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Diversity, Inclusion and Pay Day
Saturday, November 13
11:00 a.m.
(Zoom Meeting Link Below)
A diverse panel of speakers will be moderated by Gloria Bastidas, AAUW Little Rock Disparities Chair. Hear their own stories that illustrate what diversity has meant and means to them. Our Zoom meetings are a quick and easy way to keep in touch as well as a way get to know each other better.
We will also discuss the upcoming AAUW LR Rummage Sale. We need volunteers to come help on November 20th. Volunteer opportunities are outlined here. (Scroll down the page.) The sale is being planned to give us a chance to see each other in person as well as keeping us safe.
Topic: AAUW Little Rock November Branch Meeting
Time: Nov 13, 2021 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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National Latina Equal Pay Day was October 21. Because of the gender pay gap, Latinas were compensated just 57% of what non-Hispanic white men were paid in 2020. That means it takes Latina workers almost an entire extra year of full-time, year-round work to be paid the average annual earnings of white men. Learn more about AAUW's national Latina initiative by clicking here. Shown below is a Central Arkansas group led by Gloria Bastidas who met prior to the pandemic to discuss the special challenges facing equal pay for Hispanic women.
 
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AAUW LITTLE ROCK 2021 CALENDAR
REGULAR MEETINGS AND EVENTS
All regular meetings are virtual and begin at 11 a.m. A Zoom link will be provided before the meeting.
November 13 - Regular Meeting (Diversity)
November 20 - Rummage Sale - Unitarian Universalist Church
December 11 -Regular Meeting
AAUW TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
 
With all members vaccinated against COVID-19, the AAUW Tuesday Afternoon Book Club held their first in-person meeting October 5th in Maria Jones' home with co-host Diana Glaze. (Check out the Halloween glasses...!) Diana provided a plentiful table of food along with the book review. The next meeting will be December 7th with Debra Tillery hosting and reviewing a book.
COVID-vaccinated AAUW Little Rock members are eligible and invited to participate. The Book Club meets at 12:30 pm on the first Tuesday of the month, October through May. They do not meet in January. Contact Diana Glaze, Book Club President, if you would like to attend the next meeting or join the book club.
BRANCH BULLETIN BOARD
Share your announcements, events, awards, pictures, greetings and activities with other members. Send to Maria Jones by clicking here and she will add to the next newsletter.
Rummage Sale Preparations Underway
Thank you to all those who have already donated sale items. Here are some pictures of AAUW volunteers at work, including Maddie, the daughter of Alan Jones/granddaughter of Maria Jones. We have some nice donations but we need yours! Just click on one of the names listed here to contact Nell Matthews, Zenobia Harris, Amanda Potter Cole or Maria Jones.
  
2021 Millage Vote in Little Rock on Tuesday, November 9th
Funding for the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) is on the ballot this November. A special election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Registered voters who live in Little Rock are eligible to vote. To learn more about the request from CALS, click here.
AAUW National's Employer Roundtable Series: Let's Talk about Fair Pay
Pay inequality thrives on silence—among legislators, leaders and even the employees most directly affected by it, who often have good reason for caution. That’s why we’re committed to creating safe opportunities for all of us to start talking. Our three-part webinar series, Equal Pay Every Day, focuses on employers in the New York area. It is designed to get employees, managers and senior leaders engaged in productive, solutions-focused conversations about pay equity.
Join us at 12 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, as we engage a panel of managerial experts to share their insights, tips and success stories. Click here to register.
November 6th is National Day of Dignity
Sign up now for Little Rock School District's....
In-person, virtual, and donor options are available.
AAUW Little Rock Marches for Reproductive Freedom October 2
       
AAUW members signed up over 30 people interested in learning more about AAUW and handed out dozens of "Equal Pay Day" candy bars at the March and Rally in October. To take action supporting the national Women's Health Protection Act, click here.
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AAUW Little Rock Branch
CO-PRESIDENTS - ZENOBIA HARRIS & MARIA JONES
PROGRAM VICE PRESIDENT - DEBRA TILLERY
MEMBERSHIP VICE PRESIDENT - MARY MCGEHEE
POLICY CHAIR - LULA BROOKS
SECRETARY - SUSAN HOLT
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