The November luncheon will be at the Yume Japanese Tea Garden, 2130 N Alvernon Way .

J oin us Saturday, November 9th at 11:00 AM for lunch, a short business meeting, and a stroll (3/4 of an acre) through five traditional visions of Japanese landscape, i ncluding a dry garden for Zen meditation, a stone and gravel garden representing sea and islands, a sinuous dry river garden and a tranquil strolling pond. 

Admission to the gardens is included in the price of the luncheon for members. Non-members pay $13 at the gardens.

Lunch is $20.00 by check and $21.00 online . Mail your check to Brantley, 9597 Kokopelli Circle, Tucson, AZ 85748 or click www.Paypal.me/TucsonAAUWBranch

The deadline for receiving payment is the Monday prior to the event.

Results of the AZ Fall Forum

Ana Nygren and Michelle Higgins were the MC's for the day.

Seven Tucson AAUW members were at the fall forum. Our branch was recognized for its 110th anniversary . Barbara Neubert and Baleka Baker designed a creative skit which reviewed the decades of local impact. Baleka even downed an authentic 1900's costume!

Katie Hobbs (D), AZ Secretary of State, gave an mpressive presentation on all the activities related to ensuring that we have safe, fair, and accessible elections. 

Kendra Davis, AAUW Senior VP of Advancements & Partnership

Kendra Davis. Sr. VP of Advancements and Partnerships, gave a presentation on AAUW's national priorities and the 5- star branch reward program.

A very knowledgeable and insightful panel was led by Harriet Young on The "New World of Learning". Panelists included Dolores Duran-Cerda (Pima CC), Dr. Joanne Vogel (ASU), Marilyn D Henley (West-MEC). They talked about the major issues of equal access, funding and teacher shortages/class size/pay. 

Harriet Young encouraged us all to attend Legislature Day on February 4, 2020.

Linda Alepin over-viewed the new AAUW AZ strategy and asked how each branch is connecting their activities to it.

Tabling at the Y Conference

AAUW Tucson Branch was well represented at the October 15th YWCA Women's Leadership Conference. We had a well-attended exhibit and a hosted table at the luncheon.

Thank you to our VIP guests for joining us: from Pima Community College : Suzanne Desjardin , Dean of Students; Nina Corson , Academic Dean; from the University of Arizona : Lydia Kennedy , Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, College of Medicine; Michele Murphy , Director of Development; Jane Hunter , Vice President for Strategic Initiatives; Carla Johnson , Assistant Chief of Tucson Police ; ; Laura Lynn, Volunteer Coordinator, Sister Jose Women's Center ; Mary Ann Dobras , Women's Foundation of Southern AZ.

Recap of the October luncheon

Michelle Higgins , Tucson Branch Past President, moderated a lively panel of University of Arizona juniors sharing insights from their high school IMAGINE experiences. THANK YOU , Zcheecid Aquirre and Amy Pacheco!

The IMAGINE Your STEM Future program works to mitigate the negative impacts of stereotypes and social messages that often deter girls from pursuing post-secondary educational opportunities, particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

BELOW - Some of our group, including Nancy Woodling ( Running and Winning Chair, presenter, and one of this month's Volunteers of the Month) enjoying the panel presentation.

What's UP?

Welcome new member -

Brenda Haggard!

Introducing Our New

VP of Membership -

Jane Russ

Jane Russ joined AAUW in 2013 and has held various leadership roles in MI including VP-Finance, Wyandotte-Downriver branch President, VP-Finance, and VP-Membership. In addition, she assisted in numerous capacities to fulfill the mission of the branch , including: Woman of the Year celebrations; book sale; website administrator; by-laws committee member; online meeting coordinator, and Equal Pay Day participant. She has also been an AAUW Career Development Grant Selection Panelis t for the past five years.

A New Jersey native, Jane resides in Vail with her husband and two sons, after moving from Michigan earlier this year.

She retired from Ford Motor Company and started a new career with the Department of Defense.

Jane earned a BSC Management/Organizational degree from Rider University; MBA in Finance from LaSalle University; and DBA from Northcentral University in Organizational Leadership. 

Volunteers of the Month

"A great accomplishment should not be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward." Norman Vincent Peale

Nancy Woodling, Mary Pickens & Cheryl Whited were honored as our "skaters" of the month for the highly successful Running and Winning program designed to encourage high school girls to consider leadership and public office . Participants work in small groups with local female politicians to develop and deliver a campaign and speech based on current political issues . Not surprisingly given our proximity to our nation's southern border, this year's most popular topic was immigration .

December 7 Lunch

Holiday Celebration

Arizona Inn, 2200 E Elm Street