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AAUW KS VIRTUAL TOWN HALL:

Connect and Engage –

Dialogue for Change

Date:  Saturday, April 26th
Time:  9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Format:  Town Hall via Zoom
Purpose:  A virtual assembly of women who make up AAUW of Kansas to discuss current issue and resources to get involved.

Registration:  Registration is free.  Email lindas.ball@gmail.com by Wednesday, April 23rd if you plan to attend so you can receive a Zoom Link the event.

Schedule:

  • Welcome & Introductions
  • Business Meeting
  • Anchor Talk to Frame Group Interactions
  • Rotating Sessions with Facilitators

  • Session 1: Children & Families in Kansas

Facilitator:  Andrea Ring

Description:  Andrea is a Professor of Psychology and Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist. She will be facilitating a discussion about current concerns related to children and families in Kansas. Topics may include increased cost of living, lack of access to affordable childcare, defunding public education, restrictions on gender-affirming care, gun violence, and food insecurity.

  • Session 2: Women’s Health

Facilitator:  TBA

Description:  This session will focus on the intersection of socioeconomic status and access to care. How does AAUW’s mission of gender equity speak to women’s health? The facilitator for this session TBA.

  • Session 3: Agriculture Issues – Kansas & Beyond

Facilitator:  Louise Ehmke / Linda Ball

Description:  Louise is co-owner of Ehmke Seed and a farm woman in Western Kansas. Linda is a Professor of Business and is a life-long rural Kansan. This session will focus on issues that affect not only Agriculture in Kansas, but the implications around the world. Areas of interest include but are not limited to the dismantling of USAID and the USDA as well as the implementation of tariffs imposed by the United States and against the United States with a focus on how these issues affect women, children and families in Kansas and around the world.

  • Session 4: What Are You Reading?

Facilitator:  Rachel Finnell

Description:  Rachel is a Professor of Political Science.  This session will focus on what participants are reading to educate themselves on  the vital and often dividing issues we are facing as a country and around the world.  Discussion may include books, reliable news sources, media, and beyond.

  • Wrap-Up and Adjournment

2024-2025 AAUW KANSAS’ State Board Positions Still Open:

  • President-Elect
  • AAUW Action Funds Chair

Email aauwks@gmail.com to let us know if you are interested in one of these positions.

 

Looking for an EMPOWERING WEBINAR?  

Look at AAUW’s webinar site for up to date and deep dives in topics about women.

https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/webinars/