AADC August 2019 E-news & Douglass Alumnae Highlights
|
|
Register for Symposium: Free to Alumnae and AADC Contributing Friends
"It's Time," the theme of this year’s Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt '42 Workplace & Professional Development Symposium on September 14, features a variety of workshops to choose from that are organized in three inspiring tracks: Move Forward, Move Up and Move Beyond. Each is designed to help participants explore key stages of personal growth and professional development.
In addition, we are proud to feature keynote speaker Christiana Foglio '84, Founder and CEO of Community Investment Strategies, Inc.; an Interactive Workshop: Excellence, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace, facilitated by Dr. Debra Joy Perez '84, Senior Vice President of Organizational Culture, Inclusion and Equity at Simmons University; and the Plenary Session about turning your passions into purpose with Henah Parikh R '13, Development & Communications Manager at She's the First.
For a complete list of workshops and to register, visit
Register at www.douglassalumnae.org/workplace-symposium
*The Symposium is
Free for all Alumnae and AADC Contributing Friends; $40 for Non-Alumnae Guests.
Major funding for the Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt '42 Workplace & Professional Development Symposium was provided by Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt '42 with additional funding provided by contributions to the AADC Annual Appeal. We thank Victoria for her generosity and support. Per the Agreement, the Annual Appeal is not on behalf of NJC, DRC, Douglass, or Rutgers. Help support our mission at
DouglassAlumnae.org/MakeAGift.
|
|
Cheri Beasley '88, North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice, To Be Inducted into Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni
Congratulations to Cheri Beasley '88, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, who has been selected to be inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni on November 7. She is the first African-American woman to serve as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Justice Beasley was inducted into the AADC Society of Excellence in 2015 and the Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance Hall of Fame in 2013.
Justice Beasley is active with the AADC North Carolina Regional Connection Group in Raleigh/Durham and has welcomed alumnae into her home for a gathering. She celebrated her milestone 30th Reunion last April, where she served as a panelist at AADC Alumnae Reunion Weekend 2018 and attended the highly-successful AADC 95th Anniversary Forward Together Gala.
With a judicial career spanning some 20 years, Justice Beasley has shaped jurisprudence of the State of North Carolina. She was elected in 2014 to continue service as an Associate Justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court after having been appointed in December 2012 by the state's Governor. Justice Beasley is only the fifth African-American and seventh woman to serve on the state's highest court. Previously she was an Associate Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals to which she was elected statewide in 2008. Her election to the Court of Appeals makes her the only African-American women elected in any statewide election without an initial appointment by the Governor. Prior that that, she was a District Court Judge in the Twelfth Judicial District, Cumberland County, appointed in 1999 and served for 10 years, after being an Assistant Public Defender.
|
|
Yamiesha Bell '15 Newly Appoined
President of AADC Black Alumnae Network
Yamiesha Bell ’15 looks forward to making an impact and to engaging sister alumnae through meaningful programs and events as the newly appointed president of the AADC Black Alumnae Network (BAN) for the next two years. As an active member she helped commemorate the 35th anniversary of BAN in 2016, serving as a panelist in the “Spilling the Tea, Telling Our Truth” discussion of what is now the AADC Black Alumnae Network Jewel Plummer Cobb Sisters Conference.
Yamiesha is driven and says “people who have a voice can help others who do not.” She found her voice as a African-American feminist while at Douglass Residential College (DRC), where she was a founding member of the Rutgers’ Black Lives Matter organization. She was selected to be the Senior Speaker at the 2015 DRC Convocation, was a member of Douglass Black Students Congress (DBSC), a Resident Assistant, Barbara Voorhees Mentor and President of the Mountain View Project Student Organization. She is also a founder of and former national organizer with the Black Liberation Collective.
Yamiesha is a high school special education teacher in New York City in the Bronx, as well as a Certified Yoga Instructor and cheerleading coach. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Yamiesha holds a Master's Degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of Connecticut and also received her M.A.T. in Secondary Education, Special Education from the Relay Graduate School of Education.
|
|
Receive Periodic & Important Updates
from the AADC By Text Message
It's simple. Here’s how:
1. On your phone, start a new text message
2. In the phone number field, enter 56512
3. In the message field, enter AADC
4. Then press the SEND button
Please note: You will receive a return text message from us confirming that you have opted to receive text messages from the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College (AADC).
|
|
Calling All Nominations for AADC Alumnae Awards
Do you know an alumna or friend of the AADC deserving of recognition by the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College? Consider submitting a Pre-Nomination Form for Alumnae Awards or the AADC Alumnae Awards Official Nomination Form to our AADC Alumnae Awards Committee today. Each year, we present the AADC Alumnae Awards for the Margaret T. Corwin Award, Alumnae Recognition Award, AADC Medal, Vanguard Service Award and the Young Alumna Mabel Award. We also induct distinguished alumnae into the AADC Society of Excellence each year. Nominations for 2020 awards are due no later than November 8, 2019. Please note that the AADC Society of Excellence 2020 nomination application deadline will be at a later date and announced separately. For more information and forms, visit
www.douglassalumnae.org/alumnae/awards-for-alumnae/
|
|
All AADC events and programs are supported by the generosity of alumnae and friends like you. Contributing to the AADC Annual Appeal supports alumnae initiatives to advance our diverse and talented alumnae community forward together so we are better together. The Annual Appeal is not on behalf of NJC, DRC, Douglass, or Rutgers. The Annual Appeal supports programs and services for our alumnae sisterhood, advancing the AADC's mission.
www.douglassalumnae.org/MakeAGift
|
|
|
Upcoming Fall AADC Events and Programs
|
|
Saturday, September 7, 2019
AADC Black Alumnae Network
Yoga Meet & Greet
Setting Intention for the Fall Season
r
Yoga begins at 10:00; Meet & Greet at 11:00 am.
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt '42 Workplace and Professional Development Symposium
Free to alumnae and AADC contributors; $40 for Non-Alumnae Guests
Saturday, September 28, 2019
AADC Volunteer Leadership Training 2020:
Investing In and Supporting Our Volunteers
Open to all AADC volunteers who have signed the AADC Confidentiality Agreement.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
AADC Mabel's Alumnae Mentoring Program Kick Off for 2019-2020
Registration will be available soon.
Saturday, October 12, 2019
AADC Young Alumnae Network Fourth Annual YAN O Ween
We will gather at Oktoberfest in Warren, NJ.
Registration will be available soon.
|
|
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
L'Hommedieu Lecture
Featuring Gail Collins,
New York Times
Columnist, Women's Historian & Author
FREE and open to the public
Saturday, October 26, 2019
AADC Southern New Jersey Regional Connection Group & Philadelphia and Delaware Area Alumnae
Tour of Longwood Gardens
Registration will be available soon.
Saturday,November 2, 2019
Fall Alumnae Council (morning)
Registration will be available soon.
Meetings of the Council shall be held at least twice each fiscal year and shall be open to all active members of the Association. Alumnae who have contributed a minimum of $40 to the AADC are considered an “active member” in the fiscal year in which the contribution is made and for the following fiscal year, as defined in the AADC Bylaws.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
AADC 2019 Society of Excellence Ceremony & Luncheon (begins at 12 noon)
Registration will be available soon.
|
|
AADC Alumnae Travel
Croatia & Dalmatian Coast
:
Oct. 14-25, 2019
Morocco
:
Land of Enchantment:
March 27- April 5, 2020
Iceland Cruise - The Land of Fire and Ice:
June 22 – July 6, 2020
|
|
Join a Committee, Volunteer at the Alumnae Center
|
|
Share your news with the AADC.
Send news about recent milestones or achievments to AADC Director of Marketing and Communications Anne Marie Russo at
amrusso@douglassalumnae.org
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
