For the first time in almost 30 years Noel Wien Library will be receiving a much needed renovation and expansion this year. Join Melissa Harter, Library Director, for an update on all the exciting plans, learn how services will be delivered during construction, and take a tour to envision the new spaces. Saturday, February 18, 10:30am, Meet in the Conference Room
Summer Meetings
We are planning to have a summer picnic/potluck sometime this summer. Information will be emailed to members when more is known
March 2022 Meeting
March 2022
Annual Meeting Monday, March 21, 2022 7pm (6:30pm Social) Topics Election of Officers Scholarship Updates Book Group Update National and Branch Update Will be help via Zoom, details in March newsletter
Feb 2022 Meeting
TITLE IX:
50 YEARS LATER
WHAT IS ITS CURRENT STATUS IN FAIRBANKS AND AT UAF?
Monday February 21st 7:00 pm by Zoom
Please join us for our monthly meeting as we focus on the importance and effects of Title IX. AAUW was heavily involved in the passage of this piece of legislation that gave equal rights to women and girls in education, athletics, etc.
Join us for a presentation by
Margo Griffith
UAF Director of Equity and Compliance
January 2022 Branch Meeting
JANUARY 2022
Put a little ZEN into your TANGLED schedule
Join us for a fun session learning and practicing ZENTANGLE
Saturday, January 22nd 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
The Zoom link was sent out in the JANUARY newsletter and will be emailed again before the meeting.
December 2021 Holiday Party
The Holiday Party will be by zoom on Monday, December 20 at 7pm.
Details were in the December newsletter.
November 2021 Meeting
What services are offered by the
INTERIOR ALASKA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENT LIVING?
Monday, November 15
7:00 pm
(6:30 to 7:00 is open for socializing)
Hear a presentation by
Kara Carlson, Interim Deputy Director
She will give us an agency overview on the work done by IACNVL to help women who are victims of abuse or violence. This agency is the recipient of our annual AAUW Christmas project. She will include information about the holiday celebrations and other ways to be involved.
Kara Carlson is the Interim Deputy Director at the Interior Alaska Center for Non-
Violent Living where she has worked in a variety of capacities for the last 16 years including advocacy, case management, development, campus advocacy, prevention and coalition coordination. She is very passionate about building a safe and strong community. Kara was born and raised in Fairbanks. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of Alaska Anchorage, and received her MPA from the University of Colorado Denver.
Contact Ritchie Musick for scheduled Zoom meeting link.
October 2021 Meeting
DISCOVER WHY INTERSECTIONALITY IS A GOAL
ACROSS ALL AAUW ACTIVITIES
Monday, October 18 7:00 pm
by ZOOM
One of the key goals for AAUW’s updated strategic plan is to embody the goals and spirit of inclusion, diversity and intersectionality across all AAUW activities and participants. So, what is intersectionality, and how do we embody intersectionality? Good question(s)!
Join us for the October branch meeting where Kayt Sunwood will provide an engaging exploration of intersectionality, focusing on why embodying intersectionality is important for AAUW, and the world. Kayt will share some short clips from Kimberlé Crenshaw (who coined the term intersectionality) as well as resources to facilitate our embodiment of the spirit of inclusion, diversity, and intersectionality.
Contact Ritchie Musick to get the zoom link to the meeting
Socialize from 6:30-7:00 Meeting begins at 7:00
May 17 2021 Meeting: Zoom and presentation on Library
Monday, May 17th, 7:00 PM via Zoom
For our last gathering of the “year” we invite you to indulge in some awesome chocolate. Here is an opportunity to shop for something you might not ordinarily have on your shopping list.
Pair it with a fine red wine or a beverage of your choice and join our AAUW members for a delightful evening. Relax and share your choices with the rest of us and broaden our limited tastes.
Share with us one of your covid creations or pandemic products or perhaps a viral vision. Don’t be shy! We know that you have been busy.
Then sit back and enjoy a presentation by our own Melissa Harter, director of the Noel Wien Public Library, on what is happening now at the library and what is in store for the library’s future.
Joint event with LWVTV
The Permanent Fund with Angela Rodell, CEO of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.
Free Public Webinar TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021 7:00PM – 8:30PM
Zoom automatic confirmation at https://bit.ly/3uj0Dav or watch on Facebook
If you think today’s oil is the foundation of Alaska’s general fund, it’s time to rethink. Earnings from the Alaska Permanent Fund now provide more than 2-1/2 times the revenue derived from petroleum to the state’s general fund revenue. This can continue beyond our lifetimes and those of our grandchildren but only if we are prudent stewards.
The vision of Alaskans over 40 years ago has benefited past – is benefiting current – and will benefit future generations. Alchemists of old would have thrilled to see how dedicated people can covert a portion of the state’s non-renewable mineral resource wealth into a renewable financial revenue source for state services and programs. Alaskans can be proud of the Fund and the work that the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) does to manage and invest the portfolio.
APFC through the investment of the Permanent Fund generates revenue for the State of Alaska. The yearly POMV (percent of market value) withdrawal from the fund is a stable, predictable, revenue source that is available for the Legislature’s appropriation. Based on the 2021 Spring Revenue Forecast, the Permanent Fund now provides more that 65% of the state’s general fund revenues. As time goes by it may be the size of the Fund that will determine the state’s level of prosperity.
The Alaska Permanent Fund is an asset of inestimable worth. Alaskans should be mindful of its value and attentive to its well-being. Join Angela Rodell, the CEO of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, to learn about the fund, its history, the role of sovereign wealth in Alaska’s future, the team that invests and guards it and what we can do to ensure it flourishes. Be ready with your questions.
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Tanana Valley and the Fairbanks Branch of the American Association of University Women.
