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OUR MISSION
is to advance gender equity for women and girls
through research, education, and advocacy.
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The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is the nation’s leading voice promoting equity and education for women and girls. Since our founding in 1881, AAUW members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day—educational, social, economic, and political.
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October Program
Women in Music
Keynote by Jenny Douglass October 16th at 10 AM
Jenny Douglass of the Marin Symphony will speak on Women in Music and also perform on her viola at 10 AM on October 16th at the Town Center Community Room, 2nd floor, 770 Tamalpais in the Town Center Shopping Mall, Corte Madera. A leading Marin musician, Jenny will explore gender equity issues that women face as musicians, conductors, and composers.
Respond to the Paperless Post or email Katherine Brinnier directly. Sliding scale $5 to $10. Pay at the door or online below. The Community Room is at the south end of the Town Center in an office complex. The entrance is in front as you face the south end. Take the elevator up to two, turn right to find the community room.
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IT’S TIME TO BRING YOUR DONATIONS FOR THE AAUW HOLIDAY AUCTION. LOOK OUT FOR AN UPCOMING FLYER.
WHY DONATE ITEMS?
YOUR DONATIONS WILL HELP SEND 8 MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS TO TECH TREK, AAUW’S STEM CAMP AT STANFORD, AND PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO WOMEN AT DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGE OF MARIN. Questions? Contact Dale Satake at
dsatake@comcast.net
or 415-924-2162
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Highlights From September's Program
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Tech Trek
Tech Trek Inspires
AAUW Marin provides scholarships for middle school girls to attend Tech Trek, a week-long residential math, science and technology camp at Stanford University. The July program inspired and motivated the seventh grade girls who attended thanks to the generosity of AAUW Marin. They reported on the impact on their lives at the September 14th branch meeting. The budding scientists expressed their appreciation in notes the girls wrote:
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All in all, this experience has changed my life, including my new friends, new knowledge, and most of all my new love for the STEM world. …thank you for sending me to the greatest camp of all
time!
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Olivia
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It opened up more options for me because we got to hear from multiple women who are very successful in the male dominated world. They helped inspire me to decide on a future in
STEM.
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Aleisha
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Professional Women’s Night introduced me to different jobs like Biotech that I didn’t know existed until I attended the camp. I will always be grateful that you gave me the chance to participate in this eye-opening
camp.
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Emerald
Tech Trek is an experience of a lifetime for these girls. The branch has sent more than 85 girls to Tech Trek since 1998. The Tech Trek Committee is expanding. Contact Amy Anderson,
aandersontechtrek@gmail.com
to get involved in this project to transform the lives of girls in seventh grade.
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Buck Institute Researcher Barbara Bailus, Ph.D
. Inspired by Barbara Bailus’s talk in September on gene editing for neurodegenerative diseases, branch members expressed interest in learning more by taking a tour of the Buck Institute.
If you are interested in a group tour of the Buck Institute let Sherene know by
clicking here.
She designed her program to talk not only about her work, but about all the possibilities for careers in science, whether in basic science research or a whole host of science-related jobs. Her work is in the field of genetic engineering—specifically in how to get through the blood/brain barrier to deliver techniques that can help repair or prevent genetic code errors that cause devastating diseases. In responding to questions from the audience she covered both technical and ethical issues related to genetic engineering.
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Dr. Barbara Bailus is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Ellerby Lab focused on the study of neurodegenerative diseases. Barbara is from Marin County, and received her PhD from the University of California, Davis. She will also speak about how her work aligns with the ongoing research at the Buck Institute and the impact the Buck has on our community and our world.
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Thank you Karla
Karla Hernandez to NCCWSL
A branch scholarship empowered Karla Hernandez’s trip to Washington, DC, to attend the convocation of college students that AAUW sponsors at the University of Maryland.
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ur Marin Branch is well on it's way to receiving all five stars! Help us out by reading about the program and helping us to accomplish the goals.
More to come from your board on our goals.
The Five Star National Recognition Program rewards affiliates (states, branches, other organizations) for aligning their work with the AAUW strategic plan and other initiatives that foster the organization’s mission of advancing gender equity for women and girls.
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Interest Groups
If you have interest group updates for the newsletter email
Sherene
If you are intrested contact:
The Art Tour interest group went to the
deYoung Museum on Wednesday, September 18 to see the ED HARDY: DEEPER THAN SKIN exhibit. Attended by Gerrie Young, Karen Comody and Pat Ernsberger.
The first museum retrospective of renowned tattoo artist and California native Ed Hardy tracks his goal of elevating the tattoo from its subculture status to an important visual art form.
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The exhibition surveys Hardy’s life in art that has as its inspiration both traditional American tattooing and Japan’s ukiyo-e era culture.
The next Art Tours Interest Group Excursion will be on Tuesday, October 29, to the Asian Art Museum to see “Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan.” This is a splendid exhibition which shows how two artists sought a new direction for modern art in the aftermath of WW ll by finding inspiration in Japanese tradition. Through their friendship, Noguchi and Hasegawa sought to balance tradition and modernity, and the past and present of Japanese and foreign cultures.
We will carpool from the commuter lot at Strawberry Village at 9:30 a.m. and return after lunch. E-mail Marilyn South at
mpsouth@mac.com
or call (415) 492-2688 for more information.
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Monthly Interest group Profile
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Behind the Headlines discussion group meets Wednesday, October 9 at 6:00 pm at the home of Cherie Sorokin. RSVP required. To join or come as a guest, contact Cherie Sorokin at 415 789-5305 or
Cheryl.sorokin@gmail.com
. Topic for October is Women and Healthcare
Behind the Headlines is a discussion group that this year is focusing a gender-lens on issues in the fields of healthcare (Sept/Oct), politics (Nov/Jan), and climate change (Mar/Apr). Each session begins with a light pot-luck supper, usually followed by a speaker who brings her expertise and leadership experience to the topic under discussion. Topics and speakers are subject to change. This year meetings in Feb and May are reserved for additional topics that may not relate directly to the three main topics.
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AAUW in the New York Times
Girl Power at School, but Not at the Office
Hannah Seligson’s New York Times article
“Girl Power at School, but Not at the Office”
looks at how women are excelling more than ever in school, but they tend to face a rough transition into the workplace compared with their male peers.
"The American Association of University Women found that men who are a year out of college make 20 percent more in weekly pay than their female co-workers do. Why? Because my friend and scores of other young men understand the central tenet of a bigger paycheck: ask and you shall receive.
The pay disparity speaks to a larger issue that women, coming directly out of the colleges that nurtured and rewarded them and gave them every advantage, may have trouble grasping."
Seligson cited AAUW’s report
Behind the Pay Gap
, which showed that as early as one year out of college there is a
pay gap
between men and women. Agreeing with AAUW’s findings, Seligson believes that negotiation, asking for raises and promotions, and learning how to network can help women close this gap. This is why AAUW's WorkSmart and SmartStart programs are so important.
Coca Cola Grant
We did it! AAUW met it's goal. As of August 23, we’ve trained 102,656 women to ask for the salary they deserve, either
Work Smart Online
in-person workshops. Thank you to all those of you who registered and encouraged others to. We now have the opportunity to apply for another $500,000 from Coca Cola.
More Information was included in the September 19th's Mission & Action Newsletter from national.
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Member highlight
Get to know your fellow members with a brief profile of a member each month for the newsletter.
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GET TO KNOW YOUR BOARD
A brief profile each month of one of our branch board members or appointed positions.
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A big THANK YOU to Kat Braeman and Jax Harrison for collaborating on this newsletter!
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