DECEMBER 2011

• The branch board will meet at 7pm, Thursday, December 1, at the home of the hostess.

• RESERVATIONS FOR THE BRANCH HOLIDAY LUNCHEON ARE DUE TO BRANCH TREASURER BY DECEMBER 5!

• The At the Movies interest group will meet at 7pm, Monday, December 5, at the home of the hostess, to discuss the film Vitus (2006), a Swiss movie.

Waukegan Area Branch

Holiday Luncheon & Silent Auction

11am, Saturday, December 10

Saddle Ridge at Waukegan Ramada

200 N. Green Bay Road

Waukegan, IL 60085

$20 per person

Contact khcteach@sbcglobal.net for details.

• The Book Review interest group will meet at 1pm, Thursday, December 15, at the home of the hostess.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

NOVEMBER 2011

HAPPY 130TH BIRTHDAY, AAUW!

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  Bob Greene's book Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen will be discussed by the Reflections on Reading interest group at 7pm, Thursday, November 3, at the home of the hostess.


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  Fair Game (2010), based on the autobiography of CIA undercover operative Valerie Plame, will be discussed by the At the Movies interest group at 7pm, Monday, November 7, at the home of the hostess.


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  The 7pm, Tuesday, November 8, general meeting will highlight local community social services: Holy Family Food Pantry, Northern Illinois Food Bank, and Avon Township Community Foundation. Open to the public, the meeting will be held at the Gurnee Police Facility community room.


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  The Book Review interest group will meet at 1pm, Thursday, November 17, at the home of the hostess.

AAUW-IL Fall Conference

Stronghold Conference Center in Oregon, Illinois,

was the site for the AAUW-IL Fall Conference

October 28 & 29, 2011.

Waukegan Area Branch members

Erika, Nann, Kim, & Helen

attended the conference.

...a new day for AAUW Illinois....

OCTOBER 2011

• The At the Movies interest group will meet on Monday, October 3, at the home of the hostess, to discuss the Chinese (Mandarin) film Together (2002) about a talented young violinist.


• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peal Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows) will be discussed by the Reflections on Reading interest group at 7pm, Thursday, October 6, at the home of the hostess.


• Mike Adams, senior biologist at the Lake County Health Department, will address current environmental issues and Lake Michigan water quality at the branch's general meeting, 7pm, Tuesday, October 11. We will meet at the Waukegan Field House Sports & Fitness Facility, corner of Grand & Baldwin.


• The Story of a Beautiful Girl will be the topic at the 1pm, Thursday, October 20, meeting of the Book Review interest group at the home of the hostess.


• The branch board will meet at 7pm, Thursday, October 27, at the home of the hostess.

AAUW-IL, Inc.

Fall Conference

October 28 & 29

Stronghold Conference Center

Oregon, Illinois

For info, email nbhilyard@comcast.net or nicketakis@aol.com

SEPTEMBER 2011

• Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese) will be discussed by the Reflections on Reading interest group at 7pm, Thursday, September 8, at the home of the hostess.



• Mary Clare Jakes, president of the Waukegan Main Street organization, will speak about the Artspace development in the former Karcher Hotel. Come learn about this exciting project at the general meeting and potluck brunch, to be held at 9:30am, Saturday, September 10, at the Gurnee Police Facility (Washington & O'Plaine). All Waukegan Area Branch general meetings are open to the public.



• The At the Movies interest group will discuss the documentary film Catfish at 7pm, Monday, September 12, at the home of the hostess.



• The Book Review interest group will meet at the home of the hostess at 1pm, Thursday, September 15.
  

Jane Addams Birthday Celebration

Saturday, September 17, 10am - 2pm

Cedarville Historical Society

$20 (includes lunch)

Contact: marlenerb@sbcglobal.net

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  Native American Culture will be discussed at the 7pm, Tuesday, September 27, meeting of the Travelogue interest group.

2011-2012 General Meetings

• September 10, Saturday, 9:30am--Pot Luck Brunch--Gurnee Police Facility--Topic: The Waukegan Artspace Project; Speaker: Mary Clark Jakes





• October 11, Tuesday, 7pm--Waukegan Park District Field House--Topic: Environmential Issues & Lake Michigan Water Quality; Speaker: Mike Adams





• November 8, Tuesday, 7pm--College of Lake County Lakeshore Campus--Topic: Community Social Services; Speakers: Barb Karacic & Jackie Hebein





• December 10, Saturday, 11:30am--Luncheon & Silent Auction--Saddle Ridge Restaurant/Ramada (Waukegan)





• February 21, Tuesday, time TBA--Gurnee Police Facility--Topic: A Presidential Celebration; Speaker: Doug Stiles





• March 10, Saturday, 9:30am--Continental Breakfast--St. Lawrence Episcopal Church (Libertyville)--Topic: If Women Ruled the World; Speaker: Liz Piraman





• April 10, Tuesday, 7pm--Cook Memorial Library--Topic: Education; Speakers: Terry Broccolo & Ann Blythe





• May 8, Tuesday, 7pm--Gurnee Police Facility--Topic: Book Review of Kidnapped by an Indian (John Tanner); Speaker: Steven Kaiser





• June 12, Tuesday, 11am--Luncheon & Silent Auction--Country Squire Banquet Facility (Grayslake)

Information about interest group, branch board, and other AAUW events will be posted as it becomes available.

Here's to another great AAUW year!

WAB at AAUW Convention

The AAUW Illinois delegation to the national convention

arrive at Capitol Hill for Lobby Day 2011.

Waukegan Area Branch members

Clairese, Nann, & Kathy visit the office of one of our US Representatives

during AAUW Lobby Day, part of the AAUW Convention 2011.

August 2011

Final plans for the coming year's activities should be ready soon. Stay tuned....

JULY 2011

Incoming officers will meet with their outgoing counterparts at the branch board pot luck supper Thursday, July 21.

Have a wonderful summer!

JUNE 2011

• Xinran's book Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet will be discussed by the Reflections on Reading interest group at 7pm, Thursday, June 2, at the home of the hostess.



• The branch program planning committee will meet at 7pm, Tuesday, June 7, at the home of the hostess. Please bring your ideas and contact information.

~June 8: Branch Luncheon RSVP Due~

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  The Waukegan Area Branch will have its annual spring luncheon and silent auction at the Country Squire Banquet Facility in Grayslake at 11am, Tuesday, June 14.



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  AAUW's national convention will be held June 16-19 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C.

~June 18: Dues Deadline~

MAY 2011

• Summer Hours (French, 2008) will be discussed by the At the Movies interest group at 7pm, Monday, May 2, at the home of the hostess.


• The Reflections on Reading interest group will meet at 1pm, Thursday, May 5, at the home of the hostess, to discuss Lake Effect: Two Sisters and a Town's Toxic Legacy. Author Nancy Nichols grew up in Waukegan, the town refered to in the title of the book.


• Green Building will be the topic addressed by Jean O'Brien Gibbons at our 7pm, Tuesday, May 10, general meeting at the Gurnee Police Facility (Washington Street & O'Plaine Road). This meeting is open to the public, and everyone is invited to come learn about progress that is being made with energy efficiency and sustainable design.


• The Book Review interest group will meet at 1pm, Thursday, May 19, at the home of the hostess.


• The Exploring Culture interest group will go to the Kenosha Civil War Museum on Monday, May 23, to view the exhibit Bodices, Bonnets, and Weeds--Civil War & Mid-Victorian Fashions.


• A member's trip to Holland & Belgium will be revisited after the Travelogue interest group's annual pot luck supper at 6pm, Tuesday, May 24, at the home of the hostess.


• The branch board will meet on Thursday, May 26, at 7pm, at the home of the hostess.

AAUW FELLOWS BRUNCH

ANA MARIA REYES, SARAH GRAFF, AMANDA FISHER

Sponsored by the Deerfield Area, Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, and Waukegan Area Branches of AAUW, the 6th Annual AAUW Fellows Brunch took place at Lambs Farm, Libertyville, Saturday, April 9. Members from these branches and the Elgin Area Branch numbered around 60. After a delightful meal, the audience heard from these three AAUW Fellows:

Sarah Graff, PhD, University of Chicago, Postdoctoral, Archeology, University of Chicago, who spoke about her onsite research of ancient western Syria (Ebla vicinity)

Ana Maria Reyes, PhD, Art History and Criticism, University of Chicago, who spoke about her study of 20th Century Columbian artist Beatriz Gonzalez

Amanda Fisher, MS, Mathematics, Roosevelt University (Chicago), who spoke about her plans to study and develop new classroom methods for math teachers

Raising funds for AAUW grants and fellowships is an integral part of many AAUW branches. Learning about how these monies help further the educations of outstanding women is indeed gratifying. These three women are worthy recipients. Both Graff and Reyes hope to have their work published soon.

APRIL 2011

The At the Movies interest group will discuss The Secret in Their Eyes (2009, Argentina) at 7pm, Monday, April 4, at the home of the hostess.

April 5: V O T E !

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Jamie Ford) will be discussed by the Reflections on Reading interest group at 7pm, Thursday, April 7, at the home of the hostess.

The annual AAUW Fellows Brunch sponsored by the Deerfield, Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, and Waukegan branches of AAUW will be held at 11am, Saturday, April 9, at Lambs Farm, Libertyville. Contact kaymadden@comcast.net for more information.

April 12: E Q U A L * P A Y * D A Y

The Secret World of Civil War Women Spies will be presented by Shannon Ferguson-Munns at our 7pm, Tuesday, April 12, general meeting at Cook Memorial Library, Libertyville. This meeting is free and open to the public.

The Waukegan Area Branch of AAUW will hold a bake sale at the Lake County Courthouse, Wednesday morning, April 13. Profits will support AAUW Funds.

The Book Review interest group will meet at 1pm, Thursday, April 21, at the home of the hostess.

Travel in Alaska will be the topic at the Travelogue interest group meeting, 7pm, Tuesday, April 26, at the home of the hostess.

The 87th Annual AAUW-IL, Inc., Convention--The PEARLs of AAUW--will take place April 29 & 30, at the Par-a-Dice Hotel & Casino, East Peoria. For information, go to http://www.aauw=il.org/.

Lost Boys of Sudan

John Kuol, Kuek Garang,

WAB program coordinator Dorothy Roderick,

Duot Aguer, and Peter Magai Bul

AAUW Waukegan Area Branch members, joined by members of two chapters of Delta Gamma Nu as well as Deerfield Area and Lake Forest-Lake Bluff AAUW guests, were charmed and horified as four of the 4,000 Lost Boys of Sudan told their stories of survival during the Second Sudan Civil War and their lives in the Chicago area since being relocated to the US about 10 years ago.

To learn more about the plights of these men and their attempts to give back to their homeland, and/or to donate to their cause, please visit the following sites: http://www.lostboyschicago.com/ or http://www.abekcommunityusa.com/ or http://www.sudanesecommunitycenter.org/ or http://www.hopeofsudan.org/.

MARCH 2011

• Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, will be discussed by the Reflections on Reading interest at 1pm, Thursday, March 3, at the home of the hostess.

MARCH 8~~INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

• Celebrate International Women's Day at the fair and luncheon Tuesday, March 8, at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson, Chicago. Be sure to check out the AAUW table. Find more info at http://www.chicagowomensday.org/.

• Grace Is Gone (2007) is the film that will be discussed at 7pm, Tuesday, March 7, by the At the Movies interest group at the home of the hostess.

• Several Lost Boys of Sudan will tell their remarkable story at the AAUW Waukegan Area Branch general meeting, Saturday, March 12, at St. Lawrence Episcopal Church, 125 W. Church Street, Libertyville. This meeting is co-sponsored by the AAUW Deerfield Area Branch and two chapters of Delta Kappa Gamma. The presentation will take place after a 9:30am potluck brunch. As always, this general meeting is open to the public. For information on projects sponsored by Lost Boys, visit www.sudanesecommunitycenter.org or http://www.helpsudaninternational.org/ or http://www.abekcommunityusa.com/ or http://www.aycda.org/.

• The Book Review interest group will meet at 1pm, Thursday, March 17, at the home of the hostess.

• When the Travelogue interest group meets at 7pm, Tuesday, March 22, a program about National Parks of Utah will be presented by a branch member at the home of the hostess.

• The branch board will meet at 7pm, Thursday, March 24, at the home of the hostess.

• WABAAUW will honor a member at the Lake County Women's Coalition Women's History Month Event--Our History Is Our Strength--9am, Saturday, March 26, at the State Bank of the Lakes, 50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake. For more information, go to http://www.lakecountywomen.org/.

FEBRUARY 2011

• The Japanese-language film Departures (2009) will be discussed by the At the Movies group at the home of the hostess, 7pm, Monday, February 7.

• Detective Tom Granger--Criminal Investigations Division of the Waukegan Police Department--will talk about Identity Theft at the 7pm, Tuesday, February 8, general meeting. The meeting will be held at the Waukegan Public Library's Ray Bradbury Room and is open to the public.

• Due to inclement weather, the Reflections on Reading discussion of Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (Jeannette Walls) has been rescheduled to 7pm, Thursday, February 10, at the home of the hostess.

• The Book Review interest group will get together at 1pm, Thursday, February 17, at the home of the hostess.

• The Galapagos Islands will be the program at the 7pm, Tuesday, February 22, meeting of the Travelogue interest group at the home of the hostess.

• The branch board will meet at 7pm, Thursday, February 24, at the home of the hostess.

District 5 Networking Luncheon

Ten members of the Waukegan Area Branch of AAUW were among the 90 attending this annual event on Saturday, January 22, at the Deerfield Hyatt.

The speaker was WBBM's Kris Kridel. An award-winning anchor/reporter, Kridel teaches broadcast journalism at Loyola University.

JANUARY 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

As you open your 2011 calendar, be sure to include AAUW activities.

Many of the local branch groups take a break at this time of year, but our calendar will be full again beginning in February. Meanwhile, here is a bit of what's going on this month:

• The Book Review interest group will meet at 1pm on Thursday, January 20, at the home of the hostess.

• WBBM News Co-Anchor Kris Krydel will speak about "Old Media, New Media, and Somewhere in Between" at the 28th Annual AAUW-IL District 5 Networking Luncheon. The event will be held at 11:30am, Saturday, January 22, at the Deerfield Hyatt (1750 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois). The cost of lunch is $35 and includes a choice of entree. Contact donnamz@sbcglobal.net before the January 8 deadline for further information.