AAUW emphases are: to enable college women to continue their own intellectual growth, to further the advancement of women, and, through community involvement, help to improve the society in which we live.

AAUW promotes equity for all women and girls, life-long education and positive societal change.

The AAUW Educational Foundation provides funds to advance education, research and self-development for women and to foster equity and positive societal change.

The AAUW’s Legal Advocacy Fund provides funding and a support system for women seeking judicial redress for sexual discrimination.

*Elected in even years; others elected in odd years.

Nominating Committee:

TBA

Task Force Coordinators

Committee Coordinators

Gainesville branch members pay $67 per year: $45 to National, $10 to State, and $12 to the branch. Checks should be made payable to AAUW and forwarded to the Finance Director [treasurer]. Dues are due at the April annual meeting. Dues must be paid by July 1 to have one’s name in the yearbook.

Finance Director: Emily King
2049 NW 9th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32603
352-378-9298

For more other membership information contact:

Jackie Davison
3988 NW 23rd Circle
Gainesville, FL 32605
352-336-3591
Email Jackie
ladavison@msn.com

or

Miriam Mathis
1642 NW 14th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32605-4079
352-372-4855

September 8 (Saturday) 10:00:noon Branch Meeting:
10 a.m., with refreshments and socializing.
Program at 10:30, with business meeting to follow.
Place: D'Acosta House, 703 NE 1st St., home of the
Alachua County Housing Authority. Parking is available on the
adjacent lot and on the street.
Speaker: Elizabeth Anne Yeager, Ph.D., Professor,
Social Studies Education, University of Florida, Issues and Challenges in Civic Education (the new legislative mandate to teach civics, Senator Graham involvement and initiatives, her work with him, and her research and teaching in the area of civic education).

October 13 (Saturday) 10:00-noon. Branch Meeting.
        Topic: Global Warming and the Coal-Fired Plant, with speaker  Pam Carpenter, Supervisor of Elections.   Topic: Women in Politics and the Early Florida Primary.
           Meeting to be held at the D'Acosta House, 703 NE 1st Street
        (Alachua County  Housing Authority meeting room).       

October 18 (Thursday) 9:00-1:00  United Nations Day Conference and Luncheon. Gainesville Woman's Club, 2809 W. University
        Avenue. This year's topic: COMBAT HIV/AIDS and OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

9:30 a.m. PANEL DISCUSSION

Alba Amaya Burns, M.D. : „The Current Status & Strategies to Halt HIV/AIDS, Malaria & TB in Central America

Teresa Parker: HIV/AIDS: The First 25 Years

Keith Stone, M.D. : Sierra Leone :The Human Tragedy

November 10 (Saturday)11:30-2:00         Interbranch Meeting with Ocala.
        Carol Newnam, immediate past president of the Florida AAUW witll speak on "Change." Meet at the Red Lobster, West Newberry Rd., northeast side of the intersection with I 75. Dutch treat lunch, order from the menu. Coordinator: June Littler, 352-371-6944.
        
December 2 (Sunday) 3:00-5:00 p.m. The Red Stocking Tea.
        Our annual event to benefit the AAUW Educational Foundation. At the home of Miriam Mathis, 1643 NW 14th Ave. Speaker: Judith Russell, Dean, University of Florida Libraries, former superintendent of documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.
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January 12 (Saturday) 10:00-noon. Branch Meeting.
        Topic: "The Cotton Club" . Our guest  speaker will be Vivian Filer.
              Meeting to be held at the D'Acosta House, 703 NE 1st Street
        (Alachua County  Housing Authority meeting room).       

February 9 (Saturday) 10:00-noon. Branch Meeting.
        Speaker: Sue Dudley, "The Politics of the Environment"

              Meeting to be held at the D'Acosta House, 703 NE 1st Street
        (Alachua County  Housing Authority meeting room).       

March 8  (Saturday) 10:00-noon. Branch Meeting and nominations for  branch officers.
Nominating Committee report, Legal Advocacy program.
Speaker: NKwanda Jah.
Location: Millhopper Branch Library        
Topic: What Makes a Good Gender-discrimination Case?
        Paula Stahmer will moderate a panel of distinguished partipants on this
        ever present topic. Remember, you or a friend could be the next person
        who needs this information.
         (Includes a Continental breakfast.)

March18-20 (Sunday-Tuesday)  Lobby Days, Tallahassee.

April 12 (Saturday) 11:30-1:30. Annual Luncheon and Elections
Location:
         Topic:         

April 25-27  (Friday-Sunday) Florida AAUW Convention,
        Daytona Beach

May 10 (Saturday) 11:30-2:00.
Location:.
Annual Pot-Luck Picnic, installation of
        new officers, business meeting, and, let's hope, auction.
       


Please watch CHIMES  for announcements of Board Meetings,
open to all members.