FALL 2024
Reston-Herndon Area Branch
Programs, Activities & Calendar
NOT TO BE MISSED EVENT: AAUW Atlantic Regional Conference
DATE: September 27-29, 2024
LOCATION: Virginia Crossings hotel & Conference Center, Glen Allen, VA
REGISTER NOW! Detailed information is available at the Conference link HERE:
BRANCH EVENT: August 2025 Book Group
DATE: Wednesday, August 28, 2024
TIME: 2 p.m.
LOCATION:at Reston’s Used Book Shop, Washington Plaza North, Lake Anne
BOOK: SIRACUSA by Delia Ephron
Members usually gather at nearby Cafe Montmartre at 12:30 for lunch. Everyone is welcome.
AAUW NATIONAL EVENT: In Conversation with Dr. Tiya Miles (virtual webinar)
DATE: : Thursday, September 5, 2024
TIME: 2 p.m.
Join CEO Gloria L. Blackwell for a conversation with AAUW Community Action Grantee, Tiya Miles. Ph.D., about her book “Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped Women Who Challenged a Nation.” Gloria and Dr. Miles will discuss her latest work that puts girls of all races — and the landscapes they loved — at center stage and reveals the impact of the outdoors on women’s independence, resourcefulness, and vision. It focuses on trailblazing women of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—from Harriet Tubman to Louisa May Alcott to Dolores Huerta. Navigating the woods, following the stars, playing sports, and taking to the streets in peaceful protest were not only joyful pursuits, but also techniques to resist assimilation, racism, and sexism. Wild Girls evokes landscapes as richly as the girls who roamed in them—and argues for equal access to outdoor spaces for young women of every race and class today.
REGISTER HERE
DISTRICT EVENT: AAUW-VA Northern District Meeting (In Person)
DATE: Saturday, September 14, 2024
LOCATION: Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library
TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
The 2024 Fall AAUW-VA Northern District Meeting will feature Meg Tuccillo, Co-VP for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as she presents a program on “Micro-Aggression”. As the details are finalized, further information will be posted.
In the meantime, please SAVE THE DATE!
LOOKING AHEAD!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
U.S. SENATE EVENT: 12TH Annual Virginia Women’s Conference – IN PERSON
DATE: Saturday, November 23, 2024
LOCATION: The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center
The Commonwealth of Virginia’s U.S. Senator Mark Warner is again hosting the annual Virginia Women’s Conference on November 23. The conference is free to registrants and is a nonpartisan, official U.S. Senate event offering speakers and workshops. Visit Senator Warner’s website HERE for more information and links.
STATE AAUW EVENT: AAUW-VA 2025 Conference IN PERSON
DATE: MARCH 28, 2025 (Pre-conference), March 29 (2025 Conference)
LOCATION: Sheraton Suites Old Town Alexandria, 801 N St. Asaph Street
Please join us in old town Alexandria for the AAUW-VA Centennial Celebration and we jubilantly begin our second century of women changing the conversation.
STATE AAUW EVENT: AAUW-VA 2025 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (virtual webinar)
DATE: April 2025 date to be announced soon
Regularly Scheduled Reston-Herndon
Area Branch Meetings
Board of Directors Meetings (Currently via Zoom)
BOD meetings will be held in 2024-25: Dates, times, and whether they will be “in-person” or virtual “Zoom” meetings will be announced. The Board of Directors consists of all elected officers and appointed committee chairs. Members are welcome at all meetings. The Annual Membership Business Meeting and Election will be held on a date in June 2025. Watch for emails and consult the Newsletter and the Website for calendars, announcements, and articles with the most up-to-date information.
Branch President:
Janine Greenwood (janinegrnwd <at> hotmail.com)
Book Group
This group meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. at Reston’s Used Book Shop, Washington Plaza North, Lake Anne Plaza. (NOTE: no meeting in Nov, earlier date in Dec). See Book Group page on this website for the year’s book list and other information.
Additional Questions? Contact Book Group Co-chairs: Alyse Goldman (alysegoldman818 <at> gmail.com) or Carla Heymsfeld (heycarla <at> comcast.net).
Lobby Corps
On-site Lobby Corps activities are being scheduled once a month. The Branch Public Policy Chair and Branch President are happy to answer any questions you may have about this important branch activity.
Public Policy and Lobby Corps Chair: Shyamali Hauth (shyamali.hauth <at> gmail.com)
Adopt-a-Spot
In cooperation with the Reston Association, the Reston-Herndon Branch has committed to cleaning up the region around the Uplands Recreation Area in Reston several times per year. Everyone is invited to join and experience the feeling of well-being that comes with a “walk in the woods,” while doing our part to clean up the environment.
For each session, the group meets at Uplands Pool and cleans both the trail and the road from the pool to Wiehle Avenue along North Shore Drive. We usually have great weather for all of these outings and it is always nice to take a walk in this beautifully wooded area with friends!
Adopt-a-Spot Chair: Fran Lovaas (franlovaas <at> comcast.net)
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