January 2009
Restaurant Dinner Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Victoria Morrow
Title: President, Skyline College
Topic: Women’s Current Issues in Higher Education
Note: Dr. Morrow has instituted programs to address women’s issues and minority issues in community college. Following her presentation, there will be a discussion in which you can share your ideas.
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 6 PM to 9 PM
Terrace Cafe at El Rancho Inn, 1100 El Camino Real, Millbrae, CA
Chair: Meg Finones
Dr. Victoria Morrow, President, Skyline College at the Restaurant Dinner Meeting
Attendees at the Restaurant Dinner Meeting
February 2009
Educational Foundation Luncheon
Speaker: Patience Tusingwire, International EF Fellow from Uganda at UCSF
Topic: International Trade and Human Rights
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 12 PM to 3 PM
Place: Home of Sue Argeris
Chair: Phebe Sandberg
March 2009
Women’s Month and Book Sale
Speaker: Erica Wildy, Senior Science Educator, California Academy of Sciences
Topic: “New California Academy of Sciences”
Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 7 PM to 9 PM
Place: Millbrae Library
Chair: Gerry Silberstein
“The World is Warming”
by Ida J. Lewenstein
The dye is cast,
The experts say.
The world is warming
Day by Day.
We’ve ignored the warnings.
It’s quite alarming.
Polar ice is melting.
Penguins are starving.
Polar bears are losing
Their hunting ground.
The seas are rising
All around.
Precious time
We’ve frittered away.
Now the piper
We must pay.
No time to waste.
We must act soon.
How long can we ignore
The ELEPHANT In the room?
“Those Little Green Men from Mars”
by Ida J. Lewenstein
One day, some little green men
From Planet Mars
Were tooling around
Among the stars.
They were looking and listening,
As we do here,
For signs of life
In the OUTER atmosphere.
Then all of a sudden,
There came a faint sound
That seemed to be coming
From down here on the ground.
They jacked up their antennas
And were able to hear
Proud young voices
Singing loud and clear.
Said one, “Let’s go down
And check this out.
Let’s see for ourselves
What they’re singing about.”
So they revved up their motor,
Cut a path through the stars,
Sped like a comet down
To this land of ours.
They hovered above
Vast carpets of green,
Eyeing things no Martian
Had ever seen.
For up there on Mars,
That great red ball,
There is nothing but rocks,
No green at all.
But here as they crossed those majestic peaks,
Peered down at the amber waves of grain.
They remembered those proud young voices
Singing that stirring refrain.
“America, America,
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.”
And they wondered out loud,
As they continued to roam,
What on earth would they say
When they get home?
As their thoughts turned to Mars
And that rock-strewn terrain,
They knew going home
Would NEVER be the same.
“Consider the Litter”
by Ida J. Lewenstein
Consider the litter we so willingly disown.
It keeps on growing with a life of its own.
It’s out there! It’s down there!
It’s around every turn.
We neglect it! We reject it!
It’s not our concern.
It slips from our fingers and on to the street,
But we keep on walking—never missing a beat.
The wrapper—the bag—
The styrofoam cup—
We expect some do-gooder
Will soon pick it up!
It’s curious that we humans
With out superior brain,
Act in ways that are hard to explain.
But deep in the jungle and way out of sight,
There’s a group of monkeys
That do things just right.
They know a good way to keep their place clean,
And under their tree leave no messy scene.
You see they’re the sort that eat all of their meal.
They enjoy the banana and also the peel.
I think from these monkeys
We can all take our cue
And eat our snack food
As these bright creatures do.
Oh, how I wish
For an edible dish
And an edible can and cup.
Oh, what a treat
To walk down the street
And find no trash
To pick up!
April 2009
International Relations Meeting
Speaker: Jennifer Smith Grubb, Environmental Consultant
Title: Past Chair of Board of Directors, Sustainable Silicon Valley
Topic: Global Environmental Sustainability and Best Practices
Note: Jennifer Smith Grubb is the daughter of Gloria Smith.
Date: Monday, April 27, 2009 3 PM to 5 PM
Place: Magnolia of Millbrae, 201 Chadbourne Ave. (off Millbrae Ave), Millbrae, CA
Chair: Dorothy Robbins
May 2009
Installation Luncheon
Speaker: Sister Marilyn Lacey, RSM, Mercy Beyond Borders
Performance: Recorders Group
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009 12 PM to 3 PM
Place: Terrace Cafe at El Rancho Inn, 1100 El Camino Real, Millbrae, CA
Chairs: Program Committee
June 2009
Joint Board Meeting
Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 5 PM
Place: Home of Sue Argeris
Chairs: Board Presidents
September 2009
Homecoming Ice-Cream Social
New Member Orientation
Topic: A Tech Trek girl shared her Science Camp experiences.
Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Place: Magnolia of Millbrae Patio, 201 Chadbourne Ave (off Millbrae Ave), Millbrae
Chairs: Carolyn Mason and Ami Seebode
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- Our 2009 Tech Trek camper at Stanford University speaks about what she learned about bats.
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- North Peninsula AAUW members enjoy an ice cream social at the Magnolia as they learn about the year’s coming programs.
October 2009
Public Policy
Speaker: Peter V. Lee, J.D.
Title: Executive Director, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health
Topic: Health Reform: What It is and Why Care
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 7 PM to 9 PM
Place: Checuti Room, Millbrae Library, 1 Library Place
Chair: Margaret Ellis
December
Holiday Party
Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 1 PM to 3:30 PM
Place: Franciscan Mobile Home Park Clubhouse, Daly City
Food: Tea Buffet
Auction: to support Tech Trek
Performance: Recorders Group
Auctioneer: Catherine Wilkinson
Chair: Carolyn Mason and Ami Seebode
North Peninsula AAUW Holiday Party, featuring a diversity of edibles
and many lovely articles to be auctioned to support two Tech Trek girls.