AAUW SIUE Branch

Summer plans into Fall 2008

2008-06-04T09:35:00.000-07:00

Our summer 2008 meeting installed our new President Jenny Bolander.

Zsuzsanna is now past President and will stay Communication Director.

Please bring/send to Fran Karanovitch your membership dues

(SIUE, P.O. Box 1125 Edwardsville, IL 62026)

73$ (49 national + 10 state + 14 branch).
Make check to: AAUW SIUE Branch

Topics in discussion:

Discussed couple of ideas for Fall 2008/Spring 2009 plans of action:

-preventing sexual harassment

-women in the job hunt and negotiating salary

-risk taking and opportunity for women

- Cathy Santanello mentioned the “Safe Zone” here at SIUE and possible collaboration in activities

Linda Morice will research on AAUW web site and compile a list of possible topics and send them out on the Branch list for online pool and members will choose the most appealing.

Please check your e-mail and vote on a couple of good topics as activity for Fall 2008 and plan for Spring 2009.

We have T-shirts with the “AAUW SIUE Branch” logo. Sizes S, M, L (more L couple of S and M). T-shirts are purchased with a suggested donation of 10$ which goes toward our branch funds. T-shirts will be found at Fran Karanovitch our new Financial VP (cash or check accepted).

Update on Spring 2008 activities

2008-06-04T09:32:00.000-07:00

We had two great actions celebrating Equal Pay Day: a panel of discussions and a walk-a-ton.

Celebrating EQUAL PAY DAY

April 22^nd is a day designed to promote pay equity among men and women

AAUW SIUE Branch will celebrate with two actions listed below

April 22^nd 2008 – Equal Pay Day

Panel discussion concerning equal pay in today’s society

11:00 AM -12:15 PM

Peck Hall 2304

Panelists:

Dr. Ayse Evrensel – Economics & Finance

Dr. Mike Dudley – Psychology

Dr. Linda Morice – Educational Leadership

Dr. Linda Markowitz – Sociology & Criminal Justice Studies

Chair:

Dr. Laurie Puchner – Educational Leadership

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April 29^th 2008 - Equal Pay Day walk-a-thon

12PM (noon) – around 2PM

meeting on the Quad at the ROCK

Free participation in a 5K walk

& T-shirt with donation

Students, Faculty, and Staff

Come and join us for a 5K walk on SIUE paths

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Agenda - meeting February 2008

2008-02-25T12:38:00.000-08:00

AAUW SIUE Branch Mission Statement:

Mission Statement: AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

Vision Statement: AAUW will be a powerful advocate and visible leader in equity and education through research, philanthropy, and measurable change in critical areas impacting the lives of women and girls.

Update from Fall 2007:

Two great activities with huge success on campus were:

Jane Adams Day celebration – November 26^th, 2007; presentation by Dr. Connie Frey

Fill a wish action - donations for Oasis Women center in Alton:

Our "Fill a wish" action to collect items for Oasis Women Center in Alton was a success!

I delivered the many donated items five (5) times:

November 29th, 2007
December 5th, 2007
December 6th, 2007
December 7th, 2007
December 11th, 2007

There were many individual donations, and we had some offices that adopted this time our action. Among those offices who adopted us were:
- Early Childhood Center
- Bursar's Office
- Provost Office
- SIUE Foundation Office
- and anonymous offices who left donations for us

Also thank you to all individuals who dropped items and mailed donations at our
locations from:
- Peck Hall
- Alumni Hall
- Engineering Building

Agenda discussions:

Linda Morice- update on membership and finance: we are 22 members!

We will start gathering dues for the next AAUW membership year as of April before the end of semester

Plan for actions and activity opportunities for Spring 2008

March 13^th, 2008 – 3:30PM @ UMSL -- “Preventing sexual harassment on campus”

March 15^th, 2008 – GEMS- 8AM- 1PM-- Lewis & Clark Community College Alton

March 19^th, 2008--- Peck Hall 2407 @ 11-12:15PM

Women’s month activity:

Cultural & Linguistic Diversity (as a Resource) in the Classroom

Ralph Cordova, Seran Aktuna, Joel Hardman,

Zsuzsanna Szabo, & Howard Rambsy

April 12^th, 2008 – District 1 meeting in Belleville – luncheon (more info to come soon) – AAUW SIUE Branch rep: Zsuzsanna Szabo & who else would like to volunteer

April 22^nd – Equal Pay day— discussion panel:

Ayse Evrensel/Economica & Finance;
Linda Morice / Education
Nursing
Sociology

· Making Waves – collaboration for a walk a ton in honor of Equal pay day.

May 2-3 AAUW-Illinois State Convention; Holiday Inn Select in Naperville –

AAUW SIUE Branch rep: Jenny Bolander & who else would like to volunteer

June 1 Deadline: Branch Officer forms due to Association and to the state

June 11 – 15 Prepare and mail Branch Dues Reports (BDR) to State Finance Director and Association Membership Department to be received no later than

July 1, 2008 New membership and fiscal year begins

FYI – women in administration positions or aspiring for leadership positions two great opportunities:

Friday, April 18, 2008

9:00-3:00 p.m.

"Overcoming Barriers: Supporting Women in Educational Leadership,"

Hampton Inn & Suites, 320 S.Towanda Avenue, Normal, IL 61761

Friday and Saturday, April 18-19, 2008

“Dare to Be Great “

Ewing Manor

48 Sunset Road (Corner of Emerson & Towanda)

Bloomington, IL 61701

Below information for the activities presented above:

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P R E V E N T I N G S E X U A L H A R A S S M E N T O N C A M P U S

March 13, 2008
3:30 PM
Century Room C
Millennium Student Center

P A N E L D I S C U S S I O N
Moderated by Lisa Maatz, Director of Government Relations and Public
Policy at the American Association of University Women (AAUW)

P A N E L
Deborah Burris, UM-St. Louis, Director of Equal Opportunity
Ann Prenatt, Washington University, Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Ellen Reed, UM-St. Louis, Graduate Research Assistant
The Honorable Lloyd J. Vasquez, Jr., US EEOC, Administrative Judge

Drawing the Line: Sexual Harassment on Campus by Catherine Hill and Elena Silva,
published by AAUW (2005), describes the findings from a nationally representative
survey of undergraduate college students conducted in spring 2005. This
report contributes to our understanding of how college students perceive, experience,
and respond to sexual harassment and provides useful information for creating
a campus climate that is free from bias and harassment. The report will be
available for purchase at the event.

AAUW's Legal Advocacy Fund provides funding and a support system for individuals
seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination.
Please RSVP AAUW.SaintLouis@gmail.com
Phone: 314-516-5695
Fax: 314-516-5673
Office of Equal Opportunity
One University Blvd
127 Woods
St. Louis, MO 63121
U N I V E R S I T Y O F
M I S S O U R I - S T . L O U I S
March 13, 2008
3:30 PM
Century Room C
Millennium Student Center
The St. Louis Branch of AAUW is
co-sponsor of this event.

This event is FREE and open to the PUBLIC.

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Girls Explore, Experience and

Experiment in Math and Science

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Girls in grades six, seven, and eight are invited to attend the 13th annual GEMS conference Saturday March 15th, at Lewis and Clark Community College. Girls will have the opportunity to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as they participate in hands-on workshops taught by women scientists, engineers and other professionals.

Topics will include:

HEALTH - Nursing, Dentistry, Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Community Activism, Organic Gardening.
SCIENCE - Physiscs, Aviation, Geography, Cartography, Robotics, Environmental Science
ENGINEERING - Science Magic, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Teaching engineering at the university level
TECHNOLOGY - Computer Science, Genetics and DNA, Criminology, Robotics, Money and Accounting Law
RELATED SCIENCE FIELDS - Biology, Soils, Archeology, Gemstones

In addition, all girls will participate in
"Welcome to the Real World,"
a program sponsored by the University of Illinois Extension Program, that lets girls get a glimpse of the real world of career choices, decision-making and money management.

For more information, contact:
Sharon Jenkins
Phone: 692-0231
e-mail: sharonj7@madisontelco.com

or visit: http://www.riverbender.com/gems/index.shtm

Activities sponsored by:

AAUW Illinois Inc.
Piasa Area Council
Alton,
Jerseyville
AAUW SIUE branch
AAUW Wood River branch
Alpha Kappa Sorority Inc.
Edwardsville Area Alumnae Chapter

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Overcoming Barriers
On Friday evening at 7:30 p.m.,

Dr. Briles will Dr. Judith Briles
speak at IWA’s 20th Annual Dare to be Great Conference.

This Friday evening and Saturday morning conference will be held at
the historic Ewing Manor - less than one mile from the Hampton Inn & Suites!

For more information about IWA’s
Dare to be Great Conference, please visit www.iwa.ilstu.edu.

Working in an environment that supports
mediocrity, not being given the information or
tools to do a job effectively, and working
under managers who have no business
managing all can create stress and frustration
for women in the workplace. This 6-hour
workshop will provide participants with tools
they can use to foster a healthier work environment
for themselves and others.

A block of hotel rooms
has been reserved at the
Hampton Inn & Suites, Normal, IL.
Call 1-309-452-8900 to secure
overnight lodging with
your credit card.

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Dare to be Great 2008
Overcoming Barriers
Illinois Women Administrators Annual Spring Conference
Friday and Saturday, April 18-19, 2008
Ewing Manor
48 Sunset Road (Corner of Emerson & Towanda)
Bloomington, IL 61701

Schedule of Events
Please join us for IWA’s annual Dare to be Great conference as we honor the experiences and accomplishments of outstanding women who have positively influenced Illinois education. This year’s honorees are:
Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, Principal
Whittier Primary School, Peoria District 150
Becky McCabe, Assistant Superintendent
DeKalb District 428
Dr. Deborah Curtis, Dean
College of Education, Illinois State University

Friday, April 18th
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. – Arrival and networking over beverages and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 – 8:00 p.m. – IWA business meeting and installation of new officers
8:00 – 8:45 p.m. – Speaker: Dr. Judith Briles
8:45 – 9:30 p.m. – Dessert and more networking

Saturday, April 19th
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. – Arrival and Continental breakfast buffet
9:30 – 10:15 a.m. – Speaker: Dr. Susan Katz
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. – Break
10:30 – 12:00 p.m. – Presentations by Dare to be Great Honorees
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Buffet Luncheon and Adjournment

GEMS

2008-02-21T15:13:00.000-08:00

GEMS
Girls Explore, Experience, and Experiment in Math and Science

Lewis and Clark Community College
Saturday, March 15 2008

Girls in grades 6, 7, and 8 are invited to attend the 13th annual GEMS conference Saturday, March 15, at Lewis and Clark Community College. Girls will have the opportunity to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as they particitpate in hands-on workshops taught by women scientists, engineers and other professionals.

Conference Schedule

8:00-8:30 Pick up GEMS Workshop folders
8:30-8:45 Welcome by Patricia Penelton, GEMS Taskforce Co-Chair
8:45-9:00 Keynote Speaker:
Ms. Nicole Adewale Principal /Director of Business Development ABNA Engineering, St. Louis

9:00 Parents/Adults dismissed to their Special Workshop
9:00-9:30 Lois Smith, University of IL Extension Educator, Introduction of
“Welcome to The Real World”

9:40-10:25 Workshop Session 1
10:25-10:40 Break
10:45-11:35 Workshop Session 2
11:45-12:30 Workshop Session 3
12:35-1:00 Wrap Up/Hand in Evaluations, Receive T-shirt & "Goody Bag"

G.E.M.S. is not reponsible for any students after 1:00 PM

G.E.M.S. Mission:
To increase young women’s interest in mathematics, science and technology; To encourage and promote young women’s continuing involvement in mathematics, science and technology courses in high school and college; and To provide young women an opportunity to learn about careers in mathematics, science and technology.

G.E.M.S. Sponsors
American Association of University Women – Piasa Area Council: Alton, Jerseyville, Wood River & SIUE Branches
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: Edwardsville Area Alumnae Chapter

Conference Contributors
Alton Community Service League, Alton Memorial Hospital, Alton Unit School District # 11, The Bank of Edwardsville, Edwardsville Unit School District #7, Farmers State Bank - Jerseyville, The Jane Henry Charitable Trust, Dr. Jeffrey A. and Mr. Joel W. Jungers, Lewis & Clark Community College, Madison Co. Regional Superintendent, Macoupin, Green, Jersey Co. Reg. Supt., The Monticello Foundation

Back History Month

2008-02-14T06:11:00.000-08:00

Here a good web site you can take your kids to learn history the easy way; if you click on the pictures below will take you to the web page and give you more information:

Black History Month reflects on, celebrates and honors the African-American experience from the times of slavery through the present day. Everywhere you look, black culture, talent, and expression have played an enormous role in shaping America’s past and present.

GEMS is getting closer....

2008-02-05T15:46:00.000-08:00

Many thanks to the following:

Mary Lillesve (Jerseyville Branch), Nancy Goodson (Wood River), Suzanne and Paul Lagomarcino (Wood River), Don and Sharon Jenkins (Alton, W.R., SIUE), Patti Penelton (W.R., SIUE), Janet Kutter (WR), Joan Gusewelle (WR), Jan Dunbar (Alton), Carol Laird (Alton, WR), Theo Tonkinson (WR, SIUE), Penny Parish (Jerseyville), Linda Brazier (WR, Alton), Dean & Donnie Calvin (WR, SIUE), Margaret Powell (Alton), Mary Lou McLaughlin (Jerseyville, WR) for a successful session on Monday, 2/4/08, of putting on almost 4,000 labels to mail out GEMS brochures to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.

They drove in the fog to get there, and the many hands made short work of the task.
Many thanks to these branches for their support.
This Conference is going to be great!

Patti Penelton & Sharon Jenkins, Co-Chairs.

Successful "Fill a wish" !

2007-12-11T19:06:00.001-08:00

A big THANK YOU!!!

Our "Fill a wish" action to collect items for Oasis Women Center in Alton was a success!

I delivered the many donated items five (5) times:

November 29th, 2007
December 5th, 2007
December 6th, 2007
December 7th, 2007
December 11th, 2007

There were many individual donations, and we had some offices that adopted this
time our action.

Among those offices who adopted us there are:
- Early Childhood Center
- Bursar's Office
- Provost Office
- SIUE Foundation Office
- and anonymous offices who left donations for us

Also thank you to all individuals who dropped items and mailed donations at our
locations from:
- Peck Hall
- Alumni Hall
- Engineering Building

This shows that SIUE is a caring family for those who need us.

Have a great end of semester, also a wonderful winter break!

Merry Christmas!
Happy New Year 2008!
Happy Holidays! - for all holidays you may celebrate at the end of this year
2007!

"Fill a wish" - in action

2007-12-05T11:00:00.000-08:00

Just a quick note to let you know how we are doing with "Fill a wish" Oasis Women Center in Alton donations.

I took today - Dec. 5th - the second load. The first I loaded and delivered on November 29th.
There pretty good amount of donations in Peck Hall location (half of my trunk filled, then Susan Morgan had some from her kids (almost filled my trunk), and picked up some from the Early Childhood.

Last night I was at the International Women Organization meeting, and they donated many nice things, my car got so filled that I could use only the driver's side mirror. I was kind of afraid even driving to Alton, not being able to see too much of the road behind me and I felt like a truck driver :-)

There are more donations to come from Registrar's Office Holiday party - they gather for us their winter drive.
Early Childhood still has more to come, and I have to pick some more today from Engineering building (Susan said she had someone drop items there as well).
In my department, there are two boxes with donations, and Andrea Reaka in Pharmacy will load me today with more.

It really seems we had a overwhelming response which is really wonderful especially when we questioned to do the collection or not this year. I think people like that we offer this opportunity.

Please bring your donations till the end of this week or no later than next Monday -Tuesday December 10th (11th), to give me time to take them to Alton. I have grading and exams to keep too :-)

GEMS

2007-11-24T11:37:00.000-08:00

Girls Explore, Experience and

Experiment in Math and Science

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Girls in grades six, seven, and eight are invited to attend the 13th annual GEMS conference Saturday March 15th, at Lewis and Clark Community College. Girls will have the opportunity to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as they participate in hands-on workshops taught by women scientists, engineers and other professionals.

Topics will include:

HEALTH - Nursing, Dentistry, Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Community Activism, Organic Gardening.

SCIENCE - Physiscs, Aviation, Geography, Cartography, Robotics, Environmental Science

ENGINEERING - Science Magic, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Teaching engineering at the university level

TECHNOLOGY - Computer Science, Genetics and DNA, Criminology, Robotics, Money and Accounting Law

RELATED SCIENCE FIELDS - Biology, Soils, Archeology, Gemstones

In addition, all girls will participate in
"Welcome to the Real World,"
a program sponsored by the University of Illinois Extension Program, that lets girls get a glimpse of the real world of career choices, decision-making and money management.

For more information, contact:
Sharon Jenkins
Phone: 692-0231
e-mail: sharonj7@madisonte

or visit: www.lc.edu

Activities sponsored by:

AAUW Illinois Inc.
Piasa Area Council
Alton,
Jerseyville
AAUW SIUE branch
AAUW Wood River branch
Alpha Kappa Sorority Inc.
Edwardsville Area Alumnae Chapter

Fill a wish - 2007

2007-11-12T23:18:00.000-08:00

“Fill a wish”

collecting donations for the Oasis Women Center in Alton

Winter Holidays are just around the corner.

Many of you will buy gifts for family and friends and will be looking forward to a well deserved winter break. There are women and their children who unfortunately will not have even the necessary needs not only for Holidays but for the every day living.

Let us all help them in the remainder weeks till winter break.

Our Association of American University Women SIUE Branch started an action

“Fill a wish” – collecting donations for the Oasis Women Center in Alton

(this is a place where abused and battered women and their children find temporary shelter).

Their needs are basic but extremely important.

Please help us make women and their children’s life a little brighter for this Holiday season.

Below a wish list with most needed items.

Please bring your donations to the collection boxes at one of the below three locations:

Alumni Hall 1117,

Engineering Building 2057

Peck Hall 3407

or call 650-2607 …….. and we will come and thank you when will pick up the items!

On behalf of the AAUW SIUE Branch and women at the Oasis Center thank you very much for being so generous and helping the ones in dire need!

Have a successful end of semester and very Happy Holidays!

Here is their “Wish List” let us Fill it!

-diapers all sizes

-baby sleepers all sizes

-toys for all ages

-batteries AA and AAA

-towels and wash clothes

-sheets (twin and full size)

-pillow cases

-women personal items

-women beauty care

-hair brushes

-bath and body works (all kind of items)

-hand sanitizer & hand wash

-bubble bath

-postage stamps

-women underwear (all sizes)

-back pack for kids for school

-Children clothes and underwear

-crafts and building crafts for kids to work on

Jane Adams Day

2007-11-06T21:34:00.000-08:00

SIUe Women’s Studies

American Association of University Women

Presents

Jane Addams’ Feminist Pragmatism in the

Public and Private Spheres:

A Celebration of Jane Addams

This year marks the inauguration of

Jane Addams Day in Illinois on December 10^th

A Nobel Peace Prize winner,

Jane Addams was the founder of the Hull House and

is recognized as a founder of U.S. Sociology as well as Social Work.

Come join us for Dr. Connie Frey’s presentation:

Monday, November 26, 12:00 – 1:15 PM

MUC Mississippi-Illinois room

Fall 2007--- Meeting and planning

2007-10-21T17:41:00.001-07:00

Our Fall 2007 meeting (first in this semester) was efficient and productive.

Here in the nutshell what we discussed:

Jenny Bolander update from AAUW National Convention

in Phoenix, AZ June 28^th-July 2^nd 2007.

· The next National Convention of AAUW in 2009- will be in St. Louis

· 125 year anniversary of AAUW

· For more events and update see webpage AAUW

· Build up the branch and get involved in National 2009 Conference

2. Linda Morice- update on membership and finance

17 members
out of them = 2 student affiliates
Hooray and WELCOME! to our first two student affiliates!

3. Our Mission and Planning for actions Fall 2007- Spring 2008

Who do we want to be?

Legal advocacy
Gender equity
Students

“Academic family”, faculty mentoring support
Networking for those who are interested in becoming a faculty

· Discussed Mission Statement:

Women leaders in University and community
Development 1-2 years and progress to accomplish our mission and goals
Speakers and networking and skill development open to university

Our Identity: Political Action
AAUW SIUE Branch Mission Statement:

Mission Statement: AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

Fall 2007 Plans

Sexual Harassment on Campus Social Action Theater Project

Participating:

Sarah Warbelow, LAF AAUW Washington D.C.

Place & time:

UMSL -- on Wed. November 14th at 3:00PM @ Pilot House

which is in the MSC (Millennium Student Center) first floor

Jane Adams Day- Guest Speaker

Before Thanksgiving or last week of November
Advertised in Alestle and newspaper and radio
More media exposure: See AAUW video on the AAUW web page.

Interesting things to advertise
Women negotiate wage raises- women studies students graduate

Spring 2008

· Women’s month = March 2008

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In the middle chair see our student affiliate Liz Stygar

Summer/Fall 2007 update

2007-08-22T09:59:00.001-07:00

This summer was very hot and exciting in events.
The AAUW - National Convention was held in Phoenix, Arizona.
Our SIUE branch had a nice group representing us:
Jenny Bolander,
Sharon Jenkins,
Jo Ann Hall, and
Nola Jones.

They enjoyed the numerous activities at the conference and the heat of Arizona.

Jenny reports that she was most impressed with the LAF reports and the awareness (nation wide) that 80% of AAUW members are above 60 years of age.
She made many new friends and learned from the ones who have more years as members in AAUW than Jenny's age :-)

"It is always uplifting to see and feel the power of women. The new wave implemented through the change in bylaws will hopefully bring younger members and men as well."- said Jenny.

As a reflection of the National Convention direction
our branch will focus this scholar year 2007/2008 on recruitment of our faculty and students as well.

See below some memories Sharon Jenkins graciously shares with us.

Fun Day _Yard Sale

2007-06-02T15:14:00.000-07:00

Thank you to the following who were present at any point in time for the Yard Sale on June 2nd, 2007:

Patricia Pennelton & her husband & her sister
Susan Yager
Terri Poirier & her dog Trevor
Jo Ann Hall
Laurie Puchner & her kids Maggie and Luke & dog Oliver
Linda Morice
Mariana Solares
Sharon Jenkins & her husband
Zsuzsanna & Taylor (dog) & her neighbors (JoAnn and Sandy) who donated items for our Yard sale
Donyell who was here in spirit and on-call :-)

We were so busy having fun that I completely forgot to take some pictures of the meeting :-(
So, just imagine :-) but you can see the dogs below...

We raised some $45 and I thought the 50 is a nice round sum, so we have $50.00 !!!
Hooray!

Have a GREAT summer!

Taylor and Trevor

Oliver & Taylor

AAUW State Convention

2007-04-30T20:26:00.000-07:00

April 28th, 2007
The Chateau Bloomington, Conference Center in Bloomington, IL.

Our branch representatives:
Zsuzsanna Szabo - President
Jenny Bolander - President elect
Sharon Jenkins - Education Fund VP
Patricia Penelton - branch member

We learned about the wind of change that hopefully will bring new ideas and new members as well to the AAUW overall.

MEN CAN BE MEMBERS AS WELL!! - Bring your husbands and friends!

Programs are very important and should be aimed and aligned to the AAUW Mission Statement and Vision Statement:

Mission Statement: AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

There are eight principles of change that AAUW will follow:
1. The most important is that we have a choice.
2. Actions should be focused on shared intention.
3. The future consists of many possible alternatives; our current behavior will realize the imagined future.
4. Discipline and firmeness, agility and flexibility in pursuing the ideals.
5. Conditions to change: a need for change, clear vision, belief, guiding coalition, practical steps, communication, visible and symbolic results, adequate resources.
6. New ideas should be consistent with AAUW values.
7. Expect resistance to change from present members!
8. Change will take place in stages; the important is TO HAVE A CHANGE!

December 10th, was decided to be Jane Adams Day. The first American woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize on December 10th, 1931. Visit the Museum web site for more info.

Membership now is 71$ (47$ Nations + 10$ State + 14$ Branch)

Jenny is excited to learn more about AAUW business details and to go to Phoenix, AZ in June 29th for the National Convention.

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Zsuzsanna donated 5 gift baskets (3 bath items, 2 gardening, 1 office)
we sold four baskets raising funds for our branch needs

State leaders

Nancy K. Daugherty (left) present State President
&
Linda Cohen (right) President elect
(both have visited our SIUEbranch in the past)

Present President Nancy and
President elect Linda and her new team

Branch election results are in

2007-04-29T13:01:00.000-07:00

We had a good turn out for the elections meeting (from the pictures below are missing couple of our members who had to leave early to complete their duties as teachers).

We revised our past scholar year accomplishments:

- "Fill a wish" action in Fall 2006, donations to Oasis Women Center in Alton, IL. which was a complete success and we plan on repeating it in the coming Fall 2007
- In January 2007 our silent auction, which was a fun and valuable fund raising action
- Our two used book sale fund raising actions that showed we are ready to be active members and we can work wonderfully together
- In collaboration with Women Studies we participated in the University wide Women History Month activities by inviting Lisa Jan Huttner with a presentation on "The Devil wares Prada"

Membership news:

We have one student affiliate already official in our branch and she is also the Graduate Assitant of Women Studies.

Mariana Solares from our branch will be the new Women Studies Director starting this Fall 2007.
Congratulations to both!!

We are sad to loose two of our valuable members both moving to other Universities:

Donyell Roseboro (and through this we loose our next generation AAUW SIUE branch members: Maya and Siera)

Anne Valk, the present Women Studies Director

University wide news:
Our Branch President Zsuzsanna Szabo met with Provost Paul Ferguson and discussed the AAUW SIUE Branch activities and future plans on SIUE Campus.
We are pleased to have our Provost support.
Provost Ferguson is very interested and supportive of our work and encourages us to reach out to SIUE student and faculty body. The upcoming plans of having a Women Center here on SIUE campus was welcomed and supported as idea by Provost Ferguson.

ELECTIONS results:

President elect: Jennifer Bolander
Program VP: Terri Piorier
Financial VP: Linda Morice
Legal Advocacy VP: Mariana Solares
Student Affiliate Representative: Elizabeth Stygar
Membership VP: it will be each SIUE branch member's duty!
Terri Piorier and Liz Stygar will keep the records and direct the committee that will be formed to lobby for increasing our branch membership

Upcoming news:
- Illinois State Convention April 28th, 2007 up in Bloomington, IL, with four of our members to be present:
Jennifer Bolander
Sharon Jenkins
Patricia Penelton
Zsuzsanna Szabo

- AAUW National Convention, June 28- July 2nd, 2007 Phoenix, AZ:
Jenny Bolander our President elect will go to bring the news back to our branch.
She will be also our SIUE University Representative to the National Convention.
(We thank our Provost Paul Ferguson for his support in nominating our branch President elect as University representative).

In mid May 2007 the new board will meet to set the plans for the Fall 2007- Spring 2008 programs.

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007 (first Saturday in June) we will organize a fun day and Yard sale for our branch. Opportunity for all our members to meet at a coffee, tea, lemonade, snacks and fun at the yard sale.

Some of the members at this meeting are not in the picture
(teaching duties)

Jenny as new President elect takes her duty in serious and already learns from our most experienced branch member Sharon Jenkins

We hope Donyell and the future generation of AAUW will come and visit us
or at least keep in touch by e-mail and pictures

Zsuzsanna is happy to pass the torch to Jenny
they will share the responsibility for the coming year
till Jenny will be full President in July 1st, 2008
so Zsuzsanna can concentrate then on her tenure track duties :-)

Student affiliate project

2007-03-24T10:15:00.000-07:00

Our plans for recruiting student affiliates hopefully will materialize in the near future.

Here below a proposal plan (part of the entire paper) that was submitted to the Meridian Society:

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Educational Support Opportunities for Female Students:

How Can the SIUE Branch of AAUW Assist?

Zsuzsanna Szabo, Ph. D.

School of Education
President of AAUW, SIUE Branch

Cathy Santanello, Ph. D.

School of Pharmacy

AAUW Member, SIUE Branch

Goals/Objectives achievable during project period

In the spring semester of 2007, the opportunity for the two scholarships will be presented to the student body at SIUE through the existing forms of communication (Student Affairs, the Alestle, WSIE-FM). A decision committee will be formed among members of the AAUW SIUE branch to develop the criteria for the scholarship and to decide on the two female junior students who will be the recipients of the scholarships in the value of $500 each. The two students will then go through a period of acquaintance and training in the objectives and opportunities of AAUW. The two students, under the guidance of faculty members in the AAUW SIUE branch, will develop a workshop plan of action and use available consultation from the coordinator of the Freshman Seminar courses on campus. Throughout the fall 2007 semester, the two scholarship beneficiaries will facilitate at least four workshops each to female college students in their freshman year through the Freshman Seminar courses. At the end of the fall 2007 semester, the two students would have the opportunity to participate at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders as well as other opportunities for female college students through the AAUW SIUE branch.

From those freshman female students who participate in the workshops, we hope to find the next generation of leaders who will help newcomers in the following academic year. We hope to sustain this scholarship program through future fundraising initiatives so that in the 2008 academic year, the branch will be able to provide two scholarships for the next two female students.

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Mission Statement:
AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research.

Vision Statement:
AAUW will be a powerful advocate and visible leader in equity and education through research, philanthropy, and measurable change in critical areas impacting the lives of women and girls.

The DEVIL is in the Details

2007-03-24T09:25:00.000-07:00

Why PRADA is one of the Best Films of 2006

with Jan Lisa Huttner

Jan Lisa Huttner, has a BA from St. John’s College and Masters degrees in Psychology from both Harvard and the University of Chicago. She is the managing editor of FILMS FOR TWO: The Online Guide for Busy Couples, a website (in collaboration with her husband) devoted to promoting films of interest to both male and female audience members, and she is AAUW-Illinois’ Director of International Relations. In 2004 she became the coordinator of a new AAUW-Illinois initiative called WITASWAN (Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artists Now) to mobilize consumer support for women filmmakers.

Jan writes film reviews both online and in print, interviews filmmakers (with an emphasis on female filmmakers), writes regular columns for Chicago’s JUF News and The Digital Filmmaker, and is a popular speaker addressing groups on the subject of women in the film industry, including the “celluloid ceiling” which she will define for us in her presentation. She is a member of the Association for Women Journalists, the Chicago Area Women’s History Council, the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Illinois Woman’s Press Association, and Hadassah's AGAM chapter. She has received awards from several of these groups for her work.

Jan is passionate about films, she likes good films, by all sorts of filmmakers, not just by women. But she also has the ability to show us that the female vision is way beyond “chick flicks” bringing us expanded views of the human condition, the human voice, and the human vision. Why not see more rather than less of what it is to be human?

Using "The Devil Wears Prada" as a case study, Jan gave us some background on women in the film industry, showed a short film of how Prada made it to the big screen, and after discussing this and her interview with the wife/husband director duo of "Little Miss Sunshine," allowed us time to ask our own questions.

See below images of this great presentation.

Second Book sale

2007-03-21T22:18:00.000-07:00

Thank you to all our volunteers at the used book sale!

Our second book sale brought our branch members again together for a couple of hours.

We even have finally students being interested in our AAUW SIUE Branch!
YES!!!!! If nothing else, the book sale made us visible on SIUE Campus!

The left over books were donated to the Edwardsville Public Library.
They were very happy to receive over 400 books from us.
And we are happy that the books will not be trashed in the recycle, but they will be checked out by readers.

Upcoming News

2007-03-18T14:18:00.000-07:00

April 24th, 2007- Tuesday- 11AM -2PM

AAUW SIUE branch walk-a-ton on Campus bike path

WAGE Clubs and Equal Pay Day

With Equal Pay Day approaching on April 24, AAUW has joined forces with The WAGE Project (http://www.wageproject.org/) and other coalition partners to promote WAGE Clubs, a grassroots effort designed to help close the wage gap and get women treated and paid fairly at work. They are groups of 5-10 women who come together in a safe place where they can obtain support from other women as they share personal stories about sex discrimination at work, gather information, build allies, then go to the top to create change in their workplaces and communities. AAUW branches are encouraged to join this effort by committing to launch WAGE Clubs in their communities and their workplaces. Information about how to start a WAGE Club can be found in the AAUW Pay Equity Resource Kit along with other resources to fight for pay equity.

April 27-28, 2007

You're Invited to the AAUW-Illinois State Convention! in Bloomington, IL

HONORING OUR LEGACY- EMBRACING OUR FUTURE

See www.aauw-il.org for registrations forms and other information

Test Your Knowledge of Herstory

Did you know that every week in March, in honor of Women’s History Month, you can test your knowledge of women’s history in the AAUW website’s Member Center? Last week’s question was: When was the 19th Amendment granting women’s suffrage ratified? Go to the member center for the answer and then take this week’s quiz. Use it as a tool to encourage other members to visit the member center regularly to keep up to date on AAUW activities, programs, and services. AAUW Member Center

Strategic Process – Moving Toward Convention

See what member leaders are saying about the process and send us your thoughts. Visit the updated Strategic Process section on the AAUW website.

The 2007 Convention, Phoenix, AZ, June 29 - July 2

At this historic convention meeting, members will vote on a series of bylaws amendments and proposals that will determine the course of AAUW's future. Don’t miss attending!

GEMS in Alton, IL

2007-03-18T13:53:00.000-07:00

Four of our members participated in the annual event GEMS (Girls Education in Math and Science) organized by AAUW branches in collaboration with other sponsors from Metro East area.
This action was hosted at Lewis and Clark Community College, in Alton, Saturday March 17th, 2007 from 8AM to 2PM.

This is an annual great event in what girls from grades 6th, 7th, and 8th participate in a half day long "Real World" experience. They learn how to write and balance checkbooks as imagined to be "24 years old graduates." They choose a job, and decide what and how they manage their life as 24 years old young adults. They can choose from a large variety of workshops hosted by guest speakers. The girls have the chance to meet many guest speakers from domains of work usually labeled as man jobs such as: pilot, engineer, scientist, physician, constructor, chemist. Also they can take a quick peak into jobs such as: chef, beautician, nurse, accountant, teacher, lawyer, doctor, mechanic, etc.

This great event was a total success and we can thank also to our branch members who volunteered their Saturday morning for making an exciting experience for the young girls.
Thank you:

Terri Poirier
Mariana Solares
Sharon Jenkins
Zsuzsanna Szabo

Celebrate Womens History Month!

2007-03-01T12:09:00.000-08:00

In many ways, the history of AAUW is the history of the women’s movement. The founding of AAUW in 1881 began with a meeting of 17 like-minded women who had defied society’s standards by earning college degrees. Today, with more than 100,000 members, 1,300 branches, and 500 college and university partners, AAUW contributes to a more promising future and provides a powerful voice for women and girls—a voice that cannot and will not be ignored.

Throughout its history, AAUW has shaped the social, political, and economic scene for women, including fighting to win women the right to vote; pushing to close the wage gap; and advocating for landmark legislation that has changed women's lives, such as Title IX and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Despite the improvements that have been made, inequities still exist and AAUW continues to work towards diminishing all of them.

Prior to 1972, women were routinely discriminated against in educational opportunities. AAUW strongly supports Title IX and opposes any efforts that would weaken its effectiveness. Through vigorous enforcement of the law and heightened public attention to these issues, even more progress can be made to address areas where more improvement must be made.

There are more working women in the U.S. today than ever before and that number is expected to grow. Yet women face inequity when they enter the workforce, as they find themselves paid less than men for the same or comparable jobs. Women continue to earn only 77 cents on the dollar to their male counterparts. To match men's earnings for 2006, women have to work from January 2006 to April 2007—an extra four months.

AAUW advocated from 1983 to 1992 to pass the Family and Medical Leave Act, which was finally signed into law in 1993. Since then, the FMLA has allowed roughly 80 million Americans to take job-protected leave to care for themselves or a loved one when they need it most. The FMLA has been a tremendous success: it has made America’s workplaces more family-friendly and helped individuals be productive workers and responsible family members.

MARCH = Women's month

2007-02-27T11:21:00.000-08:00

Here all the activities on our Campus for Women's Month.
Please join us in celebrating all women on this planet!

WEAVING THE PAST INTO THE FABRIC OF THE FUTURE

March, ongoing

Women’s History Month exhibit, Lovejoy Library

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March, ongoing

QUILTING AS A WOMEN'S TRADITION

exhibit in MUC Art Gallery, 2^nd floor

Curated by Laura Strand, assisted by Alicia Pigg and Yvette Booker

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March, ongoing

Women’s Studies books 25% off

(excluding textbooks and sale items)

University Bookstore, MUC

Thurs. March 1, 12:30 - 1:45 pm

Date Rape and Sexual Assault Informational Panel

Presented by Robin Pokojski, Call for Help, Inc./Counseling Services

Oak/Red Bud Room, MUC

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Fri. March 2, 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Women’s History Month Kickoff Reception

QUILTING AS A WOMEN’S TRADITION Exhibit Opening

MUC Art Gallery, 2^nd Floor

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Tues. March 13, 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Gender, Fairness, and the Public School Classroom

Brown Bag Discussion

Laurie Puchner and Barbara O’Donnell

Peck Hall 2415

Tues. March 13, 12:30 - 1:45 pm

Mask-ulinity: Revealing the Man Behind

Presented by Richard Avdoian

Peck Hall 3417

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Wed. March 14, 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Social Work Pioneers: Women in Social Welfare History

Brown Bag Discussion

Social Work Faculty & Students

Peck Hall 3117

Wed. March 14, 6:00 pm

Tough Guise

Film and Discussion

Moderated by Jason Stacy

Peck Hall 2304

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Thurs. March 15, 2:30 - 5:00 pm

HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION: A VISUAL DIARY OF JAMIE CURRIER'S JOURNEY WITH CANCER

Photography Exhibit and Reception

Jane Floyd-Hendey and Jamie Currier

Peck Hall 3117

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Mon. March 19, 4:30-5:30 pm
Good Work Sister! Women Shipyard Workers of World War II: An Oral History
Film and Discussion
Moderated by Laura Perkins

Peck Hall 0408

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Tues. March 20, 12:30 - 1:45 pm

Does Work Pay?: Experiences of Women Moving from Welfare to Work

Presented by Lisa Welch

Peck Hall 3417

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Wed. March 21, 12:30 – 1:45 pm

A Jury of Her Peers

Film and Discussion

Moderated by Sue Cataldi

Founders Hall 1408

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Thurs. March 22, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

The DEVIL is in the Details:

Why THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is one of the Best Films of 2006

Presented by Jan Lisa Huttner

Organized by American Association of University Women, SIUE Branch

Alumni Hall 0206

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Thurs. March 22 and Fri. March 23, 7:00 pm

LunaFest Film Festival*

Making Waves

Abbott Auditorium, Lovejoy Library

$7 students

$10 general public, faculty

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Tues. March 27, 12:30 - 1:45 pm

Policing Women

Presented by Trish Oberweis

Science Building 0209

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Wed. March 28, 7:00 pm

The Vagina Dialogues: Sex and the College Woman

Florence Maatita and Wendy Cook-Mucci

Peck Hall 0412

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Fri. March 30, 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Teaching About Gender and Artifacts

Brown Bag Discussion
Laura Fowler, Laura Strand, Allison Thomason, and Cory Wilmott
University Club, MUC

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*all events, except the LunaFest Film Festival, are free and open to the public

For Further Info: Professor Anne Valk, Director Women’s Studies Program (618) 650-3660 or wmstdept@siue.edu

Event sponsors include: Women’s Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, The University Museum, Making Waves, University Bookstore, Lovejoy Library, Disability Support Services, AAUW (SIUE Branch), Counseling Services, Call for Help, Inc.

Book sale

2007-02-21T11:55:00.000-08:00

February 20th, 2007 from 11AM to 3PM, used book sale to raise funds for EDF.

Theo, generously offered her entire day and was our cashier. She represented AAUW in spirit, in work, and in her T-shirt :-)

We worked in shifts or 30 minutes to 1 hour, each according to our affordable free time.
The vendors in apparition order :-)

Theo Thonkinson - cashier

Annie Valk & Zsuzsanna Szabo (transporters and picture taking)

Susan Breck & Laurie Puchner

Terri Poirier & Cathy Santanello

Susan Hume & Sharon Jenkins

In the morning we had couple of browsers.... children's books, cook books, novels, travel, coffee table books, CDs, and audio tapes, couple of videos and old records...

The lunch hours brought more people to our large offer....

The children books seem to be welcomed... however, not so many novels sold...

By 3:30PM when we were packing we are left with some good boxes of books... being still half way from our goal for EDF funds..... we decide to have one more sale in March!

Definitely we come along as a great AAUW SIUE branch!!!

Plan of Action Spring 2007

2007-01-28T13:02:00.000-08:00

January 2007:

January 21st, 2007: Silent auction
Collect donated books for next month book sale.

- children and teenagers, adolescents

- self-help books

- literature classic, and poetry

- fiction

- history

- etc. but NO TEXT books!

February 2007:

February 20^th, 2007: 11AM – 3PM book sale

@ SIUE in Peck Hall lobby

- Book sale & Black History month activities

- Tables set up with donated books (that are to be collected in January and early February).

- Need volunteers for the book sale (10:30AM to 3:30PM)

March 2007:

Women’s month: In collaboration with Department of Women Studies will organize diverse activities:

March 17^th, 2007 Volunteer in GEMS, at Alton.

March 21st, 2007 10AM- 3PM: Used book sale in Peck Hall lobby.

Thursday March 22nd, 2007@ 11Am to 1PM Alumni Hall 0206.

Lisa Jan Huttner with movie "Devil wears Prada" featurette and Q&A

- e-mail members with biography of famous women

- post on blog news on women history

April 2007:

24th- Tuesday, 2007 - Equal Pay Day

April 25th, 2007 - Branch meeting

April 27 & 28, 2007 Illinois State convention;

The Chateau; Bloomington, Illinois

May 2007:

May 21^st, 2007: Potluck to fund raising / in collaboration with Alton and Wood River branches.

June 2007:

June 3rd, 2007: Yard sale for SIUE branch funds / first Sunday in June

End of scholar year meeting plan for summer activities.

Planning for next scholar year.

Bake sale date TBA

June 29- July 2, 2007

AAUW National Convention, in Phoenix, AZ

January 2007 EDF fundraising

2007-01-21T19:20:00.000-08:00

Our fund raiser for AAUW Education Fund was lots of fun.

First we tasted the goodies :-)

Then we looked at the offer... do we like the items? Are they interesting? Who will start?

Then we decided on our interests and started to offer ...

We looked at the other ones also....

And we thought... counted in our head... looked and counted again ...

OK, it is worth it! Decision made and action taken....

And in the end we posed also, just for the history book .... OK, the blog up here :-)

The most important: We fed the future generation of AAUW members! :-)

Fill a wish!

2006-12-15T13:33:00.000-08:00

GREAT NEWS:

Our December 2006 action "Fill a wish" - we collected donations for the Oasis Women Center in Alton, IL - was a great success. At the Oasis Center women and their children victims of domestic abuse and violence find shelter. Many of them leave home without even the necessary clothing and hygiene items.

Many generous faculty, staff, and even students, participated in our action and donated all needed items. Couple of offices - Bursar, Continuing Education - adopted our action as their Christmas office celebration.
All of you making these generous donations are amazing members of our SIUE family!

On behalf of all who will benefit of your donations the AAUW SIUE branch presents our thanks and appreciation!
We wish everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year too!

Couple of pictures with our two fully loaded cars with your generous donations are posted below.

We collected new items:

-diapers all sizes
-baby sleepers all sizes
-toys for all ages
-batteries AA and AAA
-towels and wash clothes
-sheets (twin and full size)
-pillow cases
-women personal items
-women beauty care
-hair brushes
-bath and body works (all kind of items)
-hand sanitizer & hand wash
-bubble bath
-postage stamps
-women underwear (all sizes)
-back pack for kids for school
-Children clothes and underwear
-crafts and building crafts for kids to work on

Among donations were also monetary donations and used clothing for women and children (all sizes).
Since their need is constant we will continue to gather donations.
We hope to repeat this action in the Spring of 2007 when people usually do their Spring cleaning.

Why we fight

2006-09-11T20:46:00.000-07:00

Panel discussion on the concept of war & 9/11

Monday, September 11, 2006 @ 1:40-2:45pm
Science Building-room 0209

Screening: WHY WE FIGHT
Eugene Jarecki's documentary about the anatomy of the American war machine, combining personal stories with commentary by military and political insiders.
Winner of the 2005 Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

Trailer: http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/main.html

Discussions based on the documentary
“WHY WE FIGHT” concerning the military industrial-complex
and its effect on us

Faculty Panel Members:
Dr. Marie Bryd-Blake, Dr. Peter Bukalski,
Dr. Ronald Glossop, Dr. Rita Sander

Dr. Rita Sander

Very interesting discussions based on the topic of documentary.

Dr. Ronald Glossop who is the author of "Confronting war" presented us with a speech on topics of war that incited all in the audience to ponder this many times controversial topic.

Dr. Ronald Glossop

Dr. Marie-Byrd-Blake helped the audience to bring into awareness our personal biases in discussing any topic, and especially the very touchy one like 'war.'

Dr. Marie Byrd-Blake

Dr. Peter Bukalski, increased the awareness that even a documentary can be biased, even the presentation of 'facts only' in the way the facts are presented will reflect the opinions, thoughts, and biases of those who directed and cut the film. From a point of view of film specialist and film critique, Dr. Bukalski helped the audience to step back, analyze, and critique the documentary as a film production. We were able to detach of the content and look at the documentary as a piece of media.

Dr. Peter Bukalski

The excellent and very interesting discussions covered topics as: Military industrial complex, Oil & Iraq, Isolationalism, neo-imperialism, Islamic fascism and nihilism, different faces of Islam, facts and biases, stereotypes, etc.

Movie smart

2006-09-03T09:43:00.001-07:00

June 20th, 2006

One of the best Summer actions "Women’s power on and behind the scene of life" with our guest presenter Jan Lisa Huttner from Witaswan - Films for two.

Jan Lisa Huttner has a Master in Psychology and presented at our meeting new research concerning the influence and success stories of women in a domain dominated by men. She taught us how we can help women to break the celluloid ceiling. Definitely after this meeting all who attended became smart movie consumers and gained new insights about women’s influence in the media and life overall.

The movie: “A jury of her peers” was followed by Q & A.

A jury of her peers
30-minute Oscar-nominated short feature (based on a 1917 novella by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Susan Glaspell) that has become a feminist classic. Believing that a woman killed her husband, a group of men search her house for evidence plus a motive.

Director: Sally Heckel
Year Released:1980
Key Performances:
Diane de Lorian
Hank Giles
Dorothy Lancaster
Mark Margolies
Peter McRobbie

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Working Together to Improve Options for Everyone!

When AAUW SIUE was born....

2006-08-28T15:09:00.000-07:00

Monday, April 17, 2006!

A new AAUW branch is reborn at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville:

AAUW SIUE Branch!

By our first meeting we had the required 15 members in order to officially have a branch.

We elected the President:
Zsuzsanna Szabo

and board members:
Donyell Roseboro, Marie-Byrd-Blake, Elza Ibroscheva, Kim Voss, and Jo Ann Hall.

Sarah Warbelow, from AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund in Washington, D.C., was our guest speaker on "Family Friendly University Policy."
We learned a lot from Sarah and concluded by an increase in membership.
By the end of the day we were 22 members!

Linda Henning Cohen, our AAUW Illinois State VP of Membership honored us with her presence. A couple of members from sister branches from Alton and Wood River joined to hear Sarah Warbelow and meet again with Linda Henning Cohen.

Our big opening event was talked about in two news papers: Journal of Edwardsville, and Alton Telegraph.

The start is promising. We hope for more in the future!

Mission Statement:
AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research.

Vision Statement:
AAUW will be a powerful advocate and visible leader in equity and education through research, philanthropy, and measurable change in critical areas impacting the lives of women and girls.

AAUW SIUE Branch

Summer plans into Fall 2008

Update on Spring 2008 activities

Agenda - meeting February 2008

GEMS

Back History Month

GEMS is getting closer....

Successful "Fill a wish" !

"Fill a wish" - in action

GEMS

Fill a wish - 2007

Jane Adams Day

Fall 2007--- Meeting and planning

Summer/Fall 2007 update

Fun Day _Yard Sale

AAUW State Convention

Branch election results are in

Student affiliate project

The DEVIL is in the Details

Second Book sale

Upcoming News

GEMS in Alton, IL

Celebrate Womens History Month!

MARCH = Women's month

Book sale

Plan of Action Spring 2007

January 2007 EDF fundraising

Fill a wish!

Why we fight

Movie smart

When AAUW SIUE was born....

Celebrate Womens History Month!