercer, who is the Diversity and Cultural Director for AAUW-NYS and is a member of the Rockland County Branch. During an informative and informal talk that engaged a rapt audience of 35 people, she addressed the question “Are Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Still Relevant?”. DEI is a term used to describe programs and policies that encourage representation and participation of diverse groups of people, including people of different genders, races, ethnicities, abilities, disabilities, religions, cultures, ages, and sexual orientations. Thank you for making the trek to join us at this event, Suzanne, and thanks to all who made this fundraiser a complete success!

L to R: Geraldine Popko, Lynn Gore, Suzanne Young-Mercer, Dorothy Draper Silberg, Maryanne Kalin-Miller, Marjorie Bot

L to R: Maryanne Kalin-Miller, Suzanne Young-Mercer

L to R: Susan Holland, Lynn Gore

— Susan Holland
— Photo credit: Gloria Waslyn

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, is Election Day!
Please get out and vote.
Encourage your friends, family, and co-workers to vote too.
We have many local and county races and ballot proposals.

Turn Your Ballot Over!
There are five important state proposals (and possibly other local ones) on the back of the ballot:

Proposal 1: Amending the Apportionment and Redistricting Process
Proposal 2: Right to Clean Air, Clean Water, and a Healthful Environment
Proposal 3: Eliminating Ten-Day-Advance Voter Registration Requirement
Proposal 4: Authorizing No-Excuse Absentee Ballot Voting
Proposal 5: Increasing the Jurisdiction of the New York City Civil Court
Proposal 6 (Ulster County): Utilization of funds designated for payroll expenses within the County budget

For more information, go to:
http://www.vote411.org
Ulster County:
https://elections.ulstercountyny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/list-of-props-10.28.21.pdf

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

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/

Fall Branch Meeting, Luncheon, and Fundraiser
Saturday, 11/6/21, 11:45 AM to 2:30 PM
Reginato Ristorante, 34 Leggs Mill Road, Lake Katrine

For our Fall Branch Meeting, Luncheon, and Fundraiser, we are very excited to welcome guest speaker Suzanne Young-Mercer, who is the Diversity and Cultural Director for AAUW-NYS and is a member of the Rockland County Branch. She will address the question “Are Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Still Relevant?”. DEI is a term used to describe programs and policies that encourage representation and participation of diverse groups of people, including people of different genders, races, ethnicities, abilities, disabilities, religions,
cultures, ages, and sexual orientations.

Menu:
– Cash bar
– Soup or salad
– Sorbet
– Entrée choices:
Chicken Francese
Eggplant Rollatini
Sole Almondine
Pork Marsala
– Choice of coffee or tea
– Dessert: Choice of cake or ice cream

Cost: $35 (members)
          $40 (non-members)
Scholarship donations are very welcome!

Registration form:
https://kingston-ny.aauw.net/files/2021/10/AAUW_Kingston_Fall_Luncheon_110621.pdf

Make your check out to AAUW Kingston and send
by Friday, 10/29 (with your entrée selection) to:

Marjorie Bot, 58 Twin Ponds Drive, Kingston, NY 12484

Come catch up with old and new friends!
50/50 drawing and door prizes!

For more info or to join us on Zoom, contact: lynngore54@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 4 PM ET

AAUW’s 140th Anniversary Webinar Series:
AAUW in Conversation with Dr. Patricia Bell-Scott

To register, go to:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vssH23W_Q2WSy2h6AdwTSg

Join us for a discussion with AAUW fellowship alumna Patricia Bell-Scott, Ph.D., an award-winning author and professor emerita of women’s studies and human development and family science at the University of Georgia. Her most recent book, The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice, won the Lillian Smith Book Award and was named Booklist Best Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year by the American Library Association. Her previous books include Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women, which was a featured selection of The Quality Paperback Book Club, and All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women’s Studies, an award-winning textbook that was named to the Black Issues Books Review list of “Books that Made the Century Great.” Dr. Bell-Scott served for a decade as co-founding editor of SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women. She is a former contributing editor to Ms. Magazine. She is also a co-founder of the National Women’s Studies Association, for which she served as co-convener of the inaugural coordinating council.