Author Talk featuring Andrea Granahan who spoke about her recent memoir Spitting on Great Aunt Missouri’s Grave, which speaks to the enduring power of love to heal and transform, even in the face of unimaginable adversity.
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Barbie Nation documentary speaker Susan Spence
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Program on the benefits of grazing animals to mitigate climate change and fire danger
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Community event NORMALIZING SAFETY: GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
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Tour of the Catholic Charities Caritas Center
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We support TITLE IX and the Montgomery High School softball team !
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Lobby Days – where small groups of us are assigned
to talk personally to our local representatives to provide
awareness and encourage action on issues important to AAUW.
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Gilda Gonzalez, the CEO from northern California’s Planned Parenthood, spoke on “Reproductive Freedom: Where Do We Go from Here?”
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Toured The Living Room – a local resource center for homeless women and children, and women who must flee dangerous environments.
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The Sonoma County League of Women Voters provided a presentation on the Fall 2022 State Ballot Propositions
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We support Sonoma State University’s annual Giving Day in support of our mission!
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Tour of the Sonoma County Council on Aging and a lively discussion with their CEO on their priorities, building age friendly communities and healthy aging. Also a tour of their Meals on Wheels kitchen!
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The Sonoma County League of Women Voters and
Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Deva Proto discussed changes in the voting process, expansion, outreach, voting protections and security as well as voting legislation acts and challenges facing the US Senate .
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Brave New Women- Bravery VS Perfection. An engaging discussion on the cultural and social messages we give to our children, and to ourselves featured 2 TED talks: Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Office of Facebook gave insight into “Why We Have So Few Women Leaders” and Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, shared why we need to “Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection”
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Sabrina Baffert, AAUW Fund recipient, presented insights from her research into infectious diseases, and her work on the discovery and improvement of RNA polymerases for improving vaccines.
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Docent lead Schulz Museum tour by our own Peggy Snyder!
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We submitted our branch Proclamation to the cities of Santa Rosa and Sebastopol acknowledging AAUW’s work on Equal Pay Advancement in 2021!
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Gina Mulligan, author of Remember the Ladies, spoke about the history of letter writing and the part it played in the efforts to communicate and organize the passage of the 19th Amendment and the Women’s Right to Vote.
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ZOOM program featuring Black Violin exploring the intersections of black urban culture and classical violin.
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Alicia Rose, founder of Herba Buena speaking on female leadership and entrepreneurship in the cannabis industry.
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ZOOM program featuring Ted Talk with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin on the value of friendship.
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President’s Annual Kick-Off Meeting!
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Annual Summer Picnic with fun, fellowship, games and good food!
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Thank you members for supporting the SSU ‘CAREER CLOSET’ with your donations of professional clothing!!
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Expanding Your Horizons workshop “Motivating Young Women in Science and Math.” Women working in the STEM field will provide hands on presentations to local 7th and 8th grade students.
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Public Policy event featuring speaker Molly MacGregor, Founder of the National Women’s History Project created to broadcast women’s contributions to U.S. history.
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Authors Luncheon Fundraiser at Legends Restaurant
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Voting Issues with the League of Women Voters
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Speaker Tawny Tesconi, Exec. Director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau.
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AAUW North Coast and Northern California Leadership Training
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FIESTA MEMBERSHIP PARTY to celebrate OURSELVES, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR AAUW!
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Annual Bridge Luncheon
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Rosie the Riveter Home Front Museum Visit
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