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Faribault
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Faribault - Best of the Branches 2006-07 |
Best Collaborations:
*Co-sponsored two programs with Buckham Memorial Library: Life Behind the Iron
Curtain and The Greenhouse Effect, viewed and discussed highlights of Al Gore's
documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth.”
*Co-sponsored with the Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens a forum for senate,
representative and sheriff candidates. American Sign Language interpreters were
available and in house closed captioning, as well as live broadcast on our local cable
access television.
Best 125th Anniversary Celebrations:
*Mayoral Proclamation making November 28, 2006 AAUW Day in Faribault. This
presentation was made at a city council meeting with picture following in the local
newspaper.
*Ghostly Visitor (Marion Talbot, in costume) visited our December Christmas Party
and told us about the beginning years of AAUW.
Best Women's History Month Celebrations:
*One of our members wrote a letter to the editor about Women's History Month saying
we need to celebrate our Heritage and women in general.
*A series of newspaper articles highlighting six of our own AAUW members, written by
AAUW members in celebration of our 125th anniversary.
*We donated the book “A Place on the Team: the Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX” by
Welch Suggs to our public library.
*We donated the DVD's “Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy” and
“American Experience: Fly Girls” to our public library for Women's History Month.