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National Meetings:

SEPTEMBER 2010

    September 11, 2010 (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.

OCTOBER 2010

    October 30, 2010 (Saturday) at Noon
    The SWG Council will meet at SWG Headquarters. This meeting will focus on revisions to the CONSTITUTION.  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.

NOVEMBER 2010

    November 20, 2010 (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

 

2010 - 2011

September  25, 2010

2  PM 

Home of Ella Thorpe Ellis

1438 Grizzly Peak Blvd. Berkeley, CA 94708

 Program:  Members Report on Scholarly or Geographic Activity

Hostesses:  Cynthia Josayma, Tamia Marg, Judith Justice

 

November 13, 2010

2  PM

Home of Betsy White

611 Colusa Ave. Berkeley, CA 94707

Program:  Caroline Merchant on “Environmentalism:  From Control of Nature to Partnership”

Hostesses:  Edith Freeman and Libby Ingalls

 

January 15, 2011

2  PM 

Home of Betsy White

611 Colusa Ave. Berkeley, CA 94707

Program:  Arlene Blum on “Mountains to Molecules:  Peaks, Public Health and Policy”

Hostesses:  Terry Byrnes and Nadia LeBon

 

March 12, 2011

2  PM

Home of Laura Nader

1854 San Juan Ave.  Berkeley, CA  94707

Program:  SWG Members report on “Gender Discrimination in Study and Career”

Hostesses:  Anita Pearson and Joanna Biggar

 

 

 

Chicago

2010 - 2011

October 11

At 2 p.m. in the River Forest Public Library, Ellen Steinberg is giving a talk on the history and production of talavera poblana pottery (and her escapades as an apprentice at 2 registered talavera factories).
 

   
Ellen Steinberg, Chicago Program Chair

 

Florida

2010 - 2011

   
   
   

 

New York

2010 - 2011

   
   
   
   

We look forward to seeing all of you at these events.

 

Southern California

2010 - 2011

 

Washington

2010 - 2011

   

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 1 - 3, 2010

* BOMBASH 2010 - The Explorer's Club - Washington Group has invited the Washington Group of SWG to join them for their annual Bombash.  It will be in New Castle, Delaware.  For more information and to sign up, contact:  Frank Power at 301 294-9377 or frankrpower@aol.com  

 

October 2, 2010

12:00 PM - Luncheon at Westchester

Program:  Members Report on Scholarly or Geographic Activity

 

October 21, 2010

Joanna Biggar will be in town to launch her new novel. - Arrangements to follow.

 

November 13, 2010

2:00 PM at Headquarters

Megan Rosenfeld recounts her adventures sailing to Cuba, and her visit to the island.

 

December 4, 2010

Annual Holiday Dinner at the Cosmos Club with The Explorer's Club Washington Group and The Antarctican Society - more information coming.

 

December  2010

Holiday Party - Ginny Watkin will host at her VanNess Street Apartment - details to come.

 

Elizabeth Smith Brownstein, Washington Program Chair

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