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Four members of the Warner Robins Branch will be attending the State Leadership meeting Saturday in Riverdale, GA. Marlene Humphry, Wilhemenia Silbey, Evelyn Merk and Ann MacKay will car pool to the event. The agenda includes sessions on the computer training for the AAUW website, the membership services database and the membership pilot project as well [...] Marlene Humphry Welcome to the new branch president, Marlene Humphry. She is no stranger to leadership in the branch having served as President in 1994 – 1996 and 1998 – 2000. She most recently served as the Program Vice President for the branch and also for the state. In 2001 she received the AAUW GA [...] The Gender-Science IAT that was discussed at our April meeting is not the only test of its kind offered by Harvard. These tests may also be of interest to our members: Disabled – Abled The tests take no more than ten minutes to complete and a full list can [...] In our April meeting, someone brought to our attention that Harvard has a website dedicated to implicit association tests (IAT). The Gender – Science IAT was discussed as part of the Why So Few? report. I recently took the test, which can be found here. The results of my test follow: Your data suggest a moderate association [...] After 48 years as the AAUW Warner Robins Branch, the membership voted to change the name to Houston-Peach. The new name is more reflective of the geographic make-up of the branch membership. The name change becomes official after approval by the state board and the AAUW Governance Chair Article I Name now reads, ” The name [...] AAUW Macon Branch is holding a Book and Author Lunch April 10 at 1:00 p.m at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 753 College Street, Macon, GA 31207. The proceeds from the event fund scholarships for non-traditional students. This year’s book is Tell Them We Are Singing for Jesus: The Original Fisk Jubilee Singers and Christian Reconstruction, [...] Dr. Melody Carter, Fort Valley State University’s vice president of external affairs will be the program speaker on April 13. Carter and former FVSU president Dr. Kofi Lomotey co-edited “The Encyclopedia of African American Education,” released by Sage Publishers, a reference guide about African-American contributions in academia. She was also invited to speak in Brazil at [...] It’s not to late to register for the Siegel Institute Phenomenal Women Conference. In fact go online RIGHT NOW to get the early bird discount which ends March 15. The AAUW convention starts Friday night April 16 after the conference. The early bird deadline is Monday, March 15. AAUW members get a $60 registration fee on [...] It is International Women’s Day. Celebrated since 1911, it is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday. Check out the website for activities taking place throughout the world. If you missed the movie in the theater last year, here’s your chance to see the documentary, A Powerful Noise as we celebrate International Women’s Day. This movie is about women changing the world. The documentary was the official selection at five leading film festivals. The DVD was provided by CARE in partnership with AAUW. The [...] |
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