Category Archives: Featured Events
World of Taste, April 22, Benefits Gifts for Teens
Gifts for Teens, featuring action events, helps 1350 homeless and low-income needy local teenagers. Everyone is invited to participate in two fun springtime events benefiting Gifts for Teens. On April 22, a $25 ticket buys a foodies’ delight, “A World of Tastes”, an international themed food and cultural lunch hosted by the History Club of Los Gatos. Call Theresa, 408 226 6365. The exciting news is that Gifts for Teens will give 1350 low-income teens a gift card for new shoes of their choice courtesy of a Sharks Foundation’s grant. Fun, full Gifts for Teens bags are distributed during the holidays through several Agencies and motivate impoverished teens to seek social services – housing, counseling, job training, and health care help.
San Jose Branch Open House
Invite a friend, neighbor or co-worker to come to the San Jose Branch Open House on Wednesday, April 29, 7:00-8:30 pm, and join in our mission to advance equity for women and girls. Learn more about becoming a member here.
Strong Girls, Strong Women Leadership Conference
AAUW San Jose and the Santa Clara County Office of Women’s Policy present Strong Girls, Strong Women, a leadership conference for high school girls and their advocates. The conference has been recognized by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and the California Legislature. Dynamic and interesting workshops are offered including cyber safety, finances for teens, dating violence, body image, preparing healthy meals, communication and more. Breakfast and lunch are included. Saturday, March 7, 8 am– 1:30, Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Ave. Free. Pre-registration Required at http://StrongGirlsStrongWomen2015.eventbrite.com or 408-299-5152.
Celebrate Women Leaders: Local Women Leaders Share Their Stories
Come and celebrate Women’s History Month by spending an evening with a group of outstanding local women leaders who will share their stories, the challenges they have faced and lessons they have learned on their paths to leadership. Learn how you can promote women’s leadership and connect with today’s and tomorrow’s women leaders. Friday, March 13, 2015, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium, County Office Bldg., 70 W. Hedding Street, San Jose. Space is limited-RSVP’s recommended. Contact tddtaug@yahoo.com or jacqgus46@googlemail.com Celebrate Women Leaders, March 13, 2015
May 5, SVGives, An Opportunity to Support AAUW San Jose Community Action Projects
On May 5, SVGives is holding an online, 24 hour, South Bay wide donation drive with the possibility of earning matching funds. Two AAUW San Jose Community Action Projects are participating: Gifts for Teens and Local Scholarship. Contribute at svgives.razoo.com/story/Gifts-For-Teens to buy bag contents for local disadvantaged teens. Or for local scholarships to provide funds to local women needing financial assistance to continue with college. http://svgives.razoo.com/story/Aauw-San-Jose-Local-Scholarship-Fund-1 Give from midnight to midnight on May 5 when local corporations may match your donation. If you miss the May 5 giving date, you can make online donations anytime.
Learn to Negotiate Your HIghest Possible Salary!
The $tart $mart negotiation workshop will provide you with the knowledge and skills to successfully negotiate your professional salary and benefit package. Current college students are welcome. Saturday, May 10, 2014, 10:00 – 1:00, Santa Clara University, Lucas Hall: Forbes Room, FREE, Registration is required. Contact Nathalie Vu to register at nvu@scu.edu or 408-768-2530. Brought to you by SCU Women in Business MBA and Undergraduate
AAUW San Jose Offers College Scholarships
Women who have a permanent home address in Campbell, Milpitas, San Jose, or Santa Clara; have completed two full years of study at an accredited college or university; are enrolled in a four-year institution as an undergraduate for fall, 2014 and have a minimum GPA of 3.0 may apply to AAUW San Jose for a scholarship. Amounts from $1500 to $3000 with a total of $30,000 to be awarded this year.
Qualified women can apply for one of the local scholarships starting March 1. Application deadline is postmarked April 15, 2014. For more information contact: email at aauwsjscholarship@gmail.com
Lilly Ledbetter, Keynote Speaker at SJSU South Bay Women’s Conference, March 8
Come hear this dynamic speaker and author of Grit and Grace: My Fight for Equal Pay and
Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond and how her unwillingness to give up led to President Obama
signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Lilly Ledbetter will be the keynote speaker at the SJSU
South Bay Women’s Conference, March 8, 1-3PM. For more information on the keynote address and on how to reserve tickets for the Friday, March 7 Dinner with Lilly, visit http://www.southbaywc.org/.
The World On Stage
AAUW San Jose raised thousands of dollars this Saturday at our international fundraiser “The World on Stage”. Geri Madden, our Branch President, says “I am not much of world traveler myself, but now I feel that I’ve had a front row seat to a slice of culture from Mexico, Persia, India, Egypt, Cuba, Tibet, China & Turkey. The performers volunteered their time to help raise funds to help AAUW fight discrimination against women and girls in education and the workplace through AAUW’s Legal Advocacy Fund. The performers were top notch & accomplished in their art. Eva Levine, the Branch’s Legal Advocacy Fund Vice President and her enthusiastic volunteers are to be congratulated.