Event Schedule

AAUW-MPB GENERAL MEETINGS
2024-2025

September
Date: Saturday, September 21
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Monterey Center for Spiritual Living,400 W. Franklin Street, Monterey		 Topic: Pros and Cons of CA Propositions on
the November Ballot
Speakers: from the League of Women Voters
Open to members and their guests 
October
Date: Saturday, October 18 Tech Trek Fundraiser
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Place: Home of Maureen Vieth		 Tech Trek Fundraiser

Open to members and their guests
RSVP to Fatima Dias by October 15 (mafadimo@yahoo.com)
November
Date: Saturday, November 9: Escape Rooms
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Monterey Center for Spiritual Living, 400 W. Franklin Street, Monterey		 Escape Rooms

Speaker: Christina Riddoch, Entrepreneur
Open to members and their guests by RSVP
December
Date: December 2024 Branch Holiday Party
Place: Home of Pat Fletcher, Monterey  		 Branch Holiday Party

Open to Members and their guests by
RSVP
January
Date: Saturday, January 18:  The Demise Of Fundamental Rights Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Monterey Center for Spiritual Living
400 W. Franklin Street, Monterey		 The Demise Of Fundamental Rights

Open to members and their guests
Speaker: Mickey Walsh, Esq.

RSVP
February
Date: Saturday, February 22
Time: 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Place: Salinas Airport 
The Flying Artichoke, Salinas 		 IBC Luncheon
Speaker: Steven Pifer (former Ambassador to Ukraine)
Open to members and their guests- Requires advance ticket purchase
March
Date: Saturday, March 22
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Place: Montage Wellness Center Conference Room
2920 2nd Ave., Marina. Take 1 North to Imjin Rd exit.		 AAUW Fundraiser, featuring an AAUW grant recipient

Speaker: Among the national 2024 AAUW Fund Fellows and Grant Recipients, our speaker Adamaka Ajaelo stood out to me by her professional video and her impressive achievements. She is the founder and executive director of Self-eStEM, a non-profit organization in Oakland, providing early STEM immersion training to BIPOC girls, following a multi-faceted learning model to reinforce their STEM identities. You can watch her and other AAUW Fund recipients’ introductory videos on the AAUW-CA website at https://www.aauw-ca.org/aauw-2024-fund-fellows-and-grant-recipients/
Open to members and their guests
RSVP to gsimbriwilli@aol.com by March 20.
April
Date: Saturday, April 12
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Monterey Center for Spiritual Living,
400 W. Franklin Street, Monterey 		 Media Literacy- Misinformation

Speaker: Susan Meister
Learn how and why our speaker, Susan Meister, a former journalist, created the Monterey County Media Literacy Coalition to educate local students to identify fake information. She and her colleague, Mark Gomez, a long-time educator, will share tips on how you can become more media literate.
Open to members and their guests
RSVP by April 7 to Joanne Webster at jwebster2717@gmail.com or at (831) 595-5600
May
Date: May
Time: TBD
Place:  TBD   		 May Annual Branch Meeting

Open to members and their guests
RSVP
June
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2 pm – 4 pm
Place: Casa Serrano, 412 Pacific Street, Monterey.		 Local Scholarship Fundraiser
Open to members and their guests
Speakers: Scholarship Recipients
RSVP