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Volume 13 Issue 3
Promoting Education and Equity for Women and Girls
Portland Branch November 2013
Rose City Reporter
AAUW Funds Holiday Luncheon
And Fundraiser
Multnomah Athletic Club 1849 SW Salmon Street
Portland
Saturday
December 1, 2012 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$28.00
See page 8 for registration form.
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A Message from our Co-President……
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Portland Branch Board of Directors
2012 - 2013
Co-Presidents Peggy Hickman Barbara Spencer
Membership VP Kathe Hart
Program VP Diane Winn Joyce Kligman
Study Group VP Linda Stern
Treasurer Ilga Ross Recording Secretary
Sue Thomas Director at Large
Sherry Bjaastad Past Presidents Judy Holt
Maxine McComas Bylaws Chair Sue Trotter
AAUW Funds Chair Judy Holt Historian-Photographer
Julie Donaldson InterBranch Council
Maxine McComas Newsletter Editor Leanna Lindquist
Phone Tree Donna Pregill Public Policy
Available Publicity
Available Scholarship Barbara Gaines
Website Ilga Ross Photographer
Julie Donaldson
We have all enjoyed our wonderful autumn and now are awaiting the winter season.
For the AAUW Portland Branch, autumn has laid the foundation for an active winter
season of AAUW events and activities. At our late September branch kick-off meet-
ing we heard Teri Mariani of PSU speak first-hand about the real-life trials and
tribulations of introducing Title IX on campus. In October we participated in our
first volunteer event of the year by helping to prepare for the Multnomah County
Library sale. In addition, we joined the PSU’s Portland on the Mind lecture series to
hear about the status of women in politics at this important time in American poli-
tics. Our study groups have been busy with their reading, listening, walking and eat-
ing activities as the groups reconstituted for the year. Finally, our association with
PSU has laid the ground work for the university’s three year commitment to offer
$mart $tart workshops facilitated by our members and for an AAUW LAF grant to
fund a panel presentation for prospective and current women faculty on Negotiating
from the Start: Academic Job Offers and Women.
This winter as the rains return, we will be active with a full program of events re-
lated to AAUW’s mission as well those important to the Portland community. We
will be attending the movie, “The Invisible War,” and the special community event
of Vision 2020’s annual congress, both supported by National AAUW. As a special
treat, we will have a tour of the Multnomah’s Central Library’s rare book and spe-
cial collections. We will also meet to review STEM initiatives and to determine our
branch’s commitment to this area. Finally in December we will have another volun-
teer event at the Oregon Food Bank, back by popular demand after last year’s suc-
cessful event. As 2012 events wind down, we will also find next year’s events to be
just as interesting and as significant to the AAUW mission. Our program co-vice
presidents have worked hard to meet the branch’s needs and interests.
Once again, during the winter we begin fundraising for AAUW Funds and our PCC
Scholarship program supported by branch funds. On December 1st we will be hold-
ing our Holiday Luncheon at the Multnomah Athletic Club. This event has a dual
purpose – it is a fun, social event, as well as a fundraiser to raise money for AAUW
funds and for branch funds. You can read more about AAUW funds and what pro-
grams they support in this newsletter. Branch funds support the PCC scholarship
program, as well as special initiatives undertaken by the branch, such as our support
of the $tart $mart workshop at PSU. As you will read in this issue, we are coming
up with new ways at the luncheon to raise funds for the AAUW and branch pro-
grams. We need your help to make this fundraiser a success. Please support this
event and if you are unable to attend, please consider a monetary donation to this
worthy cause. Your holiday gift giving will make a difference in the lives of women
and girls. Also note on your calendars that February 10th is our Wine Tasting Fund-
raiser to support our local scholarship program at PCC.
November 6th is Election Day. We are very fortunate to vote by mail or to drop off
the ballot at the specially designated boxes throughout the area. AAUW as well as
other civic organizations are spearheading campaigns to encourage everyone but espe-
cially women to vote on the important issues that are before us.
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Join us for a private tour
Multnomah
Central Library’s
John Wilson
Special Collections
Thursday
November 29
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Multnomah Central Library
801 S.W. 10th Avenue,Portland
Meet in the entrance near the Welcome Desk at 9:50 am
The Multnomah Central Library's John Wilson Special Collections houses the rare book and other spe-
cial collections of Multnomah County Library in a controlled environment for the preservation of rare
and historically significant materials. The original focus was a gift of the private collection of John Wil-
son, an avid book collector with broad interests. Wilson, born in Ireland, arrived in Oregon in 1849. In
subsequent years, other gifts and materials culled from the library's collections have widened the scope
and depth of the John Wilson Special Collections' holdings to more than 10,000 volumes.
The John Wilson Special Collections’ six core collections include those devoted to the book arts and the
history of the book; children's literature; natural history; Pacific Northwest history; literature with par-
ticular strengths of Charles Dickens and D. H. Lawrence; and Native American literature.
Highlights of the Collections Include:
Anton Koberger's Nuremberg Chronicle, long recognized as one of the earliest important illustrate
printed books
First editions of Little Women and L.Frank Baum’s Oz books
Beatrix Potter's scarce first illustrated book, A Happy Pair
Rare complete set of the massive, four-volume The Birds of America by John James Audubon, a
double-elephant folio of hand-colored copperplate engravings.
This is just a small sample of the wonderful rare books that you will see when you join us for the tour.
From the Co-President . . . . .
Remember all those women who fought so valiantly for us to have the right
to vote. As AAUW has proclaimed, “It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard.”
A Happy Thanksgiving to All!
Co-Presidents,
Barbara Spencer and Peggy Hickman
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Art Enjoyment
Second Wednesdays, 12:15; lunch to follow
Date: October 10
Meet at the Art Museum Gift Shop; “Mythologia”
by the curator of graphic art
Contact: Julie Skinner, 503-762-1094
Breakfast in Bridgetown
Second Thursdays, 9:00 am, unless otherwise stated
Date: November 8
Broder, 2508 SE Clinton St.
Contact: Julie Donaldson, 503-222-2071
Classics: Past, Present and Future
Second Thursdays, 7:30 pm
Date: no meeting in November
Contact: Kathy Phillips, 503-313-0464
Curtain Call
Usually second Thursdays
featuring the performing arts
Date: November 8
“Art” at the Lakewood Theatre in Lake Oswego
Contact Julie Skinner, 503-762-1094
First Tuesday Reader’s Theatre
Coffee 10 am; Performance 10:30 am
Date: November 6
The Guys by Anne Nelson
Old Church—1422 SW 11th (& Clay); $8
Contact: Julie Donaldson, 503-222-2071
Gourmet Lite Food for Thought
Date and location: TBA (at capacity)
Contact: Julie Donaldson, 503-222-2071
AAUW Happy Hour
A time to relax, chat, and nibble
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 4-6
The Benson Hotel’s Palm Court
309 SW Broadway
Contact:
Barbara Alberty, 503-222-2423
Literary Comments & Criticism
by Day
Fourth Thursdays, 11:30 am
(at capacity)
Date: No November meeting
Literary Comments & Criticism
by Night
Third Tuesdays, 6:30 pm (at capacity)
Date: November 20
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Hostess: Barbara/Peggy
Discussion Leader: Barbara Gaines
Literary Comments & Criticism III
Second Tuesdays, 9:30 am (at capacity)
Date: November 13
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Hostess: Kate Skelton
Movie Mavens (informal movie group)
No set dates or times
If interested, call Kathe Hart, 503-372-6338
Non-fiction Book Group
Date: November 14, 11 am
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
Hostess: Diane Winn
Contact: Kathe Hart, 503-372-6338
Sleuth Sisters (mystery book club)
Fourth Wednesdays, 1 pm lunch & discussion
Date: November 28 at Ernesto’s
8544 SW Apple Way
The Anniversary Man by R.J. Ellory
Contact: Jane Lancaster, 503-284-1670
Wimpy Walkers
First Friday or Saturday, 3-4 miles with breakfast/
lunch
Date: Saturday, November 3
An easy hike through Tryon Creek State Park,
11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd; meet at the Nature
Center at 10 am; lunch to follow
Contact: Diane Winn, 503-954-3976
Study and Interest Groups, November 2012 Except for the few groups that are at capacity, all interest groups are open to all members.
Call the contact person for more information and to r.s.v.p.
To start a new group, just call Linda Stern, 503 232-5637
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“The Invisible War” November 7, 2012 7:00 pm
Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Avenue
($9 admission, $8 PAM members and Seniors)
What happens when you’re a soldier and the barracks - not the battlefield - is your war zone?
The Invisible War, a new investigative documentary about the epidemic of sexual assault in the U.S. military,
explores that question and shows the impact that rape - and retaliation for reporting it - has on thousands of
our brave service members.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, where it won the Audience Award. After
months of community screenings, including one at AAUW in April, The Invisible War will be shown at the
Whitsell Auditorium as part of the NW Film Center’s Voices in Action: Human Rights on Film Series.
AAUW has a special connection to this film. The plaintiffs from two of the lawsuits that AAUW supports
through our Legal Advocacy Fund case-support program, Cioca v. Rumsfeld and Klay v. Panetta, are featured
in the film.
AAUW is greatly concerned about this issue and recommends community education about the problem and
what can be done to make the military safer for all service members.
Tickets are available for purchase at the door (desk near the museum gift shop).
Curtain Call 2012-2013
February 28 War Horse
Keller Auditorium
Kathe Hart
503-372-6338
March 14 Red Herring
Artists Rep
Maxine McComas
503-246-7034
April 4 Paul Taylor Dance Co.
White Bird @ Newmark
Linda SternTheatre
503-232-5637
May 1 Clybourne Park
Portland Center Stage
Sue Trotter
503-659-5678
June No Performance
In an effort to ensure that everyone who wants to at-
tend a Curtain Call performance can do so, the Cur-
tain Call group is sharing the yearly schedule below.
If you are interested in attending an event, please
contact the person listed.
December No performance
January 1 The Book of Mormon
Keller Auditorium
No additional tickets are available.
Linda Stern
503-232-5637
February 7 Twenty-five Questions for a Jewish
Mother
Triangle Theater
Sue Thomas
503-427-0403
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2012-2013 AAUW
Program Schedule
November
7 - The Invisible War - Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum
14-16 - Vision 2020 - 3rd Annual Congress, Hilton Hotel, Portland
15 - Vision 2020’s Third Annual Congress: Collaborating for Change Community
Event
29 - Tour of the Multnomah Central Library’s Rare Book and Special Collections
December 1 - Holiday Luncheon - Multnomah Athletic Club
TBD - Volunteer Event: Oregon Food Bank
January TBD - Geezer Gallery Tour & lunch
21 - Volunteer Event - Construct care packages for local sexual assault victims
February 10 - Wine fundraiser
Twig meetings - Small group in-home meetings to view and discuss Miss Representation
March TBD - Women’s History Month - Joint event with PSU Women’s Resource Center
TBD - Annual meeting
April
9 - Equal Pay Day Unhappy Hour celebration
18-20 - AAUW State Convention, Garibaldi
TBD - Gardening for Seniors - Book Reading/Discussion - Patty Cassidy
April/May Saturday TBD - Volunteer Event: Gardening at Walk of the Heroines
May 16 - Honors Luncheon and installation of officers - Jake's Grill
Holiday Party Fundraising: A Wealth of Choices. . . . . .
We are venturing out this year with expanded options of ways to support our
AAUW Funds and branch scholarship mission through your contributions at the
Holiday Luncheon. We will have our traditional used book sale and raffle. There
will be surprise opportunities to contribute: one as you enter and another as you en-
joy good conversation with your table mates --both we hope you will find quite
painless while generating funds. A new "grab bag" event will be available to tickle
your curiosity and the auction will focus on wine and food. Study groups are en-
couraged to think about how they might conceptualize and deliver wine and
food items to contribute to the auction. We hope you will embrace this new ex-
periment and join us for fun and fundraising. See you on December 1st.
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Meet Our New Members
I moved to Portland in July from NJ, where I belonged to AAUW, in order to be near my son Craig Birnbach.
I am a retired teacher and have been working as an educational consultant since I retired in 2000. I have taught
teachers in 43 states. Now I am hoping to do some more consulting without all the traveling. I have a parent
workshop that I would love to do here. Anyone know someone active in the PTA? I am interested in many
things. I love the theater, books, dance, good lively discussions. I like to travel, walk and be with people.
Judi Wandres
I am a new member and have been in Portland for 8 years. I/we moved here from CA when I retired. I was a
high school English teacher. I am still retired and spend my time knitting, gardening, volunteering for the Ore-
gon Humane Society, OSU Extension Master Gardeners, traveling, cooking, and building my community.
Martha Gioia
Welcome to new member Marie Ryan, who is also a member of the Lake Oswego AAUW branch.
AAUW PORTLAND BRANCH
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Denise M. Warner is the recipient of this year’s $1,000
scholarship to a Portland Community College woman.
Denise is an Oregon native, having grown up in the Sa-
lem/Keizer area. After spending a year in the San Fran-
cisco Bay Area, she returned to Oregon in 1990 and
made her home in Portland.
It was not until Denise was 40 that she began her aca-
demic career. Reaching her educational goals is now
her top priority. She is working hard to complete her
transfer degree from PCC and plans to attend Portland
State, working toward a Master’s Degree in Social
Work. Eventually, Denise wants to become a licensed
clinical social worker.
In a letter thanking the branch, Denise writes “Thank
you very much for your gift of scholarship. Your in-
vestment in my education will be given back through the
work I will do to help other women in our community.”
Congratulations Denise!
Board Appointed
Positions Available
Want to learn more about the AAUW Port-
land Branch and take an active role in the
organization? Want to work with the Board
of Directors? If so, you may be interested in
volunteering for a board appointed posi-
tion?
Openings are available for the following
positions:
Corresponding Secretary, Historian, Public-
ity, and Webmaster
For more information, please contact:
Peggy Hickman ([email protected]) or
Barbara Spencer
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Vision 2020's Third Annual Congress: She Flies With Her Own Wings
An evening program to honor yesterday and celebrate tomorrow
Thursday, November 15, 2012
5:30 PM-7:45 PM
The Hilton Portland 921 SW Sixth Avenue Join Vision 2020 Delegates, National Allies and Oregon statewide and local leaders to an eve-
ning that honors the past while celebrating the present and future.
Featuring: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Sundance award-winning director and producer
Miss Representation and executive producer The Invisibile War
The Hon. Barbara Roberts, Oregon's first and only woman Governor
Leslie Bennetts, former Newsweek and Daily Beast journalist
presents
For more information: www.drexel.edu/vision2020
AAUW Holiday Luncheon and EF Fundraiser Registration
Name____________________________________________________________________
______ Number attending
______ Check here to request a vegetarian meal
______ I am unable to attend, but wish to make a contribution. Please make check to AAUW Funds.
______ Total amount enclosed ($28 per person)
If you are paying for the luncheon and also want to make a contribution to EF, please write separate
checks. This helps us track the contributions.
Luncheon ~ make checks payable to AAUW Portland Branch.
Contributions to EF ~ make checks payable to AAUW Funds.
Note: EF is now part of AAUW Funds and checks must be made payable to AAUW Funds.
Please send this form and your check by Saturday, November 24 to:
Gail Post ~ 3615 SW Boundary St. ~ Portland, OR 97221
Questions? Call Gail at 503-246-2376
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AAUW OREGON STATE NEWS . . . . . . .
Oregon was again in the top ten states for contributions to the AAUW Funds for the year 2011!
AAUW FUNDS TOP TEN STATES 2011
Combined Support to all AAUW programs: the Legal Advocacy Fund, the Educational Opportunities Fund,
the Public Policy Fund, the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund, the Leadership Programs Fund, the AAUW Action Fund,
and AAUW Funds.
State Total St Per cap
Oregon 8th Oregon 9th
Branch
Beaverton 5th
AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund
State Total St Per cap
Oregon 4th Oregon 4th
AAUW Leadership Programs Fund
State Total Branch Total
Oregon 7th Beaverton 8th
NEW RESEARCH STUDY
The Eleanor Roosevelt Fund provides the money for AAUW’s wonderful research studies. A new study will
be released on November 15th – which is National Philanthropy Day. The new study is titled “Graduating to a
Pay Gap” and covers the high cost of a college education. It examines the debt that students incur and how it is
especially hard for women, who still earn 77¢ to the $1 men earn.
FELLOWS IN OREGON
There are currently five women studying in Oregon, two of them on Oregon-related Fellowships, and one
school district project was funded in Oregon. The two Portland fellows are: Amy Bantle who is studying
Speech Therapy at PSU and Lisa Ortlip who is studying Design Visualization at the Art Institute of Portland.
Congratulations to both of them!
BETSY MCDOWELL UNIT
The state is asking branches to contribute to the Betsy McDowell Unit #4363, if the branch has no other focus
at this time.
FUNDRAISING POLICIES
The national AAUW Development Office and the AAUW Board will be sending out a list of fundraising poli-
cies soon. This is, in large part, because of increased pressure from the IRS to ensure that organizations that
raise money for a 501(c)(3) entity give it to that tax-exempt entity. More information on this important issue
will be coming soon.
And we need to brag about how well we do as a state! Thanks to all of you for your continued support of
AAUW and the Funds.
AAUW Eleanor Roosevelt Fund
State Total St Per cap
Oregon 7th Oregon 7th
Branch
Salem 6th
AAUW Educational Opportunities Fund
State Total Branch
Oregon 7th Beaverton 5th
AAUW Public Policy Fund
State Total
Oregon 5th
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National AAUW News: Q&A on AAUW Funds
What funds are included in AAUW Funds? A: AAUW Funds (#9110) is the name of the AAUW general fund, which supports all charitable work. The
programs and funds that you have known are aggregated into this general fund. The five most commonly sup-
ported funds within the general AAUW funds are:
The Legal Advocacy Fund which supports the protection of the legal rights of those who are facing discrimina-
tion. LAF programs include legal case support, LAF Case Support Travel Grants, and Campus Outreach Pro-
grams.
The Educational Opportunities Fund which supports educational and learning opportunities that give women a
chance for a lifetime of success. Programs include fellowships and grants, the Fellows Alumni Initiative, and
the Undergraduate Scholarship Clearinghouse.
The Public Policy Fund which supports advocacy for public policies and laws that is fair to women. Public
policy programs include government relations, civic engagement, and field organizing.
The Eleanor Roosevelt Fund which supports AAUW research to provide analysis, data, and accurate informa-
tion about issues that are important to women and girls. Past reports include Behind the Pay Gap (2007) and
Where the Girls Are (2008). Reports also cover women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and math
and sexual harassment in the workplace.
The Leadership Programs Fund which supports programs that develop women’s potential to lead in their
schools, workplaces, communities, and country. Leadership programs include the National Conference for
College Women Student Leaders, Campus Action Projects, and Elect Her.
Q: How can I learn more about these programs? A: On the AAUW website you can click on each of the fund names above, which are linked to web pages with
information specific to that fund. Information can also be found in the printed AAUW Annual Report, which is
mailed to every member at the end of each calendar year.
Q: Are my contributions tax deductible? A: All contributions to AAUW Funds or to any of the specific funds that are included within AAUW Funds
(LAF, Educational Opportunities, Public Policy, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Leadership Programs) are fully tax
deductible as a charitable gift on your personal federal tax return.
The only contributions not eligible for a tax deduction as a charitable gift are those to the AAUW Action Fund,
the small 501(c)(4) entity, which operates the Lobby Corps and voter education activities. To make a gift to
support these activities, you should contribute to AAUW Action Fund.
Q: How can I make a gift that will accomplish the most good? A: Your gifts to AAUW Funds provide general support where it is most needed to support our programs in a
coordinated and strategic way. This is the most effective way to help women and girls break through educa-
tional and economic barriers, because you make it possible to respond to the most urgent needs and to take ad-
vantage of our greatest opportunities so that all women and girls have a fair chance.
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AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, educa-
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