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Fast Facts

• Poughkeepsie AAUW "Leading to Reading" Project has distributed over 12,400 books.
   
• AAUW's new publication "Graduating to a Pay Gap">>
   
• Get all the facts about Poughkeepsie AAUW from the 2012 Membership Booklet>>
   
• AAUW  published on Nov. 15, 2011, a new study "Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment in School">>

• Poughkeepsie AAUW has designated a Woman of the Year for over 35 years.
   
• AAUW is open to all who hold an associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a  regionally accredited college or university.
   
• Poughkeepsie Branch AAUW, Inc. was founded in 1925.
   
• Poughkeepsie Branch AAUW, Inc. is the largest Branch in New York State.

 

 

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 Summer Events

Many of our interest groups continues through the summer.  Below is a list but changes can occur.  Check the online calendar (left column) and also make sure you are on the contact list for the groups you are interested in attending.  Coordinator’s contact can be found in the June Calendar on page 1 and 2 of the June newsletter - click on the large white arrow at the top.  Phone numbers of the members listed below can be found in your Membership Directory or contact the coordinators listed on this website at Interest Groups>>.

Aug 10 The Branch deadline for the September issue

Art on the Go
Jul 26 Innisfree (fee), Honorah Hinkle
Aug 30 Minnewaska Lake (fee)

 

Aventures en Soleil
Jul 16 Walking Tour of Poughkeepsie with Franc Palais, Gloria Ghedini
Aug 9 Good Housekeeping Research Institute at the Hearst Tower in
                    Manhattan, Maria DeWald
                         Sept 17 Big Onion Walking tour "Hidden
                    Times Square."  $23 to Marcine Humphrey
                    by Aug 15, limit 20.

Bridge I
Jul 17 Susan Fink
Aug 21 Gloria Gibbs

Bridge II
Jul 25 and Aug 29  Usual location and time, see June Calendar.

 

Bridge 3
Jul 13 Joanne Dyson
Aug 10 Mary Lou Davis

Cuisine
July 16 Dinner at an outdoor restaurant
     Planner: Linda Lurie

Mah Jongg
Jul 24 Susan Fink
Aug 28 Gloria Gibbs

 

Tee Off  Tee time 8:30 am
    Vassar College Golf Course
    Terry Schneider or Carol Mastropietro

Personal and Professional Development
July 23 DCC Washington Hall, Room 138,
     Security for Women by Nyhisha Gibbs

Trekkers
Jul 20 Fahnestock State Park, Roz Werner
Jul 27 Mystery Event
Aug 3 Taconic Hereford MUA, Cathy Bala
Aug 17 Sterling Forest Lake Walk
                    Peggy Kelland

 

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Recent Events

 

AAUW 2013
Annual Meeting & Dinner

Celebrating Cultures

Keynote: "Out of One, Many:  Why We Celebrate the Kaleidoscope of Culture"

Stephanie J. Roberg-Lopez

On May 7, 2013, Poughkeepsie AAUW held their annual meeting at Christo's.  We were treated to an inspiring talk by Stephanie Roberg-Lopez.  Also included was recognition of past presidents, members with significant membership anniversaries (including one with 70 years), and honorees for the named scholarship contributions.  The election of officers and the installation by AAUW-NYS President, Mary Lou Davis ended our evening.

 

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April 7, 2013

Click "tea cup" for details and pictures

 

 

 

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Back to the Future:
Retracing Our Steps to Improve Our Lives

GEETA DESAI

International Federation of University Women’s representative to the United Nations, and Past President, AAUW Poughkeepsie

March 14, 2013 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie Geeta Desai presented a discussion of the following statement.

 

If we, American women, are to secure a future for ourselves that provides gender equality, financial stability, access to quality education, physical safety, social justice and clean air, water and food, we must take a giant step back to reach the poorest women in some of the world’s oldest countries and cultures – women that time itself has forgotten.

With these women, we hold the key to the future we desire in this country.

She was joined by other women from AAUW that shared some of what they had learned by attending the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN in New York City.

 

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– a documentary film by Jennifer Seibel Newsom, premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011! The  film focuses on the impact of images of women in the media.

On January 10, 2013,  the film "Miss Representation" was viewed by a large group of members of AAUW and friends.

Mia Mask, Associate Professor of Film at Vassar College, led the discussion of the film.  She is the author of the acclaimed, Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film, featured writer at the AAUW's 2011 Writer's Tea, and member of AAUW.

The discussion was wide ranging and gave all that attended much to think about and thoughts of future action.

 

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"GRADUATING TO A PAY GAP"

AAUW's Latest Publication

 

 

AAUW’s latest research reveals that just one year out of college women are already paid less than their male counterparts. The report takes into account factors such as occupation, college major, and hours worked, making the comparison as close to “apples to apples” as possible.  The report also examines one immediate effect that the pay gap has on many women, including the disproportionally heavy burden of student loan debt.

For additional information and the complete report, follow the link below:

Graduating to a Pay Gap>>