About Us

Branch Contact: Kay McMurry

Email:  hudsonsbaybranchaauw@gmail.com

Branch members come from a variety of professions and live in all parts of Clark County.

Membership Inquiries: Lys at lysleitner@gmail.com. Please check us out!

Meetings:   2nd Wednesday of January, April, July, and
October from 2-4 pm via Zoom; open to the public.

Dues: $100 per annum (includes state and national dues)

A sampling of what members get from the branch:

    • community awareness
    • friendship
    • opportunity to serve
    • acceptance
    • intellectual stimulation
    • mentoring

PUBLIC POLICY

    • Branch participation in annual Lobby Day
    • Participation in AAUW-WA Public Policy programs

FUNDRAISING

    • No public fundraising
    • Branch contributions to AAUW Funds (Educational Foundation and Legal Advocacy)

MEMBER ACTIVITIES

    • Meetings include a short program plus time for networking
    • Real University Book Group (monthly) – all read the same book, then discuss.
Sept 2015 anniversary

Sept 2015 anniversary

Our book group began in September 1975.  After members read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, that book’s title was adopted as the group’s name. The book’s idea is that life is the real university educating a person.

2024 Titles

January 31         Empire of the Summer Moon by S. Gwynn
February 28      Running From Bondage by Karen Cook Bell
March 27           Women in White Coats by Olivia Campbell
April 24              On Misdirection by Megan Garber and On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
May 29               Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
June 26              These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett
July 31                Bones of Hilo by Eric Redman
August 28          The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
September 25   The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
October 30        Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
[No meeting in November]
December 4 (first Wednesday) — Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge by Spencer Quinn

 

SOCIAL EVENTS

FVRL-Vagabond-trip-300x225– Vagabonds – informal day excursions to local points of interest

– Annual potluck picnic

LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Hudson’s Bay Branch awards AAUW-Judith Metcalf scholarships to women who are returning to school after an absence. Three of the six 2010-2011 student recipients were on hand to express their gratitude.(Left to right) Savenia Falquist, Sue Heise (AAUW), Carol Winters (AAUW), Felisa Neal, Devi Blackard, Beverly Doty (AAUW).

Hudson’s Bay Branch awards AAUW-Judith Metcalf scholarships to women who are returning to school after an absence. Three of the six 2010-2011 student recipients were on hand to express their gratitude.(Left to right) Savenia Falquist, Sue Heise (AAUW), Carol Winters (AAUW), Felisa Neal, Devi Blackard, Beverly Doty (AAUW).

Funds from an endowment at Clark College are distributed annually to 5-10 recipients: women returning to school, perhaps in college for the first time, or continuing a college program that was interrupted by marriage, children, or other factors. Applications available from the Clark College Financial Aid office and online at clark.edu/scholarships.