Features
Social Media
 |
AAUW Poughkeepsie |
|
AAUW NYS |
|
AAUW National |
 |
AAUW National |
Fast Facts
Support AAUW scholarships and community service initiatives
- New Feature - Mid-Hudson Calendar of International Activities>>
- Read the latest publications from AAUW National.
Research>>
Updated 2019
- Get all the facts about Poughkeepsie AAUW from the printer friendly version of the 2019-20 Membership Booklet>>
- Power of Membership>>
- Poughkeepsie AAUW "Leading to Reading" Project has distributed over 42,000 books.
- Learn more about AAUW and what happened in 2018-19.
Board Members' Reports>>
- Remarkable Women of New York State. Buy from Amazon>>
or Barnes and Noble>>
- AAUW is open to all who hold an associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
- Poughkeepsie Branch AAUW, Inc. was founded in 1925.
- Websites:
AAUW.org>>
AAUW-NYS.org>>
Upcoming Events
- Jun 4 Annual Meeting & Election
7pm via Zoom INVITATION WILL BE SENT BY EMAIL A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
Agenda for Annual Meeting>>
- Jun 11 Zoom Party
- CHECK YOUR EMAIL DAILY Many virtual events for all AAUW members and for Interest Groups and Initiatives are occurring at this time - KEEP IN TOUCH.
- LEARN ABOUT AAUW from our website:
- Fasinating Women of
the Year since 1975>>
- History of our branch
and national>>
- Research from
National AAUW>>
The Branch,
Poughkeepsie AAUW
June 2020 Newsletter>>
May 2020 Newsletter>>
AAUW Connections #1, #2,
#3, #4, #5, #6>>
Suggestions of Food, Help and Entertainment
during this difficult time.
RENEW OR JOIN
Poughkeepsie AAUW>>
AAUW-NYS & National News>>
Events & News
Program Canceled. See below for information provided by Dr. Ingalls.
New York City Culture in the
Jazz Age 
Susan Ingalls Lewis Ph.D.,
Professor Emerita, Department of History at SUNY New Paltz, was scheduled as our presenter on May 14th. Due to the coronavirus this presentation had to be canceled. We hope to reschedule for next year. Dr. Lewis has sent links to the following blog entries that she feels "might be of interest to your members. They are not about the 1920s, but they are about women in NYS":
Women Win the Right to Vote in New York State | New York Rediscovered>>
Matilda Joslyn Gage | New York Rediscovered>>
The Mystery of Emma Waite | New York Rediscovered>>
A Long & Winding Road: the Local Path to Women’s Suffrage
on its 100th Anniversary
Bill Jeffway, Executive Director, Dutchess County Historical Society
Melodye Moore, Head of Collections, Trustee, Dutchess County Historical Society
Top: Lucretia Mott, one of the five organizers of the Seneca Falls convention in 1848 was a student and teacher at the Nine Partners Boarding School in what is today Millbrook. Bottom: Vassar College faculty were not allowed to publicly advocate for women's suffrage until after 1910. The leader of the Equal Suffrage League who did emerge at that time was Vassar Professor Laura J. Wylie.
This program was canceled due to caution concerning the coronavirus. Please read Mr Jeffway's article for information on the topic.
The following link will lead you to an article by Bill Jeffway will give you an overview of this journey to voter rights for women.
The Local Path to 1920 “Votes for Women” by Bill Jeffway>>
Recent Events
Program Canceled.
“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.” ― Anthony Bourdain
The Future of Food & Nutrition: Trends and Perspectives
On April 16 Allison Righter was planning to present a program explaining how food is central to our health and the health of the planet. With growing global challenges of obesity, hunger, and climate change (to name a few…) how will we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries by 2050? Allison Righter, MSPH, RDN, was planning to cover the latest research as well as consumer and industry food trends that are driving changes towards a healthier and more sustainable food future. We hope that this program can be rescheduled for some date in the future.
Allison Righter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Culinary Science and Nutrition at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), where she teaches Nutrition, Food Safety, Food Systems and Public Health courses.
Grace Smith House:
An Open Door for
Victims of Domestic Violence
History, Programs and Services
Branka Bryan Marjorie Smith
On December 12, 2019, AAUW members donated an amazing pile of gifts to the women at Grace Smith House. The members were then treated to a summary of the critical services and programs that it offers in our area by recently appointed Executive Director Branka Bryan, PsyD. Grace Smith House Board member, Marjorie J. Smith, JD spoke about the problems the families and some of the history of the organization. Many questions were asked and answered.
Additional Information on Program and Speakers>>
Hiking & Picking: Experiencing the Music & Terrain of the Appalachians
On November 14 at the 
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, we were entertained and informed about the Appalachian trail. Rich Keyes (left) showed slides and gave commentary on the nearly 800 miles of the trail he has traveled and he joined Carole and Kevin Becker (middle and right) to play music of the region. This program was presented in conjunction with the "Big Read."
November 2, 2010
Poughkeepsie AAUW
Woman of the Year 2019
Hon. Joan S. Posner
Dutchess County
Family Court Judge
Acting Supreme
Court Justice
Retired
October 27, 2019, an afternoon of celebration for an outstanding woman!
Gender Bias in Healthcare:
A Long History
On October 10, 2019 at Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie , Christie VanHorne, presented a program that left all with much to think about and a plan to obtain better health care.
Christie started with our sharing both our good and bad experiences with doctors. She gave a brief history of diagnosis - if missed diagnosis was a disease it would be the third largest cause of death. Many women have been dismissed as being hysterical (we can thank Fraud for this). She shared many other stories ending with reminding us that racial disparities and marginalized people experience far greater discrimination in medical care - it is a racial problem.
What can we do when we have a doctor's appointment:
Remember first of all you are the expert on you.
- Think what questions you have - you have at most 15 minutes.
- Have a 20 second elevator complaint
- How has you complaint impacted your life - what does it prevent you from doing - be specific
- Have questions ready - prioritize your questions in case you only have time for a few.
- Never get angry
- Elaborate on yes and no questions the doctor asks.
Open House/Reunion
On Thursday, September 12 at Freedom Plains Presbyterian Church, AAUW gathered for their annual Open House/ Reunion to introduce the program for the year. This included the monthly programs, interest groups and initiatives. Current members were welcomed back and prospective members were welcomed to the organization. This was a new meeting venue for AAUW and was found to be most effective.
POUGHKEEPSIE AAUW ANNUAL MEETING & INSTALLATION DINNER 2019
Speakers
At the June 13th meeting fun pictures were taken, AAUW members and friends chatted and met new people, elections were held, officers installed and members honored. That was all before the program started with the recipients of the Irene Keyes Scholarship speaking about their trip to the NCCWSL conference. The final part of the evening was a talk by Sabrina Marzouka, "Improving the Lives of Women and Children." We were told to "open our briefcase of talent and change the world." Sabrina closed with a quote she has on her office door by Angela Davis "I am no longer accepting the thing I cannot change. I am changing the things I can not accept." It was a wonderful evening, enjoyed by all.
Committee: Sharon Fleury, Diane Jablonski, Joan Kimmel & Ann Pinna
Goldee Greene, Vocal Artist
Tom McCoy, Music Director
Diverse Divas in Opera, Jazz & Musical
May 9, 2019 AAUW had a true musical experience. Goldee Greene charmed us with excerpts by opera divas such as Cleopatra, Tosca and Delilah as well as real-life prima donna’s like Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Mae West and Marlene Dietrich.
Many genres express the laughter, love, struggles and 
empowerment of women through the ages - from Puccini to Duke Ellington. In collaboration with world-class pianist and arranger Tom McCoy, we were treated to a stirring, wheels-within-wheels evening of songs and piano solo (from Ellington).
Sabashnee Govender introduced her co-chair, Judy Longacre and once again AAUW members were most generous with donations for Days for Girls>> .