The 2010 AAUW-Washington State Convention
April 16 - 18, 2010
Walla Walla Community College
Washington Woman: From Suffrage To Success

For more information or to volunteer to help, pleases contact:
State Convention co-chairs

Darcy Henry, 525-2166, jchenryinc@charter.net
Alice MacDonald 522-5428 amacd@charter.net

AAUW Washington State site

Convention Highlights

Many hands and many committees have been hard at work planning workshops and speakers that will engage your minds, lift your spirits, and promote new ways of thinking about yourself, your community, and AAUW. The week-end will start with a Friday night Pink Tea, Walla Walla Style at the Enology Center, and will end with a Sunday morning 100th Birthday Party celebrating women’s suffrage.

You will probably need running shoes for Saturday’s full day of activities.
Here are just a few “teasers” to pique your interest.

The day will commence with a presentation by Maria Peeler, a Senior Policy Specialist from the Washington State Department of Ecology. Her childhood journey from Cuba, to achieving her present day professional recognition is an incredible story.

Our noon speaker will be Dr. Anne Carlson, a 2005-2006 AAUW American Fellowship Award recipient, and currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington.

And to prepare for our evening entertainment we suggest you read Bold Spirit: Helga Estby’s Forgotten Walk across Victorian America, as Linda Hunt, the author, will be discussing this fascinating story.

During the day, there will be three workshop sessions with over a dozen different choices – something for everyone we hope!

And from National, we have Kate Farrar Director of the AAUW Leadership Programs that help women and girls break through barriers to assume leadership roles.

Our terrific S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) panel on Sunday morning with three distinguished women is not to be missed either!

Dr. Carolyn Landel is the Project Director for the Washington STEM initiative, Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald is a Los Alamos space physicist, and former NASA Space Grant Recipient, and Karen Peterson is the Principal Investigator for the National Girls Collaborative Project. They will address their experiences in these fields of study where girls and women are underrepresented.

The complete program and registration form will be included in the separate Evergreen Leader Convention Issue to come out late January 2010.

Walla Walla Info:

www.wallawalla.org
www.wwvchamber.com