CALENDAR
* Wednesday, October 9 at 1 pm. Scribble Sisters. Location tbd.
* Wednesday, October 16 at 1 pm. Book Group. Location: UU Meetinghouse. Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia Butler.
“When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.”
* Wednesday, October 23 at 1 pm. Scribble Sisters. Location tbd
* October 22 at 7 pm. Candidate Forum
AAUW offers voters in the town and county of Bennington a chance to meet and learn the positions of local candidates vying for State Representatives and State Senators in our 20th Anniversary’Candidate Forum.Our branch is one again hosting a forum to help voters become more familiar with House and Senatorial candidates from Bennington Districts 2 and 5. This program is open to the public. Location: Bennington Firehouse. See Candidate Forum by Julie Mackaman.
* Early November: Private Tour of a Bennington Museum Exhibit
To sign up, send an email to AAUWBennvt@Gmail.com.
Put either Tour #1 or Tour #2 in the Subject line.
Each tour is limited to 9 people.Thursday, November 7 at 10:00 am. Bennington Museum—Private Tour #1 (Focus on Pottery Gallery and The Circus is Coming to Town.)
OR
Friday, November 8 at 10:00 am. Bennington Museum—Private Tour #2 (Focus on Vermont Rocks and The Circus is Coming to Town.)
* Saturday, December 7 at 1 pm at The Barn. Holiday Party.
CONTENTS
Candidate Forum: Come Meet the Candidates! by Julie Mackaman
From the Scribble Sisters:
- My Dog Donny by Ruth Bornholdt Olsson
- Lowell Lake by Berta Winiker
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We have two new chairs.
- Hospitality—Mary Ellen Munley has taken on this position, which involves arranging for meeting space, setting up refreshments, and planning a Spring Tea or luncheon.
- Membership Chair— Althea Church welcomes new members and brings the name tags to meetings.
Newsletter Editor, Dawn Rodrigues (dawn.rodrigues@gmail.com), Co-Editor, Kathy Wagenknecht (calmdogs@gmail.com)
Consider submitting an article, essay, poem. or announcement about women. Perhaps you would like to write a review of a book you enjoyed. Or you might want to share poetry, prose pieces, photographs, or recommendations for reading online articles. Just send an email to one of us, and we’ll include your submission in an upcoming newsletter.