Monday, October 24, 6:30-8:30 PM
Location: NRECA Building, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203
Sponsors: Arlington County Commission for the Status of Women; AAUW Arlington Branch; League of Women Voters, Arlington Chapter; and the Virginia “It Still Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don’t Run for Office”, Senator Barbara Favola (VA-31), Katie Cristol, Arlington County Board Member

Date: Saturday, April 30, 2016
Time: Noon
Cost: $40.00/person
Address: WASHINGTON GOLF and COUNTRY CLUB
3017 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, Virginia 22207

Click here for more information/registration

You are cordially invited to attend the annual Arlington Branch AAUW Spring Awards Luncheon to honor recipients of the

Elizabeth Campbell Award for Advancement of the Arts in Arlington
Yorktown High School Theater Arts

Excellence in the Middle/High School
Kenmore Middle School Arts Program

Educator of the Year
Connie Skelton

Notable Achievement in the Arts
Brian Bersh

PLEASE REMIT PAYMENT And LUNCH SELECTION BY APRIL 22nd.

Where: Little Theatre Of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Details: 

Join the Alexandria and Mt Vernon AAUW Branches on April 26 to see a performance of this classic story set in Alabama during the Great Depression.  Based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird follows the journey of Jem and Scout Finch, whose father has been appointed to defend Tom Robinson, a black man framed for a crime he didn’t commit. As the trial progresses, Jem and Scout witness their community in a tense tug of war between justice and racism. This timeless classic compels us to take an honest look at our nation’s past and our moral responsibility to each other.

Ticket proceeds support AAUW’s Educational Funding and Awards programs (https://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/)

Tickets are $30.00 each, $12 is tax-deductible.

Contact Ginger Chamberlain for tickets, gbcAAUW@gmail.com

Become a Patron by donating $10 or more to our fundraising effort.

 A reception starts at 7:00 PM in the Green Room.

The performance starts at 8:00 PM with a 15 minute intermission.

Buy Raffle tickets at $5 each or 3/$10 to win one of 6 beautiful gift baskets!

Where: 2nd floor conference room of Main Library on N Quincy St

Guest Speaker: Robert “Tito” Vilchez, Coordinator of the Arlington Gang Prevention Task Force. The task force is under the umbrella of The Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force (NVRGTF). He currently serves as the chair of the NVRGTF. In 2013, Mr. Vilchez was selected to join the Central American Community Impact Exchange (CACIE) an initiative formed by the FBI, White House and U.S. State Department.

Details: This event will follow our snowpostponed program regarding human trafficking. Human trafficking is modern slavery. Worldwide, there are more than 21 million incidents of human trafficking each year. Human trafficking produces more than $30 billion in illegal revenues and is now the second largest criminal enterprise. Northern Virginia is a hub of human trafficking due to Dulles International Airport and Route I-95 as well as being a major metropolitan area.

Branch Board Meeting, March 21, 2016 – 7:00 pm

“Girls Who Glow”, a play, written by Ginny Mohler, Yorktown HS (’06), will be presented at 7 pm, Thursday, February 11, 2016, followed by a talkback with Ms. Mohler. Free admission – all are welcome! Sponsored by the Arlington and Falls Church chapters of the League of Women Voters and the Arlington branch AAUW. Information: marj.signer@gmail.com.

It is a story based on an historical tragedy that is useful as a framework for discussing modern-day health, safety and consumer issues. During the early 20th century, teenage girls were hired by several U.S. companies to paint watches to make them glow in the dark for use in war. The paint was made with radium, known at the time by scientists to be toxic, particularly because girls were encourage to lick the brushes to maintain fine points and thus ingested the paint.

The truth about the radium-laden paint’s dangers was hidden for many years, as the companies profited from the glowing watches and other radium-containing products. Hundreds of young girls fell ill and many died from cancers caused by the paint. Six of these desperately ill girls sued U.S. Radium Corp. for poisoning them. In the face of an increasing public outcry,, the company settled and the Radium girls were left with meager settlements and lives cut short by the toxic paint.

Friday, February 26, 2016
Arena Stage: 1101 Sixth Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024
6:30 PM Dinner at Arena Stage’s Catwalk Cafe
8 PM Play
$49/ticket with AAUW discount code
To purchase tickets, call Arena Stage at 202-488-4380 (by Feb. 5)
Promo Code: CITYAAUW

​​Please join us for a night out at the theater! We will be attending Arena Stage’s The City of Conversation and we’ve arranged for a nice discount on the ticket price. Let’s meet pre-show at 6:30 PM for dinner at Arena Stage’s cafe. It is strongly advised to pre-order your dinner- Prix Fixe is $22 and there is an a la carte menu as well. 202-488-3300 (Tues – Sun 12 – 8 PM) We will be seated together for the play.

Play synopsis: Georgetown hostess Hester Ferris runs in an elite circle, opening her home for political foes to lay down arms and raise a glass. When her son’s formidable, conservative wife comes on the scene, the parlor pleasantries of D.C.’s past descend into entrenched posturing and an ultimatum that could implode the family. Follow the Ferris clan from the end of Carter’s presidency through the Reagan era and into Obama’s game-changing inauguration in this “smart, literate and funny” (The New York Times) inside look at the theater of politics and the politics of conversation.

This looks to be a dynamic production. Family and friends are welcome too!

Please RSVP to Carolyn French so she has a general headcount-onthetown.aauwdc@gmail.com or 301-825-6657.

Closest Metro: Waterfront (green line)​​

Parking Info

The January monthly meeting, scheduled for Monday night, January 25, at 7:00 at the Women’s Club of Arlington on “Human Trafficking”, has been postponed due to the weather. We are working on rescheduling the same topic for the March monthly meeting. More news to come!

Women from Friends of Guest House Share their Stories of Recovery Following Jail/Prison

Monday 22 February 7.00 – 8.30 PM at the Woman’s Club of Arlington
700 S Buchanan Street
Arlington, VA 22204

Please join us for a presentation by the Speakers Bureau of the Friends of Guest House who share the challenges and successes experienced by women re-entering society from prison and jail. Friends of Guest House is a non-profit organization based in Alexandria that helps formerly incarcerated women transition back into the community. The Guest House serves women throughout Virginia, where approximately 5000 women are incarcerated yearly. As women exit from prison/jail, Guest House offers them a place to live for three months, help to find jobs, access to medical and mental health care, and assistance in helping them to identify their goals. The Speakers’ Bureau will introduce you to several women, who have completed the Guest House program, who share the transformational stories of their journey, challenges and accomplishments: what landed them in jail/prison; what they experienced while incarcerated; what changes they made; and where they are today. By speaking with you, the women  receive the gift of self-empowerment, and by listening you receive the gift of experiencing the resilience and strength of women dedicated to building a new life. Additional information is on the website: www.friendsofguesthouse.org.

For the wishlist of donations, click here.  Specific wishlists are in the AAUW Arlington Branch newsletter.

If you have items to donate we will collect clean, usable items on the evening of February 22.