NCCWSL Attendees for 2016
Kenya Glover and A’Kira Thomas
AAUW Members: Dr. Catrelia Hunter and Rebecca Hammill and Harriet Murphy enjoys the presentation. Vincia Benjamin Miller standing.
Salisbury Branch AAUW
Rowan Cabarrus Community College
Salisbury, NC
February 11, 2016
Members present were: Ruby Walker, Becky Hammill, Kathy Pulliam, Eileen Hanson-Kelly, Dr. Patricia Trueblood, Dr. Catrelia Hunter, Vincia Miller and Dr. Carol Cody
Guests were: Ed Hanson-Kelly, Gloria Hause, Allison Creswell
Dr. Carol Cody, President, welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked everyone for attending. She turned the meeting over to Becky Hammill who introduced our speaker Janet Spriggs, CFO of RCCC.
Janet gave such an interesting and informative speech about women in education with a power point presentation that it would take several pages to get all she said written down. I am going to just list some important facts that she gave to the group and I hope if you have the opportunity to hear her speak you will attend.
Business: The minutes of the January meeting were approved. A motion by Dr. Patricia Trueblood and seconded by Becky Hammill was made to accept the minutes as corrected.
Treasurer’s Report- Eileen Hanson Kelly reported that there is a total of $3,423.97 in checking and $2,013.41 in the CD making our total $5,437.38.
NCCSWL- We have received two applications and it was suggested that we approve these 2 ladies. Eileen will check on the payment as the students register themselves. Carol will be in touch to notify them.
Programs-
The March meeting will be a Brunch to raise funds for the NCCWSL scholarship at FUCC at 9:00 am on Saturday March 12th. Dr. Truebloiod reported that she had received a call from Congresswoman Alma Adams’ office that she would be able to speak at the brunch. Due to not hearing from the congresswoman’s office for a number of weeks, Dr. Trueblood had contacted East Spencer Mayor Barbara Mallett to speak and she had agreed. It was decided that Dr. Trueblood follow up the call from Congresswoman Alma Adams and we would have both women speak. We had several catering choices but it was decided to go with Debbie Suggs at $7.00 per person. Becky Hammill and Dr. Judy Grissom are the hostesses and it was felt it would be best to set up at FUCC the day before. Eileen would check into this as well as reservations. This is our NCCSWL fund raiser for the scholarships.
There was still interest to have the Unequal Bake Sale at the First Friday event in Downtown Salisbury on April 1st. Vincia Miller said she would get another contact from Livingstone College.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Pulliam, Secretary
January 14, 2016
Members present were:
Ruby Walker, Dr. Kathy Taber-Meier, Kathy Pulliam, Eileen Hanson-Kelly, Rev. Carol Hallman, Vincia Miller and Dr. Carol Cody
Guests were:
Ed Hanson-Kelly,
Dr. Carol Cody, President, welcomed everyone to the meeting. She welcomed Vincia Miller who is replacing Dr. Kathryn Moland from Livingstone College, our college affiliate.
Business: The minutes of the November meeting were approved. A motion by Dr. Carol Cody and seconded by Eileen Hanson-Kelly was made to accept the minutes as accepted.
Treasurer’s and Financial Report- Eileen Hanson-Kelly reported that there is a total of $3,432.47 in checking and $2,013.41in the CD making our total $5,445.88. She had written a check for $135.00 for the Goldman Scholars Christmas gifts of Downtown Dollars but the check was voided due to Downtown Salisbury giving each scholar $10.00. A check of $45.00 was written which gave the scholars an additional $5.00.
Membership- Eileen reported that we have a new student member who joined online. Her name is Jessica Holt from Albemarle, NC and she is a student at NCSU. She will graduate in May. Eileen also said a new member of the Book Club, Cynthia Randleman is interested in joining our Branch. She is a retired librarian. Eileen reminded members that someone may join now for $12.25 if they attend a public function as local dues are waved and we will pay state dues.
NCCSWL- We have received one application and will put an ad in the newspaper to see if anyone else is interested. Early registration is April 1.
By-Laws/Policies- This position needs to be filled as Dr. Phyllis Post needs to drop it due to work commitments. Carol asked if anyone in attendance was interested.
Education/LAF- Kathy Pulliam reported that STEM continued to be a main emphasis for AAUW nationally. Rev. Carol Hallman reminded us all how girls continue to be stereotyped as not being able to do math.
Goldman Scholarship- Will be meeting later in the winter/spring to select scholars. Information about the Goldman Scholarship was shared with Vincia.
Public Policy- Eileen reported on the Get Out the Vote campaign. A webinar concerning this was held on January 13th to provide information on AAUW issues as well as ways to get more women to the polls as informed voters. Eileen gave out info sheets to help make this campaign a success.
Publicity- Dr. Kathy Taber-Meier stated that she needs info for the next two meetings so she can get it to the Salisbury Post.
Programs- The next meeting will be February 11, 2016 at Rowan Cabarrus Community College with Janet Spriggs CFO of RCCC and she will speak on Women in Education. She is replacing Dr. Carol Spalding who was unable to attend. Discussion occurred as to who would be a contact source at RCCC to get the info about the meeting out to the students there.
The March meeting will be a Brunch to raise funds for the NCCWSL scholarship at FUCC on 9:00 am Saturday March 12th. Eileen has tried to contact Debbie Suggs about the catering but has been unsuccessful. Vincia said she would check with the chef at Hood Theological Seminary and perhaps the Culinary Arts program at Livingstone College to see if they would be interested and their costs. We would also want to invite our Goldman Scholars to attend. Carol stated that all details needed to be confirmed by the February Meeting.
April 12th will be the joint meeting with the Book Club at Trinity Oaks with Dixie Scott and Ann Medlin as hostesses. May will be the Annual Business Meeting with the Budget presented as well as a slate of officers for the upcoming terms.
Equal Pay Day- A conference call was held on January 13th to discuss ways to emphasize this. Some suggestions were: voter guides, an Unequal Bake Sale, equal pay media events, and advocacy at AAUW gatherings. The idea of a Bake Sale held during a First Friday Night in Downtown Salisbury interested people. Carol said we would discuss this further.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Pulliam, Secretary
Salisbury Branch AAUW First United Church of Christ 207 W. Horah Street Salisbury, NC
November 12, 2015
Members present were:
Ruby Walker, Harriet Murphy, Linda Hauze, Dr. Patricia Trueblood, Kathy Pulliam, Eileen Hanson-Kelly, Rev. Carol Hallman, and Dr. Carol Cody
Guests were:
Ed Hanson-Kelly
Dr. Carol Cody, President, welcomed everyone to the meeting. She turned the meeting over to Dr. Trueblood who introduced our guest speaker, Jane Taylor of the Battered Women’s Movement specifically with Safer Alliance Victim System. She centered her discussion on Human Trafficking.
Jane had a very informative program on Human Trafficking/Domestic Violence. She said that any woman being kept in an abusive situation outside their will is similar to human trafficking. Human Trafficking is a national issue and could also be thought of as “modem day slavery”. Women
being kept under control and for profit are found in factories, agriculture (field work), brothels, street comers (child soldiers) and private homes. The most common businesses having human trafficking are agriculture, construction, garment & textiles, restaurants and sex industry. It is mostly forced labor with 21 million world-wide involved.
She then went over who are the traffickers . It can be anybody- large scale groups, same nationality, diplomatic families, government authorities and small/large business. Each case is unique but the main motive is the person being forced, cohersed or frauded into making money. There can be physical violation, blackmail and forced sex as ways of doing the above.
Jane said that there are things we can do to help with this problem of human trafficking. We can learn about the issue and be proactive by finding out what companies use child labor and not buy from them. We can be aware of people and their behaviors especially if they show signs of abuse and we can be involved with our legislature to promote industry that does condone human trafficking. Discussion followed after Jane’s talk.
Business:
The minutes of the October meeting were approved. A motion by Harriet Murphy and seconded by Eileen Hanson-Kelly was made to accept the minutes as presented.
Treasurer’s and Financial Report- Eileen Hanson-Kelly reported that there is a total of $3,392.47 in checking and $2,000.00 in the CD making our total
$5,392.47. She had written a check for $135.00 for the Goldman Scholars Christmas gifts of Downtown Dollars. Norma Goldman would be sending these to the scholars. There were no major changes regarding finances.
New Business- Dr. Moland suggested Dr. Duncan as a contact for us to Livingstone College. Itwas felt by all that we need to continue our relationship with them and it would be good to establish a contact with a person who could be their leader. Livingstone can have 2 national members as an affiliate and their women students are eligible for student memberships. Carol suggested that we postpone until next year the Start Smart program that we were going to host until we get our new contact with them established.
NCCSWL- Applicants have until the end of February to submit their forms for our scholarships. Eileen reminded everyone that early registration for the conference is mid-April. We have the potential for four students interested in the conference this year.
Programs- The programs for the rest of the year are: January- Winter Planning at FUCC, February- Dr. Spalding at RCCC, March 12th- Barbara Mallet at the 9:00 AM Brunch which will be catered by Debbie Suggs at FUCC. Eileen will check into the catering. April- Trinity Oaks with Book Group, May- Annual Planning at FUCC and June- Goldman Picnic Rufty Holmes Picnic Shelter.
Education/LAP- Kathy Pulliam reported that STEM continued to be a main emphasis for AAUW nationally. Goldman Scholarship- Will be meeting later to select scholars. Public Policy- Eileen gave a brief report on the Violence Against Women Act.Publicity- Need to continue to add items to the website as they become available.Membership-Eileen reminded members of half-prie memberships ($24.50) to those who attend a meeting as a perspective member. Hospitality- Thanks to those who provided refreshments at tonight’s meeting- Linda Hauze and Dr. Catrelia Hunter. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM.
Respectfully submitted, Kathy Pulliam, Secretary