Detroit Branch member, Dr. Glenda A. Price, traveled recently to Meru, Kenya to help build a school for orphaned girls. Contributions and donations by AAUW SE Michigan Consortium and the Detroit Branch helped to bring the girls many needed items. Read Dr. Price's report below.
I have just returned from an absolutely incredible experience in Meru, Kenya and bring you greetings from the girls at St. Clare, Father Riwa, and Bishop Mugambi. My ten day visit to the community at the base of Mt. Kenya was an educational journey, as well as an opportunity for service. As a result of this trip, I can assure you that our support of this school is a worthy investment in the lives of many deserving young women. Currently the St. Clare Girl’s School consists of two buildings that are both residential spaces and educational facility. Both buildings are two stories in height, with a third level being constructed on each. The enrollment at this time is 350 with an anticipated residency of 500 when the building is complete. For the most part, the girls are orphans, or abandoned by their parents, or in some cases, rescued from marriages to older men. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
July 11, 2009
Janet Watkins, AAUW Detroit Branch co-President and AAUWMI co-Technology/Website Director was keynote speaker for the Global Women's Leadership Conference on July 11 at Wayne County Community College District's NW Campus (WCCCD). The 1-day event sponsored by WCCCD and Michigan Council of Women in Technology featured speakers and workshops that focused on leadership development, technology, health and wellness. Heather Buchanan, AAUWMI Newsletter Editor and Detroit Branch Communications Director was also on hand promoting her newest publication "The Land of Silent Morning" a memoir by Kateleen K. Washington.
Janet Watkins - AAUW Detroit Branch co-President
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Collection of Poems Paired with Interpretive Photographs Reflects Author's Lifelong Activism and Love of Nature
Book celebrates the resilience of humanity
Carol Atkins' latest book of poetry is titled Rainstorms & Fairies. In this collection of 42 poems, each verse is paired with an interpretive full-color photograph by Sharron Lemmer. The result is evocative and illuminating. (Click here to read more)
Girl Scouts Opened the World to Me
Miriam Daly in photo
By Shayne Wheeler
Retired physician Miriam Daly knows Girl Scouting. Miriam, who attended the 97 year old organization’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, attributes much of her lifelong success to being a Girl Scout.
I had the pleasure of meeting Miriam for the first time at her home in Albion, Michigan on a particularly cold day in December.We sat in her kitchen among various books and magazines including a tattered copy of Moby Dick and a recent issue of Astronomy Magazine.Upon giving her the box of All-Abouts cookies I brought along, Miriam placed them on the counter in her “Girl Scout Cookie spot,” and proceeded to tell me that she always purchases one box of each flavor from every Girl Scout who asks her.(Click here to read full article)
Janet Bennett (left) of the Livonia Branch presents the Livonia Branch of AAUW's Salute to Women Award to Ann Taber for her volunteer work in Zimbabwe
Each December, the Livonia branch of AAUW presents “A Salute to Women” award in recognition of women whose efforts reflect the goals of AAUW and whose contributions enhance the quality of life for women and girls and foster positive societal change.This past year, Ann Taber was recognized for her years of donating her time and creating numerous projects to help with the education of young people in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Taber, a librarian, media specialist and reading teacher for 29 years, created the first school library in Zimbabwe that, now, has more than 10,000 books.Her work provides salaries, medical supplies, uniforms, tuition and a meal a day for the students of Mutare.
Taber and her husband returned to Zimbabwe in January in spite of the cholera outbreak.When she returns to Michigan, she will speak at the general meeting, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 detailing their efforts to help a country in which all public services have collapsed.The Livonia branch has extended an open invitation to the community to hear Ann Taber that evening.
February 4-10, 2009
Michigan Chronicle - Staff Reports
Detroit Branch member, Janie Jones, outreach coordinator and corporate recruiter for the University of Michigan-Dearborn is the new president and executive director of Multicultural Affairs for the Michigan African American Student Network. She is also Program Director for the news diversity lecture series starting in February, 2009 at the U of M Dearborn campus.
From left, Vida Sisco, AAUW member of Otumwa, Iowa, Battle Creek & Lansing Michigan; Mary Anne Charron, AAUW Battle Creek Branch President; and Jeanie Hutchinson, AAUW Branch member. Vida and Jeanie were honored at the Battle Creek Holiday Brunch on December 13, 2008. They were Battle Creek's "Educational Foundation Named Gift Honorees" in 2008. Vida is a long-time member of AAUW and currently serves as V.P. Membership in Lansing. Both Vida and Jeanie have spent countless hours making Battle Creek's book sales and other fundraising events successful. Congratulations Vida and Jeanie.
January 29, 2009
AAUW (American Association of University Women) of Escanaba salutes member, Helmi Lepisto, of Rock. Helmi will leave for the Bahamas at the end of January to start a school for the deaf as part of Christian Missions for the Deaf.Following graduation from Eastern Michigan University in 1954, Helmi taught at the School for the Deaf in Flint, MI. and in public schools in the Upper Peninsula. She also worked as a Bay Cliff Health Camp counselor in the summers.She retired from teaching in 1991. Helmi serves on the State Board for the Michigan Association of the Deaf.
Helmi, a lifelong learner and leader, exemplifies AAUW’s Mission of “advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research” and promotes AAUW’s Value Promise of “belonging to a community that breaks through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance.”
January 14, 2009
AAUW Michigan members visit Canadian Federation of University Women's meeting
Wyandotte-Downriver went to the Cabota Club in Windsor to attend the Canadian Federation of University Women's December meeting and listen to world renown noted short story writer Alistair McCleod read an excerpt from "To Everything There is a Season: A Cape Bretton Christmas Story". Pictured are Co-President, Josie Burke, President Elizabeth Hayes of the Windsor, Ontario Canadian Federation of University Women and co member of the Wyandotte Downriver Branch, Alistair MacCleod, Gloria Conn, Jan Ingle, and Doree Miller, International Relations Chair of the Wyandotte-Downriver Branch.
(Posted January 14, 2009)
January 12, 2009
AAUW Michigan member takes office for another term
The Honorable Judge Lynn Pierce, past-president Grosse Pointe Branch, with husband, family and Marilyn Kelly Michigan Supreme Court Justice at Investiture held at the Grossse Pte. War Memorial.
Congratulations, Judge Pierce! (Posted January 12, 2009)
January 2, 2009
AAUW Member Becomes State Representative
Battle Creek AAUW members joined Segal (center) at the ceremony from left to right: Edite Walter, Carlene Zoller (president-elect), Jan Bishop, and Marilyn Doty.
On January 2, Kate Segal (D), a member of the Battle Creek Branch, was sworn in as State Representative for the 62nd District. Segal was a Calhoun County Commissioner since 2002 and has been Chair of the Commission since 2005. Her prior experience also includes several years working for the State House as a legislative policy analyst and four years serving as former State Senator Mark Schauer's Battle Creek representative. Schauer, a strong AAUW supporter, was just sworn in as Congressional Representative for the 7th District, replacing ultra-conservative Mark Walberg (R).
(Posted January 22, 2009)
Marshall Branch member honored by Michigan Association for Media in Education
From Battle Creek Enquirer, Nov. 16,2008
Marsha Lambert (Marshall Branch), a media specialist at Marshall Middle School, was recently honored with an award for excellence in library media education by the Michigan Association for Media in Education.
Lambert received the Ruby Brown Award, which goes to "an individual who has helped promote and integrate the use of library media in curriculum."
Lambert was recognized at the MAME's annual conference in Dearborn on Nov. 6. MAME is a professional organization that has a membership of more than 500 library media specialists, school librarians and educators in Michigan.
Kathy Shaw, AAUWMI President, featured in the Battle Creek ENQUIRER
Local Woman heads AAUW of Michigan
Darby Prater - The ENQUIRER - November 9, 2008
In 1971, a 19-year-old Kathy Banfield, now Shaw, broke her first glass ceiling, but she didn't shatter it with a brick. Instead, she laser cut a perfect circle and steadily removed it before climbing through.
A lifelong football fan, the young woman became the first female football statistician at Central Michigan University. As a woman in a male-dominated field, she knew she would have to work hard to prove her skills.
At that time, there was an unwritten rule," Shaw said. "No women or dogs in the press box."
Shaw, president of the American Association of University Women of Michigan, (read more)
“Raccoon Tune” by Nancy Shaw, a whimsical tale about raccoons rifling through neighborhood trash in search of a delicious dinner, is the selection for the Library of Michigan’s 2008 Michigan Reads! The program highlights the importance of early childhood literacy by encouraging parents, caregivers, teachers and librarians to read to young children. Check your school or public library for a copy of the book, a resource guide, bookmarks and other goodies from the state. For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/michiganreads.
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