Moorhead Branch
President: Helen Rudie email 701-232-1794
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of the Branches - Moorhead Branch
“Education as the Gateway to Women’s Economic Security” is the programmatic theme for the Moorhead/Fargo branch during 2005-2006. Presenters expanded our knowledge of Women and Social Security, Women in the Military, and Challenging Discrimination against Fat Women and Exposing the Myths that Fuel It. Other interesting programs focused on the Peace Corps as it empowers women across the globe, the spectrum of autism disorders, and Feminist scholarship on pornography and prostitution.
In December, the branch meeting was held at a local retirement home, which provided a dessert and beverage. Other programs featured a talk on “My Life as a Minority in Iraq” by a branch member, a video from the Legal Advocacy Fund about Vicky Dugan’s case, and a potluck with a tour at a nonprofit’s facility.
The College: It Can Work for You workshop will again take place at North High School in late April. This workshop is directed at women who would normally not consider attending college or going back to finish college if their education has been interrupted. Experts from the five local colleges provide information about costs, child care, counseling services, advisors, and the like.
Our across-the-border branch has two book clubs, one on the Fargo side and one for Moorhead members. The final session of the Moorhead Literature Group will be a poetry session, with all asked to read “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and each person bringing a special poem or two to share.
- Helen Rudie, President