EBWA calendar 2020-2021
Evening Branch of the Women’s Alliance
Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady
1221 Wendell Avenue, Schenectady NY
All women are welcome
Sept. 24 “Mayan Women Artisans and the Fair Trade Business During Covid-19,” with Vera Eccarius-Kelly, Siena College Political Science Professor, President, Mayan Hands Foundation
Oct. 29 “Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights,” with Gretchen Sorin, Ph.D., Director, Distinguished Service Professor, Cooperstown Graduate Program
Nov. 19 “Climate Justice: Human Rights Considerations with Climate Change,” with Eleanor Stein, Attorney, Environmental Advocate
Dec. 17 “Learning Cultural Sensitivity While Making a Difference,” with Diane Reiner, Co-Founder of Jajja’s Kids in Uganda
Jan. 28 “Getting Your Affairs in Order” with Lynda Shrager, certified aging in place specialist and professional organizer
Feb. 25 “Creativity, Curiosity and Commerce,” with Nicole Snow, CEO and founder, Darn Good Yarn
Mar. 25 “Somebody’s Gotta Do It!” with Adrienne Martini, a progressive woman in a red county, elected to Otsego County Board in 2018
April 29 “The Writer’s Life: Making Words Count,” with Carol Bluestein, writer, artist, gardener
May 27 “Schenectady Urban Farms,” with Melissa McKinnon, Director and member of UUSS
June 17 “Women at Rest: Tour of Vale Cemetery,” with Sue McLane, “The Victorian Lady”
EBWA programs are open to ALL WOMEN. Meetings this year will be on Zoom. To be invited to a Zoom meeting, contact Gabrielle Reals at ellegr3@gmail.com by 8 PM the Monday prior. If you have never used Zoom before, this tutorial will tell you how to do it: Zoom Tutorial from TCUUC. After you download a free Zoom account, if you need help, contact Judy Clough at mimaclough@yahoo.com.
Sign into the meeting between 6:50 and 7:00 PM. After welcoming remarks, the speaker will be introduced at 7:15. Following the presentation, there will be time for questions. Networking (when each woman may share something of interest with the group) will begin around 8:15, and the meeting will end no later than 9 PM.
(Updated December 7, April 11 and May 3)