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Edmonds SnoKing BranchFebruary, 2017 newsletterVisit us on the Web at esk-wa.aauw.netEmail us at [email protected]
CalendarIn February our branchmeeting will feature thescreening of a film, TheHunting Ground. Thisevent, and the subsequent
follow-up discussion, are open to AAUWmembers, EdCC students, and the public.Wednesday, February 22, 11:30 am to 2:30pm. Film screening in the Black Box Theaterat EdCC.Thursday, February 23, noon to 1 pm.Follow-up student discussion of the film inMountlake Terrace Hall, room 106. (Seecampus map)A parking permit is included in thisnewsletter. With this permit you can park inany lot on campus.Other February events and programs:● Saturday, February 11, 11:30 a.m. New
Member Lunch, Stella’s Landing socialroom.
●Wednesday, February 15, 1 p.m.Diversity Book Group, at the home ofHelen Behan. Read a book of yourchoosing and plan to discuss it. For moreinformation, contact Helen Behan.
● Friday, February 17, 10 a.m., Coffee andConversation, at Café Louvre, 210 5th
Avenue South, Edmonds. Sponsored by theMembership Team.
●Monday, February 27, 12:30 pm. BridgeGroup at the home of Unni Herne.
From Your Co-PresidentsIt seems like 2017 has just begun and now it's almostValentine's Day! Many thanks to Barbara Bailey andher Membership Team for welcoming our newmembers: Shirley Buono, Annamarie Lavieri, MaryAdele Hornish, Marilyn Zimmerman, Edith Moubray,and Sandra Ripley Distelhorst.
We’ve been working on finding a nominee for BranchPresident for the next term.If you have some ideas about what might make thisposition easier to take on, or have some words ofadvice for the Nominating Committee, we wouldgreatly appreciate it. Providing ideas does not meanyou have to take on the role! Please send your ideas toeither Anne Penny, [email protected], orNadine McCray, [email protected] don’t want to be leaderless next year. We’ve gotgreat momentum and this is a time when AAUWneeds its voice to be heard--that includes you.Our Branch meeting in February will be differentfrom the typical meeting. It will be held at the BlackBox Theater and will feature a film called TheHunting Ground. (See Calendar at left for details.)AAUW strongly supports this documentary film andwe encourage you to attend. This is a two-part event,with the film screening on February 22 and a follow-up student discussion on February 23.This newsletter contains the registration form for ourMarch luncheon and fundraiser. Be sure to get thismailed as soon as possible to reserve places foryourself and your friends.
Anne Penny and Nadine McCray
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Notes from the BoardThe Board welcomed Kendall Shawhan, our new AAUWrepresentative from Shoreline CC. Kendall is program manager forthe Office of Advancement and Foundation. She hopes to attendBoard meetings. Knowing that Kendall has experience withfundraising, Phyllis Keiley Tyler invited an on-the-spot discussionwith Board members and Kendall about new ideas for fund raising.
A main problem is that our members are funding different activities out of pocket. How elsecan we raise money? Kendall hopes to discuss ideas with our Philanthropy Team in the future.The New Member Lunch will be on Saturday, February 11, 11:30 am, at the Stella's Landingsocial room. Treasurer Linda Canney presented the budget report, and she has updated theBranch financial reports on our website.Sue Renhard and Debby Smith are working with Mary Ross to update the application form forour high school scholarship, as well as the form for the Scholar Recognition event. (NOTE: theupdated scholarship forms are now on our website.)
Branch Programs, March to June●Saturday, March 11, noon to 3 p.m. Spring Luncheon andFundraiser. Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood. Chico's atAlderwood will present a fashion show with clothes modeled bysome of our members. The fashion theme is "Day to Night," howto take an outfit from daytime to evening wear. (Registration formis in this newsletter.)There will also be a raffle for our fabulous themed baskets.This winds down our fundraising this year and we are hoping foryour support in making it a successful day.
● Saturday, April 8, 10 a.m. to noon. Branch meeting and annual meeting, election ofofficers. Edmonds Community College, Snohomish Hall, Room 338. Our guest is SumanJaiprakash, speaking about and demonstrating traditional East Indian dress.
● Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. to noon. Branch meeting, EdCC Snohomish Hall, Room 338.STEM Scholar Recognition. We honor outstanding junior girls in Edmonds high schools.Our guest presenters will be from Days for Girls International. The mission of Days forGirls is to provide women and girls throughout the world with access to hygienic sanitarysupplies so that menstrual periods do not cause them to miss work or school.
● Saturday, June 10, 10 a.m. to noon. Branch meeting. Edmonds Community College,Snohomish Hall, Room 338. Installation of officers and year-end team reports.
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Marilyn is a lifetimemember of Girl Scoutingand has an extensivecareer in managementwith the Girl Scouts. Infact, she joined AAUWin 1993 after returningfrom a Girl ScoutCouncil CEO Nationalmeeting where there wasa panel presentation onGender Equity inEducation. AAUW
members were on the panel and presented theirrecently released research on that topic. She remainsan AAUW member because she thinks "there is stillmore work to be done to ensure equality for allwomen and girls."She holds a B.A. in Sociology from Carthage Collegein Kenosha, WI, and certificates in Non-ProfitManagement from Case Western Reserve Universityand Girl Scouts of the USA.She had an extensive career in non-profit manage-ment, with an emphasis on girls' and women’s issues.Her professional career in Girl Scouting spanned morethan 28 years. She served as Executive Director(CEO) of Girl Scouts Audubon Council in BatonRouge, Louisiana; Executive Director (CEO) for GirlScouts – Chipeta Council in Grand Junction, CO;Membership Development Director for North AtlanticGirl Scouts in Heidelberg, Germany; ProgramDirector and Membership staff at Girl Scouts –Spanish Trails Council, Montclair, CA; and asProgram Director and Membership staff at Girl Scouts– Trailways Council in Joliet, IL. She is the recipientof the Thanks Badge II, the highest adult recognitionin Girl Scouting.Marilyn has been a member of AAUW branches inmany parts of the U.S.: Grand Junction (CO)--whereshe was president of the branch, Baton Rouge (LA)and Riverside (CA). She served as President ofAAUW Colorado from 2014 to 2016. She has alsoserved as the Colorado AAUW Funds Director and isan AAUW Trainer and Start Smart/Work Smartfacilitator.
Marilyn's daughter, Leslie, lives in Mountlake Terraceand she has a granddaughter Krista who lives here aswell. Her grandson Robert in Colorado with his wifeBrynne. She moved to Edmonds in late September tolive closer to her daughter and she says that she isenjoying getting to know the area better.
Time to celebrate our six new members!Shirley Buono, Annamarie Lavieri, Mary AnnHornish, Marilyn Zimmerman, EdithMoubray, and Sandra Ripley Distelhorst.Our annual New Member Lunch will be:
Saturday, February 11, 11:30 a.m.At the Stella’s Landing Condo social room(404 3rd Avenue in Edmonds, where WalnutStreet ends at 3rd Avenue. Look for signsdirecting you to the social room.)If you plan to attend, RSVP to Shirley Buono,(425-678-8889 or [email protected].)Not-so-new members, can you help bybringing food items for the potluck lunch? LetBarb Bailey or Shirley know what you arebringing, so food can be coordinated.Branch Board members will introducethemselves and talk about their branchresponsibilities and/or the work of theirteams. Our new members will be encouragedto join a team. (You can find a list of teams onour website.)And we’ll need some volunteers to help withclean-up after the lunch.
Barbara Bailey
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The women’s marches inWashington D.C. and inSeattle drew hundreds ofthousands of participantsfrom all over the U.S.AAUW members fromWashington state wereamong those whomarched in both places.
On January 30, Lobby Day, Washington state AAUWPresident Judith Prince will share specific bills that allAAUW members can support. The four basiccategories of AAUW Washington State Public Policyare:
● Provide ample funding for basic education withina public education system that promotes post-secondary access.
● Protect access to and improve comprehensivereproductive health care.
● Promote economic security and gender equity inthe workplace.
● Protect women and girls from violence.Helen Behan
Application of Title IX to Sex-basedHarassment
"In order to best perform academically and to haveequal access to all aspects of a recipient's educationalprogress and activities, students must not be subjectedto unlawful harassment, either in the classroom orwhile participating in other education programs andactivities."Title IX prohibits several types of sex-basedharassment:● Unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature - sexual
advances, requests for sexual favors, and otherverbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexualnature.
● Violence can be a form of sexual harassment -physical sexual acts forced against a person’s will,or where a person is incapable of giving consent.(rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexualcoercion)
● Gender-based harassment - unwelcome conductbased on an individual's actual or perceived sex,
including harassment based on nonconformitywith sex stereotypes.
Harassing conduct may take many forms: namecalling; non-verbal behavior; graphic and writtenstatements; and conduct that is physically threatening,harmful, or humiliating
The Title IX sexdiscrimination prohibitionextends to claims ofdiscrimination based ongender identity, or failure toconform to stereotypicalnotions of masculinity or
femininity. Allegations of gender-based harassmentof LGBTQ students must be investigated using thesame procedures and standards that it uses in allcomplaints involving sex-based harassment.
The Title IX Coordinator's job involves all of thefollowing:● Assist in training provided to students, the school
community and employees, as to what constitutessexual and gender-based harassment and how torespond appropriately.
● Develop appropriate methods to survey campusclimate, attitude of school cultures, and determinewhether harassment, or other problematic behavioris occurring and how these conditions can beremedied.
● Have knowledge of all Title IX reports andcomplaints, so coordinator can evaluateconfidentiality requests in context of providing asafe, nondiscriminatory environment.
● Coordinate record keeping, identify students oremployees who have multiple complaints filedagainst them, or have been repeated targets, andmake school officials aware of these patterns asappropriate.
● Recommend as necessary, increased measures ofmonitoring, supervision, or security at locations oractivities where harassment has occurred.
● Regularly review the effectiveness to insure theinstitution is free from sexual and gender-basedharassment and recommend proactive steps tocomply with Title IX and protect the schoolcommunity.
Phyllis Keiley Tyler
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On Saturday, January 21, AAUW had an officialdelegation to the Women’s March on WashingtonD.C. and individual AAUW members marched inmany states. Why did AAUW sanction the march?
● The gender pay gap won’t close until 2152.● More than 22 million working women don’t have
paid sick days.● Men and women are unequal under the
Constitution.● One in five women are targets of sexual assault.
Here in the Seattle area, there were estimates that 120-150,000 people marched from the assembly point inJudkins Park to Seattle Center (a distance of 3.7miles). The march was completely peaceful and therewere many families marching with small children.
The entire day was an energizing and movingexperience for us. Anne Penny and I rode on a charterbus from the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church.Accompanying us were Anne’s daughter Meredithand Meredith’s friends Sarah and Megan. Here aresome photos of what we experienced that day.
Mary Ross
Anne with Meredith, Sarah, and Megan.
Pink knitted hats were worn by many marchers.
The signs reflected the diverse opinions of themarchers.
SPRING FUNDRAISER FOR SCHOLARSHIPS and BRANCH PROJECTS Saturday, March 11, 2017
Trinity Lutheran Church – 6215 196th SW, Lynnwood
Doors open Noon Fashion Show 12:30 -1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Raffle 2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
ENJOY Fashion Show by Chico’s at Alderwood BROWSE Themed Baskets
BUY Raffle Tickets for the Baskets
Tickets: $30 per person ― Open to members, friends, and guests
Mail check with registration form to: Jan Holsbo 655 Main Street, #304
Edmonds, WA 98020
(Make checks payable to AAUW Edmonds SnoKing Branch)
****************Registration deadline is Friday, March 3.**************** Registration form can also be found on website: esk-wa.aauw.net/calendar/2016-2017
Your name: __________________________ Guest: ____________________________ Guest: _____________________________ Guest: ____________________________ Total registration amount: $ ________________ ($30 per person) Special needs diet available: Vegetarian (#) ______ Sorry, I cannot make the event but here is my donation: _________________
1.Lynnwood Hall 2.Alderwood Hall
3.Snohomish Hall 4. Mukilteo Hall 5. Center for Families 6. Woodway 7. Mill Creek Hall 8. Meadowdale Hall 9. Mountlake Terrace Hall 10. Brier Hall 11. Relocatable Buildings (Security) 12. Snoqualmie Hall 13. Duplex Build-ings 14. Seaview Gym 15. Rainier Place 16. Batting Cage 17. Horticulture Buildings
(Please detach map for your convenience. Place the Visitor Permit on your dashboard, face up.) Edmonds Community College
EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Visitor Parking Permit
AUTHORIZED BY: Campus Safety and Security
PLEASE PLACE THIS VISITOR PERMIT ON YOUR DASHBOARD, FACE UP
Please do not block vehicles or roadways. TO REACH SECURITY, PLEASE CALL:
425.640.1501 OR 425.754.0154
Driving directions coming from the north: (from Everett and Vancouver, B.C.) 1.Take I-5 South. 2. Take Exit 181 Lynnwood/196th St. SW. 3. Merge onto 196th St. 4. Proceed west for about 2 miles, cross Highway 99. 5. Turn left on 68th St. 6. Take a right into the 204th St. entrance, Lot K is the second right lot after entering. Driving directions coming from the south: (from Seattle and Tacoma) 1. Take I-5 North. 2. Take Exit 181 Lynnwood/ 44th Ave. W. 3. Turn left onto 44th Ave. W. 4. At the first light make a left onto 200th St. SW. 5. Proceed West onto 200th St. for about 2 miles, cross Highway 99. 6. Turn left onto 68th St. 7. At the 204th St. intersection, take a right. Lot K is the second right lot after entering. * This permit allows the bearer to park in staff, visitor, and student spaces only.
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