Happy 90th Anniversary
to the Waukegan Area Branch
of AAUW!
And Happy Holidays to all!
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Saturday, December 1, 2018
DECEMBER 2018
- The At the Movies interest group will discuss the 2018 documentary RBG at its Monday, December 3 (1pm), meeting.
- The branch board will meet at 7pm on Thursday, December 6.
WAB AAUW
Holiday Luncheon
&
Silent Auction
Saturday, December 8
11am (noon lunch)
Bonnie Brook Clubhouse
2800 N. Lewis Avenue
Waukegan
$23
Jane Addams Day Celebration
6-8pm, Monday, December 10
Hull-House Museum
Chicago
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Thursday, November 1, 2018
NOVEMBER 2018
- The Reflections on Reading interest group meets at 1pm, Thursday, November 1, to discuss Jamie Ford's novel Love and Other Consolation Prizes.
Vote Tuesday, November 6!
- The 2017 film All the Money in the World will be discussed by the At the Movies interest group at 1pm on Monday, November 12.
- Join us at the 7pm, Tuesday, November 13, branch general meeting at the Gurnee Police Facility community room. Martina Mathisen will present Sacagawea: Adventures with Lewis and Clark. As usual, the general meeting is open to the public.
Monday, October 8, 2018
AAUW-IL Northern Fall Conference
The Waukegan Area Branch
was well represented.
Branch anniversaries were recognized,
including WAB's 90th!
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
OCTOBER 2018
- Monday, October 1, 7pm...At the Movies, discussion of A United Kingdom (2017)
- Thursday, October 4, 1pm...Reflections on Reading, discussion of The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Saturday, October 6
9am--1pm
AAUW-IL, Inc.
Northern Fall Conference
Illinois Institute of Technology Rice Campus
201 E. Loop Road
Wheaton
- Tuesday, October 9, 7pm...WAB General Meeting, "What You Don't Know About Writing Children's Literature," Natalie Rompella...Gurnee Police Facility Community Room...open to the public
- Tuesday, October 23, 7pm...Travelogue, Jordon (including Petra and Jerash)
- Thursday, October 25, 7pm...branch board meeting
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
SEPTEMBER 2018
Welcome back to another exciting AAUW year!
Thanks for visiting here to find out what's going on with the Waukegan Area Branch.
Hope to meet you in person soon.
- Thursday, September 6, 1pm...Reflections on Reading, discussion of Amor Towles' novel Rules of Civility
- Monday, September 10, 7pm...At the Movies, discussion of Albert Dobbs (2011)
- Saturday, September 15, 9:30am...branch general meeting & potluck brunch, Gurnee Police Facility...speaker Elyse Danckers, director of Waukegan to College
- Tuesday, September 25, 6pm...Travelogue, potluck, program about New England
- Thursday, September 27, 7pm...Branch Board meeting
Thursday, August 2, 2018
AUGUST 2018
Plans for the upcoming year will be discussed at the branch board meeting & potluck on Thursday, August 2. Dinner will be at 6pm; the meeting will begin at 7:30pm. All branch members are invited.
The Lake County Women's Coalition will present "One Woman, One Vote,"
a documentary film, in honor of equality day.
Date: Thursday, August 23
Time: 6 pm
Place: Warren-Newport Public Library
The program is free but registration is requested. To do that go to the library calendar https://scripts.wnpl.info/sub/evanced/eventcalendar.asp
Click on the program and register.
Please note that AAUW'S PRINCIPLES have been updated,
as reflected in the left column of this page.
Strategic Focus Areas
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Friday, June 1, 2018
June 2018
Branch officers
were recently installed!
The At the Movies interest group will discuss Albert Nobbs (2012) at its 7pm, Monday, June 4, meeting.
AAUW
Waukegan Area Branch
Luncheon & Silent Auction
11am, Tuesday, June 12
Wedgewood Banquet Center
as Midlane Golf Resort
4555 W. Yorkhouse Road
Wadsworth, IL 60083
Cost per person: $20
(includes lunch,
soft beverages, tax & tip)
COME MEET US!
John Jakes and his novel Homeland will be discussed at the 1pm, Thursday, June 14, meeting of the Reflections on Reading interest group. Favorite books for summer reading will be presented.
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
MAY 2018
The Reflections on Reading interest group will meet at 1pm, Thursday, May 3, to discuss Maria Duenos's novel The Time in Between.
Genius (2016), with Colin Firth as editor Maxwell Perkins and Jude Law at author Thomas Wolfe, will be discussed at the 7pm, Monday, May 7, meeting of the At the Movies interest group.
Join us at the 7pm, Tuesday, May 8, branch general meeting - open to the public - at the Gurnee Police Facility community room. Erik Wright, education specialist at the National Museum of the American Sailor in Great Lakes, will speak about significant contributions of women to the Naval Station at Great Lakes. Hope you can make it!
The branch board will meet on Thursday, May 24, at 7pm.
The Travelogue interest group's annual pot luck will take place at 6pm, Tuesday, May 29.
Sunday, April 29, 2018
AAUW-IL Convention
WAB members with
Gloria Blackwell
(AAUW VP, Fellowships & Programs)
at the AAUW-IL Convention
Fundraising Quilt
WAB fundraising quilt
with talented quilter
APRIL 2018
GENERAL MEETING: 7pm, Tuesday, April 10
Gurnee Police Facility
"Gender Equity, Racial Equity, Class Equity"
film Equal Means Equal, followed by discussion led by
Dr. Michelle Proctor
Open to the public
Equal Pay Day Rally
noon, Tuesday, April 10
Daley Plaza
Chicago
AAUW Scholars Brunch
11am, Saturday, April 14
Lambs Farm
Libertyville
AAUW-IL Convention
April 27 & 28
Hyatt Regency & Benedictine University
Lisle
INTEREST GROUPS
- At the Movies...7pm, Monday, April 2...Sweet Bean (2015, Japanese)
- Reflections on Reading...1pm, Thursday, April 5...Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng
- Travelogue...7pm, Tuesday, April 24...Egypt
BOARD MEETING: 7pm, Thursday, April 26
Sunday, March 4, 2018
MARCH 2018
These and other WAB members/guests
attended the
Lake County Women's Coalition
Women's History Month
event on March 3
in Wadsworth
- The At the Movies interest group meets at 7pm, Monday, March 5, to discuss Collateral Beauty.
Thursday, March 8
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Rally at Daley Plaza, Chicago
- Please join us at the branch general meeting at 7pm, Tuesday, March 13, at the Gurnee Police Facility community room (Washington & O'Plaine) to hear about Waukegan's part in the Underground Railroad. Ty Rohrer, museum supervisor for the Waukegan Historical Society, will speak about this important part of the city's past.
Tuesday, March 20
PRIMARY ELECTIONS
PLEASE VOTE!
- The branch board will meet on Thursday, March 22, at 7pm.
- The Travelogue interest group will learn about Southeast Asia at its 7pm, Tuesday, March 27, meeting.
Saturday, February 3, 2018
FEBRUARY 2018
Equal Means Equal – Thursday, February 8
CLC Grayslake A Wing Auditorium, Room A011
6:30pm, Meet and Greet / 7pm Movie
Equal Means Equal, is a documentary supporting adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution. Following the screening will be a panel discussion about equal rights for women and the impact of the film on viewers.
General Meeting – Tuesday, February 13 – 7pm
Zooniverse: People-Powered Research
with Samantha Blickhan, Adler Planetarium
**Location change! Warren-Newport Public Library**
Dr. Blickhan encourages you to bring your table or laptop computer so you can log in and try Zooniverse projects for yourself.
Monday, January 1, 2018
JANUARY 2018
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Here's to a happy, healthy, productive year!
Cheers!
AAUW-IL District 5
35th Annual Networking Luncheon
Saturday, January 27
Deerfield Embassy Suites
1445 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, Illinois
Networking at 11:30am...Lunch at 12:15pm
Guest Speaker: Heidi Stevens
columnist, Chicago Tribune
$40
Choice of entrees
Contact Lisa Davlin at
This is a wonderful event for
meeting like-minded women and
seeing old friends.
Hope you can make it!
