2010 March is Women's History Month: Writing Women Back into History is the theme for the 30th anniversary.
March 8: International Women's Day is when women on all continents - often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences - come together to celebrate a tradition that represents a century in the struggle for equality, justice, peace and development.
March 17-19: SUNY Potdsdam presents a Joint Labor - Union Workshop, "Building a Positive Workplace Environment", presented by Dr. Joel Neuman of SUNY New Paltz, in large and small group workshops daily. The full version of the schedule and resource materials is on-line.
March 24: AAUW Board meeting at 5:30 pm in 114 Morey Hall, SUNY Potsdam. All branch members are welcome.
March 24: If you are a member of a girls or college women's sports team, take part in our 2010 NGWSD-Value U. Video Contest. Get all the details and submit your video on YouTube! See the winning videos!
March 24 & 25: Annual Professional Clothing Fair cosponserd by SUNY Canton & AAUW. You can drop off clothes starting March 18.
March 27 & 28: Annie Houle of the WAGE Project is scheduled to conduct negotiations training in Canton (Sat.) and Potsdam (Sun.) as part of $tart $mart. AAUW is partnering with the four local colleges to train trainers and students on how to negotitate that all-important first salary. More information from Mary Graham. You can download a flyer and/or a student registration form. Registration is limited, so don't delay. There is a $5 fee to participate in the student session.
April 15: 2nd Annual Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted by Clarkson College - AAUW will sponser a $50 prize for the best gender-related paper.
April 17: 18th annual Women's and Gender Studies Annual Brunch from 10-12 in Thatcher Hall, SUNY Potsdam. AAUW Director of Public Policy and Government Relations in Washington, DC, Lisa Maatz, will be the featured guest! Donations to the Anne Righton Malone Fund are encouraged. Tickets are $15.00 adults and students are free. All need reservations by April 9. Reservations e-mail WGS OR call 315-267-3187.
April 20: Equal Pay Day Set for 2010 - The National Committee on Pay Equity, in conjunction with AAUW and our coalition partners, announced this week that the next Equal Pay Day will be April 20, 2010. The date symbolizes how far into 2010 women must work to earn what men earned in 2009. As always, it falls on a Tuesday, which represents how far into the work week women must work to earn what men earned the previous week. Build upon your branch's success from this year and start planning Equal Pay Day 2010 now!
April 20: "Life According to Helen Hosmer" presented by Dr. Nelly Case, Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam @ 4 pm and held on the 8th Floor of Raymond Hall as part of the ANNE RIGHTON MALONE LECTURE SERIES hosted by SUNY Potsdam's Women's and Gender Studies. All are welcome; refreshments will be served.
April 23-25: AAUW-NYS Convention at Cooperstown, NY at the historic Otesaga Hotel on the lake. The keynote speaker will be Linda Hallman, executive director of the American Association of University Women. SLC member Jennifer Ball will be presenting a workshop, Value U: A Community Action Initiative in Gender Equity, about her AAUW-Community Action Grant for 2009-11. Download the registration packet! Deadline for registering is March 8, 2010.
June 3-5: 25th annual National Conference for College Women Student Leaders at the University of Maryland. Early-bird registration opens February 15 and costs the same as last year!
June 23: Title IX's 38th Birthday!
July 9-11: AAUW-NYS Summer Leadership Conference at Cazenovia College.
Contact the Branch Program VP Sue Bellor for more information about any of these events.