In This Issue

2Presidents’ Message Welcome message from your co-presidents.

3Walnut Creek Satellite Connections News and information for Walnut Creek Satellite.

4-5Special Interest Section In-depth coverage of January events. Announcements

6-7In The News Public Policy AAUW Funds

8-9Bulletin Board International Program Great Decisions 2009 HHT Review

10-11Calendar of Events List of this year’s branch programs and current month’s events.

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AAUW Advances Equity for Women and Girls Through Advocacy, Education and Research Issue 5 • January, 2010 .

SKIN CELLS to STEM CELLS HELPING CURE DISEASES

The Future is Now with

Drs. Birgit Schulte and Melanie Brandabur

Marie Curie, Jonas Salk, heart and organ transplants, these are only some of the renowned physicians, researchers and earth shaking medical procedures

that have had profound impacts on our lives. Now what about a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease, cancer, heart disease, Macular Degeneration and Parkinson’s Disease?

We are very privileged to live in the Bay Area where cutting-edge research and medical facilities exist. Some of the most well-known physicians and researchers live and work here. Possibly, the next noble laureate for medicine will come from the Bay Area. That isn’t too unreasonable.

Imagine using your own skin cells to become stem cells, which in turn become new cells you will need for either stopping a disease you have or curing you of that disease. Sound futuristic? Well, not really. The future is here. Come hear leading stem cell researcher Dr. Birgit Schulte explain this phenomenal new advance in the war on disease. Listen to Dr. Melanie Brandabur explain how this new research will impact our medical future. They will provide us with insights as to where the future of medicine may be heading.

Dr. Brandabur is a neurologist specializing in Movement Disorders. She has studied at Rush University in Chicago, and the Hospital de la Salpetriere in Paris, earning a clinical fellowship in Neurodegenera-tive diseases.

Dr. Schulte is part of a group recently awarded a grant for continuing research in the area of converting your own skin cells to stem cells and then converting those stem cells into the needed cells for curbing or curing a disease.

This very exciting, timely and educational program will take place at Bridges Restaurant, 44 Church Street, Danville on Tuesday, January 19. Arrive at 11:30 a.m. for social time. Lunch is at noon followed by our presentation. The cost for lunch is $30.00. It includes a non-alcoholic beverage, entrée and dessert.

All members and their guests are welcome.

If you would like to attend, please send a check payable to Danville-Alamo AAUW by Tuesday, January 12 to AAUW Danville-Alamo Branch, P.O. Box 996 Alamo, Ca. 94507, Attn: Robin Halloran. We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event.

RSVP by Tuesday, January 12.

skin stem cells Photo by Nissim Benvenisty

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Happy New Year! January 2010

Hopefully you have had some spe-cial time to rest and to reflect on our past year’s events and

projects. You should be very proud of the success and turn out for our 5th an-nual Holiday Home Tour. We sold 653 tickets, 100 over previous sales! We raised $18,877 for Local Scholarships and Tech Trek summer science campers. This year we had Local Scholarship recipients and Tech Trek campers and their moms help as docents and refreshment home hostesses. The HHT is becoming a community event that many look forward to and folks from as far away as Manteca and Tiburon are annual patrons. Congratulations to you all and thanks to all those who made this a big success! Please see related article on Page 9. Our annual Branch Holiday Party was held at the lovely home of Robin and Tom Halloran. Many thanks for their gra-cious hospitality.

Now that we have put away the Christ-mas décor and our holiday sweaters, we are ready to move on to an exciting year ahead.

We are looking forward to our next branch meeting on January 19 at 11:30 a.m. at Bridges in Danville. Melanie Brandabur, M.D. and Brigit Schulte, M.D., Ph.D. will speak to us about stem cell research. Guests are wel-come. Please see details on Page 1.

On January 22 at 6:00 p.m., the branch will host a wine and cheese get togeth-er for members only, at the home of

Marian Bliss at 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP to mbliss@sbcglobal.net. For details, see Page 4.

The Northern California LAF Luncheon will be held on January 30 at Noon at Crow Canyon Country Club. It will feature Michelle Jaureguito Henley, cur-rent California-supported litigant from Feather River Community College. Tickets are $30.00. See related article on Page 5.

February will be a busy month for our branch. Mark your calendars for our International Program on Febru-ary 13 at 9:30 a.m. at Shadow Hills Cabana. On February 16 at 5:30 p.m., the Annual AAUW Funds dinner is at Scott’s Seafood Restaurant,Walnut Creek. The featured speaker will be Bethany Lyles Ph.D., an AAUW Fellow from UC Berkeley. On February 21 at 2:00 p.m., Inter Branch Council will present Roles Women Have Played in Local History. This will be at the new Lafayette Library with a docent led tour. For details, see Page 5.

Mark your calendars to help with EYH on February 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Diablo Valley College, San Ramon.

The 2010 nominating committee is hard at work calling members to fill spots to continue to make our branch a vital communicator to our local community, nationally and internationally. Please consider serving on the board. It is an op-portunity to serve with talented women in our community.

Kathie Hixon, Co-President

Marian Bliss, Co-President

Bagel Street Chats with the presidents will resume in January. Our next meeting will be on Friday, January 8 at 9:30 a.m., at Bagel Street at the Livery in Danville.

We hope to see you at our branch activities and interest groups!

Our very best to you and your families in 2010.

Marian Bliss and Kathie Hixon Co-Presidents

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The deadline for submission of articles and announcements to be published in the February newsletter is January 15. E-mail your articles, announce-

ments, or notices to Cheryl Kohleriter at cherylkohleriter@yahoo.com, Cindy Cassady at cassady1@llnl.gov, and Marge Christensen at christensendan5@aol.com. Articles should be submitted as an attachment in Times New Roman, 10 pt. font.

Please welcome Cindy Cassady as the newest addition to our editorial team. Cindy will assist Marge with editorial duties.

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Congratulations, Walnut Creek members contributed $8,036 this year: $2,245 to EF, $550 to LAF, $4,921 to Tech Trek and $320 for Sister-to-Sister. All of our Tech Trek girls are funded for the summer 2010 camps and we can pay for a sixth if an empty slot is available.

We hoped to have David Blackman, International Judge at the Khmer Rouge trials, speak to us in March. Due to changes in the trial schedules, David has had to postpone his presentation but will let us know when he will next be in the U.S. Stay tuned for this fascinating talk.

Let Carol Kennedy know if there are errors in your 2009-2010 Danville-Alamo Directory en-tries. As your personal information changes, please keep us on your list of people to notify.Stay well! Hope your holidays were great ones.

Carla Pancheco

AUDITIONS FOR AAUW’S VOICES SPEAK OUTEver been bitten by the acting bug? Whether you are a veteran performer or a novice, now is your chance to polish your skills and strut your stuff.

Open auditions for AAUW’s original production, Voices Speak Out, are on any of the following three dates: Tues-day, February 2 and Thursday, February 4 at 7 p.m.; or Saturday, February 6 at 10:30 a.m. We’ll meet at Lynn Good-win’s condo, 417 Old Orchard Court in Danville. Auditions will be cold readings from monologues and scenes. The April 23 performance will benefit AAUW’s Legal Advocacy Fund.

If you want to ask questions, offer to help, or just let us know you’ll be there, e-mail Lynn at Lgood67334@comcast.net or call her at 324-0143 by January 22.

ANNUAL AAUW FUNDS DINNER at Scotts Seafood Restaurant, Walnut Creek

Tuesday, February 16 at 5:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Bethany Lyles Goldblum

Choice of: Imperial Salmon or Chicken Sienna

Fresh Lemon Tart Coffee, Tea, Bread

COST: $33.50 RESERVATIONS TO:

Denise Dolan, Box 557, Alamo 94507

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MOVIES N’ LUNCH GROUP

January 12

The Movies n’ Lunch Group which ordi-narily meets on the third Tuesday of the month will meet on the second Tuesday in January, on January 12, due to a conflict with the Danville- Alamo Speaker and Luncheon meeting on the nine-teenth.

Movies n’ Lunch will meet for lunch at Dragon 2000 located at 1651 Botelho, Walnut Creek at 11:30 a.m. Movies for January are: Invictus, and A Single Man. If the latter is not available we will review Nine. Please contact Diane Stangel at 939-0373 or stan-gel@astound.net.

CINEMA 1

The next meeting of the Cinema 1 Movie Group will be on Friday, January 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Tena Gallagher. Please note the change of location.

RSVP to Tena at 837-0826 or Tena@aol.com. The two movies up for dis-cussion are Invictus and Up in the Air.

WINE AND CHEESE EVENTAll members are welcome to attend our AAUW Branch Wine and Cheese Event on Friday, January 22 at 6:00 p.m. This is a great chance to meet and socialize with other branch members. Please bring an appetizer to share.The event will be at the home of Marian Bliss at 357 Conway Dr., Danville.

Please let Marian know if you are planning to come. RSVP to mbliss@sbcglobal.net or call Marian at 820-4709.

TRAVEL GROUP 2Ooh La La! Help us kick off the new year with an armchair visit to La Belle France as Jennifer and Bart Brandenburg share with us their recent adventures in this lovely country of chateaux, gardens, and castles. We look forward to seeing you on Friday, January 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Carol and Dave Highton. RSVP to Jennifer Brandenburg at 838-4336 or Carol Highton at 837-5836. Refresh-ments will be served.

TRAVEL SECTION 1Phyllis and Curt Duggan will share the memories of their Oc-tober trip to Egypt and Jordan. See the pyramids along the Nile on Wednesday, January 20 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the home of Carol and Jim Kennedy. Please RSVP to Phyllis at fylkrt@comcast.net.

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Forty years ago, in 1969:

Midnight Cowboy was an Academy

Award Winning Movie.

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GOLF GROUP AAUW Golf Group will meet January 9 for golf at the Rossmoor Golf Course, Walnut Creek. Please RSVP to Mary Ann Cucchiaro at cucchiaro@aol.com or 708-2666.

For February, the AAUW Golf group is taking their annual trip to Silverado for a weekend of golf.

AAUW California invites you and friends to an LAF Luncheon featuring current California LAF-supported plaintiff, Michelle Jaureguito Henley, from Feather River Community College. The event will be held on January 30, 2010, from Noon – 3:00 p.m. at Crow Canyon Country Club, 711 Silver Lake Dr., Danville. Cost is $30.00.

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RSVP DEADLINE: January 18

Reservation for Northern California LAF Luncheon

Please circle entrée choice:

Sunburst Chicken Salad

Sunburst Vegetarian Salad

Includes beverage, rolls, and desert

NAME: _____________________________________________

BRANCH: ___________________________________________

POSITION: __________________________________________

# RESERVATIONS: ___________________________________

AMOUNT: $__________________________________________

Send RSVP check payable to AAUW CA to:

LAF Treasurer 7632 Woodland Lane Fair Oaks, CA 95628

If you have any questions, please contact Rozanne Child at aauwfundsdir@aauw-ca.org.

Come hear about Roles Women Played in Contra Costa Coun-ty History on Sunday, February 21 at the brand new Lafay-ette Library. The Contra Costa County Interbranch Council of AAUW is hosting this free presentation from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Women from Walnut Creek will be discussed by Catherine Accardi. San Ramon Valley women will be covered by Beverly Lane and Karen Terhune, and Traci Parent will tell us about the women who lived in the Black Diamond Mines area.

These four women have written books through Arcadia Pub-lishing’s Images of America series and will have them for sale after their talks.

The Lafayette Library has underground parking so if it rains, we’ll still stay dry. Refreshments will be available.

IBC EVENTRoles Women Played

in Contra Costa County History

INTERNATIONAL GOURMETThe International Gourmet is having a dinner on Saturday, February 27. Mark your calendar and watch the February newsletter for more details.

HIKING GROUPHikers please join us on Saturday, January 16 at 8:30 a.m. We will be “Taking a Walk on the Wild Side”! Hidden paths in the Berkeley hills offer a stunning mix of nature, archi-tecture, history, and scenic beauty. We will carpool from the Sycamore Park N Ride. Heavy rain cancels. Any questions please contact kathiehixon@comcast.net.

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Public PolicyRecently, AAUW Executive Director Linda Hallman attended the White House’s presentation of its new campaign to encourage students to pursue math, science, and technology fields. Called Educate to Innovate, it is a comprehensive effort that involves partnerships with Sesame Street, Time Warner, and Discovery Communications to create programs focused on science. Technology companies and the Mac-Arthur Foundation are also involved; they will develop video games that teach science and math, as well as donate technology resources to libraries. In their efforts to promote science and math education to corporations and philanthropists, the Obama administration has also recruited prominent leaders in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, including Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.

A study released by the Cornell Higher Education Research Insti-tute recently concluded that when it comes to hiring female faculty members, having a woman in the top job or the next highest slot, makes a difference. According to the study, it also found that having a critical mass of women, those women holding ei-ther five slots or twenty five percent of the board of trustees, also makes a difference in the number of female faculty hired. The impact of women

in these leadership positions is greater at smaller institutions. This new study further strengthens the results of a study released by Cornell last January which found that women have made slow but steady progress in their numbers on college boards, jumping from twenty percent to thirty one percent between 1981 and 2007.

For those who asked, The Shriver Report - A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything can be found at http://awomansnation.com. CynthiaSavell, Public Policy

MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to branch member, Linda Jimerson, who received the award for being the 2009 Ambassador of the Year for the

Danville Area Chamber of Commerce. She owns Across the Universe Web Design.

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AAUW FUNDS/EF COMMUNITY ACTIONS GRANTSWhile attending last October’s EF Fellows Luncheon, we heard awardees from two Northern California 2009-10 Community Action Grants explain their community outreach programs. We were not familiar with this type of annual giving through The Educational Op-portunities Fund of AAUW Funds. We felt our members might not be aware of these important programs right in our neighborhoods and thought it beneficial to expose our membership to these worthwhile programs.

Since the inauguration of the Research & Projects Fund in 1972, AAUW has provided support to hundreds of communities around the United States to advance education and equity for women and girls through grants providing seed money to women, AAUW branches, AAUW state organizations, and local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or non-degree research proj-ects. Early projects focused on public interest issues, including women’s struggles to balance home and work life, the establishment of women’s resource centers on college campuses, and the emergence of women’s political involvement in the antinuclear movement. Today projects have become increasingly more collaborative and girl-focused, bringing together AAUW branches and local community groups. This coming year, 16 one-year grants and 17 two-year grants were awarded nationally, with a total award amount of $260,000.

There are four Community Action Grant recipients in California for 2009-10, with three of them in Northern California – Women of Color Resource Center in Oakland, WriteGirl in Los Angeles, Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County (GEMMA), and Team-Up for Youth in Oakland. We’d like to highlight the two programs we learned about in October.

Team-Up for Youth, Oakland – “Coach Like a Girl” will increase the number of women coaches at after-school programs throughout California by recruiting 750 new women to the coaching profession. Girls in low-income neighborhoods have the most to gain from sports but receive the fewest opportunities to play. The goal is to recruit female college students to become coaches, train them and place them in low-income schools. Two hundred female coaches have been placed since the summer of 2009. The initiative will develop the capacity of after-school programs and will build public support for girls’ participation in sports so that more girls can reap the academic, health, and developmental benefits of sports. Parents like female coaches and allow more participation by their daughters. Girls learn self-discipline, resolve, cooperation and many other life lessons. Girls who play sports make better choices – in life, at school, and with peers.

Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County – GEMMA - This collaborative project provides a clearly defined and supportive pathway to higher education and job training for the underserved population of low-income, ex-offending women of Santa Cruz County. Most of these women come from impoverished families, are victims of abuse, have limited access to education and health care, and at least half are mothers. GEMMA, currently serving up to sixty women, is designed to serve women eighteen-years and older who are involved with the criminal justice system and who have struggled with substance abuse issues. It was started in 2003 by two women in jail strug-gling with addiction and tired of cycling from jail to homelessness. The GEMMA transitional treatment program has three components:

The Day Program, The Residential Program, and The Aftercare Program. GEMMA was designed to be long-term based on research which demonstrates a positive correlation be-tween the amount of time spent in a treatment program and a person’s success at reintegrat-ing into the community and staying out of jail. Fittingly, GEMMA means “a bud ready to grow independently.”

Jacque Schubert and Mary Mix AAUW Funds/ EF Co-Vice Presidents

Forty years ago, in 1969:

Barbara Jo Rubin becomes the first female jocky to win a U.S. race.

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

Feb. 13, 9:30 a.m.Our speaker for our International Pro-gram, Ronni Goldfarb, a new member of our branch, exemplifies AAUW’s mis-sion.

Ronni Goldfarb is Founder, President and CEO of Equal Access International. Equal Access, a highly innovative international NGO, whose mission is “to create positive so-cial change for millions of underserved people across the developing world by providing in-formation and educa-tion through innovative media, appropriate technology and direct community engagement” is headquar-tered in San Francisco. Equal Access has large scale programs in Nepal, Afghani-stan, Cambodia, Yemen, Chad, Niger and ongoing project activities in India, Laos

and Pakistan.

Ronni will share inspirational success stories and real life challenges with a par-ticular emphasis on Equal Access’s effort to empower women, girls and youth in many difficult regions of the world. Un-der Ronni’s leadership, Equal Access has combined the power of compelling me-dia programming, such as serial dramas, chat shows and mobile theatre, with in-teractive technology and direct commu-nity mobilization.

Equal Access works in Cambodia to pre-vent trafficking of young girls; in Af-ghanistan to empow-er women and girls within the context of Islam; and with communities in Asia

and Africa to diminish violence against women. Equal Access develops new ways of providing women and youth a voice in the leadership of their communi-ties and countries where it never existed before. Ronni has traveled extensively to

initiate and expand each of these country programs and will have photos to accom-pany her stories as well as being avail-able to answer questions from all of our attendees.

Prior to founding Equal Access, Ronni worked for over 16 years as a Strategic Communications Consultant-- creating and implementing communications ini-tiatives and programs for Fortune 500 corporations and the United Nations. Her work with the United Nations includes strategic consulting for the UNDP, Re-gional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, the UN Conference on Women, Beijing, and the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Ronni holds a Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude from SUNY Buffalo and studied Cultural Anthropology and Media at New York University.

Check out Equal Access at http://www.equalaccess.org for more details about what programs Ronni Goldfarb and this dynamic NGO has developed. Gus Slavin

GREAT DECISIONSThe Great Decisions Global Affairs Education Program celebrated fifty years in 2004, and includes the annual Briefing Book, Great Decisions TV, the National Opinion Ballot Report, discussion groups across the country and the GD Online newsletter. AAUW-DA has two Great Decisions discussion groups which begin February 1. Read about what we do at www.fpa.org.

Every member and guests are invited to participate. We recommend you read the briefing book (purchase for $18 plus shipping and tax from http://www.fpa.org but it is not required before attending the meetings. The pre-ordered books have arrived. Pick them up at Roseann’s - call first.

Plan to attend the night time meetings at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays beginning on February 1. The first meeting wil be at Anne Long’s home. You can also attend the day time meetings on Tuesdays beginning February 2, at 1 p.m. with the first meeting at the home of Marian Bliss. Future meeting places will be announced at the first meeting.

Roseann Rayes Krane, Martha Slavin, Joan Ward AAUW-DA Great Decisions Chairs

HOLIDAY from Page 9

and Bruce Wibben for opening up your lovely home. We graciously thank Michele and Jerry Landes, and Barbara and Basil Rago of Diablo. We extend our appreciation for being able to include the west-side remodeled Danville home of Dianne Pruitt, and the Alamo home of Patt and David Larkin in our tour.

Local Scholarships will be awarded at the spring installation in June. Please come to meet these outstanding recipients of this year’s HHT fund-raising event. Our Tech Trek nomination process begins this month.

Mark your calendars for the 2010 HHT December 10 and 11. We are looking at homes for next year’s tour NOW. Please let us know if you know anyone who is willing to open their home for our 2010 HHT. Contact Robin Halloran and Ingrid Lara 2010 HHT Co-chairpersons.

Our thanks to you all for a successful 2009 Holi-day Home Tour.

Tena Gallagher and Kathie Hixon Co-Chairs 2009 Holiday Home Tour

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2009 HOLIDAY HOME TOUR (HHT) REVIEWCongratulations Danville-Alamo. We set new records for our 5th annual Holiday Home Tour!!! A record 653 tickets were sold for the two-day event netting $18,877 for Local Scholarships and Teck Trek summer science campers. Mary Mix’s beautiful Christmas quilt raised $530.00. Kathy Harkins was the lucky recipient of Mary’s talented skill. It takes a great team of workers to produce our fund-raiser. THANK YOU to the following.

Connie Cady created and produced our ticket and postal mail-outs from our growing data base. A challenge each year is the ticket map to route patrons safely to their destinations. Additionally Connie organized the many directional signs. Mary Mix our gifted quilter, kept tally of our ticket sales and was keeper of the HHT monies, a big job. Marian Bliss captured the beauty of each home with her camera. These photos will be shared with the homeowners in a collage of pictures. Gail Clark for her assistance on homeowner releases.

Jennifer Krommenhoek articulately described the homes for our tickets. Susan Terzuoli, the creator of the HHT five years ago, was our name-tag and bootie person. Thanks to Cynthia Savell for playing holiday favorites on the Pruett home grand piano. Additionally we thank our parking attendants, John Gallagher, Bruce Hixon, Bill Slavin, Herb Steinhardt, and stand-by, Dennis Foster. They were challenged with some tricky problem solving! Thanks to Gail Clark for her assistance with homeowner releases.

Head Docents: Karen Campbell, Pat Foster, Sally Jess, Verna Kershaw, Gus Slavin and Caroline Sanchez recruited and sched-uled four shifts of docents, coordinated with the homeowner and pro-vided informative descriptions of each home. Margaret Knopf, Bev Nidick and Helga Glasson coordinated all the tasty goodies and warm cider for the patrons at the refreshment house. Thank you to those who contributed the wonderful home baked breads, cookies and holiday treats.

Docents: Thanks to the following members who served a very impor-tant function for our HHT. We placed 108 docents in various time slots: Carole Allen, Mary Alter, Loretta Altshuler, Arlene Barnett, Sylvia Benzler, Jennifer Brandenburg, Marilyn Bressler, Dee Brook, Betty Bryant, Christy Campbell, Cindy Cassady, Hazel Chappel, Teresa Cheung, Jeannie Chiodo, Beth Clark, Sharon Cohune, Joan Conley, Barbara Critchlow, Carmen Curtis, Pat DeRensis, Kim Dijkstra, Phyllis Dugan, Jennifer Enzminger, Ilene Ferguson, Diane Foga-rty, Karen Fox, Marianne Gagen, Mary Granzotto, Lyn Griffith, Judy Halden, Robin Halloran, Shirley Halpenny, Luisa Hansen, Jo Harberson, Kathy Harkins, Dot Healy, Jan Hersh, Lynne Heyne, Carol Highton, Sandy Hoffman, Carol Kennedy, Jan Knadle, Mimi

Knox, Roseann Krane, Jennifer Krommenhoek, Karen Large, Karen Larkin, Loretta Lewis, Anne Long, Eldene Lucchesse, Pat Madsen, Shelly Martens, Merilyn Milam, Arlene McCulloch, Laurie Miller, Kerry Montalvo, Susan Morea, Anne Moulds, Nancy Murray, Leslee Olson, Carla Pancheco, Carolyn Priest, Karen Schlumpp, Barbara Stumph, Nancy Vanderhaegen, Melissa Walsh, Barbara Welch, Pat Wheeler, Sherry Wilcoxson, Carolyn Winton, Marian Worrall, Rita Wustner, and Debi Zauner.

We also thank two of our scholarship recipients helping as docents; Bronwyn Burman a 2008 Local Scholarship (LS) recipient and Katie Gallagher a 2009 LS recipient. Additionally, 2009 Tech Trek campers Regan Curtis, Maryn Martens, and Chris Watson also assisted at the refreshment house. Thank you for generous donations from Model A Cabinet Company, Scott Carlson, Owner, Agnes Gordon at The Design Gallery, and Sharon Ritchey.

We thank Chow Restaurant, Pascal French Oven, Peasant and The Pear, and Piatti Ristorante for their gift certificates. Thanks to East Bay Floral Company for the convenient ticket outlet. Many tickets were purchased there.

Many of you supported the HHT by taking friends on the tour. AND, of course there would be no HHT without the generous six homeowners opening their doors to our event. We are sincerely appreciative of their hospitality. Thank you D-A member Ingrid Lara See HOLIDAY on Page 8

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01/19 11:30 a.m. Speaker and Luncheon. Bridges Restaurant, Danville. Keynote Speaker: Drs. Melanie Brandabur and Brigitt Schuele will speak about the medical implications of stem cell research.

01/22 6:00 p.m. Member Wine and Cheese Gathering. Hosting: Marian Bliss.01/26 7:00 p.m. Inter-Branch Council Meeting. The Ranch House, Peters Ranch.. Hosted by the Danville-Alamo

Branch.01/30 NooN Legal Advocacy Fund (LAF) Luncheon. Crow Canyon Country Club. See Page 8 for details.02/13 9:30 a.m. International Program. Shadow Hills Cabana. Keynote Speaker: Ronnie Goldfarb. Luncheon.02/16 5:30 p.m. Annual AAUW Funds (fmly. EF) Dinner. Scotts Seafood Restaurant, Walnut Creek. A combined

DKG and AAUW Program.02/21 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Inter-Branch Council Presentation. Roles Women Played in Contra Costa History. Lafayette

Library.02/27 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Expanding Your Horizons (EYH). Diablo Valley College, San Ramon.03/20 9:30 a.m. Wellness Panel. Shadow Hills Cabana.04/23 TBA LAF Event: Voices Speak Out. Lynn Goodwin, Susan Terzuoli and Barbara Welch.

04/30 - 05/02

--- AAUW-CA Convention. San Ramon Marriott.

05/07 -05/08

10:00 a.m.. - 4:00 p.m.

Annual Garden Tour. An AAUW Funds/EF Benefit.

June TBA Installation and Awards Presentation. Location to be determined.

2009-10 BRANCH PROGRAMS

“Hats” from the invitation flyer.Mad Hatter’s Tea Party celebrating our 30th Anniversary on May 16, 1999.

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01/05 01/12 01/19 01/26

10:00 a.m. Mah Jongg. Weekly meeting at various locations. Contact Paula Weintraub at pauladuck@yahoo.com.

01/08 11:30 a.m. WC: Adventurous Chefs. Contact Phyllis Sheller at 280-0437. [WAIT LIST]

01/08 9:30 a.m. Bagel Street Chats. Bagel Street Cafe, Livery. Contact Marian Bliss at 830-4709 or Kathie Hixon at 838-8632.

01/08 7:30 p.m. Cinema 1. Invictus and Up in the Air. Hosting: Tena Gallagher at 837-0826. See Page 4 for details.

01/09 --- Golf. Rossmoor Golf Course, Walnut Creek. See Page 5 for details.01/09 --- New Member Tea. Hosting: Sharon Burke. For details contact pat De-

Rensis at 837-5044.01/11 7:00 p.m. Board Meeting. Marian Bliss and Kathie Hixon, Co-Presidents. Shadow

Hills Cabana, 1001 El Capitan Drive, Danville.01/12 11:30 a.m. WC: Movies n’ Lunch. Invictus and A Single Man and/or Nine. Contact

Diane Stangel at 939-0373. See Page 4 for details.01/13 7:30 p.m. Evening Bridge. Contact Barbara Nexsen at 837-9625.01/15 --- ADVOCATE DEADLINE. E-mail your articles to Cheryl Kohleriter,

Marge Christensen, and Cindy Cassady by Noon today.01/15 7:30 p.m. Oscar 1. Up in the Air. Hosting: Pat Torchiana at 820-1054..01/15 7:30 p.m. Travel Group 2. La Belle, France. Hosting: Carol Highton at 837-5836

or Jennifer Brandenburg at 838-4336. See Page 4 for details.01/16 8:30 a.m. Hiking Group. Hidden paths of Berkeley. Meet at Sycamore Park N

Ride. Contact Kathie Hixon at 838-8632. See Page 5 for details.01/16 6:30 p.m. WC: Epicureans. Contact Judy Finch at 946-0249. [WAIT LIST]01/18 10:00 a.m. Daytime Duplicate Bridge. Contact Mary Kay Anderson at 837-6902.01/20 7:30 p.m. Travel Group 1. Egypt and Jordan. Hosting: Carol Kennedy at 938-

1823. See Page 4 for details.01/21 10:00 a.m. WC: Books II. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Hosting:

Marilyn Bressler at 945-1779. 01/25 9:30 a.m. Daytime Duplicate Bridge. Contact Sandy Hoffman at 837-8759.01/26 7:30 p.m. Evening Literature. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by

M.A. Shaffer. Hosting: Pat Foster at 736-3132.01/27 9:30 a.m. WC: Contemporary Book Group. The Elegance of a Hedgehog by

Muriel Barbery. Contact Diane Stangel at 939-0373.01/28 9:30 a.m. Daytime Literature. American Lion by Jon Meacham. Hosting: Betty

Bryant at 735-9108.

CO-PRESIDENTS:Marian Bliss 820-4709 mbliss@sbcglobal.net Kathie Hixon 838-8632 kathiehixon@comcast.net CO-PRESIDENTS ELECT:Mary Mix 831-1784 memix@sbcglobal.netMarcia Steinhardt 944-5173 herbertt@yahoo.comPROGRAM CO-VPs:Loretta Altshuler 820-0857 roxylfa6@yahoo.com Robin Halloran 743-8262 robinh5@earthlink.netMEMBERSHIP CO-VPs:Barbara Critchlow 287-1543 bacritchlow@yahoo.com Pat DeRensis 837-5044 paderensis@comcast.netAAUW FUNDS CO-VPs:Mary Mix 831-1784 memix@sbcglobal.netJacque Schubert 855-7002 jacqueschubert@comcast.netLAF CO-VPs:Susan Terzuoli 820-9071 susanterz@hotmail.comBarbara Welch 210-1306 barbarawelch@sbcglobal.netSECRETARY:Dora-Thea Porter 837-8064 dtporter@comcast.net TREASURER:Mary Hanson 785-1415 maryhanson5150@yahoo.com

MONTHLY CALENDAR FOR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

ADVOCATE STAFF:

Marjorie Christensen Cheryl Kohleriter820-1853 820-6158christensendan5@aol.com cherylkohleriter@yahoo.com

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P. O. Box 996 Alamo, CA 94507

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For details and updates on upcoming Branch Programs, see our website athttp://www.aauw-da/org/program.html

BRUNCH with

KEYNOTE SPEAKER Ronnie Goldfarb,

FounderEqual Access International

Saturday, February 13 9:30 a.m.

at Shadow Hills Cabana

See Page 8 for details.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Dr. Bethany Lyles Goldblum

Nuclear Scientist

Tuesday, February 16 5:30 p.m.

at Scotts Seafood Restaurant

See Page 3 for details.

ANNUAL AAUW FUNDS DINNER