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September 2024 AAUW Kick-off with guest speaker Tempe Javitz

Sunday, September 15, 2024, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Neutra House, 181 Hillview Ave, Los Altos

We heard from the Tech Trek 2024 campers from Los Altos, Mountain View, and Palo Alto middle schools and our National Conference of College Women Student Leaders – Amit Freikorn and Nicole Nguyen.

Our speaker, AAUW SV member Tempe Javitz, grew up on a cattle ranch in SE Montana and graduated from Scripps College in Claremont, California. After retiring as an insurance agent in 2007, Tempe spent six and a half years preserving her grandmother Jessamine Spear Johnson’s photo legacy—34 boxes of images from the early 1900s through the 1950s. The photos document her life as a rancher’s wife in SE Montana and NE Wyoming. Learn about Jessamine’s original glass plate camera and then her progress from 1908 forward. She even bought a movie camera at one point. How Jessamine did it is related in Bighorn Visions, the Photography of Jessamine Spear Johnson.

May 15, 2024 – Tech Trek camper introduction w/Dr. Amanda Nelson

May 2024 event
Dr. Amanda Nelson, Chemistry Librarian at Stanford
and new Tech Trek campers

Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 4pm
Sequoia Room, Los Altos Community Center
95 Hillview Ave, Los Altos
Space is limited.
RSVP direct to c.noonan@yahoo.com by May 14, 2024.

Amanda Nelson, PhD, Chemistry Librarian at Stanford, will be the speaker at our meeting to introduce the 2024 Tech Trek campers. Dr. Nelson ran the Chemistry teaching labs at Stanford. She was a Fulbright scholar at University of Wurzburg in Germany.

After a short talk, Dr. Nelson and Natalie McClure, Tech Trek committee chair for Palo Alto schools, will demonstrate a science and art project, typical of interactive projects the girls will enjoy in July 2024. Watch the girls make electromagnetic spinning sculptures and learn about the science of magnetism.

Treats will be served.
Meet the girls we sponsor to receive high quality education in STEM fields.
Catch up with AAUW friends.

March 14, 2024 – Understand the Book Banning Controversy

On March 14, 2024, 62 members of the Silicon Valley Branch, other AAUW branches and community members listened via Zoom to Dr. Jennifer Lynn Wolf’s presentation of “School Book Banning: A Primer for Readers of All Ages.” Dr. Wolf, a Senior Lecturer in the Stanford Graduate School of Education, shared an insightful and thought-provoking presentation about the book banning movement sweeping across the country, especially in the public schools. Some thought-provoking questions were discussed, such as who should decide what young people read? When, if ever, is school book banning appropriate? And how can we best understand the reasons behind book challenges? The event dovetailed nicely with AAUW California’s School Board Project which is focused on protecting public education by defending school boards around the state from regressive members.

Jan 22, 2024 Step Up for Choice

Join AAUW Silicon Valley And the Santa Clara County Pro-Choice Community for a Virtual Event Marking the 51th Anniversary of Roe v Wade – Monday, January 22, 2024
ZOOM 1:30 – 2:45 pm

Our speaker this year is Dr. Christine Henneberg, a practicing physician and author. She earned her MD/MS in Health Sciences from the UC Berkeley – UCSF Joint Medical Program. To read about her time at the School of Public Health, UC Berkeley, click here. Ms. Henneberg will discuss the “side effects” of the Dobbs decision and how it has played out politically this year. What can pro-choice groups advocate for in 2024? What is the best role for those in ‘blue’ states?

Image: cover of Boundless by Dr. Christine HennebergHer book “Boundless” is a stark, honest account of an imperfect medical system and a physician who strives to hold it, and herself, to higher  standards, with the goal of providing humane, compassionate abortion care.” — Julie F. Kay, author. If you wish to buy ahead of the event, go to any book store or Amazon. There also links to sources for purchasing if you click on the book image.

A Zoom link will be distributed prior to the event. Contact Claire Noonan.  A follow-up report on the event appears in our March-April 2024 newsletter (access limited to branch members).

 

Dec. 3 Helping Single Moms

Holiday 2023 Season Is Here

Single Mothers – How to Help?
2nd Hybrid meeting
Join Us In-Person at Neutra House,181 Hillview, Los Altos
or via Zoom
Sunday, December 3, 2-3:30 pm
Holiday Snacks and Warmed Cider

Roughly 24 million, or one-third of all American children under age 18, are living with a single parent, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center analysis of US Census Bureau data. And 81% of those single parent homes are headed by a mom.

The fall-winter holidays can be enjoyable but also demanding. Imagine if you were a single mom who works and cares for her children at the same time? Does she make good wages? Is she going to school? How many children is she caring for? Are there family members who support them?

Women at lunch at CSA

What can we do right here, right now to help? Sary Del Soltero, Homeless Prevention and Services Program Director of the Community Services Center, will meet with us to answer these questions.

 

AAUW-CA supports “equal access to quality affordable health care, housing, and environmental justice.”

Oct. 24, 2023 Virtual Event

Attend in person or Zoom to a special panel presentation on Brain Health Lessons for Family Members, Tuesday Oct 24, 7-8:30 pm. 

Co-sponsored by the Santa Clara County Public Library at Morgan Hill and  the Santa Clara County AAUW Interbranch Council. Live – at the Morgan Hill Library (660 West Main Ave., Morgan Hill CA 95037). When you register here, you will receive the Zoom link.

Panel:
Moderator Nick Gaich, CEO, Nick Gaich & Associates will lead the discussion with
  • Courtney Jaffe, Stanford Health
  • Martha Artiles, Sourcewise Advisory Council
  • Peggy Martin, FourStar Wealth Advisors
  • Chuck Berghoff, Susan and Charles Berghoff Foundation

AAUW IBC 10-24 FLYER

Sept 24 2023

Newly Merged AAUW Branches Kickoff  Year with Focus on Women in Science

Sunday, September 24, 2023, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm

Sequoia Room, Los Altos Community Center, 95 Hillview Ave, Los Altos

Join us to meet the Tech Trek 2023 campers from Los Altos, Mountain View, and Palo Alto middle schools and our National Conference of College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL) – Skye Bridges and Molara Mabogunje. (See our Tech Trek and NCCWSL pages for more information on the experiences.)

Hear from Dr. Teresa Nguyen, Resident Physician in Anesthesiology at Stanford Medicine. She is passionate about medical innovation and is committed to advancing science education and mentorship. Teresa is deeply passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. She is the founder of the Lighthouse Initiative, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide resources and mentorship to first-generation, low-income, and minority individuals to succeed in college. Moreover, she is a past AAUW Funds Fellow and a helicopter pilot!

Don’t miss meeting members from both AAUW branches, now AAUW Silicon Valley.
Your friends and community members are invited.

Enjoy refreshments while hearing from a talented woman who can show
our Tech Trek girls what is possible for their future.