Welcome to the Long Beach, California
Branch of the
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If you are a college
graduate and live in the Long Beach, California area, we invite you to join our AAUW
Branch, founded in 1911 as the "College Women's Club." Membership includes
affiliation with our state and national organizations and supports the AAUW Mission
Statement: "To foster equity for women and girls, life-long learning, and
positive societal change." We value and seek a diverse membership, with no
barriers to full participation on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual
orientation, national origin or disability.
Connie Inskeep
Leadership Award Winner
Congratulations to our
2007 honoree, Barbara Gleason!
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This prestigious award, named for an outstanding leader who held
numerous offices in our branch, is given annually to a branch member who exhibits
leadership qualities such as:
- demonstrated leadership in the Branch consistent with the mission of AAUW
- demonstrated leadership at the LA Interbranch Council or LA District level
- demonstrated leadership at the AAUW California or Association level
Long Beach Branch is now located on the grounds of St. Luke's Episcopal
Church. (This particular building is rented out to non-church-affiliated
groups.) We are at 525 East 7th
Street, Room 117, Long Beach 90813.
To see a larger picture, click on each image above.
Directions: Drive West on 7th Street (one way at this point) or north/south on Atlantic, turning west on 7th. Parking lot entrance is on the right, 5 or 6 car lengths past Atlantic. Click here for a map.
Our Current Top-Priority
Projects Are:
a career conference for middle school girls interested in professions in
the math and science fields, co-sponsored by AAUW Long Beach Branch and Long Beach City
College – Pacific Coast Campus. Our latest conference took place
in Spring 2008, when more than 150 girls participated. Attendance is by invitation only to middle school girls in the Long
Beach Unified School District.
AAUW members are also involved in an ongoing program to help struggling
readers improve their reading skills. For the past three years, Long Beach Branch members
have been devoting an hour a week at Constellation Community Middle School to work with 6th
and 7th grade students to gain confidence in their reading abilities. The
school provides reading materials and an orientation. The most important skill you need as
a tutor is the desire to help these young people and to share your enjoyment for reading.
If you would like to be a reading tutor contact Daphne Ching-Jackson at Constellation, 562.435.7181.
an ongoing
Mentoring Program for at-risk middle and high school girls. In 2001 the Long Beach
Community Partnership and Press-Telegram newspaper presented this program with a
"Unity of our Community" award for its contributions. We are included in
the Governor's Mentoring Program database and collaborate with the California Mentoring
Initiative and other mentoring groups.
sending one or more of our mentees each year to one
of four AAUW "Tech Trek" math/science camps, held at CSU San Diego, Stanford
University, CSU Fresno and Whittier College. Seven girls attended the latter college
in the summer of 2002.
fund-raising for continuing support of AAUW's Educational Fellowships, which aid women
enrolled for advanced university degrees, and also are awarded to groups and individual
women seeking to better themselves and their communities.
member donations to AAUW's Legal Advocacy Fund, which offers legal
assistance to women in academia seeking redress for workplace discrimination and/or
harassment.
using the annual interest from generous bequests to our Branch from
members Ethel Black and Irene Holmes in ways that further our AAUW Mission Statement.
We donate needed items to:
- Women's Shelters
- "Schools on Wheels"
- Mary McLeod Bethune Transitional Center for Homeless Students
We also:
- host pre-election Candidates' Forums
- volunteer for community organizations
- help in a Reading Project to aid students at Constellation Community Middle School in
downtown Long Beach.
Our $87.00 annual dues (July 1 - June 30) are divided among the three AAUW entities: Branch, State and Association. Student affiliate dues are $39.00 per year.
NOTE: New full-year members joining at a Branch event will have their dues lowered to $63.50
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us.)
Interesting
Groups!
The Long Beach Branch has
several "interest groups" who meet to foster friendship, fun and learning.
Many of them meet at our
own welcoming headquarters. "Interest
groups" include:
Members also enjoy our Golf Group, Gourmet Cooking and
Dining, and are Film Fans. Any member is free to join or initiate an interest group.
OUR POPULAR LUNCHEON MEETINGS
for members and their guests are usually held on the first Saturday of the month, from
September through June. They feature stimulating guest speakers or talented members
of the performing arts and provide members with opportunities for networking.
Recently we have added breakfast and dinner meetings, and enjoy a festive Holiday Wassail
in December, to which prospective members are invited.
RECENT HONORS include receiving both local and regional Soroptimist International awards as an "Organization
Advancing the Status of Women," plus an award from TALB (Teachers' Association of
Long Beach) for achievement in the area of human rights.
We invite you to come and get acquainted at our next Branch Meeting or visit one of our Interest Groups!
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