NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY BRANCH Volume XXXXIII Number 2 November-December

BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE—Patricia Baroska Once again we find ourselves in the midst of the Holiday Season… Create warm memories and let us think what we can do for others… “The happiness that comes from doing good deeds is a happiness that will never end.”

Way to go ladies… We are laughing and growing strong… On July 1st we were down five members and in accordance with AAUW National Statistics we only had 30 members………… Strong we are… Today we have 44 members… Let us please continue to recruit members and provide a support system for women and girls through our mission… Laugh we did… Our September Meeting and motivational speaker Rosemarie Poverman was great. She shared some “Humor Mindset Skills” worth repeating for those who did not attend… *Look for the humor in a negative situation. *Focus on your successes, no matter how small. *Simplify. Let go of unimportant things. *Detach. Take a mental step back from difficult situations. * Get flexible. Restructure perceptions to maximize choices. *Lighten up. Avoid being overly serious about yourself. *Seize every opportunity to laugh. * Allow joy. Happiness can exist for no reason or without a prerequisite such as the right time or place. *Remember “trouble is unavoidable, misery is optional”… Our October “PSYCHIC NIGHT” Fundraiser was a Success... Charmed in Company continue to do a great job and this assists us in the benefit of our Scholarship and Essay Awards. The snacks and beverages served by “The Chelsea” at both activities were very good and very much appreciated… AAUW-NJ Fall Focus Meeting in October was very informative… Women issues were reflected in all aspects of the day…

A Look Ahead… Special Focus November/December… AAUW-NOCB Board Meeting is at my home on Novem-ber 2, 2011. November 17, 2011 “Dinner and A Movie” Sandwiches, beverages, and dessert will be provided by our host “The Chelsea”. Thank You, Thank You… This delicious social gathering will be followed by a movie. “The Women” features an all-star, all-female cast and says a lot about what it means to be today’s women….. The cast covers issues of female empowerment, body image and self-esteem for girls. It is Funny… This will be an oppor-tunity to bring a prospective guest for NOCB Membership… December 2, 2011 will be our Annual Holiday Party at the home of Vicki Hall… December 3, 2011 will be our Annual Community Service Project with the Girl Scouts at Georgian Court University… Make a difference and consider volunteering... Also, please remember to bring can-goods to every activity or event for the Monmouth/Ocean Food Bank to benefit Women Shelters and adhere to our Mission…

Please be supportive to our Interest Groups… Always looking for new members and you do not need to attend every meeting or gathering… Also let me know if anyone is interested in being a Chair for a New Group… Perhaps a walking group, day trip group or language group… Give it some thought… We are growing…

Advance Calendar: Snow! Snow! Snow! You can count on it for January… No Activity or Event Scheduled… February 23, 2012 will be “Dinner and A Movie”.

Hope the Holidays are Joyous and May God Bless You and Your Family.

Patricia

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OUR NOVEMBER PROGRAM—”A SOCIAL EVENING”

Movie—”The Women” A hilarious movie starring Meg Ryan, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Debra Messing, Candice Bergen, Annette Benning…. Dinner: Provided by The Chelsea - Sandwiches, Beverages, Dessert Invitees: Members and Prospective Members Date: Thursday, November 17 Time: 6:00 pm Place: The Chelsea 458 Jack Martin Blvd., Brick

WE WELCOME YOU!

Maureen Aptowicz Rosemary Bruno

Lynn Curry Helaine Donovan

Marilyn Gensheimer Joan Little

Janys Mancuso Sandra O’Connell

Maria Pipitone Judy Power

Irene Ribaudo Gianna Ross

Lynda Simms Denise Stone

HOLIDAY PARTY When: Friday December 2 at 6:30 Where: home of Vicki Hall 1782 Todd Road Toms River Bring: your favorite dish Sign up at the Social Evening on Nov 17 or call Vicki Hall at 732-244-2032 In the spirit of the season, there will be a collection for the benefit of a local charity.

DECEMBER—OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY

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November 2011 AAUW BECOMES 130 YEARS OLD 2nd Board meeting at Pat’s, 7pm 3rd Cozy Quilters, Marie Hageman’s, 2pm 6th Set Your Clocks Back—Daylight Savings Ends 8th “Cocktails and Convos” at Moore’s Tavern, 4:30 10th Movie Maniacs “The War Horse” 7pm 11th Veterans Day 16th Cozy Quilters, Barbara Tuzio’s, 2pm 17th Books at Perks. 3:30pm 17th Social Evening: Dinner and A Movie “The Women” 6pm 24th Thanksgiving

December 2011

TBD Cozy Quilters, 2pm 2nd Annual Holiday Dinner, Vicki Hall’s, 6:30 3rd Annual Community Service Project - “Stand Up for Yourself”, 9am 8th Books at Perks , 3:30pm

IMPORTANT DATES

“Each Woman” a painting by Yetunde A. Odugbesan

ADVANCE CALENDAR—2012

Jan. 1st New Year’s Day No activities planned for January due to Feb. 23rd Dinner and a Movie showing “Miss Representation” at The Chelsea

The Holidays 21st Hannukah and Winter begin 25th Christmas Day 26th Kwanzaa begins

31st New Year’s Eve

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A CLAM BAKE dinner was enjoyed at the home of Alice Tarlach on Friday September 23. After wine, appetizers and a wonderful meal and dessert, we played Taboo… We enjoyed it and did not miss a round. Yes, we ARE educated women. Please consider joining the next Gourmet Dinner in the Spring.

Interested members contact Pat Baroska ShoreBeachGirl@hotmail.com

732-267-3127

We met at The Tuscany Restaurant on Saturday October 1...The food and company were very good. And the Phoenix Production of “South Pacific” at the Strand was excellent. The nostalgic familiarity of the songs was enjoyed by all. Please consider joining our next excursion in the Spring… Interested members contact Pat Baroska ShoreBeachGirl@hotmail.com 732-267-3127

Jersey Shore Theater Group

Our AAUW-NOCB Book Discussion Group meets at "Atlanta Bread Company", Brick on one Thursday each month at 3:30 p.m. All members are welcome! Date and Selections for November and December - November 17, 2011—”Empire Falls” by Richard Russo December 8, 2011—“Summer Guest” by Justin Cronin Contact: Lenora Donatiello 732-458-4317 or Pat Baroska at 732-267-3127, ShoreBeachGirl@hotmail.com

Literature: Books at Perks

Friday Night Gourmet Group

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COZY QUILTERS The group continues to stitch up creative pieces at its gatherings. Most recently we met at the home of Judith Hromoko. She has successfully hand-quilted her “purple pansy” mini-quilt. Irene Ribaudo has put together a “water color technique” wall hanging. Marie Hagemann has finished her “stack and whack” full-sized quilt. Ever trying new designs, Maria Sendzik has pieced a “wonky 1 block” quilt. She also will be attending the National Quilters’ Convention in Houston, Texas the first weekend in November. Barbara Tuzio has completed a Thanksgiving table runner. The next meetings will be November 3 at the home of Marie Hagemann and November 16 at the home of Barbara Tuzio, both at 2pm. Come and join us. Any type of needlework welcome. Also great desserts. Barbara Tuzio

Asian-inspired quilt made by Barbara Tuzio for her granddaughter Gianna Ross.

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MOVIE MANIACS—ADVANCE SCREENING

Join us Thursday Nov. 10 for a free showing of Steven Spielberg’s new epic taking place in rural England during WWI. It is based on the Tony Award winning play on Broadway. Showing at the Brick Plaza at 7pm. Please call or email me if you are interested in joining us at PamelaCorSLP@aol.com. Pammi

PSYCHIC NIGHT

A Mystical, Metaphysical evening was had!

It was a dark and gloomy night but that did not stop guests from gathering at the Chelsea (formerly The Worthington) for a Psychic Night with members of Charmed in Company. The Chelsea provided all with refreshments, a lovely gathering place for the readings of tarots, palms, or interpretative astrology and the friendly and helpful assistance from AAUW NOCB members. Many thanks to Marie Sweeney, Diane Becza, Joan Hogan, Pam Coratti, Pat Baroska, Susan Haas, Barbara Tuzio and Judith Hromoko for making this night a success! Maureen Mitchell

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Lilly Ledbetter’s book, Grace and Grit- My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond, is now available on Amazon. The book chronicles her struggle for justice after years of pay discrimination at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. After the Supreme Court decided against her, legislation was passed amending the loophole that Goodyear exploited. President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law in September 2009. AAUW worked closely with Ledbetter to fight pay discrimination and congratulates her on this important work. Today women working full-time earn on average 77 cents for every dollar their male counterparts earn. Marlene Snedaker

PUBLIC POLICY

AAUW CELEBRATES 130 YEARS! JOIN US!

AAUW Celebrates its 130th Anniversary.... To honor this

auspicious occasion, November is being declared National AAUW Month! Nationwide "Cocktails and Convos” night (Drinks and Conversations) is being celebrated by all of our branches on No-vember 8, 2011 (Election Day). The focus of the evening will be AAUW's new "My VOTE Cam-paign", with special emphasis on promoting young women to register to vote. We are having an Inter-Branch gathering at "Moore's Tavern" 402 West Main Street Freehold, NJ 07728 at 4:30pm Nov. 8. We will distribute Voter Registration Forms to all AAUW Branches. Let us raise our glasses in Celebration and enjoy 1/2 price appetizers and dis-counted drinks... The history of Moore's can be traced back to the 1800's like AAUW... Let us Celebrate with any member who might be able to attend... Please RSVP Attendance... AAUW-NOCB@hotmail.com Remember... American Association of University Women began with the meeting of a group of women who defied society's standards by earning college degrees in 1881. They envisioned an organization in which women college graduates could band together to open doors of higher edu-cation to other women and find wider opportunities to use their training. For 130 years, AAUW members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day as education-al, social, economic and political. Our commitment to our mission is reflected in all aspects of our work. You can see more at http://aauw.org/AAUW_month.cfm "AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research"..... Pat

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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND For more than a century, AAUW has advanced educational and professional opportunities for women nationally and globally—funding women pursuing advanced degrees, fostering girls’ achievement and gender equity, and supporting women entering new or nontraditional careers. It’s time to review the five categories of fellowships and grants available through the AAUW Educational Opportunities Funds (formerly Educational Foundation): AMERICAN FELLOWSHIPS support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS support women who hold a bachelor’s degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the workforce. SELECTED PROFESSIONS FELLOWSHIPS are awarded to women to pursue a full-time course of study in a master’s degree program in which women’s participation traditionally has been low (architecture, computer/information sciences, engineering, mathematics/statistics). COMMUNITY ACTION GRANTS provide seed money to women, AAUW branches, AAUW state organizations, and nonprofit organizations (including universities) for innovative programs or nondegree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS are awarded for full-time study or research to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate studies at accredited institutions are supported. Now that funding for our branch’s Research and Project Grant is complete, we will be hearing from AAUW about a recipient of a grant next year. We also must continue to support EO through future contributions. Barbara Tuzio

The NOCB-AAUW Community Service Project “Stand Up For Yourself” will be held on December 3, 2011 at Georgian Court University. This program to address bullying is again presented in part-nership with the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore for 10 and 11 year old girls. Students from Point Pleasant Borough High School will lead the discussion during the break-out sessions with at least one of our members in the break-out room to observe the session and, if needed, to assist with the discussion. Women in Leadership Development) (WILD) at Georgian Court U., an AAUW Partner University, will be volunteering their assistance. Many of you have helped to monitor the break-out sessions in the past, and we hope that you will be able to volunteer again this year. Of course, new volunteers are always welcome. Please call Eve at 732-714-9158 or Marie at 732-295-1439 to sign up. We think that you will find it a rewarding experience. Eve Stafford Smith & Marie Hagemann

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

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AAUW-NJ FALL FOCUS MEETING Pat Baroska, Marlene Snedaker, Alice Tarlach and Barbara Tuzio attended the Fall Focus meeting October 15 at the Courtyard Marriott, Cranbury/South Brunswick. After breakfast and a welcome by President Sally Goodson, Adrienne Lesser and Ginny Lyttle gave an update on the College/University Connection, a pro-gram to encourage C/U’s to join AAUW. All students in the schools could join AAUW as e-members. Then a technology report was given on Teleconferencing, PayPal, and Robotics and Yahoo Groups. Other reports included National Leadership Corps, Fifty Year Plus Members, and the National AAUW Convention Report with a particularly emtertaining presentation by Stella Hyman about Lobby Day and her journey home. The highlight of the morning was a presentation by the W.I.L.D. (Women in Leadership Development) women of Georgian Court University about the NCCWSL (pronounced “nickwhistle”) women. Under the di-rection of moderator Ashley Hobbs (on the right), 2 students related their experiences at NCCWSL, the Na-tional Conference for College Women Student Leaders, which is AAUW’s annual National Leadership Con-ference at the University of Maryland. They were excited, enthusiastic, and articulate. Two other young la-dies gave a brief overview of W.I.L.D., a program unique to Georgian Court U. After lunch the focus was on the Program in a Box Series described on the aauw.org website. The goals were to make members familiar with the programs and to encourage branch use. On each table was a gift-box which contained the topic to plan. In the workship, our members and 3 from Sussex County Branch along with moderator Joan Odud, AAUW NJ C/U Chair, planned a hypothetical program on Violence Against Women using the guidelines found in the giftbox. Barbara Tuzio represented our table and related to the attendees how we would present our Program in a Box. AAUW NJ meetings are always jam-packed with ideas, news and activities. All attendees come away full of enthusiasm and pride in belonging to AAUW. Come along to the next AAUW NJ meeting in April. You will be full of enthusiasm too! Barbara Tuzio

Last year the Northern Monmouth and Freehold branches supported 2 ladies by sending them to the Young AAUW National Conference. They were very enthused by this conference and enrolled in student memberships in AAUW. Georgian Court is in our county so let’s raise the money and join the cause! We are going to collect items for a basket to raffle in the Spring. It will be our “Good Health” basket so please bring an item in this theme to donate the next time we meet. Proceeds will fund sending a student to the conference next May. Alice Tarlach

WILD women from left to right: Christine Sinisi, Karrisa Merkel, Lara Vega, Wilsar Johnson and leader from GCU Ashley Hobbs.

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LEGAL ADVOCACY FUND (LAF) Update

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Cioca vs Rumsfeld, Virginia $3000 Dukes vs Wal-Mart, $6000

Juareguito vs Feather River Community College, California $3000 Mansourian vs Regents of the U. of California, $6000

Sun vs. U. of Mass, Dartmouth, $6000 Thein vs Feather River Community College, California $3000

Wartluft vs Feather River Community College, California $3000

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Learning Bridge is fun! - discounted for AAUW members -

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AAUW Membership Drive Assotin of i Serving the Jersey Shore area

~Meetings held in Brick, NJ~ ~Projects and Interest Groups held in various locations~

AAUW’s Mission Promotes

* Advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research

* Membership includes National, State, and Local levels for individuals with associate degrees and higher, as well as college students….. * AAUW NOCB is a non-profit 501(c) – Proceeds to benefit community projects * Would you like to network with women of like minds while helping women and girls in their educational pursuits?

Scholarship Awards Essay Awards * Consider involvement and socialization with like-minded women?

* Join our various fun interest groups and participate in

rewarding projects and functions?

Community Service Projects Book Group Fundraisers: Psychic Night and Flower Power Movie Group Gourmet Group Quilting Group Theater Group If you’re interested in joining our dynamic group of professional women, who are dedicated to a mission of serving women and girls, please contact one of the following members of our branch:.

Patricia Baroska (732) 458-5906 ShoreBeachGirl@hotmail.com

Marie Hagemann (732) 295-1439 mhageman@verizon.net

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Patricia Baroska—President 458-5096 Marlene Pigut 255-5678 Lenora Donatiello 458-4317 Joanne Pisapia 840-0492 Judith Hromoko—Secretary 477-5519 Maria Sendzik 458-5567 Maureen Mitchell 295-3926 Marie Sweeney—Treasurer 206-9818 Cathy Paredes 899-1931 Barbara Tuzio 899-3267 AAUW NOCB Official Board of Directors: Agree to be responsible for branch organization and activity and will meet three times during the fiscal year: Summer, Fall and Spring. AAUW Chairs: Agree to attend at least one of the Official Board Meetings during the fiscal year. TBA Fall and Spring. AAUW members are welcome to attend Board Meetings. TBA for Fall and Spring.

Barbara Tuzio 1821 Boat Point Drive Point Pleasant, NJ 08742

Save our branch some money by receiving your newsletter via email. Please notify Alice at alicetarlach@comcast.net.

ABOUT AAUW American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a nationwide network of more than 100,000 members and donors, 1000 branches, and 500 college/ Institution partners. For 130 years, AAUW members have examined and taken positions on the fun-damental issues of the day— educational, social, economical, and political. Our commitment to our mission is reflected in all aspects of our work. The AAUW and the AAUW Educational Opportunities Fund advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund provides funding and a support system for wom-en seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination. See AAUW current activities at http://www.aauw.org + http://aauwnj.org

AAUW NOCB Official Board of Directors 2011-2012