Local Superintendents Speak at AAUW Meeting in Gurnee
A panel of local school superintendents will be featured Saturday, September 10 when the Waukegan Area Branch of the American Association of University Women holds its first meeting for the 2016-2017 season at the Gurnee Police Department Community Room.
The program, entitled Empowering Girls, Empowering Boys, will feature superintendents from Waukegan Unit District 60, Beach Park Elementary District 3, Woodland Elementary District 50 and an associate superintendent from Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School District 128.
One of 1,000 local chapters across the country, the AAUW chapter was organized in 1928 and represents all communities in northeast Lake County, Illinois. A founding group for the Lake County Women's Coalition, the AAUW Waukegan chapter is a nonpartisan, nonprofit group that empowers women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.
Meetings are open to the public and membership is open to anyone with an associate's degree or higher. Saturday's meeting begins with a 9 a.m. potluck brunch, followed by the program at 10:30 a.m. The rest of the year's programs are as follows:
Voices of Khumbu
Melissa Chua and Film of Nepal
7 p.m.
Tuesday, October 11
Gurnee Police Department Community Room
The New Face of America
Maria Elena Jonas, President and CEO of HACES
(Hispanic American Community Education and Services)
7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 1
Cook Memorial Library Meeting Room, Libertyville
Ingenuity, Creativity, and Grit
Debbie Curren and Barbara Gosh, Peace Corps Alumnae
7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 12
Gurnee Police Department Community Room
All Politics is Local
Panel of Local Office Holders Will Discuss Public Service
7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 14
Gurnee Police Department Community Room
The Lady with the Lamp
Andrea Skillman portrays Florence Nightingale
7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 9
Gurnee Police Department Community Room
To learn more about AAUW, go to www.aauw.org. To contact the Waukegan Area Branch, email wabaauw@gmail.com.