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2006-2007 ACTIVITIES & MEETINGS

 

National Meetings:

MAY 2009

    MAY 9, 2009 (Saturday) at Noon
    The SWG Council will meet at SWG Headquarters. The general session begins at noon. All SWG members are invited attend. Please contact Janet McGinn at SWGHQ@verizon.net if you are interested in attending a Council meeting.

 

See News, under Future Events, for All Other Events, Announcements, or Professional Activities featuring SWG Members.

 

Reports on Group Activities:

 

 

Group Meetings:

 

(Click on City Button for Group's Calendar)

     

     

 

 

Bay Area

 

2009 - 2010

   

 

 

   

 

 

Chicago

2009 - 2010

October 10

Dorothy Dare will present a talk titled: "Petra and Jordan - 2009"

   
Ellen Steinberg, Chicago Program Chair

 

Florida

2009 - 2010

   
   
   

 

New York

2009 - 2010

   

We look forward to seeing all of you at these events.
Donna Henes, New York Program Chair
 

Southern California

2009 - 2010

 

 

 

Washington

2009 - 2010

All Washington Group Meetings are at SWG Headquarters at 2:00 pm, unless otherwise noted.

 

First Mondays of the Month:

National Press Club luncheon get-togethers:  On the first Monday of each month (excepting holidays) at 1:30 Elizabeth Brownstein will meet SWG members in the Reliable Source Restaurant of the Press Club on the 13th floor of the National Press Building at 14th and F Streets NW. Let her know if you plan to attend. 

 

October 10:

 Kay Shaw Nelson introduces her brand new book, The Cloak and Dagger Cook: A CIA Memoir. Copies will be available for purchase and signing. The program will be at headquarters at 2:00.

 

November 21:

A tour of Cedar Hill, the fascinating home of Frederick Douglass, the brilliant orator who freed himself from slavery and through decades of tireless efforts helped free millions more. 2:00 at this National Historic Site in Anacostia.

 

January 27, 2010:

We are co-sponsoring with the University of the District of Columbia a panel on foreign travel opportunities for UDC students titled: "You are the World: Explore It!"  This is an evening event.

 

Coming in  Spring 2010:

Programs for the spring season are being planned: a tour of the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibition at the National Geographic, a program on Jamaica and the Caribbean by Dr. Arvilla Payne-Jackson, a presentation by Penn State awardees, and hopefully a talk by Dr. Sylvia Earle on her new book Oceans: An Illustrated Atlas.

 

Elizabeth Smith Brownstein, Washington Program Chair

* denotes an event to which SWG members are invited, but is not an official SWG monthly/seasonal meeting.