AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 SandScript Volume 8 Issue 1 September 2014 In this issue: September Branch Meeting President’s Post Branch Survey Summary Local Scholarship Mixer with TCC &VWC Membership Movie Sisters GOTV:AAUW VB SE District Meeting Book Clubs Prospective Fund Raisers AAUW VA Summer Leaders’ Meeting AAUW National Convention AAUW: What Are We Up To, Now? You will want to bring a friend to the September 17 meeting of the Virginia Beach branch of AAUW! You might win a prize. You might learn something. You will definitely have fun. The September program will be an overview of our branch focus and activities for the coming year. The inimitable Sally Daniel will start the evening by creating a festive atmosphere of camaraderie. Our president, Sally Pattison-Cisna, will greet the membership with her vision of how our branch will contribute to our local needs and to the goals of our national office. Vice presidents and committee chairs will describe the various ways we all work toward our goals of advancing women's rights and educational opportunities as well as the social activities which bond and broaden us. Each member is encouraged to bring a friend to the meeting to introduce potential members to our organization; your friend might win a prize, too! We hope to see you Wednesday, September 17, at 6:30 at the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library at 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd in Virginia Beach. Carole Szetela AAUW Virginia Beach VP of Programs Branch Calendar Page 1 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript The President’s Post, September 2014 September 2014 Why are you part of AAUW Virginia Beach? Is it just fun, a book club (or two?), dining group, community outreach, or a serious desire to learn and work on women’s issues? Whatever your reasons, I hope this is a year in which AAUW becomes or continues to be a very special part of your life. Your time, energy, and inspiration will make our branch strong, special, and significantly serving women and girls. So, how will this adventure begin? Our first branch meeting will introduce you to our new year. I am so pleased that our chairs and VP’s are so enthusiastic about their missions! I hope you find their excitement so contagious you must help out! We will continue our tried and true projects and introduce new efforts such as a fall mixer with TCC and VWC students, our members, and our friends to strengthen our relationship with Virginia Beach college women. We will, also, have one late morning Saturday branch meeting in February. We have three local and state special initiatives this year: STEM, Human Trafficking, and Pay Equity. Among many other acclamations for STEM VB one young lady left saying “I want to do this every month!” We will excite another group of middle school girls this spring with our second STEM Conference at TCC VB. Human Trafficking is a new initiative for us. This horrid practice has become a $9 billion business and is the fastest growing illegal industry in the U.S. This year we’ll study human trafficking to find some way to help reduce this threat to women and girls in Virginia Beach. It seems pay equity for women and girls is a never ending battle but we’ll inform ourselves, write our legislators, learn more, and spread the word working to right this wrong, too. We have a lot on our AAUW plate this year. Come savor every minute of fun, fellowship, service and learning as the AAUW Virginia Beach! Sally Pattison-Cisna AAUW Virginia Beach, President pattisonsj@gmail.com; 757.340.2829 Page 2 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 AAUW Virginia Beach Survey: Summary of our 2013-2014 Year https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-CVF32M58/ Here’s what the seventeen of you who took our 2013-2014 Survey told us. We wish everyone had taken the survey so our data could be more accurate but you seventeen are represented here because you took the time. Here is what you told us. Of the AAUW four missions which are the most important to you? You replied 1st: Philanthropy, 2nd Education; 3rd Advocacy; and 4th Research. Of our seven branch programs Sep 2013-May 2014 you chose as your favorites: 1st: February, Ann Grandy, ODU Development Corp. and Founder of ODU’annual Girls’ Leadership Conference; 2nd was a tie: April, Peggy Sijswerda, Publisher and Editor of Tidewater Women and Tidewater Family magazines and author and November: Lynn Waltz, ODU Professor, New Media & Journalism 3rd: September: Sex Trafficking Panel and Discussion When asked if you would attend our Summer Planning Meeting: 6 replied yes, 3 tentative; and 6 no. (13 attended) If we were to change our meeting date and time, which day of the week and time would be best for you? Options are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 6:30 or Saturday at 2 p.m. Tie: Wednesday and Saturday Knowing that philanthropy is a requirement of our branch by our national organization, how many (1-5) fundraising events do you feel our brand should participate in during the course of a year? 53% of you answered five; 27% chose four; 13% chose three, and 7% chose two; none chose 1! So, how should we use our results to inform our AAUW Virginia Beach programs?  Philanthropy is “altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.” Over half of our respondents chose philanthropy as the AAUW mission most important to them. We feel this is encouragement to continue raising funds for AAUW Funds and our local scholarship fund.  Wednesday and Saturday are your chosen meeting days. We will continue our Wednesday branch meetings except for the often cold, overcast month of February when we will meet on a Saturday at 11am.  Over half of you stated we would need five fund raisers to raise our money to support our donations to AAUW National and our local scholarship funds. We will continue our fund raisers. Page 3 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 Linda Todd Scholarship Recipients The 2014 recipients of the Linda Todd Scholarship were recognized at the May banquet. Suzanne Vosefski who is finishing her degree at Tidewater Community College and Jodie Lynn Koch who is finishing her degree at Virginia Wesleyan College, each recipient received an $800 scholarship from our branch. Please review the full profile of each student on the branch website. Enjoy A “Beerrelevance: Old World Meets New World” on October 18th! Join us on Saturday, October 18th, from 5 to 7:30pm at Total Wine & More, located at 1744 Laskin Road, Virginia Beach for a beer tasting event themed around beers from the Old World and the New World. The tasting will include a variety of different beers, light fare and possibly a mini silent auction. Cost for the beer tasting is $25 per person. Tickets are available online as well as at the September and October Branch meetings. Also, $10 of each ticket will benefit the Linda Todd Scholarship fund. Tickets are available now online at http://virginiabeach-va.aauw.net/scholarship/fundraisers/ Norfolk Florist Cards Fundraiser Once again we will be selling Free Flower Fundraiser Cards through Norfolk Florist. For each card sold we will receive $10 for our local scholarship fund and our supporters are able to redeem free flowers for a year starting in December. The cards will be available for purchase from October 15th through November 23rd. The cost is $35 per card and the goal is to sell 100 cards and raise $1000. The key will be to sell to people outside of our branch who support our mission. Feel free to ask for a $10 donation if they won't use the card. Happy Selling Please note the free flowers are not available on Valentine's Day, Easter Sunday, Professional Secretaries' Day, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and the 7 days before these holidays. Donation Form Donations can be made directly to the scholarship fund using the branch donation form. The form is available on the branch’s website and will be available at branch meetings. For your convenience, a space for memoriam donations has been added to the form. This way your donation intentions will be clear to the branch and proper notifications can be made. Linda Todd Scholarship Chair Page 4 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 Mix, Meet, Greet, Mentor and Help Build Our Chapter on September 24th! AAUW Virginia Beach will sponsor its first College Mixer for women students from Virginia Wesleyan College and Tidewater Community College. This mixer is a joint project of our College-University Relations and Membership Committees. The Virginian Pilot is sending a reporter to cover our event. Come help make this a great story for AAUW Virginia Beach! Cactus Jack’s Restaurant 2736 Atlantic Avenue, at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Wednesday, September 24, 2014 from 6-8 pm Please, come to: (1) Develop stronger institutional ties and mentoring relationships with VB college women (2) Enhance our AAUW-VB membership recruitment (3) Socialize, while increasing our visibility in the Community. Our fun will begin with the gracious Sally Daniel’s ice-breaker. Then we will introduce AAUW and upcoming activities of our VB chapter for the 2014-15 year. Then we will share our initiatives on AAUW GOTV/"get out the vote efforts" for the mid-term elections, our STEM TechSavvy conference, and investigation and ultimate action to address human trafficking locally. There will be sign-up sheets for volunteers for either project. As for our membership outreach efforts, each chapter member is strongly encouraged to invite a friend or colleague. You and your guest(s) will enjoy the decor of Cactus Jacks. The restaurant has a large parking lot in the back of the building for convenient oceanfront parking. A sizable front patio will accommodate our evening program. As an added bonus, we will be entertained by a two piece acoustical band after 7pm. This is a great way for us to mix and mingle with local college students in a relaxed atmosphere. We can use this as an opportunity to create a larger community of activism speaking up for all women, girls, and families. This is also a perfect event to attend with a friend! Come out to happy hour, inspire young students, share the mission and vision, and support the AAUW. Please pass along the event flyer that you will be sent by email. RSVP by calling or texting 757-746-7183 no later than Sept. 18. Pat Wright, College/University Relations Chair Page 5 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript Membership Matters As summer comes to a close, and the last holiday of the season moves in, I am delighted when I look forward and envision another year with my AAUW sisters. The planning committee has amazing events in the making, there are terrific speakers scheduled for our Wednesday evening branch meetings, and the reading lists have been chosen for the book clubs. These are all spectacular woman-centric events sparking thought and discussion among all of us. The Virginia Beach branch is fantastic! What is one thing that could make the AAUW Virginia Beach branch even more fantastic? More members! AAUW has been empowering women for well over a century! Becoming and remaining a member continues that legacy for all of the women who will come after us. Through research, campus leadership, legal advocacy, scholarships, and so much more, the AAUW works to improve the lives of women and their families. Take the time to share the mission and vision of the AAUW with your friends and family, bring a friend to an AAUW Virginia Beach branch event, and keep your membership current. Working for equality cannot be done alone, we need an army of dedicated and strong members to make a difference. September 2014 Movie Sisters Reel in Summer Films and Fun! AAUW Virginia Beach Movie Sisters were busy this summer. If you weren’t with us you were missed! We found a rich diversity of movies written, directed or produced by women. Our goal is to enjoy one weekday and one weekend movie each month. Announcements are emailed to the branch the week of the movie’s show time. Our next show will be a weekend show. Come and bring a friend! Since May the AAUW Virginia Beach Movie Sisters gathered to see an amazing variety of films including Maleficent, Belle, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and The Hundred Foot Journey. Usually we use Regal Columbus Stadium 12 to see our shows and afterwards met for coffee at Barnes and Noble close by. Movie Sisters meets mostly for fun, we admit, but, in addition to popcorn, laughs, and great company we talk about women’s roles in our movies, whether we would recommend the show to our daughters and granddaughters, how women’s roles may have changed during the story, since the setting’s historical period, and if the portrayal reminds us of our personal experiences as women. For more information on events, new memberships, or to renew your membership, go to the We use this website to find women centric movies: AAUW Virginia Beach Branch website: http://virginiabeach-va.aauw.net/, or contact me, Rachel http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/filmsAlvidrez at rachelalvidrez@yahoo.com or 757-839-5978. by-and-about-women. Rachel Alvidrez See you at the movies, Sister! AAUW Virginia Beach VP of Membership Page 6 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 AAUW GOTV 2014 It’s My Vote I will be Heard 2014-Getting Out the Midterm Vote Show your commitment to help register everyone to vote and embody the AAUW mission to advocate. How? Volunteer to help register voters at TCC Virginia Beach Campus. Leslie Tourigny is our AAUW Virginia Public Policy VP. She is, also, our past AAUW Virginia Beach Public Policy Chair, President and SandScript editor. In her position as our state Public Policy VP Leslie announced July 31st~ “AAUW’s 2012 “It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard” campaign was a huge success in registering and turning out millennial women voters. With the critical upcoming midterm elections on November 4, 2014, AAUW has launched “It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard 2014- Getting Out the Midterm Vote.” Our GOTV activities under our newly awarded AAUW Public Policy Impact grant will support this initiative. Our goals for GOTV are: 1) At least half of the active branches participate in at least one GOTV activity, such as voter registration drives, candidate forums, etc.; and 2) We register at least 500 voters. After each event please send us the number of voters whose applications you collected at the event so we can track progress towards the goals.” We are planning seven voter registration events in different TCC VB buildings. There will be members trained in voter registration to guide you. In fall 2012 under Sally Daniels, Public Policy VP, AAUW Virginia Beach members registered 700 voters. Can we come close this fall? Choose your best day and time to Get Out the Vote! Contact Sally P: pattisonsj@gmail.com with the date and time you can register voters at TCC VB! Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Monday Wednesday September 22 September 23 October 1 October 1 October 2 October 6 October 8 11am-2pm 9-11 am 11am-2pm 6:30-8pm 9am-11am 11am-2pm 6:30-8 pm Student Center ATC Student Center ATC Science/J Bldg Science/J Bldg Science/J Bldg Page 7 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 You are officially invited to the fall AAUW SE District Meeting. Here is your invitation. Let me know if you’d like to join us and we’ll ride over together! (pattisonsj@gmail.com) AAUW, Fall SE DIST MEETING October 25, 2014 11:00-1:00 Clarion Hotel, Historic District 351 York St (aka Rt 60) Williamsburg VA 23185 SPEAKER: Elizabeth Ameling, Executive Director, Latisha’s House, a home for victims of the human trafficking business. A three-course plated meal offering Fresh Garden Salad ____Sliced London Broil Au Jus OR _______Roast Turkey Broccoli with Cheese Sauce Red Bliss Potatoes Dessert Coffee, Decaf, or Iced Tea $13.00 inclusive of tax and tip per person Due to logistics, I will need a check for $13 received by Oct 18. It should be made out to me, Marilyn Riddle, 2505 Goodrich Durfey, Williamsburg, VA 23185-8031. I have to reach a minimum of 15 by this date or the contract is cancelled. The food is good. I eat there regularly with a group of local retired federal employees. This is the site used by Road Scholars (formerly Elderhostel) for some of their programs. I will forward to you a wish list of household items for Latisha’s House as soon as I receive it if you wish to bring an expression of your support. I would suggest that whether you are coming from the east or west that you take Exit 242A off of I-64 at the intersection with Rt 199 W, then take Rt 60 ramp toward Williamsburg in about a mile, and finally left on Rt 60 itself for half a mile and the hotel is on the right. Be aware that there are two Clarions in Williamsburg. We will be at the end identified as Bourbon Street Bar and Grill. The College of William and Mary has a home game at 12:30 so that is not expected to impact our meeting. I look forward to seeing many of you. Marilyn, District Representative If you would rather, Tammie, our Finance Officer, will receive your check for lunch made out to AAUW Virginia Beach and in the note line state SE District Meeting and your meal choice. If you choose this option, bring your check or credit card to the September 17th branch meeting or mail it to: Tammie Mullins-Rice, 1010 Barnacle Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Page 8 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 “Like dreaming, reading performs the prodigious task of carrying us off to other worlds.” Victor Null AAUW Virginia Beach Book Club Announcements Morning Book Club Once a month we get up early and hie ourselves off to a restaurant to discuss a book we have previously selected. The restaurants vary from month to month, and we are always open to finding ones we haven't visited previously. The only requirements are that the place is reasonably quiet (so we can liven it up), serves good food at a reasonable price, and we can get to it. We have selected the books to be read from now through next June. Any member who wanted to do so named one or more books and we, literally, drew the winners out of not a hat, but ... This auspicious event takes place on the 1st Thursday of every month at 7:30 a.m. - except when it doesn't because we have to change it for some reason, such as a holiday. We don't meet In December. Instead, we get together with the evening book group for a pot-luck dinner at someone's house. Come join us! Connie Davis connidavis@cox.net Date Book Author Place October 2 November 6 December 4? January The Invention of Wings Fifty Shades of Beige Holiday Party The Grapes of Wrath Sue Monk Kidd Reid Mockery Hostess TBA John Steinbeck Pop’s Diner Mary’s TBA Oceanfront Inn Page 9 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 Evening Book Club The Evening Book Group meets on the second Tuesday of the month, at the homes of members. We alternate potluck dinners and dessert-only meetings. We read books suggested by members and voted on at the June meeting, when we set the schedule for the following year. One member reviews the book, followed by (and sometimes interrupted by) discussion. Although we don't always agree, talk is lively and book-centered. New members are welcome. For more information, contact Louise Wild at 757 422-1948 or at mslouisew27@yahoo.com. Here is our list for the fall: Date and time Sept 9 @ 7:30 Oct 14 @ 6:30 Nov 11 @ 7:30 Title “The Goldfinch” "Dear Life" "The Round House" Author Donna Tartt Alice Monroe Louise Erdrich Reviewer Linda Todd Nancy Sloan Cheryl Herrman Hostess Fran Adams Ann Rowan Susan Wagner Adelante Book Club The Adelante book group meets in the evening of the fourth Thursday of every other month, September through May, at member's homes to discuss books chosen from the AAUW's Adelante Book of the Month Club list. For more information, contact Dana Henning at danahenning0@gmail.com Date Title Author Hostess September 25 Caramelo Sandra Cisneros Dana November 20 Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Sheryl Sandberg Carole 2014-2015 Pro$pective AAUW Virginia Beach Fund Rai$ers Here are possible fund raisers this year for you to consider and plan. Thanks, so much, for whatever you can support. September 2014 Beer Tasting Tickets/Oct 18 Donations for Holiday Raffle Baskets October 2014 Norfolk Flower cards To support Local Scholarships To support Local Scholarships November 2014 Donations for Holiday Raffle Baskets Norfolk Flower Cards December 2014 LTVB Tickets/Play January 25th To support Local Scholarships December 2014 Donations of children’s books at holiday banquet January 2015 LTVB Tickets/Play January 25th February 2015 AutoBell Car Wash Coupons March 2015 AutoBell Car Wash Coupons To support AAUW Funds REACH/Reading Enriches All Children To support AAUW Funds To support AAUW Funds To support AAUW Funds Page 10 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 AAUW Virginia Beach Meets with AAUW Virginia at State Leaders’ Meeting July 26th AAUW Virginia Beach members met with other branches & the AAUW Virginia leaders in Charlottesville. Carole Szetela, Neola Waller, Sally Daniel, and Sally Pattison-Cisna represented our branch. The day began with guidance on Visioning & Action Planning Steps to review our branch mission, create a two year vision to accomplish it, transform the vision ideas into a plan for actual events, plan steps to make those events happen, and determine ways to measure their success, such as a 20% increase in membership or 100 girls participating in a STEM conference. The meeting’s next focus was 4 Guiding Principles for Stellar Messaging to create powerful flyers. They recommended 1. Grab their attention; 2. Focus on what they need & want, 3. Make the branch brand significant in the message; 4. Images/pictures are powerful. A lot to think about! AAUW National September 2014 Membership Matters Branch Newsletter Article Don’t Want to Pay for AAUW’s 2015 Convention? “Pledge to Reg” Today! What’s better than attending the 2015 AAUW National Convention in San Diego June 18–21, 2015? The possibility of not paying a dime for your registration! Pledge to register, and we’ll send you a reminder e-mail when registration opens on October 1. Best of all, if you complete your registration before January 1, you’ll be entered to have your registration fees refunded! So, pledge to register today, and tell your friends and fellow members to join the wave, too! Page 11 of 12 AAUW Virginia Beach Newsletter: SandScript September 2014 AAUW Virginia Beach 2014-2015 Calendar This is our proposed calendar subject to change. Hope you are marking these on your calendar! This does not include book club, dining group, or movie sister schedules. September 17, 2014 Branch Meeting: AAUW What Are We Up to now? September 24, 2014 Mixer with Women Students of TCC VB and VWC 6-8 pm Board Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM September 25, 2014 October 15, 2014 October 18, 2014 Branch Meeting: Panel about Human Trafficking; 6:30-8:30 PM Beer Tasting to support Local Scholarships: 5-7:30 PM October 22, 2014 Board Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM October 25, 2014 SE District Meeting: 11AM-1PM (RSVP by October 18) November 19, 2014 Branch Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM December 3, 2014 “November” Board Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM December 6, 2014 January 21, 2015 Holiday Banquet Branch Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM January 25, 2015 January 28, 2015 Little Theatre of Virginia Beach Play Board Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM February 21, 2015 Branch Meeting: 11AM-1 PM February 25, 2014 Board Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM March 18, 2015 Branch Meeting: 11AM-1 PM March 25, 2015 Board Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM April 15, 2015 April 22, 2014 Branch Meeting: 11AM-1 PM Board Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM May 20, 2015 May 27, 2015 Spring Banquet & Branch Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM Board Meeting: 6:30-8:30 PM All locations are in Virginia Beach unless otherwise indicated. Central Library 4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard Cactus Jack’s 2736 Atlantic Avenue Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4560 Princess Anne Road Central Library 4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard Total Wine 1744 Laskin Rd. Marketplace at Hilltop Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4560 Princess Anne Road Clarion Hotel, Historic District 351 York Street/Route 60 Williamsburg, VA, Central Library 4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4560 Princess Anne Road TBA Central Library 4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard Little Theater of VA Beach Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4560 Princess Anne Road Central Library 4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4560 Princess Anne Road Central Library 4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4560 Princess Anne Road TBA Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4560 Princess Anne Road TBA Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4560 Princess Anne Road Page 12 of 12
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