November 2015

WELCOME

A very special AAUW Camarillo welcome to all of our new members: Carla Castilla,

Suzanne Fussell, Rebecca Madigan, Arlene Pinkerton, and Merle Ruiz.

AAUW'S WONDERFUL

HOLIDAY POTLUCK PARTY

WHEN: December 6, 2015 , 5:OO P.M.

WHERE: Jerrie and Martin Newman‘s 872 Grada Avenue, Camarillo

RSVP To: Janet Lindquist,

805-437-6244 or cell 805-890-6790 email: lindquistjb@hotmail.com or

Jerrie Newman, (805) 389-3064

DETAILS Turkey and Ham will be provided. When you RSVP, please sign up for one of the following: Hor's, Hot Veggie, Cold salad, Starch, or Dessert. Those who sign up first will have their choice. Later sign-ups may be asked to bring a certain item that is needed. Coffee and water are provided. BYOB or soft drink. There is a maximum of 50, so please RSVP early.

Holiday centerpieces will be available for purchase.

DEADLINE DECEMBER 3

More About Medical Home Care

Services . . . .

What’s available to our community?

According to Dr. Suzanne Fussell, Board Certified Family Physician and CEO of Healthwise Home Care Solutions Inc., medical homecare agencies provide community outreach programs to include free services to seniors, advocate on behalf of loved ones, and communicate with the patient’s primary physician on issues such as medication reconciliation, one of the leading causes of patient readmission. Medical home care agencies work closely with hospitals to transition the patient’s care and provide nursing, physical therapy, social services, and home health aides, all in the privacy of the patient’s home and under the supervision of a licensed medical doctor. Accredited medical home care agencies provide education for family members and/or friends while maintaining the recipient’s dignity and independence. This quality of life can be lost even in the best institutions. Medical home care also allows patients to take an active role in their care. With an increase in the elderly population among the aging baby boomers, it is important to understand the services available with insurance and Medicare. The current trend, from doctors and medical facilities, is to decrease unnecessary readmission rates to hospitals.

For more details contact Dr. Suzanne Fussell

Women in History - Props Wanted—a half dozen pair of the fabric eye coverings (the kind you get from the airlines). They’re shaped like a regular glasses case. We need them as props for the role of astronauts If you have one or more and you want to donate them, contact: Jan Ackerman 805-482-5344

November 2015

Two-Minute Activist and

AAUW’s Local, State, & National Focus on Public Policy

The central core of AAUW is its work on public policy issues. Without this advocacy, the AAUW wouldn’t exist. AAUW members have a unique opportunity to affect public policy in both California and nationally. Include your voice in making the changes that are long overdue in pay equity as well as other crucial issues.

Do you want to have the biggest impact you can? Do you want to be part of creating a better world for women in California and nationally? Are you tired of it taking so long for women to earn the right to the gains they should already have? Then this is perfect for you!

Sign up for the Two-Minute Activist. It’s easy. Go to AAUW.org/what-we-do/public-policy/two-minute-activist. You will receive prewritten letters, on AAUW letterhead, to send to your representatives. It will only take a click of a button! Read on for some updates on AAUW Public Policy activities at the local, state, and national levels.

Focused at the local level, equal pay is one of two, main issues. AAUW’s public policy committee is currently starting to work with both the Simi Valley and the Thousand Oaks branches to coordinate activities for Equal Pay Day, 2016. When a larger group joins forces, there is a greater impact with regard to educating the public on this issue. Activities will involve going onto the local college campuses to inform, educate, and inspire young women.

Title IX is the second, main issue at the local level. Soon the public policy committee will be contacting local schools to see if they are in compliance with federal Title IX requirements. This will ensure young girls in this community are given an equal chance from the start. If you are interested in participating in either of these projects, educating and inspiring a new generation of women, please contact Barbara@BeatTheMarriageOdds.com or (818) 917-9174.

At the state level, on October 6th Governor Brown signed into law the Equal Pay Act. This makes California the state with the most stringent pay equity laws. Specifically, previously most people read the law to mean that equal pay for the same position only applied to male and female workers who had the exact, same job and were employed at the same physical, plant. This law closes both those loopholes and expands the definition of equal pay to include men and women performing similar tasks. It further includes men and women who may be performing their duties in different physical plants for the same company. Additionally, the new law bars employers from setting employee wages lower than those paid to employees of the opposite sex for similar work, and it applies to employees who work at different offices for the same employer.

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November 2015

Meet-n-Greet Breakfast

The last Saturday of each month is the date for our monthly Meet & Greet Breakfast at the Breakfast Café. I hope you will all come and enjoy a pleasant social gathering. Friends and potential members are always welcome.

AAUW – Camarillo Meet and Greet Breakfast

Breakfast Café, 317 Carmen Drive, Camarillo (near Michaels and Trader Joe's)

at 9:00am Saturday, November 28, 2015

Come a little early to place your order. Please bring friends and prospective new members! Vanessa and Gloria

ATTENTION NEW MEMBERS

DO YOU NEED A

NAME BADGE?

New Members here is your opportunity to get a name badge. The new badges are more colorful and easier to read. They are comprised of an aluminum plate mounted on blue plastic with either a pin or magnet backing. If you would like to order a badge, please mail a check for $9.00, made out to:

“AAUW Camarillo” Mail to: Ann Wasson, 322 E. Santa Cruz Island Ct. Camarillo, CA 93012.

Please make two notes on the check: your name as you wish it on the badge, and whether you would prefer a magnet back or a pin back.

Two Minute Activist (Cont.)

California is also above the national average with women making $0.84 for every $1.00! While this is a great job in closing the loopholes, let’s keep working together to close the wage gap farther.

Planned Parenthood and voter registration are the headliners at AAUW nationwide. Since September, AAUW has been sending letters to both houses of Congress opposing elimination of funding to Planned Parenthood. In these letters, AAUW is urging Representatives to oppose the Defund Planned Parenthood Act (H.R. 3134) and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act (H.R. 3504). Both bills would make it more difficult for women to access reproductive health care.

Voter registration has become AAUW’s second cause. Because many states are currently trying to erect barriers to voter registration, AAUW has decided to highlight some of the states which have passed laws to actually make voter registration easier!

For example, Oregon passed the nation’s first law to establish automatic voter registration. Individuals will automatically be registered when they renew their driver’s license or their state ID cards. In Pennsylvania, in August they became the 23rd state to announce an online voter registration program, making registration more convenient and accessible. And Vermont has launched the same day, voter registration program.

November 2015

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS

November 2015

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November 2015

Local Chapter Board

of Directors

2015-2016

Pamela Perkins-Dwyer

President

Ann Kahng

Recording Secretary

Anita Kuzas

Corresponding Secretary

Janet Lindgren

Treasurer

Agatha Miller

Membership Treasurer

Diana Dingler

Co-VPs, Hospitality

Teri McDaniel &

Kathy Yanov

VP, Membership

Judi Gill

VP, Programs

Janet Lindquist

Publicity

Vanessa Otto

Past President

Newsletter Editorial Staff

2015-2016

JoAnn Cataldo, Editor

Pamela Perkins-Dwyer

Design and Layout

AAUW Camarillo, P.O. Box 862

Camarillo, CA 93011

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