Hi all!
Check our branch website calendar for more details about the online meetings
and other branch activities that are happening within the next week or so.
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– Sunday, December 13, 6 PM
Film discussion – Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) 

– Tuesday, December 15
Because we are unable to collect toiletries for Family of Woodstock Women’s Shelter in person
this year, please consider making a donation so that we can purchase toiletries. A donation
in any amount is greatly appreciated! So by today (12/15), please send a check made out to
AAUW Kingston (write toiletries on the subject line) to Marjorie Bot (check your newsletter
or directory for her address). Plus, please see the P.S. below – thanks!

Wednesday, December 16, 3 PM
Branch meeting & annual holiday party!

Wednesday, December 30, 3 PM
Board meeting

Note: There’s no Literary Group meeting this month. We’re reading Speak. Memory
by Vladimir Nabokov for our January 19 meeting.
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Take care, be well, and happy holidays to you and yours!…Susan H.
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P.S. Gift-giving in the spirit of the season
As you enter into the holiday spirit and consider how you can share and give to others, consider
making a donation to AAUW. If you would like to have a direct and local impact, a donation to
the AAUW Kingston Scholarship Fund helps two SUNY Ulster graduates each year continue their
education. It also provides gift cards to needy families with children in Ulster County schools.
You can help by making a check out to AAUW Kingston (write Scholarship Fund on the
subject line). Send it to Marjorie Bot (check your newsletter or directory for her address).

Hi all, Happy Autumn!
Check our branch website calendar for more details about some of the online meetings that are happening within the next month or so. 
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Sunday, November 8, 6 PM
Film discussion – The Chambermaid (2019)

Wednesday, November 11
Veteran’s Day

Tuesday, November 17, 1 PM
Literary group – My Home is Far Away (1944) by Dawn Powell

Wednesday, November 18, 3 PM
Branch meeting with guest speaker Brooke Nelson

Thursday, November 26
Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, December 2, 3 PM
Board meeting
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Take care…Susan H.

• Dr. Kimberly Wehle, law professor, author, lawyer, and former CBS News legal analyst
• Dr. Mark  Meirowitz, Professor, SUNY Maritime College
• Liz Bander, LWVUS Board Member (from LWV of WA)

46th State Senate District Forum

At 7 PM tonight, Tuesday, October 13, the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region and the LWV of Albany County will present a livestreamed forum featuring the three candidates running for the NYS 46th Senate District.

Candidates include Robert Alft (Green), Richard Amedure (Republican), and Michelle Hinchey (Democratic).

You can access this program at one of these two links:

1. LWVMHR Facebook page

2. LWV Albany YouTube channel 

— Susan H.

Online Branch Meeting And Social Hour
Dare Thompson Of League Of Women Voters To Speak

Are you ready to meet again to hear a good speaker and have a chance to socialize with other members? Are you getting anxious for news on how the elections will play out this year? AAUW Kingston will host a a Zoom event on Wednesday, September 16 at 3 PM. We have invited Dare Thompson from the League of Women Voters to be our guest speaker.

Dare will talk about the upcoming elections and clarify voting procedures, including absentee voting, early voting, and onsite voting. Dare, who has served since 2016 on the NY Women’s Suffrage Commission chaired by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, will give us a few lesser-known details about the movement as we celebrate 100 years of ratification. There will be time for questions and to socialize in smaller breakout rooms.

New To Zooming And Need A Little Help To Get Started?
Video conferencing has become an everyday means of communicating with the world. It allows you to participate in AAUW meetings, the monthly Literary Group and Film Discussion, and so much more. If you have never tried it and would like a little demonstration on Zooming, check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isp3qPeQ0E

If you need some personal coaching, email Lynn at lynngore54@gmail.com or call her at 845-687-9210.

AAUW Kingston
Summer Branch Meeting & Social
featuring the Strawberry Hill Fiddlers

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
3 PM to 4 PM on Zoom*
(Invitations with the link will be sent on 6/23)

Business Meeting
We’ll have a brief business meeting, to introduce the board members and to vote for the 2020-2021 budget as well as the 2020-2022 candidates for Recording Secretary (Dorothy Silberg. Outgoing: Judee Irwin) and Treasurer (Jean Mackenzie. Outgoing: Marjorie Bot).

The 2020 SUNY Ulster Scholarship winners will be introduced:
Toni Lee-Jones is an Independent Studies major at SUNY Ulster with a 3.5 GPA.
She expects to become a nurse practitioner because she wants to serve the community.

Chloe Faoro has attended SUNY Ulster through the Early College Program for students still
enrolled in high school and expects to graduate from high school with a 4.0 GPA.
She plans to pursue a communications degree at SUNY Ulster and then continue at SUNY
New Paltz. She hopes to develop her own media production studio.

Entertaiment
Strawberry Hill Fiddlers live!
The Fiddlers currently host four levels of fiddle groups whose performances represent the music of many cultures, and are directed by Andrea Velasquez, Chelsea Needham, and Carole Schaad. Its unique fiddling program is centered on learning traditional music by ear.
Open to violin, viola, cello, and bass players, the Fiddlers offers exposure to
various non-classical styles, improvisation, singing, dancing and body percussion.

Please come join the fun.
We miss you and hope to have more activities and fundraisers as soon as it is responsibly safe.
In the meantime, stay safe and stay healthy!

* Not sure how to Zoom?
– Download the Zoom app on your cel phone or iPad, or go to https://zoom.us/download on your laptop and click on the blue Download button under Zoom Client for Meetings (or, the web browser client will download automatically when you join your first Zoom meeting)

– Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isp3qPeQ0E

– Contact Lynn (lynngore54@gmail.com) to set up a practice Zoom session

Hi all, 

Happy Spring!

Check our branch website calendar for some online meetings come up!

Take care…Susan H.

Stay Healthy – Stay Home!

Dear members and friends of AAUW Kingston,
In view of the developing COVID-19 situation, we are cancelling
March activities and will keep you posted on future events:

CANCELLED:
March 17 Book Group
March 18 Meet & Eat (we will be rescheduling at a later date)
March 25 Board Meeting
March 28 Luncheon at Reginato’s*
plus, April 27 Trip to MoMA

*The March 28 luncheon at Reginato’s is cancelled at this time. If you have signed up and would like a refund, please contact Marjorie Bot at botm121444@aol.com.
If you would like to make a donation of your payment or send a donation to the branch scholarship fund, please send checks (to AAUW Kingston) to the attention of Marjorie Bot, 58 Twin Ponds Dr., Kingston NY 12401. We plan on rescheduling the event in the Fall.

NOT CANCELLED AT THIS TIME:
“To Kill A Mockingbird” on Broadway, April 22, 2020
In order to preserve our tickets and in the hopes of rescheduling if necessary, we are waiting for instructions from the theater.
Contact Lynn Gore (845-687-9210, lynngore54@gmail.com) if you have any questions.

Take care and be well…Susan H., susan-holland@usa.net, 845-389-3961