AAUWRB Amazon.com Link
|
Branch Activities |
|
| 2010-2011 Friendship Luncheons |
|
One of eight Friendship Luncheons enjoyed by branch members.Two AAUW Rancho Bernardo members prepare lunch for fellow members to raise funds to support branch activities.
|
 |
|
|
|
May General Meeting
Tuesday, May 17
RB Swim & Tennis Club
15955 Bernardo Oaks Drive
12:30 PM: Brown bag lunch
1:00 PM: Program
Program: Gift of Aging
Speaker: Richard Lederer
|
|
Mr. Lederer is the author of more than 35 books about language, history and humor. His syndicated column, "Looking at Language" appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the country. He has been profiled in The New Yorker, People, and the National Enquirer and frequently appears on radio as a commentator on language.
|
|
|
|
March General Meeting
Tuesday, April 19
RB Swim & Tennis Club
15955 Bernardo Oaks Drive
12:30 PM: Brown bag lunch
1:00 PM: Program
Program: The Challenges of Women in Law Enforcement
Speaker: Bonnie Dumanis, San Diego District Attorney
|
|
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis took office in 2003 and is the first woman to serve as District Attorney for San Diego County. D.A. Dumanis began her legal career in the San Diego District Attorney’s office as a junior clerk typist. She studied law at night and received her Juris Doctorate degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 1976. In 1994, D.A. Dumanis was elected to the Municipal Court. In 1998, she was elected to the San Diego Superior Court.
|
|
|
|
March Scholarship Fund Brunch
Saturday, March 19
Bernardo Heights Country Club
16066 Bernardo Heights Drive
9:30 AM: Buffet Brunch
Program: Vintage Clothing Through the Ages
Speaker: Ashley Gardener, Executive Director, Women's History Museum of San Diego
|
Ashley Gardner is a former local television host, actress, TV producer and founder of a non-profit video production company, Earth Vision Productions. Ashley serves on the County Commission on the Status of Women and is a former Chair. She has been active in producing the Women's Hall of Fame and was the 2006 Event Chair. Ms. Gardner has additional operational experience in theatrical production and most recently oversaw the construction of a 3000 square foot theatre venue for the Coronado Playhouse. She has served as director since September of 2007. Period Clothes of the Day are a reflection of women’s role in society. AAUW’s members will model period clothing from the 1700s to the 1950s. |
|
|
|
February General Meeting
Tuesday, February 15
Swim & Tennis Club
16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive
12:30 PM: brown bag lunch
1:00 PM: program
Topic: Mohammad and the Rise of Islam
Speaker: Bruno Leone
|
Mr. Leone's undergraduate and graduate education included European Intellectual History, History of Science, Technology and Anthropology. His many academic awards include a Fulbright Fellowship. Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, two National Science Foundation Grants and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Mr. Leone is the author of numerous biographies, articles, books and anthologies on a wide variety of topics.
Our speaker will introduce Muhammad - both the man and religious leader. He will describe the basic tenets of Islam and offer an explanation for the immediate and rapid spread of Islam throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond. Mr. Leone is noted for presenting balanced information; you won't know his personal beliefs when he is finished. |
|
|
|
January General Meeting
Tuesday, January 18
Swim & Tennis Club
16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive
12:30 PM: brown bag lunch
1:00 PM: program
Topic: What's Your Personality Type?
Speaker: Paula Sassi, Certified Master Graphologist
|
| Find out how to determine if you are a driving, expressive, amiable, or analytical personality type. Paula A. Sassi, certified master graphologist, has provided outstanding nationwide service in the field of personnel selection and personality evaluation since 1980. Ms. Sassi’s expertise in handwriting analysis has helped corporate America make the “write” choice in hiring winning teams and top performers. Editor of “Handwriting Insights,” Paula provides a fun and interesting way to learn the basics of graphology. |
|
| |
|
Program Speaker:
Jim Bregante
|
November General Meeting
Tuesday, November 16
North County Inland Older Adult Center;
Temple Adat Shalom
15905 Pomerado Road, Poway
12:00 noon; brown bag lunch
12:30; business meeting
1:00; speaker
Topic: San Diego Waterfront Through the Eyes of a Child
|
| Mr. Bregante is a native San Diegan, raised in Little Italy and on the waterfront. Jim is a Docent for the San Diego Maritime Museum and a Board member of the Italian Historical Society of San Diego. He has a great love for Little Italy, the waterfront area, and enjoys sharing his experiences with others. Come take a historical journey along the waterfront and vicinity from the 1930s to today. |
|
|
Program Speaker: Bill Toone
Executive Director of ECOLIFE Foundation
|
October General Meeting
Tuesday, October 19
Bernardo Heights Country Club
16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway
11:30 a.m.
Topic: The Roar of the Monarch Butterfly
|
Mr. Toone has a Master of Science Degree in Avian Sciences from the University of California at Davis. There he studied the reproductive biology of the California condor. Bill went on to serve on the federally appointed recovery team and played a high profile role in establishing recovery strategies, collecting eggs in the field and rearing condors in captivity. Since then his conservation work has carried him to all corners of the World. His background includes National park work in Madagascar, sustainable development programs in Costa Rica, old growth logging studies in Papua New Guinea, recovery of giant peccary in Paraguay. Worried by the apparent disconnect between quality of life for people and the health of their natural resources, Bill established the ECOLIFE Foundation in 2003 to help fill this important and neglected niche. His diverse experiences have given him a fresh and different perspective on addressing conservation crisis.
Mr. Toone will discuss his project to save the Monarch Butterfly. This is the story of a remarkable insect and its migration of 3,000 miles across North America to its wintering site in Central Mexico where one billion monarch butterflies collect for the winter. These insects - together weighing over 500 tons - amass in remote fir forests, waiting for spring. They arrive in Mexico during Day of the Dead celebrations; many of the Mazahua Indians believe they are the spirits of lost children. Winter is spent clinging to the trees, and on the solstice take to the air, creating the "Roar of the Monarch," with the beating of millions of butterfly wings. This phenomenon, not to be taken for granted, is in decline - a decline closely associated to the people they share the forest with. Can this battle for resources become a marriage in which both thrive? |
|
|
|
|
