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March Branch Meeting
March 17th
7:30pm Scranton Library
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March 17th
7:30pm Scranton Library
Learn More.
View all Calendar Events
March Branch Meeting - March 17th, 7:30pm Scranton Library, Madison
hosted by the Gourmet Group. Speaker: Sarah Bishop Della Ventura,
Marketing Director Bishops Orchards/Farms Topic: “Fresh Food on the
Shoreline, Past and Present”
April Branch Meeting - Annual EF Joint Branch Meeting
Our April meeting will be a joint meeting of the Shoreline and Lower-
Connecticut Valley Branch and will be held on April 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Clinton Library. Our two speakers are recipients of AAUW fellowships who
are studying at Yale.
Rebecca Young has an American Fellowship and is doing postdoctoral
research in biology. Her current research focuses on the evolution of gene
regulation with the goal of identifying the gene regulatory changes that
underlie digit evolution in the avian hand.
Akriti Singh, who has an international fellowship, is from Nepal. Her studies
are focused on maternal and child health issues. After earning her Master’s
degree in Public Health, she intends to work toward improving access to
and care for women and children in her home country.
Update on Alison Lutz and Partners in Health in Haiti
miles away from Port au Prince), they have been spared the worse,
and no one from the organization was hurt. However, their operation
is overflowing with patients as people from the capital manage to
make their way to Cange for care. They did have a couple of satellite
clinics around Port au Prince, and since the earthquake PIH has sent
additional teams there to help with immediate care and triage to
select patients who will need more complex surgery and extensive
hospital time to recover in Cange.
For more information on PIH’s efforts, go to
http://www.pih.org or http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti.
News & Notables
A key report was released October 16th -- "The Shriver Report — A
Woman’s Nation Changes Everything" -- regarding the current state
of women in our society. The report highlights the rise of women in
the workforce while emphasizing that working women and their
families lack critical supports. This is a project of the Center for
American Progress and was spear headed by Maria Shriver. AAUW
has been eagerly anticipating the launch of this study. A Woman's
Nation emphasizes one of the most remarkable changes of the past
half century: the movement of millions of women into paid
employment. Women now make up half of all workers in the United
States, a stunning shift from just a few generations ago. one of the co-
editors of the report, Heather Boushey, is a former AAUW fellow who
often says, “AAUW’s support saved my life.” Boushey is a senior
economist at the Center for American Progress and a well-known
expert on women and the economy.
Past Event Highlights
December Branch Meeting
Highlights from the December 16th Meeting
View Now.
Annual Fundraiser - Book & Author Luncheon 2009
The Shoreline Branch’s 2009 Book and Author Luncheon was
celebrated on November 7th, a beautiful, cold and sunny fall day. The
setting, Clinton Country Club was perfect and invited for an interesting
afternoon. Members and their guest enjoyed lunch with a fall theme
and were treated to talks by three intriguing authors. Patricia
Klindeinst from Guilford, author of The Earth Knows My Name, spoke
about native and immigrant populations passing on their knowledge
of survival, gardening and caring for the earth. Author/Illustrator Jon
Himmelman entertained with creative musings about writing
children's books, highlighting his Who’s at the Seashore and other
books that bring nature alive. Professor Michael C. White teaches at
Fairfield University and the Stone coast MFA program, undertakes
extensive historical and cultural research on a place and time, and
then weaves the facts in with the lives of his fiction. He read character
narratives from his books for example Soul Catcher. The event, our
main fundraiser for the year also featured a raffle with a host of
donated items.
All proceeds benefit the AAUW Educational Foundation (EF) and our
local scholarship. EF Fellowships are available to all women for
dissertation or post-doctoral research. Our branch scholarship is
awarded to “an eligible woman enrolled or planning to enroll full time
or part time in an accredited college or university.
_____________________
Rep. DeLauro Lauds AAUW, Talks Pay Equity and Health Care at
Shoreline Branch Event
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the second highest-ranking Democratic woman
in Congress, praised the AAUW and talked healthcare and gender
equity at an information session at the Blackstone Library July 25
sponsored by the Shoreline Branch.
Rep. DeLauro, a speaker at the recent AAUW National Convention in
St. Louis, commented on the “energy, vision, leadership, and tenacity”
of our organization. “When it comes to addressing formidable and
critical issues, no one does it better … AAUW is a real force for
women and children.” She complimented our members for contacting
their representatives in support of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which
passed in the House. She urged members to take action in the
Senate to put teeth into the Equal Pay Act.
Addressing the current economic situation, she said “this is a pivotal
moment of great peril—and great opportunity to expand women’s
economic and social status and issues of equity … we are bound only
by our determination to get things done.”
Rep. DeLauro discussed how the economic downturn has increased
women’s burden to support their families. Further compounding this
burden is the fact that women make just .78$ to a man’s dollar. This
disparity is greater amongst African-American women and even
greater for Latina women. “This short-changes our families,” she
explained.
In an effort to decrease the wage disparity, Rep. DeLauro is presently
supporting the Pathways Advancing Career Training Act (PACT), which
will train women to get construction and “green” jobs created through
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “We must empower
these women by providing them with tools to get well-paid, high-skill
jobs.”
About her sponsorship of the Paid Sick Leave Act and the Healthy
Families Act, Rep. DeLauro said that we must help the 47% of
workers in the private sector who do not have paid sick leave,
especially military spouses who are holding their families together
during deployments.
Regarding healthcare reform legislation, she noted progress in
“coming together with industry” to address employer-sponsored
healthcare issues and to keep rates from doubling in the next 5 years
by “introducing competition into the market.” As a cancer survivor, she
wants to end denial of benefits because of pre-existing conditions,
and she wants Americans to finally have “health insurance they
cannot lose with their jobs.” She made it clear that reforming
healthcare “is not a walk in the park,” but stated she is committed to a
flexible approach drawing on what is presently working throughout the
country.
After Rep. DeLauro took questions from the audience, LAF chair
Barbara Dunham presented her with flowers and a “Rosa Rocks”
poster brought back from the national convention by Shoreline branch
President Ann Gordon—which Rosa will frame for her office!
In closing, she commented on gender equity, “the terrain has shifted,
but the fight for equality has not ended … we must strive until gender
disparity is finally and permanently broken. And AAUW will make this
day happen.”
hosted by the Gourmet Group. Speaker: Sarah Bishop Della Ventura,
Marketing Director Bishops Orchards/Farms Topic: “Fresh Food on the
Shoreline, Past and Present”
April Branch Meeting - Annual EF Joint Branch Meeting
Our April meeting will be a joint meeting of the Shoreline and Lower-
Connecticut Valley Branch and will be held on April 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Clinton Library. Our two speakers are recipients of AAUW fellowships who
are studying at Yale.
Rebecca Young has an American Fellowship and is doing postdoctoral
research in biology. Her current research focuses on the evolution of gene
regulation with the goal of identifying the gene regulatory changes that
underlie digit evolution in the avian hand.
Akriti Singh, who has an international fellowship, is from Nepal. Her studies
are focused on maternal and child health issues. After earning her Master’s
degree in Public Health, she intends to work toward improving access to
and care for women and children in her home country.
Update on Alison Lutz and Partners in Health in Haiti
miles away from Port au Prince), they have been spared the worse,
and no one from the organization was hurt. However, their operation
is overflowing with patients as people from the capital manage to
make their way to Cange for care. They did have a couple of satellite
clinics around Port au Prince, and since the earthquake PIH has sent
additional teams there to help with immediate care and triage to
select patients who will need more complex surgery and extensive
hospital time to recover in Cange.
For more information on PIH’s efforts, go to
http://www.pih.org or http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti.
News & Notables
A key report was released October 16th -- "The Shriver Report — A
Woman’s Nation Changes Everything" -- regarding the current state
of women in our society. The report highlights the rise of women in
the workforce while emphasizing that working women and their
families lack critical supports. This is a project of the Center for
American Progress and was spear headed by Maria Shriver. AAUW
has been eagerly anticipating the launch of this study. A Woman's
Nation emphasizes one of the most remarkable changes of the past
half century: the movement of millions of women into paid
employment. Women now make up half of all workers in the United
States, a stunning shift from just a few generations ago. one of the co-
editors of the report, Heather Boushey, is a former AAUW fellow who
often says, “AAUW’s support saved my life.” Boushey is a senior
economist at the Center for American Progress and a well-known
expert on women and the economy.
Past Event Highlights
December Branch Meeting
Highlights from the December 16th Meeting
View Now.
Annual Fundraiser - Book & Author Luncheon 2009
The Shoreline Branch’s 2009 Book and Author Luncheon was
celebrated on November 7th, a beautiful, cold and sunny fall day. The
setting, Clinton Country Club was perfect and invited for an interesting
afternoon. Members and their guest enjoyed lunch with a fall theme
and were treated to talks by three intriguing authors. Patricia
Klindeinst from Guilford, author of The Earth Knows My Name, spoke
about native and immigrant populations passing on their knowledge
of survival, gardening and caring for the earth. Author/Illustrator Jon
Himmelman entertained with creative musings about writing
children's books, highlighting his Who’s at the Seashore and other
books that bring nature alive. Professor Michael C. White teaches at
Fairfield University and the Stone coast MFA program, undertakes
extensive historical and cultural research on a place and time, and
then weaves the facts in with the lives of his fiction. He read character
narratives from his books for example Soul Catcher. The event, our
main fundraiser for the year also featured a raffle with a host of
donated items.
All proceeds benefit the AAUW Educational Foundation (EF) and our
local scholarship. EF Fellowships are available to all women for
dissertation or post-doctoral research. Our branch scholarship is
awarded to “an eligible woman enrolled or planning to enroll full time
or part time in an accredited college or university.
_____________________
Rep. DeLauro Lauds AAUW, Talks Pay Equity and Health Care at
Shoreline Branch Event
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the second highest-ranking Democratic woman
in Congress, praised the AAUW and talked healthcare and gender
equity at an information session at the Blackstone Library July 25
sponsored by the Shoreline Branch.
Rep. DeLauro, a speaker at the recent AAUW National Convention in
St. Louis, commented on the “energy, vision, leadership, and tenacity”
of our organization. “When it comes to addressing formidable and
critical issues, no one does it better … AAUW is a real force for
women and children.” She complimented our members for contacting
their representatives in support of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which
passed in the House. She urged members to take action in the
Senate to put teeth into the Equal Pay Act.
Addressing the current economic situation, she said “this is a pivotal
moment of great peril—and great opportunity to expand women’s
economic and social status and issues of equity … we are bound only
by our determination to get things done.”
Rep. DeLauro discussed how the economic downturn has increased
women’s burden to support their families. Further compounding this
burden is the fact that women make just .78$ to a man’s dollar. This
disparity is greater amongst African-American women and even
greater for Latina women. “This short-changes our families,” she
explained.
In an effort to decrease the wage disparity, Rep. DeLauro is presently
supporting the Pathways Advancing Career Training Act (PACT), which
will train women to get construction and “green” jobs created through
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “We must empower
these women by providing them with tools to get well-paid, high-skill
jobs.”
About her sponsorship of the Paid Sick Leave Act and the Healthy
Families Act, Rep. DeLauro said that we must help the 47% of
workers in the private sector who do not have paid sick leave,
especially military spouses who are holding their families together
during deployments.
Regarding healthcare reform legislation, she noted progress in
“coming together with industry” to address employer-sponsored
healthcare issues and to keep rates from doubling in the next 5 years
by “introducing competition into the market.” As a cancer survivor, she
wants to end denial of benefits because of pre-existing conditions,
and she wants Americans to finally have “health insurance they
cannot lose with their jobs.” She made it clear that reforming
healthcare “is not a walk in the park,” but stated she is committed to a
flexible approach drawing on what is presently working throughout the
country.
After Rep. DeLauro took questions from the audience, LAF chair
Barbara Dunham presented her with flowers and a “Rosa Rocks”
poster brought back from the national convention by Shoreline branch
President Ann Gordon—which Rosa will frame for her office!
In closing, she commented on gender equity, “the terrain has shifted,
but the fight for equality has not ended … we must strive until gender
disparity is finally and permanently broken. And AAUW will make this
day happen.”
Many of you have voiced concern about Alison
Lutz of Partners in Health, who spoke to a branch
meeting about PIH’s work in Haiti. Elaine Quayle,
Ali’s aunt, reports that Ali was at PIH
headquarters in Boston at the time of the
earthquake, and that she and her colleagues
there are working literally around the clock to
support operations in Haiti. Ali reports that since
PIH’s main operation is in Cange (about 45
Lutz of Partners in Health, who spoke to a branch
meeting about PIH’s work in Haiti. Elaine Quayle,
Ali’s aunt, reports that Ali was at PIH
headquarters in Boston at the time of the
earthquake, and that she and her colleagues
there are working literally around the clock to
support operations in Haiti. Ali reports that since
PIH’s main operation is in Cange (about 45
