Volume 90, Issue 3 aauwmo.org Spring 2017 Issue

Our Mission: AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research

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AAUW-MO State Conference Recap

Changing the Climate for Women and Girls was the theme of the 2017 Annual State Meeting in Columbia, and didn’t

we learn a lot!? Over sixty members from eleven of the 18 Missouri branches were welcomed by members of the

AAUW MU Student Organization with a heartening expression of appreciation and encouragement by Kaitlyn Wallace.

Janet Bunger from the AAUW National Board brought us up to date, announcing the latest research publication

recently released – Deeper in Debt: Woman and Student Loans, investigating the mind-boggling $1.3 trillion worth of

student loans owed today. She spoke eloquently on the changing climate for women’s and girls’ expectations. Much

work is yet to be done, “but there is no more need for if-onlys for girls’” ambitions and dreams.

As Program Vice President Nicky Stanke looked over the completed evaluations of the meeting, it came as no surprise that the

LAF (Legal Advocacy Fund) plaintiff and speaker, Aileen Rizo, was mentioned many times as the most inspiring. Aileen flew from

her home in Fresno, California to tell her story. Her story of how her proud academic and professional accomplishments, coupled

with the realization that her pay was several grades and several thousands of dollars below that of a male new-hire, drove her to

pursue a legal remedy – to pave the way for her daughters. She moved many of us to tears. It’s no wonder that AAUW Fund

Chair Julie Triplett reported $1,110.00 in donations gathered on the spot.

Gail James, AAUW-KC Member and UN Delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women, educated us all on CEDAW – the

Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. This U.N. Convention has been adopted by most of

the countries of the world – except the United States. She described efforts to move the convention from the world stage to the

local stage – Cities for CEDAW. A resource kit about CEDAW is available from the aauw.org website.

President Jan Scott recognized retiring officers: Diane Ludwig as immediate past president; Nicky Stanke, who has served as pro-

gram vice president; and Doris Nistler, who has completed her first term as secretary.

The nominating committee, headed by Linda Berube,

proposed new officers: president-elect, Marian McClellan;

program vice president, Marsha Koch; and secretary, Doris

Nistler (second term). These officers were duly elected by

convention attendees, after Marianne Fues (governance chair)

determined that a quorum was present. They were then in-

stalled by Janet Bunger.

Other highlights of the conference included a Friday night

showing of the film, Equal Means Equal, some high-spirited

singing led by Alyse Stoll, and a rousing call to action by AAUW

-MO Public Policy Co-chairs Pat Shores and Karen Francis. Of all the many comments on the evaluation forms, one that must be

shared with all AAUW-MO members is this: “This is a great conference, and we need to let our members know how important and

interesting it is.” Watch this space for information on next year’s AAUW-MO State Meeting.

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In the next months, AAUW Climate Changers will celebrate some of our biggest events:

Our National Convention promises to be dramatic and intense as we immerse our efforts in lobbying Congress and meet our new CEO, Kim Churches.

Does anyone know of celebrations of the 45th Anniversary of Title IX on June 23rd? Sounds like a perfect time to get first hand reports about the convention.

Then we have the very big Women’s Equality Day. August 26th is the 97th anniversary of women getting the vote. St. Louis has a big celebration coordinated by the Missouri Women’s Network and AAUW. Can confirmation of the Equal Rights Amendment be near? 2020 will be the year to get out 100 candles to celebrate Women Getting the Vote; and likely, if we continue our efforts, some state - could it be Missouri? - will top the needed two states to approve the ERA.

From the President — Jan’s Notes

Membership

by Sue Shineman, Membership VP

What are your AAUW summer plans? I certainly hope you are

including board plans for member retention and new member

outreach! What events and outreach activities have worked

for your branch?

There are a lot of resources on the National website. Please

take advantage of the vast amount of knowledge there. Did

you know previous Webinars are available to you? There is so

much valuable and helpful information to help us grow our

membership. State membership is

down from last year, partially due

to one branch’s disbanding; but we

can overcome this and grow.

Think outside the box! Well, first

you must figure out how to get to

the edge of the box. The next step

is to join together and climb over

the edge!!! We can’t keep doing what we’ve always done

AND expect to get new results. We won’t. We’ll keep getting

what we always got when we do just what we always did.

Work on your elevator speech! Have a table event at a com-

munity activity to share AAUW! AND invite a friend or two to

come to a special program. You will be amazed where the

interest in our mission and vision statements comes from.

Are you inside the box? Or are you climbing over the edge to

make a difference for women and girls?

2016-2017 Star Awards and Galaxy

Awards

by Suzanne Couch, St. Louis IBC Co-Chair

We are proud to announce the recipients of the Star and

Galaxy Awards which were given at the State Meeting in

Columbia on Saturday, May 6. This was a successful year

for many of our branches in Missouri.

The Star Award recognizes ten areas where Missouri

branches can excel, while the Galaxy Award recognizes a

particular project that a branch has completed. Branches

that achieved 10 Stars are: Ballwin-Chesterfield, Columbia,

Ferguson-Florissant, Independence, Kansas City, Kirkwood-

Webster, St. Charles, and St. Louis. Maryville received 8

and Parkville and Jefferson City, 7.

The Galaxy Award was bestowed on Ballwin-Chesterfield

for their “Jingle Mingle” Winter Auction, which benefitted

their operational fund; and to Kansas City, who focused on

voter registration.

Congratulations to all the branches for their achievement!

Jan Scott President, AAUW MO

(jan@athenalibrary.com)

Please Note: Per the latest issue of Outlook, starting with the summer issue, the issues will be digital. You

will be getting more content because with the digital version comes complementary features like videos, slideshows, and polls, as well as the ability to zoom in to read larger print and linking to web sites mentioned in stories. You will be able to request to opt in to receive a printed Outlook (visit www.aauw.org/who-we-are/outlookmag), but unfortunately, the cost of printing and mailing the magazine to all members has made it unsustainable.

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Public Policy by Co-Chairs Pat Shores and Karen Francis

Lobby Corps

AAUW MO Public Policy began a Missouri Lobby Corps in 2017.

Our members were trained through a webinar conducted by

AAUW Public Policy staff and a brief “Lobbying 101” during Equity

Action Day. During the first regular session of Missouri’s 99th

General Assembly, AAUW’s message was shared with 33 Repre-

sentatives and 13 Senators. The legislators were given an intro-

duction to AAUW through our publication of The Simple Truth,

AAUW’s 2015-2017 Public Policy Program, Quick Facts on the Gen-

der Pay Gap, and AAUW in Missouri. AAUW MO was invited to

give testimony on one of our key pieces of legislation – pay equity.

The Second Regular Session begins January 6, 2018. Before that

session begins, we will be offering other trainings on lobbying and

the importance of our Lobby Corps. To be even more effective in

our advocacy we need YOU to join us. More information on Lob-

by Corps will be coming during the summer!

2017 Equity Action Day in Jefferson City One hundred twenty citizen lobbyists gathered in Jefferson City

on Tuesday, April 4, to participate in the Missouri Women’s Net-

work Equity Action Day.

Two buses, one from St. Louis and one from Kansas City, took par-

ticipants to the capitol, where they joined other activists from all

around the state. They were trained on how to talk to their legis-

lators and given talking points for the various issues. The buses

were subsidized by funds from the AAUW MO Impact Grant.

During the day, the representatives from sixteen groups heard

Senator Jake Hummel (general legislative items), Scott Sifton and

Gina Walsh (equal pay), and Representatives Lauren Arthur

(challenges to issues), Jean Evans (marriage bill), and Cloria Brown

(human trafficking hotline poster) talk about their bills. Auditor

Nicole Galloway (the only female state wide office holder, Demo-

crat and mother of three small boys) reviewed the responsibilities

of the office.

After the presentations, the group fanned out across the capitol

to talk to their Representatives and Senators about the issues

dear to their hearts. Each of these 120 activists saw at least two

people, so we made quite an impact on the Capitol that day.

Participating groups included: AAUW, Clayton Huddle, Coalition

of Labor Union Women, Greater Kansas City Women’s Political

Caucus, League of Women Voters, Missouri National Organization

for Women (NOW), MO Women’s Network, NARAL, National

Council of Jewish Women, National Women’s Political Caucus-

Saint Louis, Planned Parenthood, The Missouri Women’s Leader-

ship Coalition, Vision 2020 Missouri and Washington University

Study Group.

College-University Partners by Deb McWard, Liaison

It’s been a busy year for some of our CU partners. There

probably has never been more for college women to engage

in than the election, inauguration, issues, marches, and

almost any dialogue the current administration comes out

with. Millennials are showing evidence of becoming involved

in the political structure more than any generation before

them.

UMKC has set the standard for student affiliate recruitment,

with Stephens College and Park University close behind. The

state now has over 201 student affiliates. The St. Louis area

schools have kept us hopping with activities. Webster Univer-

sity hosted a Work Smart workshop in April. Washington

University students organized to participate in the Women’s

March in January. The NCCWSL students who attended last

year’s conference spoke at various branch meetings. Plans

are under way to host Cocktails and Convos at UMSL and

Webster. We have our fingers crossed on a few interested

new CU members and hope to have them on board soon.

Every AAUW branch member can help in this effort by talking

to faculty and staff they encounter to get the membership

ball rolling. Personal contact with CU reps is essential to the

success of this program. I hope there will be people willing to

step up and help in this process.

Current CU members are:

Central Methodist University

Columbia College

Cottey College

Culver-Stockton College

Maryville University of St. Louis

Metropolitan Community Colleges of Kansas City

Ozarks Technical Community College

Park University

St. Louis University

St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Stephens College

University of Central Missouri

University of Missouri – Columbia

University of Missouri – Kansas City

University of Missouri – St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

Webster University

William Jewell College.

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Missouri History Day, by Betty Takahashi, Chair

The contest was held on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia on

April 29, 2017. Again this year, AAUW of Missouri presented three $100 special

prizes. The theme this year was MAKING A STAND IN HISTORY. The prizes were

given in honor of Joan Gones, longtime Cape Girardeau AAUW member and past

chair of AAUW Missouri History Day. The winners were

Junior Performance: Lily Casey, St Margaret of Scotland, St. Louis. Her per-

formance was “And the Women Rose, Too: Easter Uprising of 1916.”

Senior Performance: Kylie Harris, Carthage High School. Her performance

was “The Maiden Joan of Ark’s Stand in the 100 Years War.”

Junior Documentary: Sarah Brightman, St. Raphael the Archangel of St. Louis—”The WASPs Women to Do a Man’s Job.”

In addition to checks and certificates, the winners were given AAUW note cards and a packet of AAUW materials. The judges, pic-

tured above, clockwise, were Nicole Takahashi, Barbara Farraza, Kay Meyer, Nancy Hutchins, and Betty Takahashi.

INCENTIVE GRANT PROJECT, by Sue Shineman, Independence Branch President

The Independence Branch partnered with Blue River Community College (BRCC) in Independence for our Over-the-Top Project. We applied for the MO Incentive Grant, requesting funds to help complete a 4-step project. There were two main goals for this year: 1) Begin to develop a relationship with the staff and faculty at BRCC – with the hope of gaining new members. 2) introduce students to AAUW – who we are and what we do.

1. “Cookies & Convos” from Program in a Box. We had 7 staff members and 3 students. Patti Jackowicz, KC AAUW member and staff at Penn Valley Community College, shared how the Col-lege/University Partnership developed in KC and what the possibilities might be. She talked about a program developed by the community college and AAUW called “Women on The Move,” which includes a monthly event/program for all staff and female students.

2. All staff were invited to attend our regular branch meeting with the speaker discussing social justice and multicultural learning.

3. Our regular March meeting was held on campus with all staff and students invited. The speaker addressed human trafficking.

4. On April 4, we held an Equal Pay Day rally with nearly 40 students stopping to talk and hear AAUW’s push for pay equity.

If I were to wrap up with just the results of this 4-step outreach, I would say, “Make your plan, be flexible, don’t get discouraged, and expect the unexpected!” Were we successful? YES, we made friends, shared AAUW, and began the relationship with BRCC. The best outcome of this project was a female student who asked if they could start a student affiliate branch at the college.

But there’s so much more to this project:

I met the co-editors of a new monthly campus magazine, one of the students who attended all four of the above events. AAUW was featured in a full-page article in the second Issue of the magazine. She wants to feature more of the AAUW mis-sion and vision in future issues.

We were invited to participate in Sexual Assault Awareness Day on campus to share our research information and talk about Title IX. Title IX packets were presented to the dean of students and a counselor.

We were invited to participate in BRCC Sexual Assault Awareness Day. Nineteen students visited our table, and seven staff members stopped by to visit about AAUW and learn more about e-student affiliate membership. Two staff members volun-teered to sponsor a student affiliate group on campus. Staff members were also very interested in getting a program similar to “Women on The Move” going on their campus.

Plans are in the works to meet with several staff members and counselors this summer to make plans for a joint effort of pro-grams to be offered and to start a program for the 17 students interested in e-Student affiliate membership.

We are so excited to see what next year holds for this partnership and more Over-The-Top Opportunities!

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LEGACY CIRCLE

Two visionary AAUW members have joined the Legacy Circle this spring. Nancy Hutchins, member of Kirkwood-Webster Groves Branch and Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch, and Yvonne Morrison, Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch member, affirmed their commit-ment to women and girls by providing for AAUW in their estate plans. Because of them and many others, the work of AAUW will continue for women and girls into the future. If you would like to join them with a planned gift, go to www.aauwlegacy.org, or talk with Sue Barley, barley702@gmail.com.

LEAVES

FROM THE

BRANCHES

Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch

by Karen Francis, Past Co-President

Spring means celebrating what we did in 2016-2017 and thanking our members for their dedication to AAUW and our branch. Earlier in the spring, we continued our support of STEM through participating in the Expanding Your Horizons program and honoring our STEM Girls of Promise in Maple-wood-Richmond Heights and Valley Park School Districts.

Ballwin-Chesterfield had sixteen members attend the State Leadership Conference in Columbia, and nine members are attending the National AAUW Convention in DC.

Our retiring board members were recognized for their years of service and leadership. The highlight event of the year was our beautiful spring luncheon, AAUW-BC Blossoms, where we honored twelve outstanding members as part of our Named

Art Contest Congratulations to Susan Fenwick, a member of the Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch, whose art-work submission, Peeking Cardi-nal, was selected as one of the note card designs in the 9th annu-al AAUW art contest You should have received your packet of cards recently. Go to http://www.aauw.org/contests/. To view current and past winners, go to http://www.aauw.org/contests/. By the way, Susan won last year as well.

Nancy Hutchins, member of the Kirkwood-Webster Groves Branch and Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch, became a member of the Legacy Circle. A pin was presented to her at the St. Louis Inter Branch Council Spring Fling in March.

Sue Barley, National Legacy Circle Team member, presents Yvonne Morrison, Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch member, with the beautiful Legacy Circle pin and thanks her for helping to ensure that the work of AAUW will continue for future women and girls.

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Maryville Branch by LeDonna McIntosh, President

This spring, the Maryville branch enjoyed a variety of pro-

grams featuring local speakers and supporting local causes. It

started with an equity and diversity panel discussion by inter-

national students at Northwest Missouri State University. We

were informed and inspired by listening to the young women

talk about their backgrounds, university experiences, and

goals for the future.

Another panel discussion featured local business women rep-

resenting a variety of efforts to support themselves and their

families and to serve our community.

Lastly, the April meeting concentrated on a community effort

to provide public events that promote the arts and the revital-

ization of the downtown district of Maryville.

Ferguson-Florissant Branch

by Pat Kelemen, Co-President

We held our annual May Luncheon on May 27 at Catering to

You in Florissant. The program speaker was the Hon. Margo

McNeil, former state representative, newly elected member of

the Hazelwood School District board, and experienced educa-

tor. She spoke about issues currently facing public educa-

tion. Other events included honoring branch members who

received Named Gift honors, Century and Century Plus recogni-

tion, and 50 Year members. New and re-elected officers were

installed.

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Saint Charles Branch, by Teri Brecht, Co-President

On March 2 the St. Charles Branch AAUW honored 15 high school senior girls from eight area high schools who excel in math or science. Students, parents, and teachers attended the 23rd Annual STEM Awards and Salad Supper. Each recipient gave a short speech about her career goals, mentors, activities, and college plans. STEM Awards have been presented yearly since 1994. Recipients are selected by their teachers. Mikayla Hardy and Sarah Bathe were both featured as St. Louis Post-Dispatch Scholar Athletes from their high schools and listed the AAUW STEM Award in their academic bios.

Back Row, Math Excellence Awards: Elizabeth Buchholz, Duchesne; Karen Ye, St. Charles High; Josie Elliott, St. Charles West; Allison Hart-man, Lutheran High; Sarah Wilson, Orchard Farm; Mikayla Hardy, Francis Howell; Mackenzie Morris, Francis Howell Central; Amy Wedewer, Francis Howell North.

Front Row, Science Excellence Awards: Renate Mueller, Duchesne; Sarah Bathe, St. Charles High; Kaity Wedemeyer, St. Charles West; Emily Hall, Lutheran; Emma Speh, Orchard Farm; Macy Anderson, Francis Howell; Lavanya Kolluru, Francis Howell North.

Since 1938, AAUW St. Charles Branch has awarded scholarships to high school senior women. Chairman Rose Ann Weeks an-nounced that forty-four applications were received this spring from high school students within St. Charles County. On May 4, Mikayla Hardy, Francis Howell High School, and Mary Bollinger, Ft. Zumwalt South High School, were awarded $500 scholar-ships. Both rank at the top of their graduation classes. Mikayla also was a St. Charles AAUW STEM Math Honoree in March. Pictured are Mikayla Hardy, Francis Howell High School; Mary Bol-linger, Ft. Zumwalt South High School; Joyce Rothermich, Rose Ann Weeks, and Linda Dencker, AAUW Scholar-ship Committee mem-bers.

The Saint Louis Branch

By Carol Davis McDonald, Co-President/Communications

Along with the Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis, the St. Lou-is Branch presented another lunchtime forum. On March 30, 2017, members and guests heard a panel discuss “Pay Inequity: Root Causes.” Topics were statistics and facts about pay equi-ty issues; the impact of women of color, the stories behind the numbers; labor and union issues associated with pay equity; and Start Smart and Work Smart, the importance of negotia-tion skills for women. Kirkwood High School journalism stu-dents attended the forum. Two of them wrote an article for their school newspaper (https://spark.adobe.com/page/

B0kLgVRGgcIFT/). The panelists were

Karen Francis, moderator, is a member of the Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch and is the AAUW public policy chair.

Suzanne Gellman, financial education specialist with the University of Missouri Extension.

Dr. Malaika Horne, member of the St. Louis Branch, founding director, Executive Leadership Consortium at the UMSL, and former professor at Webster University.

Joan Suarez, coordinator for Bread and Roses Missouri, past international VP of ACTWU.

Gift Awards program. Women were nominated by peers. Those selected to be honored were: Named Gift Award: Carol Anthony, Mary Buck, Janice Buckhold, Jean Elliot, Vickie Jany, Rebecca Kaley, Sue Lancaster, and Roz Marx. Outstanding Branch Members Award: Betty Hartman and Rosann Swaringim. Lifetime Achievement Award: Julia Triplett. Presidential Service: Barbara McQuitty.

B-C will continue to have our Dollars-for-Scholars activities throughout the summer, and we look forward to our summer picnic on July 13, 2017, as we begin our 2017-2018 adventure with AAUW BC.

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2017 Missouri Outstanding Members: Karen Francis

Pat Shores

AAUW Fund Honors and Awards, 2016 (Total all funds: $47,494.58)

Top Ten Branches in Total Giving:

1. Ballwin-Chesterfield 2. Kirkwood-Webster Groves 3. St. Charles 4. Kansas City 5. Columbia 6. Independence 7. Maryville 8. Creve Coeur 9. St. Louis 10. Kansas City Northland

Top Ten Branches in Per Capital Giving: (State of Missouri per capita: $67.96)

1. Kirkwood-Webster Groves $140.42 2. St. Charles 76.51 3. Ballwin-Chesterfield 70.20 4. Maryville 59.79 5. St. Louis 55.30 6. Ferguson-Florissant 52.25 7. Columbia 46.94 8. Nevada 41.25 9. Kansas City Northland 38.34 10. Kansas City 36.56

Missouri Branches Named Gift Honorees for 2016: (*in memorium)

Ballwin-Chesterfield: Carol Anthony, Mary Buck, Janice Buckhold, Jean Elliott, Betty Hartman, Vickie Jany, Becky Kaley, Sue Lancaster, Roz Marx, Barbara McQuitty, Rosann Swaringim, Julia Triplett

Columbia: Grace Butler, June DeWeese, Katie Wallace

Ferguson-Florissant: Pamela Meyers

Independence: Sandra Ewens*, Kathy Keaton, Toni Thornton*

Kirkwood-Webster Groves: Marsha Koch, Carol Davis McDonald, Barbara Johnson, Deborah McWard, Jeanne Morrel Franklin, Margaret McKelvie*

Kansas City: Earline Bentley, Carol Cowles, Linda Daugherty, Jane Hatch, Ellen Johnson, Carrie Maidment, Judith McGunegle

Maryville: LeDonna McIntosh, Nina Schneider*

St. Charles: Bonnie Dillard, Marlene Holliday, Betty Knapp

AAUW Missouri Century Club Members, 2016: (Century Club donors give $100)

Ballwin-Chesterfield: Lorna Anderson, Marian Bauer, Bette Bude, Barbara Butchart, Carol Derington, Jean Elliott, Susan Fenwick, Judith Green, Rita Hawkins-Page, Jo Ann Hughes, Patricia Jennings, Virginia Johnson, Sandy Kalin, Joyce Katz, Eileen Krahman, Rebecca Kruse, Barbara McQuitty, Sandra Murdock, Joanne Nelson, Minnie Nelson, Fran Reiland, Nance Roth, Judith Schaefer-Piet, Linda Seibert, Arlene Spector, Judy Stagoski, Margaret Tabor, Elizabeth Theiss, Pamela Valentine, Marsha Weppelman, Mary Kay Wolfe

Columbia: Jane Biers, Pat Carlson, Marianne Fues, Sue Tillema

Creve Coeur: Deborah McWard

Ferguson-Florissant: Lillian Boly, Pamela Meyers, Dorothy Stude

Independence: Patricia Braley, Jane Campbell, Lois Dornsch, Ruth Hotle, Jan Keeler, Elizabeth Scott, Sue Shineman, Laura Vernon, Carolyn Weeks

Joplin: Teresa Massa

Kansas City: Carol Cowles, Janet Kannard, Ann Kindred, Mary Emily Kitterman, Mary Kay McPhee, Doretta Pema

Kirkwood-Webster Groves: Patricia Farrior, Helen Hays, Barbara Johnson, Marsha Koch, Mara Minarik Perry, Bruce Robert, Lynne Roney, Jeanne Webdell

Maryville: Linda Girard, Sharelle Leick, Sandra Mull

Parkville: Betty Dusing, Sandra Fogt, Debra McArthur

St. Charles: Teresa Brecht, Sharon Gill, Dorothy Hatch, Jane Hood, Judy Johnson, Alice Kniker, Pam Kulp, Susan Mollering, Barbara Olive, Warlene Reed, Janice Rumfelt, Sharon Schooler, Betty Takahashi, Rose Weeks

St. Louis: Gwendolyn Cotton, Helen Shopmaker, Margaret Weck

Century Club Plus Members, 2016: (Century Club Plus donors give $250 or more to AAUW Fund

Ballwin-Chesterfield: Susan Barley, Suzanne Couch, Karen Fran-cis, Harriett Hirschfeld, Rebecca Kaley, Yvonne Morrison, Doris Nistler, Linda Roberson, Nancy Russell, Joyce Schuetz, Linda Stark, Patricia Shores, Julia Triplett

Columbia: Diane Ludwig

Creve Coeur: Jean Srenco

Ferguson-Florissant: Shirley Breeze

Kansas City: Linda Berube, Ruth Engel, Ellen Johnson, Margaret Shouse

Kirkwood-Webster Groves: Carol Davis McDonald, Julia Muller, Jane Robert, Maurita Stueck

St. Louis: Sue Barley, Carol Davis McDonald

AAUW OF MISSOURI AWARDS

AAUW MO State Board for 2016-2017

Spring 2017

AAUW and AAUW Missouri Calendar of Upcoming Events

2017

May 31-June 3 NCCWSL June 14-17 National Convention, Washington DC June 23 Celebrating 45th Anniversary of Title IX June 30 AAUW Fiscal Year Ends 2016-2017 Officer Reports Due to AAUW and AAUW MO July 1 New Branch and State Officers Assume Duties Report Changes to National (Member Services Database) July 15 AAUW MO board meeting July 31 Marion Talbot’s Birthday August 26 Women’s Equality Day

“AAUW–Empowering Women Since 1881"

The AAUW MO Newsletter

Newsletter Items Desired:

Branch news items, announcements, and photographs are welcome. Please submit items and/or corrections to Jan Scott, state president, and/or Carol Davis McDonald, newsletter editor.

Remember to send a copy of your branch newsletter to the following:

1) State Historian, Jane Biers at biersj@missouri.edu,

2) Webmanager, Joyce Katz at joyka234@aol.com,

3) and State President, Jan Scott at jan@athenalibrary.com.

Branch newsletters are now shared across the state on our state website, aauwmo.org (see "branches" then "branch locator"). Missouri in Motion issues are always available for download from the website. Advise Joyce Katz of additions or corrections to the website at joyka234@aol.com.

Please send address and email changes to national headquar-ters at: AAUW Records Office, 1310 L St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005, OR make changes online at http://www.aauw.org/ click on ‘Member Services’ then on ‘Member Services Database.’

American Association of University Women of Missouri www.aauwmo.org

c/o Jan Scott, State President 7850 Adkins Ave., St. Louis, MO 63123-7765

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Jan Scott Nicky Stanke Sue Shineman Doris Nistler

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Finance Officer Immediate Past President AAUW Funds Strategic Plan Monitors College-University Relations

Ellen Johnson Diane Ludwig Julie Triplett Jan Scott and Deb McWard

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