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Message from the Co-PresidentTime is definitely going by fast. March is almost over and here comes spring.Spring is the time when plants start blooming again and it is also the time ofnew beginnings. So I personally started a new initiative called STEM Santa Fe.It is a new non-profit focused on STEM out-of-school activities and mainlymentoring youth to enter STEM competitions. So be careful when you see meand ask about STEM Santa Fe. I can talk for an hour non-stop about all myvision for this initiative. Of course I got my inspiration working as the STEMChair for our branch and organizing Careers & Curiosity in Math and Scienceand Expanding your horizons conferences.  Anyone interested in taking overthe STEM Chair position? Please connect with me if you are interested.   I want to draw your attention to our one and only Annual Business Meeting onMay 11. This is an important meeting and we need as many members aspossible to show up.  Consider coming to the tour of the Santa Fe Institute at10:30, or just come straight to the meeting at 11:30. We will vote on the newslate of officers and on the updated bylaws. Yep, we need to update our bylawsand the slate of officers to be elected is based on these new bylaws. A draft isin the works and we will be sending you a final draft to review beforehand.   Our slate of officers nominated for 2016-2018 is: Sandra Bradley – Finance officer Maxine Davenport – Secretary Jeanne Patrick – AAUW Funds Chair

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Judy Kares  – AAUW-UNM Scholarship Endowment Chair   See you April 16 and May 11 hopefully!

Lina Germann AAUW-Santa Fe co-President  

Celebrate thesuccess of a recentgraduate with ourGive a Grad a Giftprogram.

You can give anygraduates you know afree, one-year AAUWnational, state, andlocal membership inhonor of theiraccomplishments. Thiscould be a daughter,granddaughter, niece,or even a friend.  Your

Santa Fe WorldAffairs Forum

Presents

Crisis in Migration: A New World of

Walls?

When:  MondayApril 18, 9:30-5:30pm & Tuesday April19, 9:30-3:00 

Where:  St. John'sCollege, Great Hall,Peterson StudentCenter

Cost:  $85 withAAUW Santa Fe'sco-sponsorship ofthis event. 

To register, Pleaseemail sfwaforum@outlook.com or go

The AAUW Trash andTreasures garage salereturns Saturday May21 from 8 am to 2 pm Proceeds will benefitAAUW authorizedfunds: Tech Trek,AAUW Funds, UNMScholarship andCharting the Course.

The Trash andTreasures committeeis accepting theseitems: costumejewelry, toys, homedécor, kitchen décor,linens, DVDs, CDs,tools, purses, hats,small kitchenappliances, smallpieces of furniture,dishes, glasses, towels

special grad receives aFREE one yearmembership to AAUW.More information isavailable at the AAUWNational website. 

The Santa Fe Branchof AAUW currently has99 paid members forthe 2015/2016year. For questions,contact Luanne Moyer,Membership VP

NEW PRICING: Wentinto effect March 16,2016 State dues willincrease from $12 to$18, resulting in anoverall membershipfee of $83. Anymember joining March16 will pay at the newrate and theirmembership will expireJune 30, 2017.

to http://sfwaf.org/ toregister and payonline.

Deadline toregisteris WednesdayApril 13.

More informationabout thesymposiumat: http://sfwaf.org/

A day does not passwithout reports ofunprecedentedflows of people whohave abandonedtheir homes in hopeof better lives inother countries. Themost visiblemovements todayare of people fromwar torn Syria, Iraqand Afghanistanstruggling to Turkeyand Greece ReadMore 

and kitchen utensils.

The following will notbe accepted: clothes,books, largeappliances, buildingsupplies, wrappingpaper and plasticware. 

Nancy Scheer willreceive donationsbeginning May 8th ather home (where thegarage sale will be). 

Volunteers will beneeded on Friday on

Friday May 20th tohelp set up, sort,organize and priceitems for sale. We willneed cashiers forSaturday along withmany other helpfulvolunteers to help withparking and  otherjobs.  Please callJeanne Patrick 505-984-1720 or email tovolunteer

2016 AAUW Rocky MountainRegional Conference: 

"Women Count!"

  Every other year AAUW members The next Expanding Your

from AZ, NM, CO, NV, NM, UT andWY gather to learn about AAUWNational activities and inthese states, network with long-timeand new friends, and have fun. Nobusiness meetings, but plenty ofworkshops. AAUW-NM is hosting the2016 RMR Conference:  

Date:   July 15-17, 2016*   Place: Albuquerque, NM Hotel:  Sheraton Uptown atLouisiana and Menaul *Program details and registration willbe available soon.   *AAUW-NM’s annual convention willnot be held as usual in April but isscheduled the day preceding theconference, Thursday, July 14 from noon to 3:30 pm.  An evening socialis planned for all AAUW memberspresent.

Horizons-Santa Fe conference willbegin planning sessions in April. Atentative date for the conferenceis Saturday September 24, 2016 atSanta Fe Community College. 

If you are interested in promotingSTEM, have some time in the nextfive months, and love eventplanning, then please join us on theExpanding Your Horizons planningcommittee by contacting LinaGermann at lsgermann@gmail.com   As we wrap up this fiscal year withSTEM activities, branch membersinterviewed 10 Santa Fe girls forthe AAUW STEM summer camp:Tech Trek. 

Thank you Tech Trek interviewers: Sandra Bradley, Melanie Buchleiter ,Cynthia Dobson, Tiia McLaughlin,Jeanne Patrick, and yours truly. Andto Jeri Balick for offering to step in ifneeded. 

We will hear about the girls selectedin May. If you are interested todonating to the camp or involunteering to help, contactCheri Burch at:techtreknm@gmail.com

The NM Tech Trek camp will be heldon the campus at New Mexico Techin Socorro, NM from June 19-25,2016

Adelante Dinner March 9th 2016   Ten Santa Fe AAUW membersjoined together to provide dinner forthe parents and children of the SantaFe schools Adelante program. Over30 parents and children enjoyed adinner of salad, pasta, meatballs anddessert at Sweeney School on

March 9th. The Adelante program is

APRIL PROGRAMSaturday, April 16

11:30 am - 1 :30 pm Midtown Bistro

901 West San Mateo Road

Our 2015-2016 AAUW scholarshipwinner, Emma Elliott Smith, comesfrom a Santa Fe family immersed inmath and science. She graduatedfrom UC-Santa Cruz, summa cumlaude in 2014 and is in the secondyear of her biology PhD program.  

11:30 am:  Gather and order fromthe menuNoon:   Eat and Socialize 12:45-1:30:   Emma's Talk and Q&A

Emma will speak about what she islearning and her conservationresearch project. The ScholarshipCommittee had a most enjoyable getacquainted lunch with her recentlyand we think you will be as inspiredby her vision of her future.   Quoting her application she said,“My 17-years experience in dance

one of the Santa Fe programs thatAAUW Santa Fe supports. Over1100 children in Santa Fe areidentified as being “homeless”. TheAdelante program providesassistance with housing, clothing,food, tutoring and employment.Volunteers are always needed toprovide food, tutoring and financialdonations.

Adelante was started in Santa Fe in2003  to help families struggling toacquire a better quality of life.Families were identified who werehomeless or living in sheds or cars.Or many times 15 people would beliving in a 1 bedroom apartment.Gaile Herling was able to obtainfunding to acquire an office andmeeting space to meet with thefamilies. Soon a program namedJuntos was started to provide mealsfor the families. Differentorganizations take terms providingmeals for the family. In 2015Adelante was awarded the PinonAward by the Santa Fe CommunityFoundation.

and choreography has given me anappreciation for the importance ofimagination and an appreciation forthe importance of imagination andcreativity in science.“   Emma will share who has inspiredher and how she got to where she istoday, her academic goals, and whatshe envisions her ideal career andjob will be. She wanted to get ourscholarship to offset the costsassociated with her fieldwork inAlaska and the ability to attendscientific conferences such as herearly April scientific conference inJapan.   We learned that Emma already hasbeen a volunteer for ourorganization, as a presenter atExpanding Our Horizons program forgirls in September.   The meeting room seats up to 30 soplease join us for a wonderful lunchand to meet Emma, a very engagingand focused young woman.

AAUW Santa Fe is proud to supportthis program that helps needyfamilies in Santa Fe. Thanks go outto our members who helped providedinner to these needy families.Special acknowledgement goes toJulie Vollmer, Riette Mugelston,Sandra Bradley, Esther Milnes,Sarah Fassett, Barbara AsarchAronowitz, Sally Sower, Enid Tidwell,Connie Peterson, Cathy Licata, LinaGermann and Jeanne Patrick.  

March Public Policy Report Equal Pay Day:  April 12 will markthe symbolic day when womenworking full time have their earningcatch up to the earnings ofmen. Make Your Voice Heard:

VOLUNTEER - ATTEND - JOIN US!

Friday April 15: AdelanteProductions, 6-8 pm - The HiltonSanta Fe Historic Plaza. Dinner,Entertainment, Silent Auction, LiveAction and Quilt raffle.

April 12:   Equal Pay Day (detailsforthcoming)

April 16: April Branch Meeting Speaker is our 2015-2016 UNMScholarship Fund recipient EmmaElliott-Smith.  Luncheon at MidtownBistro starting at 11:30   May 11: AAUW-Santa Fe AnnualBusiness Meeting and tour ofSanta Fe Institute with ValeriePlame Wilson.

Tour begins at SFI at 10:30 amat SFIThe 11:30 am - 1:30pm Business Meeting will be atEstancia Primera Clubhouse at450 Avenida Primera South(one mile south of SFI)Lunch will be catered viaDashing Delivery so RSVPswill be required—more onthese details later this month 

May 21: Trash and Treasure Sale(see above post for details)

June 4:  High Tea from 2-4 pm at

1.  Write a letter to the editor aboutAAUW Equal Pay Day 2. Make cookies to take and share atwork, but with 1/3 of each cookiemissing representing the pay gap.

Thinking Back: On March 22, 1970 the Equal RightsAmendment was passed and sent tothe states. Hawaii was the first stateto ratify it. New Mexico did ratify theamendment but it fell short by justthree states.

Thinking Ahead: The 2016 Primary Election will alsobe for NM Legislators. Here is the listto start thinking about who you willvote for.

NM Senate:  Both Peter Wirth andNancy Rodriquez are runningunopposed.

NM House:    District 45 - Jim R. Trujillo    District 46 - Carl Trujillo    District 47 - Brian Egolf                       Roger A. Gonzales    District 48 - Jeff Varela                       Paul Campos                       Linda Trujillo    District 50 - Mathew McQueen                       Andrew Homer                       Jeremy Tremko

Cynthia Dobson, Public Policy Cell: 505.603.7793

the home of Virginia McCallum. $20 per person.  To volunteer tohelp set-up/prep contact JeannePatrick

June 19-25:  NM Tech Trek camp atNew Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM

July 14:  AAUW-NM AnnualConvention from Noon-3:30 (detailsforthcoming):

July 15-17:  AAUW RockyMountain Region Conference(details forthcoming)   ONGOING

The Daylighters Book Groupmeets the second Wednesday of themonth. April 13, 2016:  Lunch andDocent Tour at La Fonda. Beginsat 11:30 am for lunch and bookdiscussion following tour. Pleasecall Connie Petersen 505-930-5595 to arrange attendance byApril 8th. 

Do you have an ongoing club orgroup?  Let everyone know. Send anentry to Lyric ataauwinsantafe@gmail.com with thename of your group/club, when youmeet, and contact information.  

 

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