AAUW-MPB GENERAL MEETINGS
2023-2024
| June 2024 Date: Sunday, June 9 Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM Place: Casa Serrano, 412 Pacific St, Monterey 93940
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Annual Fundraiser to Meet Our 2024 Local Scholarship Recipients
Join us to meet and hear from some of the scholarship recipients about their remarkable achievements and future career endeavors. Learn how your donations have made a meaningful impact. Appetizers and beverages will be served. Contact: Maggie Pedersen, maggiep52@hotmail.com |
| May 2024 Date: Thursday, May 16 Time: 3:30 to 5:30 PM Place: Home of Maureen Vieth For address check directory or contact Fatima Dias.
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Branch Social and Annual Meeting
Join us for a fun get-together with other members for lively discussions and friendship. Appetizers and beverages will be served. A short business meeting will be held to elect new Board officers for the 2025-2026 term. Contact: Fatima Dias, mafadimo@yahoo.com |
| April 2024 Date: Saturday, April 13 Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM Place: Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific St, Monterey 93940
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Aaron Gilmartin, interpreter of the Monterey State Historic Park, will speak about the history of Monterey under Spanish, Mexican, and US military rule and the history of our historic adobes.
Jane Smiley, award winning novelist of Dangerous Business, will add her perspective of women’s challenges during this period. She will be available for book signing. Contact: Deborah Stern, deborahstern1@gmail.com |
| March 2024 Date: Saturday, March 16 Time: 11:30 AM- 1:30 PM, Pot Luck Place: Community Room, Pebble Beach Community Services District |
The Impact of Female Labor Force Participation on Extreme Poverty: Exploring Afghanistan’s Political and Economic Contexts (Post-August 2021)Meet one of the 2023-2024 AAUW Fund fellowship and grant recipients, Adiba Juya. Ms. Juya is pursuing a Masters degree at the Middlebury Institute of Study in Monterey.
Contact: Gabriele Simbriger-Williams gsimbriwilli@aol.com |
| February 2024 Date: Saturday, February 24 Time: 11AM to 1PM Place: Seascape Golf Club, 610 Clubhouse Drive, Aptos |
California Women are Essential Join us for our annual Interbranch Council meeting with the Santa Cruz County Branch. Our speaker is Holly Martinez, Exec Director, CA Commission on the Status of Women & Girls. Hear about policy solutions focusing on women as pivotal forces in industry and essential contributors to the workforce.Reservations are required: $40/person Deadline: February 14, 2024Online reservations: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aauw-scc-and-aauw-mcb-inter-branch-council-2024-luncheon-tickets-642556121657?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Or mail check payable to AAUW-Monterey Peninsula Branch along with registration form here. Mail both to P. O. Box 1786, Monterey, CA 93942. Questions: Contact Joanne Webster at jwebster2717@gmail.com or Fatima Dias at mafadimo@yahoo.com |
| January 2024 Date: Saturday, January 20 Time: 2 to 4PM Place: Monterey Center for Spiritual Living |
Women in Professional Music Careers Speaker: Nicola Reilly, President & CEO, Monterey SymphonyContact: Shelley Kroopf, skishelley@hotmail.com |
| December 2023 Date: Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023 Time: 3:00 – 5:00 PM Place: Home of Pat Fletcher, 6 Overlook Place, Monterey |
Annual Holiday Party Join us to celebrate the season. Potluck (appetizers and desserts) and a fun social outing.Contact: Pat Fletcher at pfletcher02@gmail.com |
| November 2023 Date: Saturday, November 4, Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Place: Center for Spiritual Living, 400 W. Franklin, Monterey |
There’s No Place Like Home A panel of experts will discuss current status, recent progress, and future plans for providing housing for homeless residents in the County.Contact: Sharon Armbrust at Sharon.armbrust@gmail.com |
| October 2023 Date: Saturday, October 21 Time: 2:00 – 4:00 PM Place: home of Nancy Edwards, 368 Calle de Los Amigos, Pacific Grove |
WHAT IS STEM? For AAUW Tech Trek, STEM means Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math! Join us on Saturday, October 21, to hear directly from the girls whom we sponsored for the 2023 Tech Trek camp. Contact: Karen Hall at rolygog@sbcglobal.net. |
| September 2023 Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023 Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific St., Monterey |
WATER: ENTITLEMENT OR RIGHT IN MONTEREY COUNTY? Dr. Carol Lynn McKibben has been teaching courses in California history, urban history and Immigration history for the Department of History and Urban Studies at Stanford University since 2006. She will discuss her latest book project: Water Politics in an Age of Drought on the Central Coast of California |
| August 2023 Saturday, August 26, 2023 Time: Noon to 2:00 PM Location: Oak Newton Park, 500 Newton Street, Monterey |
ANNUAL PICNIC Open to members and their guests. Please join us to share good company and good food. Contact: Deborah Stern deborahstern1@gmail.com |
| June 2023 Sunday, June 11, 2023 Time: 3 – 5 PM Location: Casa Serrano, 412 Pacific St., Monterey |
MEET OUR LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Join us at our annual fundraiser to recognize some of our scholarship recipients. Help us celebrate the Local Scholarship Program. Contact: Maggie Pedersen |
| May 2023 Thursday, May 11, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Location: Home of Maureen Vieth |
ANNUAL MEETING AND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Join us to celebrate the Branch’s 95th anniversary at the home of Maureen Vieth. A brief business meeting will take place at the start of the event. This is an opportunity to celebrate us with other members and guests. Beverages and appetizers will be provided. Contact: Joanne Webster |
| April 2023 Saturday, April 22, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Monterey Public Library Community Room, 625 Pacific Street |
MEET THE CSUMB PRESIDENT
Dr. Vanya Quin᷈ones, President of CSUMB will speak about her background, her goals for CSUMB and the STEM courses available for women at CSUMB.She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in cell biology at the University of Puerto Rico. Her doctorate degree in neurobiology and physiology is from Rutgers University.Please RSVP to Chris Parmentier by April 15 at |
| March 2023 Saturday, March 25, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Monterey Center for Spiritual Living, 400 W. Franklin Street, Monterey |
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT COMES TO LIFE
Teresa Del Piero, acclaimed local actress, will debut her performance as Eleanor Roosevelt, presented in celebration of Women’s History Month. This dramatic presentation will touch on her relationship with her daughter Anna, her insights on women in politics, the Depression, World War II, her work for civil rights and her lessons from life that she shared with the world. There is a suggested donation of $10 to attend but none will be turned away. Please RSVP to Deborah Stern by March 18 at |
| February 2023 Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Location: Bayonet Black Horse Golf Club, 1 McClure Way, Seaside |
FEBRUARY INTER-BRANCH COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE SANTA CRUZ AAWU BRANCH
The Honorable Zoe Lofgren, US House of Representatives Click on this link for the registration form. Registration deadline is February 15, 2023. Contact: Marilyn Erickson, |
| Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023 2:00 – 3:00 PM By Zoom |
JANUARY GENERAL MEETING: MEET ONE OF THE AAUW GRANT/FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
An AAUW Fellowship recipient speaks on her research on forced change for women in Soviet Tajikistan. A professor from MIIS speaks on her native Kyrgyzstan. Contact: Gabrielle Simbriger-Williams, gsimbriwilli@aol.com |