We’re Having a Program on What??

Join Branch Board Members at a program-planning potluck on Mon., June 17, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

at First Unitarian Church, 3205 Glendale Ave. (across from the U.T. Medical Center, formerly

MCO), Toledo. Bring a salad to pass (drinks & dessert provided), plus your good ideas about programs in 2013-2014 to advance our mission of “…equity for all women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.”

Did You Know…

On Nov. 28, your Board of Directors voted to contribute $1000 to AAUW Funds as follows:

• $400 to the Educational Opportunities Fund,Carol A. Leupp/Toledo Branch R&P Grant;
• $400 to the Educational Opportunities Fund, Jeanne Gail
  Conrad R&P Grant; and
• $200 to the Leadership Programs Fund, Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL).

Additionally this past year, money has been contributed to the AAUW Funds’ Legal Advocacy Fund (LAF) through the generosity of the Partner Bridge Study Group and the “Souper Bowl Sunday” Supper supporters. Members and friends can contribute to LAF again in the new year by attending the “Souper Bowl Sunday Supper for LAF” on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at 12 Noon. Bring an accompaniment for soup and a check for LAF, then stay for the Board Meeting to follow (details in February “Bulletin,” or ph. 824-0917).

Annual Branch Dinner Meeting, May 24

Attend Our Annual BRANCH DINNER MEETING,Tuesday, MAY 24, 5:30 p.m.

And Bring a Friend!

Toledo Branch AAUW invites you to enjoy food and fellowship, to vote on proposed By-laws Changes, and to celebrate the installation of our new President Elect, Michelle Radtkin, and the end of a great year on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 5:30 p.m. in the Hankison Great Room at the Knight Preserve on White Road at the intersection of E. River Road, Perrysburg.

Enjoy a dinner of mixed greens, chicken breast, fresh sliced pears, bleu cheese, dried cranberries, and spiced pecans plus dessert.

Meet our “Women in History” presenters: Joyce Brown as Marian Anderson; Joan Harris as Ida B. Wells-Barnet; and Ruth Alteneder as Margaret Sanger. Bring a prospective member share in the fun.

Please send a check for $20, payable “AAUW/Toledo,” to Kathy Kraynak, 108 Secor Woods Ln., Perrysburg, OH 43551, by Tues., May 17.  Questions? Phone 419-873-1941.  Any profit from this dinner will go to National AAUW Funds.

Half the Sky book discussion event tonight, 7-8:30 PM

Half the Sky:  Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

by Pulitzer Prize Winners Nicholas D. Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn

Facilitated by AAUW members: Wendie Kiskaddon, Jennifer Sader and Jane Hankenhof Curry
Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:00-8:30 PM
The Franciscan Center Board Room at Lourdes College

Light refreshments provided
Guests and  potential members always welcome

Get involved, get energized: Attend an AAUW convention or conference!

Saturday and Sunday, April 9 & 10, are the dates of the AAUW/Ohio Convention in Akron.  Our AAUW National Convention will be held in Washington, D.C. June 16-19. You can find more information on the state and national conventions at the AAUW Ohio Events site.

The National Conference for College Women Student Leaders will be held June 2-4, 2011 at the University of Maryland, College Park. This conference is co-sponsored with NASPA, an organization for Student Affairs administrators in higher education, and  “provides a transformative experience for attendees, and students return home ready to improve their campuses and their communities.”  Find out more on the NCCWSL site.

Wonderful Women At Wildwood

Members and friends of AAUW/Toledo will want to visit the Wildwood Metropark Manor House on Wednesdays from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. in February and March. For then they’ll meet several members of our branch’s “Women in History” Troupe portraying famous women for Toledo-area school children.

Since 2002, Troupe members have partnered with the Manor House Volunteers to introduce 3rd through 6th grade children, their teachers, and adult helpers to current and historical women whose lives and accomplishments are often overlooked in history and social studies textbooks.

The Troupe members await groups of 12 to 15 people in various rooms of the manor house, and there present their monologues. After one-half hour, when the “school bell” rings, each group “changes classes” and meets a different famous woman in another room.

Thus, on any given Wednesday, visitors meet a total of three famous “Women in History”—and each famous woman gives
her monologue three times! You are cordially invited to join a group!

Please phone Susan Roberts-McGlade, Historical Interpreter Director, at 419-277-0107 to be sure of space. The women you can meet this year are as follows:
Sacajawea, Rachel Carson, Margaret Sanger, Eleanor Roosevelt, Juliette Low, Beatrix Potter, Eliza- beth Cady Stanton, Marian Anderson, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett.

Presenters’ phone numbers are in your Directory. So call to learn when the women you want to meet will be presenting.

UPDATE: Last Child in the Woods, September 15

September 15, 5:30-8:30 at the Franciscan Center Boardroom, Lourdes College
Help learn how to help reengage children in the joys of the natural world.

Supported Event: Presentation on the Problem of Child Sex Trafficking in the Midwest

The Toledo Branch encourages its members to attend events in the local area that are relevant to AAUW’s mission. Please consider attending this important event at the Whitman Center at Monroe County Community College. Unfortunately, this problem is especially prevalent in the Toledo area. September 28 · 6:30pm – 8:00pm