2024-2025 Schedule
Poughkeepsie AAUW, Inc.’s General Membership Programs are planned both to fulfill the mission of the Association and to target members’ interests. Detailed information about each program can be found in the monthly newsletter, The Branch.
Questions: Program Co-VPs: Kay Saderholm or Gail Sisti at program.aauw.poughkeepsie@gmail.com
The following programs/meetings and events are free and open to the public.
Meetings are generally held on the second Thursday of the month, either in-person or via ZOOM as indicated below. Please check “The Branch,” your AAUW email, and this website for updates and details as well as links to register for Zoom meetings.
Unless otherwise indicated, IN-PERSON meetings from October-December and March through May are at the Freedom Plains United Presbyterian Church, 1168 Route 55, LaGrangeville, NY 12540. Directions HERE
January and February meetings will be via ZOOM.
Confirmations are still in process. The schedule will be updated as details are finalized.
Thursday, September 12, 2024 : AAUW Poughkeepsie Open House 7:00 pm IN-Person All ongoing, new or deciding members are invited to attend this in-person, annual “Meet and Greet” event for an overview of programs, interest groups and initiatives and all our Branch has to offer.
Thursday, October 10, 2024: “The New York State Equal Rights Amendment” Cindy Lanzetta, Board member of the League of Women Voters Mid-Hudson Region/Chair of ERA Task Force 7:00 pm IN-Person A discussion of the ERA amendment to the NYS constitution on the ballot this November that would prohibit discrimination based on a person’s ethnicity, national origin, age, disability and sex, including their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes as well as protect against any government actions that would curtail a person’s reproductive autonomy or access to reproductive health care. Thursday, November 14, 2024: “Mexico and Dutchess County: We are one Habitat” Maureen Brennan Lashlee, CEO, Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County 7:00 pm IN-Person An oft-heard phrase at Habitat is “You don’t need a hammer to build a home.” This presentation will look at both local and international needs and and key ways to address both.
Thursday, December 11, 2024: TBD 7:00 pm IN-Person
Thursday, January 8, 2025: TBD
7:00 pm via Zoom/Registration required
Thursday, February 12, 2025: TBD
7:00 pm via Zoom/ Registration required.
Thursday, March 12, 2025 : TBD 7:00 pm IN-Person
Thursday, April 9, 2025: TBD 7:00 pm IN-Person
Thursday, May 8, 2025: TBD
7:00 pm IN-Person
Thursday, June 11, 2025: Annual Meeting. Details to follow
General Schedule
Our schedule usually looks like this when we meet in person and we generally follow this approximate schedule for our virtual meetings, as well:
7:00 – 7:30 pm: Welcome from Celia Serotsky, Poughkeepsie Branch AAUW President, and others as scheduled.
7:30 – 8:30 pm: The program presentation and a “questions and answer” period
8:30 -8:45 pm: Additional announcements and socializing