PROGRAMS shall promote equity, education, and the development of opportunities for women and girls that enable them to realize their full potential.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Location: Treesdale Golf & Country Club – “The Apple Blossom Room”
140th AAUW Anniversary Celebration & Meet, Greet, and Eat
New members did not have a chance to meet & greet last year for our September Kick-Off. We want to welcome them to this year’s kick-off along with guests exploring AAUW. We will enjoy hot and cold appetizer stations, a beverage station, and a cash bar. We know there will be interactive discussions, a new special interest group update, and we will conduct branch business. We will award the Sr. Matilda Grant and celebrate the 140th Anniversary of AAUW.
The $25 registration also enters your name into a drawing for a $200.00 Vera Bradly Gift Basket, compliments of the Vera Bradley Store, Ross Park Mall! Please make $25.00 check payable to: AAUW North Hills Pittsburgh, mail to Betty Kroniser, 920 Camelot Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. RSVP BY: Monday, September 13, 2021.
6:30 p.m. Social Time
7:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Sister Matilda Kelly Grant Presentation
7:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Branch Meeting
8:00 p.m. – Vera Bradley Gift Basket Drawing
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Location: PSC101, La Roche University
Title: Challenges and Opportunities as We Emerge from the COVID-19 Pandemic:
* Physical and Mental Health
* Communication and Relationships
* Education and Employment
Speakers: 2-3 Speakers TBD
Moderators: Cora Koller and Frances Cech
This event will a community education/outreach event. It will be in place of our monthly branch/business meeting. The event will be free to participants, but preregistration will be required. The event will be live with an option for individuals to participate virtually by ZOOM. Information on the electronic registration process and sharing of ZOOM links, electronic handouts, and program evaluations will be communicated by the public policy/advocacy issue committees and collaborating organizations. The target audience will consist of branch members and guests; La Roche University students, faculty, and staff; Crisis Center North community of clients, staff, and volunteers; members of other AAUW branches (Fox Chapel and Pittsburgh); and North Hills residents.
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Registration and Social Time
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Presentation
7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Discussion & Dialogue/Program Evaluation
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Location: Virtual – Zoom
Title: Race: How to Survive, Manage, and Even Encourage Race Talk
Speaker: Irene Murphy Lietz, Ph.D.
Irene stated her goal is to get people talking about their own racial awareness and to pay attention to the part we can each play in increasing racial equity. We all have power, and we need us all on this journey. Irene says we have the option to read her book, How to Survive, Manage and Even Encourage Race Talks. We can also get information from her blog on her website https://teachingandrace.com/ Lietz, Irene Murphy. Teaching and Race: How to Survive, Manage, and Even Encourage Race Talk. Peter Lang, 2020. Studies in Composition and Rhetoric, Alice S. Horning, vol. 12. https://teachingandrace.com/about-this-site
6:45 p.m. Log-in
7:00 p.m. Speaker
7:45 p.m. Meeting
Saturday, December 11, 2021
Location: The Chadwick
Title: Holiday Mix, Mingle, and Mission
11:30 a.m. Lunch and Social
Monday, January 17, 2022
Location: College Center Square, La Roche University or Livestream
Title: Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity “Breakfast”
Registration information will be emailed, listed on our branch Facebook page: AAUW North Hills Pittsburgh branch and our website. This is another new idea that we are trying. Our branch is a co-sponsor, and our members attend the program. This will serve as our branch program. We will meet virtually for our business meeting.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Location: Virtual – Zoom
Title: Branch Virtual Business Meeting
6:30 p.m. Log-in
6:45 p.m. Meeting
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Location: Ryan Room, La Roche University
Shape the Future and Gateway to Equity
Gateway to Equity Recipient will receive the award and speak
Title: “August Wilson’s Two Trans Running: Pittsburgh’s Hill District in the 60s and Today”
Gateway to Equity Speaker: Sister Rita Yeasted
The sixth in Wilson’s 10-play cycle of the 20th Century, “Two Trains” tells the story of the Hill District in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. Set in a restaurant on Wylie Avenue, the play’s characters discuss the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s plan to seize the property of Black residents as part of “urban renewal.” Written in the late 80s, the play captures the loss of a vital Black neighborhood two decades earlier. Sister Rita Yeasted will discuss that history and its aftermath at the March 19 meeting. The play will be performed at the Pittsburgh Public Theater in June. Schedule of events:
9:30 a.m. Refreshments
10:00 a.m. Gateway to Equity Award & recipient presentation
10:30 a.m. Shape the Future Speaker: Sr. Rita Yeasted
11:30 a.m. – Noon Wrap up/Announcements
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Location: Ryan Room, La Roche University
Title: City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Committee & Local CEDAW Updates
Speaker: CEDAW Committee Member
Updates on local CEDAW efforts. Pittsburgh became the 6th City for CEDAW in 2016. Our branch is a supporting organization for the grassroots community group Pittsburgh for CEDAW. The City of Pittsburgh signed an Ordinance that led to the first-ever Gender Equity Commission in the City of Pittsburgh. They partnered with AAUW to bring Work Smart to Pittsburgh. We will also get an update on the work of the Allegheny County for CEDAW Coalition.
6:30 p.m. Social Time
7:00 p.m. Speaker
7:45 p.m. Annual Meeting – Election of Officers
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Location: TBD
Annual Dinner
This evening we install our new officers and celebrate our branch awards.