president’s message 130 anniversary of aauw san francisco · 2014. 4. 2. · leader nancy pelosi....
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A monthly publication of AAUW, San Francisco, est. in 1886 www.aauwsf.org April 2014
President’s Message What a celebration we had to mark the 130
th
Anniversary of AAUW San Francisco. Befitting
the legacy of the branch, our members and friends
gathered at the Presidio Golf Club on Saturday
March 22nd
, for a luncheon program filled with nods
to the past, acknowledgements of our present day
efforts, and with anticipation and inspiration, a look
ahead to our future as an organization, an integral
part of the fabric of San Francisco and our role as
partner with many organizations that stand beside
us as we strive for equity for all women and girls.
Past Presidents, Mary Suter, Cathy Corcoran (current President),
Elaine Butler, Kelly Joseph, Andrea Laudate at the 130th Anniversary
Event.
Mayor Ed Lee declared March 22, 2014 AAUW
San Francisco Day, Senator Mark Leno sent along a
Certificate of Recognition, Jaime Minor shared
congratulations from Leader Nancy Pelosi. Our
speakers were phenomenal – our Tech Trek
Alumnae, Kara McBurnett (2013) and Danielle
Joseph (1999), Kathleen Cha’s presentation on the
history of the branch, our Leadership Award
Recipient, Jennifer Berger, Executive Director of
About-Face and our Keynote Speaker, Noreen
Farrell, Executive Director of Equal Rights
Advocates. The event could not have happened
without our wonderful MC Martina Castro, AV
specialist, Zachary Welburn, our board of directors
and volunteers. Enjoy photos from our celebration
later in this issue. Finally, last Wednesday, Dr.
Emily Murase and the Commission on the Status of
Women recognized our branch for contributions
over the last 130 years to empower women and
girls.
Robin Brasso, Cathy Corcoran, Roberta Guise, Emily Murase & Lucretia
Axtell at the AAUWSF Branch Recognition from the Commission on the
Status of Women at City Hall on Wednesday, March 26, 2014
It has been a week of well-deserved recognitions
with which to fuel our efforts. As Jennifer Berger
said as she accepted her award, “Onward”!
Cathy Corcoran
President
2014-2015 Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee is working on the
board of directors nominations for the upcoming
year. If you are interested in serving on the board or
a committee, we’d love to hear from you. Contact
Barbara Spencer at: [email protected]
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AAUWSF Board Meeting This month’s board meeting will be held on
Wednesday, April 9th
, 6:30 p.m., for potluck,
with meeting to start at 7 p.m. at Marilyn's Leal's
home, 4325 19th Street. All members are
invited. RSVP: call Marilyn at 415-626-4110.
Afternoons With Books
Friday, April 18 at 1:30 p.m.
Book/Author: Americanah, by Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie
Hostess: Connie Armitage, 1952 16 Ave.
Please RSVP to Connie at 681-2110 or email at
International Book Group Monday, April 21 at 7 PM.
Book/Author: The Vagrants, by Yuyin Li
Hostess: Sheila Bost, 19 Wawona St
Please RSVP to Sheila at 664-4985 or email at
Mystery/Adventure
Thursday, April 24 at 7:30
Book/Author: Whisper to the Blood, by Dana
Stabenow
Hostess: Susan Peliks, 109/111 Sutro Heights
Reviewer: Susan Swartz
RSVP: Susan at 668-2961
Travel Group
The Travel Group will meet on Saturday, April 12
at 11 AM for a tour of the Mee Mee Bakery
(Fortune Cookie Factory Tour); 1328 Stockton
Street (between Broadway and Vallejo).
Since 1950, Mee Mee Bakery has been making
fresh fortune cookies daily. It also makes fresh
breads, almond and sesame cookies and Chinese
pastries.
Please RSVP by Thursday, April 10 to Elaine
Butler [email protected] or Adrienne
Kristine [email protected]
Public Policy Notes
AAUW SF 130th
Anniversary Celebration
Bay Area Reporter featured this photo and a short
write-up about AAUW SF on March 27, 2014
(available at http://bit.ly/1gurQhl). Taken at the
130th
Anniversary event, the photo shows President
Cathy Corcoran and me holding up one of three
proclamations AAUW San Francisco received,
recognizing the great work our branch is doing and
has done for the past 130 years. Proclamations were
from Mayor Ed Lee, Senator Mark Leno, and
Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Photo: John Rohosky
But wait, there’s more! At the March meeting of the
San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women
meeting, AAUW SF received a resolution from the
Commission in recognition of its work and the 130th
anniversary. In the photo, left to right: AAUW SF
member Robin Brasso, Cathy Corcoran, Roberta
Guise, Emily Murase, Director, SF Dept. on the
Status of Women, and AAUW SF member Lucretia
Axtell.
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During the SF Commission meeting I announced
that Equal Pay Day is on April 8. The
commissioners each had a copy of AAUW’s The
Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap, and they
engaged in a lively discussion about the published
data long after the meeting had adjourned. AAUW
has been a tireless advocate for equal pay over the
years, always pushing to get the Paycheck Fairness
Act passed in Congress.
Reminder…Equal Pay Day is April 8…Final call
for help!
We’re taking dozens of The Simple Truth booklets
to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ regular
meeting on April 8. We’ll make our case for
eliminating the wage gap and advocate for equal
pay during the public comment period. The more
supporters we have the more effective we’ll be, so I
hope you’ll join us on the 8th
! The meeting is at
2pm, City Hall, Legislative Chamber, Room 250.
Cities for CEDAW
CEDAW — the UN Convention for the Elimination
of all forms of Discrimination against Women, has
not received U.S. ratification. The U.S. is the only
western nation that hasn’t signed on; 186 UN
member countries have ratified it. In 1998, San
Francisco became the first city in the world to ratify
and implement CEDAW. Berkeley is the only other
city that’s signed on. On March 25, during
Women’s History Month awards at City Hall,
Mayor Ed Lee announced that San Francisco is
spearheading Cities for CEDAW, with the goal of
signing up 100 cities in the next year. Watch this
space over the next few months as this initiative
develops.
Upcoming Meetings
SF Commission on the Status of Women (regular
meeting usually on 4th Wednesdays…check online
calendar before attending or contact Roberta
Guise)
Wednesday, April 23, 4-6pm
City Hall, Room 408
Stay informed!
To stay abreast of meetings around women’s, girls’
and families issues, and for reports from the
Department on the Status of Women: sign up at
http://bit.ly/YfmkYf (or San Francisco Department
on the Status of Women, www.sfgov.org/dosw).
Roberta Guise, Co-chair, Public Policy
Tech Trek
March Tech Trek Donors THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Mary Graves
Maureen Keenan
Mary Wohlford Foundation
Pat Camarena
Annie Chan
Hitoshi Hokamura
Kenneth Finn
Lily Chan
Shao Guan
Sara Saldana
The Tech Trek Committee and the Tech Trek
Alums interviewed 29 girls this year. We had an
amazing group of talented girls to choose from this
year. The Committee met on March 14th to make
the difficult decisions needed to reduce the number
of girls from 29 to the 15 that will be sent to camp
this summer. Special thanks go to Nora Lee for her
assistance to Michelle and I and all her new ideas
that make Tech Trek San Francisco even better.
If you want to meet the chosen girls please save the
date May 10th to join us in a Send-Off Party. More
details will follow in the next AVANTI.
Thank you to all the Tech Trek Committee
members and the Tech Trek Alumnae. Also thank
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you to Kara McBurnett camper 2013 and Danielle
Joseph camper 1999. Both young women talked
about their experiences as a Tech Trek Camper at
the 130th Birthday Celebration for San Francisco
Branch. They each did a wonderful job of telling us
how much their experiences meant to them.
Michelle Mammini, Elaine Butler,
Tech Trek Co-coordinators.
Trailblazing Minister
Pat Camarena
During her entire life, Anna encountered
resistance to her goals but she persisted. Raised in
the wilderness of northern Michigan, she and he
family led a life of struggle and hardship. A woman
preacher encouraged her to pursue a college degree
in Boston against the wishes of her family. She was
the only woman in her class of forty- two. Since
women ministerial students received no stipends for
expenses as men students did, she was extremely
poor.
After being refused ordination by the Methodist
Episcopal Church, she was ordained and given a
pastoral position by the Methodist Protestant
Church. During this time, she studied for and
received a medical degree from Boston University
in 1886. She became an outspoken advocate of
political rights for women. She involved herself
deeply in the temperance and suffrage movements
advocating peaceful methods to achieve goals.
During WWI, Miss Shaw headed the Woman's
Committee of the US Council of National Defense.
For her work she earned the first Distinguished
Service Medal to be awarded to a woman.
She continued to lecture in every state and
overseas for the suffrage cause, until her death just a
few months before Congress ratified the Nineteenth
Amendment in 1919. During this time the number
of states with full suffrage rose to twelve.
In 2000, Anna was inducted in to the National
Women's Hall of Fame. In 2004 she was portrayed
in a TV movie called "Iron Jawed Women" by Lois
Smith. In 2010 a St. Valentine's Day episode of "30
Rock" was called "Anna Howard Shaw Day" by
actress Tina Fey who made up a fictional holiday
honoring Anna as an alternative celebration.
www. anb.org
www. greatwomen.org
www.bu.edu
www.biography.com
Playing Now
Paula Campbell
Lauren Gunderson’s Bauer, now at the San
Francisco Playhouse, is a fascinating story – a
morality play for our time. Director Bill English
gets every nuance, every emotion, all the inferences
and twists of this convoluted tale right out there for
the audience to muse over, and appreciate.
A true story, Bauer is a three character play –
Bauer (Ron Guttman) is a non- representational
German playwright, once famous, now almost
forgotten. Louise (Susi Damilano) is his much
beleaguered wife, formerly his maid, now forced to
be his caretaker as his health declines. Into this mix
comes Hilla (Stacy Ross) Bauer’s former lover,
mentor and quasi agent. The two women are also
German.
All three actors are magnificent – their accents are
subtle, but clear – no over blown “stage German”
here – there’s no Col. Klink in this group. The set
design (Bill English) is amazing. We’re in Bauer’s
unused studio, spare, cold, not very clean, and
poorly furnished. He’s chosen this room to greet
Hilla, much to his wife’s dismay. Why not use
other rooms, all beautifully kept up, well furnished,
warm and clean. Because Bauer is furious –
furious at what’s happened to his life and work,
furious at Hilla for not preventing it. The stage is
raked sideways, high end at stage right, sloping to
ground level stage left. Much like the characters
themselves, it’s skewed, off balance – a brilliant
design touch.
What’s happened to Bauer is horrific. Imprisoned
during WWII by the Nazis, his release is purchased
(literally) by a deal Hilla has worked out with the
Guggenheim family. Bauer moves to New York
and the Guggenheims hire Frank Lloyd Wright to
design a museum on Fifth Avenue to display
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Bauer’s work. Wright proclaims Bauer to be “The
greatest living painter.” Bauer was a contemporary
of Klee, Kandinsky, Ernst, but Wright believed he
surpassed them all. Time passed as the structure
rose, and different members of the Guggenheim
family took control of the museum. Bauer signed a
contract giving these Guggenheims sole control of
all his existing work, and all work yet to be created.
All the work was to be housed permanently at the
new museum. By the time a lawyer read the
contract it was too late – Bauer had signed away all
control of not just of his existing oeuvre, but of any
work to come. His reaction was simple – he
stopped painting. The Guggenheims, now in total
control of his work, contractually obligated to keep
it in the museum, simply crate it all, and store it in
the basement. No one will ever see any of it. This
is the crux of the play.
Bauer poses the question of what happens to a
creative artist, who in mid-life decides never to
create again. Can his anger sustain him, or will it
destroy him. Can creativity be staunched, sealed
away in a metaphorical bottle, or will it eventually
blow out the cork and flourish. Hilla wants, urges,
begs Bauer to paint again, Louise fears for his
health, but eventually realizes he must paint at all
costs. The struggle for his soul is on.
For interested theatregoers, the Weinstein gallery on
Geary, near the theatre is having a retrospective of
Bauer’s work. There’s a small full color booklet
sampling Bauer’s work, handed out gratis to the
audience. Also, some of Bauer’s original
pencil/charcoal sketches on paper made, when he
was in prison are displayed in one of the
antechambers to the theatre.
Bauer is a powerful play, about a powerful artist.
It’s wonderfully acted and directed. It’s an
intellectual workout for the audience, and a most
enjoyable evening of theatre. Don’t miss it.
Bauer, through April 19. Tues-Wed-Thurs 7pm, Fri-Sat
8pm, Sat 3pm, (some) Suns 2pm.
SFPlayhouse 450 Post Street (2nd Floor of Kensington Park
Hotel) between Mason and Powell, Box Office 415-677-
9596 Fax: 415-677-9597 Online:
https://sfplayhouse.org/sfph/bauer/
Branch Events
Saturday, April 5, 10:30 AM Coffee with Congresswoman Jackie Spier, and an
opportunity to discuss AAUW concerns.
The Chetcuti Room
450 Poplar Avenue
Millbrae
For questions contact:
Valerie Lambertson (650) 992-4592,
Sunday, April 13, 2014
The 31st annual AAUW WILDFLOWER RUN will
take place on in Morgan Hill, CA at Live Oak High
School, 1505 E. Main Av. Reduced registration
rates through April 3!
This is a fundraiser for AAUW Funds, Tech Trek
and local scholarships for women and girls.
10K Run, 5K Walk and Run, 2 K Run for kids 10
and under, 5K stroller/baby jogger. Family and
group rates.
FREE! Jamba Juice Smoothies, t-shirts, and goody
bags for all.
Details and registration at
www.WildflowerRun.org Register online at
www.racemine.com or www.active.com
COME RUN WITH US!
New Members
Eileen Level
Beth Wells
Membership Updates
If you change your address, kindly notify the
Membership Chair.
April Birthdays Patricia Arango April 1
Catharine Strauss April 1 Joanne Mandel April 6
Melly Metcalf April 12
Holly Millar April 21
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Catherine Hsuan April 23
Roberta Guise April 28
Silver Jubilee Scholarship Fund
AAUW-SF has scholarship funds available in the
amount of $2,000 to upper division and graduate
women who are entering the final year of a
designated study program in 2014. These
scholarships are competitive.
Additional information, qualifying information, and
links for applications can be obtained on the
AAUWSF website
http://www.aauwsf.org/silver_jubilee.htm
The Deadline for 2014 Scholarships is April 30,
2014!
All applications must be mailed to:
AAUW: San Francisco Chapter
P.O. Box 31405
San Francisco, CA 94131-0405
In Memory Muriel Brotsky
Stephanie Pincson
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US Congressional Voting Record
aauwaction.org/VoterEd/CVR.htm
Online AAUW Branch
There is an online AAUW California Branch:
www.AAUWCaOnline.org. Their dues are $10 for
dual members.
Tech Trek Donation Form
Michelle and I have signed up to send 15 girls again
for the summer of 2014. We will need help from
every member and friend of the Program to achieve
this milestone again. Please continue your
generous support!
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2013-14 Tech Trek Donation Form
I’m interested in sponsoring girls to go to Tech Trek
2014! I pledge the following amount towards
sending girls to camp.
$25 $50 $100 $900 (1 girl) $_____
Make checks payable to AAUW-CA SPF, with
Tech Trek SF in the memo line.
Name:_________________________________
Address: _______________________________
___________________________________ ___
Phone:___________ Email:_____________
Mail your donation addressed to:Elaine Butler &
Michelle Mammini 124 Amber Dr., SF , CA 94131-
1626;
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then a printed copy will not be sent to
you. If you prefer, we will continue to
print and mail the Avanti to you.
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Living the Legacy: A Celebration
of AAUW San Francisco - 130
years of Empowering Women and
Girls
Far Left: Jennifer Berger,
Leadership Award
Recipient Left: Noreen
Farrell, Keynote Speaker
Below: Sarah Dix Hamlin
Leadership Award
Top: Lauren Mancuso, Alicia Hetman, Christine Ng. Below: Cathy Corcoran and Alicia Hetman, Kara McBurnett, Kara McBurnett and Cathy Corcoran
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Left: Wanda Holland Greene, Head of School, Hamlin School Below: Danielle Joseph, Tech Trek Alumna 1999, Kelly Joseph, Past President and Current Secretary, AAUWSF
Above Left: Roberta Guise,
AAUWSF Co-Chair Public Policy,
Presents Mayor Ed Lee’s
Proclamation to Cathy Corcoran,
AAUWSF President Left: Andrea
Laudate, Past President and Current
Director of Programs and Jo
Harberson, AAUW
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Left: Jamie Minor, Office of Leader
Nancy Pelosi, Below Left: Kathleen
Cha presents on AAUWSF history,
Below Right: Constance Armitage,
Corrine Sacks, Avanti Editor and Mitch
Sacks, Bottom Left: Amy Ng and
Christine Ng
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Above Left: Cathy Corcoran, with
Certificate of Recognition from Senator
Mark Leno, Above: Cathy Corcoran,
and Alicia Hetman, AAUWCA
President, Left: Mistress of
Ceremonies, Martina Castro, Below
Left: Noreen Farrell and Lauren
Mancuso, Below Right, Dr. Peg
Jackson and Noreen Farrell
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AAUWSF Board
President
Cathy F. Corcoran, Ed.D. [email protected]
415) 341-0206
Secretary
Kelly Joseph
Legal Advocacy VP &
Education Fund VP
Mary Suter
415) 665-1185
Program VP
Andrea Laudate
415) 864-6789
Co-Chief Financial Officers
Kathe Traynor
415) 665-3212
Barbara Spencer
415) 221-6690
Avanti Editor
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Sheila Bost [email protected]
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Roberta Guise
415) 420-6276
Membership VP and Webmaster
Nancy Shapiro
415) 731-2654
Silver Jubilee Fund Chair
Pat Camarena
415) 285-7589
Tech Trek
Elaine Butler
415) 826-3172
Michelle Mammini
415)346-9114
Hospitality
Marilyn Leal
415) 285-7589
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Address Correction Requested
The American Association of University Women
(AAUW), founded in 1881, is the nation’s leading organization advocating equity for women and
girls. It has a national membership of 150,000.
People of every race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, and level of physical ability are
invited to join.
AAUW California was launched in San Francisco
in 1886 and began lobbying immediately. Check
out our website www.aauwsf.org
AAUW advances equity for women and
girls through advocacy, education,
philanthropy, and research
Marie Curie & AAUW
The year was 1919. Europe had been
ravaged by World War I and radium was
far too expensive for a scientist of
modest means to afford for experiments.
This was true even forone as famous as
Madame Marie Curie. As a result, her
groundbreaking research had reached a
virtual standstill. Then the AAUW came
to the rescue. Members from Maine to
California helped raise an astonishing
$156,413, enabling Madame Curie to
purchase one gram of radium and
continue her experiments that helped her
create the field of nuclear chemistry and
forever change the course of science.
Madame Curie received the Nobel Prize
for her work, but was not admitted to the
French Academie des Sciences until she
won an incredible second Nobel
Prize...all because she was a woman.
More than 75 years later, there are still
only three women members.
Pay Equity
AAUW has been on the front lines
fighting for Pay Equity for over a
hundred years.
AAUW was there in the Oval Office in
1963 when President John F. Kennedy
signed the Equal Pay Act into law.
AAUW was there in 2009 when
President Barack Obama signed the Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Play Act into law.
AAUW continues the fight for the
passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act to
ensure women have further equal pay
protections. The pay gap is real.
AAUW will continue the fight to achieve
pay equity; the economic security of
American families depends on it.
Legal Advocacy Fund
Founded in 1981, the Legal Advocacy
Fund (LAF) works to achieve equity for
women in higher education by recog-
nizing indicative efforts to improve the
climate for women on campus; by
offering assistance to women faculty,
staff, and students who have grievances
against colleges and universities; and by
supporting sex discrimination lawsuits.
The LAF Board only approves support
of cases which are currently involved in
litigation, and that have the potential to
set legal precedent.
The Legal Advocacy Fund’s annual
Progress in Equity Award recognizes
indicative and replicable college and
university programs.