Birmingham AAUW Board Officers
BOOK SALE NEWS! 
There have been two recent donations that may be of interest to many shoppers. A donation of vintage sheet music (well preserved) and vinyl 78’s have been added to the collection. A professor of African-American studies has donated a large collection of cultural books that appear to be in very good condition. Both of these donations might be of interest to a collector and/or a teacher. Make sure to check them out at the book sale.
92nd ANNUAL USED BOOK SALE
SEPTEMBER 7 – SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
BIRMINGHAM MASONIC TEMPLE
37357 WOODWARD AVE. BLOOMFIELD HILLS
Fri, Sept 7 2-5pm Preview Sale (Admission Fee – $15)
5:30-8pm Open to Public (No admission fee)
Sat, Sept 8 10am-7pm Open to Public (No admission fee)
1pm-5pm Teacher Sale (With current ID and proof of employment, teachers may select up to $75 worth of books for their classrooms.)
Sun, Sept 9 11am-3pm Open to public ( Bag sale – $5/bag)
Book Categories: New & older fiction, mystery, art, biography, US & World History, science, hobbies, and children’s books.
Prices: $.50 for most paperbacks, $2-3 for other books; collectible books priced separately according to their value.
Profits from this book sale support the scholarship program that the AAUW sponsors for area high school and college women.
BOOK DROP- OFF SITES
ACE HARDWARE SOUTH BOULEVARD/SQUIRREL RD.
ACE HARDWARE 13 MILE RD/SOUTHFIELDRD
ACE TREVARROW HARDWARE LONG LAKE RD
HOLLYWOOD MARKET OPDYKE RD
HOLLYWOOD MARKET MAPLE RD
HOLLYWOOD MARKET MAIN ST IN ROYAL OAK
MARKET SQUARE SOUTHFIELD RD/14 MILE RD
MARKET SQUARE WALNUT LAKE RD/INKSTER RD
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP SENIOR CENTER (MON-FRI)
BLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOL FARM ACTIVITY BUILDING (SQ. LAKE RD NEAR ADAMS RD) (MON, TUES, THURS 9AM-2PM)
Book Collections for the 92nd Annual Used Book Sale have begun.
If you have not been contacted yet please call Susan McKinnon for book sorting, Carol Pyke (cpyke@comcast.net) for book barrel collections and Kathy Rice for home pick-ups. For home pick-ups please call 248-647-3796 or 248-642-4764.
Click HERE for a form you can use to advertise to your neighbors that you are willing to pick up books in your neighborhood, condo/apartment complex.
JUNE BULLETIN
EACH ONE BRING ONE TO THE ANNUAL……….
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 10 AM to NOON (LOCATION: TO BE DETERMINED)
Browse and discover the variety of interest/study groups available to members
Bring friends and potential members
Enjoy light refreshments and reunite with old friends
Renew your AAUW spirit of mission
Bring eBay donations.
Learn about Kroger Rewards and Amazon Smile
Visit tables and sign up for study/interest groups.
2018 AAUW State Convention
If you missed it, you can now go to AAUWMI.org, search 2018 Convention and gain access to the speech from keynote speaker, Barbara McQuade.
Her talk was really remarkable. Sally Doty
For non-partisan voter information this fall, go to https://votesmart.org and Vote911.org
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DIRECTORY OF RECOMMENDED SERVICES MARCH 2018
AAUW BIRMINGHAM BRANCH – What we do!
Annual Used Book Sale
Explorathon
NCCWSL
Mark Your Calendar
August 25, 2018 Women’s Equality Day, St. Mary’s Cult. & Banq. Ctr., Livonia
Sept 7-9, 2018 92nd Annual Used Book Sale
October 27, 2018 AAUW Michigan Leadership Conference, Albion
March 20, 2019 Explorathon
April 2, 2019 Equal Pay Day, Lansing
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DIRECTORY OF RECOMMENDED SERVICES MARCH 2018
Renew your AAUW membership online. Read and print the Instructions on how to access your information on AAUW.org.
Once you are registered in the Member Service Database, you can pay your dues with a credit card online, print a membership card, view an updated directory for our branch, see your record of donations, and more. If you pay online, Karen Boyk, our dues treasurer, will be notified immediately and she will enter you in the Early Bird drawing. The system is up and running. Give it a try
Kroger
Prepared for AAUW BIRMINGHAM BRANCH FOUNDATION INC NPO #90487 (Cycle 14, Qtr 2)
Dear AAUW BIRMINGHAM BRANCH FOUNDATION INC,
The Kroger Family of Stores is committed to bringing hope and help to local communities. We do this through a variety of activities, including charitable giving, sponsorships and the unique Community Rewards Program of Kroger. We are also committed to carefully protecting our customers’ personal information. In order to meet their expectation of privacy, we have adopted a simple policy to never share a customer’s personal information. Our privacy policy applies to Community Rewards participation as well. As your neighborhood food retailer, we deeply value our ability to support local organizations like yours.
If you have any questions, please email KCR18@kroger.com or visit our website at http://www.krogercommunityrewards.com.
Don’t forget to use your newsletter, website, and events to encourage your supporters to link to your organization. The more your supporters shop with us, the more money your organization will earn!
Thank you,
Community Rewards Staff
Register or reregister for Kroger Community Rewards Program. As of April 1st our registrations have to be renewed on-line.
Updates from National:
Take Action to Close the Gender Pay Gap on Latinas’ Equal Pay Day
Thursday, November 2, marks Latinas’ Equal Pay Day, the symbolic day when Hispanic and Latina women’s earnings “catch up” to non-Hispanic white men’s earnings from the previous year. Latinas’ Equal Pay Day marks a powerful moment for national action. There are many things individuals, employers, and the government can do to help close the gender pay gap. Here are ways you can take action to close the gender pay gap in observance of Latinas’ Equal Pay Day.
Read more.
Webinar Discussion with Winona LaDuke from the Front Lines in the Battle for Environmental Justice
Join AAUW and our ¡Adelante! Book of the Month Club in commemorating Native American Heritage Month as we talk with Winona LaDuke about her book The Winona LaDuke Chronicles: Stories from the Front Lines in the Battle for Environmental Justice.
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12 Stats on Gender Equity That Are Scarier than Halloween
Halloween is the perfect time to tell ghost stories. But there’s nothing scarier than the true story of gender inequity in the United States. Forget ghouls, goblins, and graveyards — these statistics reflect a reality far scarier than whatever comes out to haunt on Halloween. But don’t get spooked! There’s lots you can do to support gender equity.
At the current rate of progress, gender gap won’t close until 2119.
Read more.
Know Your Rights: Workplace Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII is a federal law that prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion, and it applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including federal, state, and local governments. Even with Title VII’s protections, many people across the country still face sexual harassment in their workplaces.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Gender Pay Gap
Simply put, the gender pay gap is the gap between what women are paid and what men are paid. The most commonly cited gender pay gap statistic in the United States compares the median annual earnings of women who work full time, year-round against the median annual earnings of men who work full time, year-round. There are as many ways to calculate gender pay gaps as there are ways to calculate average pay earned by workers, as long as the original data source records whether workers are men or women. Though the ratio of women’s pay to men’s pay varies depending on the data source and analysis, the finding that women are paid less than men is extremely consistent.
Read more.