Date

Event

JULY 19

Chapter’s Free Support Group for Separated and Divorced Women facilitated by Dr. Donna Pellegrino on the third Monday of each month, 7-8:30pm, at her office, 1030 North Kings Highway, Suite 303, Cherry Hill 08003. Reservations are required. Leave your name and daytime phone number on Dr. Pellegrino’s voicemail, 856-667-9277 (speak slowly and clearly, repeat number twice). You’ll be called if the group is cancelled. Please do not call the chapter phone to make your reservations (next meeting on August 16).

JULY 20

Basics of Running a Business, workshop 2 (for start-ups and businesses under one year) on setting goals, preparing basic financial statements, developing knowledge of your market and competitors, having adequate space and cash flow. Women’s Opportunity Center (see 9/7), 6:30-8:30, $10. See also 8/10 and 8/17.

JULY 21-24

Burlington County Farm Fair, Lumberton. WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP to staff the outreach table we’ve had at the Farm Fair for the past 25 years. This is, by far,  our biggest  outreach project of the year—48 Farm Fair hours times two people per shift = 96 volunteer hours!  See orange flyer in last month’s issue, then call Rick Gray (see contact box) ASAP to find out  which time slots are still empty.

JULY 23

Racial Micro-Aggressions: A Modern Perspective on Racism. Workshop on brief, commonplace indignities, both intentional and unintentional, that communicate racial slights and insults towards people of color. Learn to identify and to address them in community, work, school and social settings. Presented by Beyond Diversity Resource Center at the Westfield Friends Meeting House, Cinnaminson (where Alice Paul is buried), 10-4, $60. 856-235-2664,  www.beyonddiversity.org.

JULY 25

Chapter BRUNCH at Casona Restaurant, 563 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108, 856-854-5555,  www.mycasona.com, 11am. Due to popular request for another brunch, we’ll be enjoying a very special one at this Latin-themed BYOB (bring your own alcoholic beverage) restaurant which was named best brunch spot by Philadelphia Magazine and the SJ Magazine’s Readers Poll, as well as the best Key West experience by South Jersey Magazine. Join us and feel like you’re on vacation!! Open-air porch, music, juicy Cuban sandwiches, fruit-covered waffles, French toast, omelettes, Eggs Benedict, salads, unique coffees and teas, fruit smoothies, imported sodas and so much more. Chapter members and non-members are invited. To make/cancel a reservation, call Judy at work: 856-552-6731 (do this instead of calling the restaurant or number in contact box; please do not make/cancel reservations via e-mail).

JULY 26

Laws of Separation and Divorce. Attorneys from Gloucester County Bar Assoc. Family Law Committee discuss court procedures and timing, grounds of divorce, selecting and helping your attorney, setting goals, equitable distribution, custody, visitation, and alimony. People in Transition (see 7/29), 7-9pm.

JULY 27

Aretha Franklin and Condoleezza Rice (pianist) in concert, The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Tickets: www.TicketPhiladelphia.org; phone charge: 215-893-1999 or Mann Center box office (no service charge);   www.manncenter.org.

JULY 28

Breast Reconstruction: Understanding Your Options, Living Beyond Breast Cancer educational teleconference,   www.lbbc.org.

Face of Changing Family Roles due to separation from spouse, significant other or long-term relationship, open to all family members. People in Transition (see 7/29), 7-9pm.

JULY 29

How to Avoid Costly Housing Mistakes Before, During and After a Divorce. How to protect one’s interest in the sale, maximize profits, explore lifestyle changes, new budgets and housing affordability. People in Transition, 7-9pm. PIT provides services to displaced homemakers, including counseling, community referral services, workshops in job search skills, vocational and personality surveys, and life skills development. Workshops are FREE but registration is required, 856-415-2222,  PeopleinTransition@gccnj.edu. See also Women’s Opportunity Center in Burlington County (7/9).

AUGUST 4

NOW in the Afternoon. South Jersey NOW’s group for those unable to attend evening meetings but anyone can participate. Location or RSVP: Marion Steininger, 856-772-0689.

Chapter Planning Meeting at Judy Buckman’s home, 7:15. If you’re a chapter member, please plan to attend (call for directions).  We need your input!

AUGUST 7

NOW-NJ State Board Meeting hosted by Somerset/Hunterdon NOW. Please contact Lorraine Petrie or Joy Booth if you’d like to carpool.

AUGUST 10

Basics of Running a Business, workshop 3 (for existing business owners) on understanding the value of your business, using financial statement to make strategic decisions, internal and externals factors affecting your business, next steps, and update your business plan. Women’s Opportunity Center (see 9/7), 6:30-8:30, $10. See also 8/17.

Cartoonist Nicole Hollander discusses her new book “The Sylvia Chronicles: 30 Years of Graphic Misbehavior from Reagan to Obama” at the Phila. Library (see 7/14).

AUGUST 11

Chapter Program Meeting. See front page for more information.

AUGUST 13

Wealth, Income, Power and Status: Classism in the US. Wealth is concentrated in a few hands—20% of wealthy households posses 84% of private wealth, which only leaves 16% for the bottom 80% of households. This top-heavy control is only one of the important topics covered by this workshop aimed at discovering the invisible ways that wealth, poverty and status operate in the US. Presented by Beyond Diversity Resource Center at the Westfield Friends Meeting House, Cinnaminson (where Alice Paul is buried), 9-4, $75. 856-235-2664,  www.beyonddiversity.org.

AUGUST 14

Intro to Grant Writing for Organizations (workshop will not address grants for individuals or scholarships), Burlington County College–Willingboro Center, 9-1, $79, 609-894-931, ext. 3021.

Open House Tours at Paulsdale, Alice Paul’s birthplace in Mount Laurel. Begins with a brief show about Alice Paul’s life and work, followed by walk around the property to learn about the farm that once surrounded Paulsdale. Inside the house, see historic photographs and documents and learn about the Paul family’s daily life, the restoration of the site and its present day use as a Girl’s Leadership Center. Noon and 1pm (arrive 5-10 minutes early to sign the guest book and tour the gift shop). Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes that can get wet.  $5 for adults, $4 for children. 856-231-1885,  www.alicepaul.org. Repeated 9/11.

AUGUST 15

Newsletter Mailing, 10am-noon, Judy Buckman’s home (see contact box). We’ll train and feed you. Work is easy but very important; great activity for new or longtime members.

AUGUST 17

Basics of Running a Business, workshop 4 (for start-ups and existing businesses) to find the correct type of lending resources, financing options available, what option is correct for you, what to provide to the lender, and what lenders look for. Women’s Opportunity Center (see 9/7), 6:30-8:30, $10.

Managing Weight After Breast Cancer, Living Beyond Breast Cancer educational teleconference,   www.lbbc.org.

AUGUST 18

Intro to PowerPoint, Women’s Opportunity Center (see 9/7), 6-9pm, $99.

 AUGUST 19

“Mama Went to Jail for the Vote” by Kathleen Karr  for children ages 6-9, under the 200-year-old cooper beach tree at Paulsdale, a National Historic Landmark (see 8/14). Story Hour Under a Tree is sponsored by the Alice Paul Institute’s Girls Advisory Council, a group of girls ages 13-17 who volunteer at API events, attend girls’ conferences, and serve as advocates for the API in their schools and communities. Registration: $8 per child (adult chaperones are free). To register, go the events page of the API website:    www.alicepaul.org.

Baby Steps: The Path from Motherhood to Career, Burlington County College–Mt. Holly Center, 6-8pm, $39, 609- 894-9311, ext. 3021.

AUGUST 22

Women’s Equality Day Arts Festival presented by the Alice Paul Institute at Paulsdale (see 8/14) in Mount Laurel to mark the 90^th anniversary of the 19^th Amendment granting women the right to vote. This year’s celebration will showcase Alice Paul’s NJ Hall of Fame award; and feature a presentation by Mary Walton, author of Alice Paul bio, “A Women’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot”; arts and craft show by regional women artists; Anna Crusis Choir of Philadelphia (don’t miss that!!!), as well as food and refreshments. Times and more info at  www.alicepaul.org.

Roseanne Cash discusses her new book, “Composed: A Memoir”. Philadelphia Library, 1901 Vine Street, 19103, 7:30, 215-567-4341, free event.

AUGUST 26

Chapter Dinner at Joe’s Peking Duck House, 145 Route 73 South, Marlton NJ 08053 (in Marlton Crossings Shopping Center, behind Olga’s Diner). 856-985-1551, 6pm sharp. This is one of the longest-running, best-loved, inexpensive Chinese restaurants in South Jersey. It was an offshoot of the one in Philadelphia’s Chinatown (the owner Joe Poon has since opened many new restaurants  and no longer owns this one). For more than 30 years, it continues to get “Best of” awards even though it doesn't look like much from the outside and not many people know about it. The fact that half of the restaurant’s customers are Chinese tells you how authentic and how good it is. The extensive menu includes invent-your-own-dish (you choose the protein, the sauce and the vegetables), low-fat dishes, seafood, the best wonton soup and fried rice you've ever tasted and, of course, the duck that they are so well-known for. Chapter members and non-members are invited. To make or cancel a reservation, call Judy at work: 856-552-6731 (please do this instead of calling the number in the contact box; please do not make or cancel reservations via e-mail).

Women's Equality Day, 90th Anniversary of U.S. Women Winning the Right to Vote. To win the right to vote, women conducted a 72-year political campaign, which began at the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920—thanks to the brilliant, courageous and doggedly persistent work of the suffragists who were led by Alice Paul. Plan to celebrate by attending the API event on 8/22 (see enclosed flyer), order the National Women's History Project catalogue or check out their web site (see below) ; plan a special luncheon to honor the elected women in your community; have your students vote on special issues and only allow girls to vote (ask the boys how they felt when they were denied the right to vote, ask the girls how they felt when they were they only ones allowed to vote),  rent or order Iron Jawed Angels (from Blockbusters or the Alice Paul Institute, www.alicepaul.org). or contact the NWHP at  707-636-2888 or www.nwhp.org.

SEPTEMBER 7

Women’s Opportunity Center Orientation, 9:30-11:30, free. Family Y of Burlington County, near 295 & Route 38, Mt. Laurel (across from Costco and Wegmans shopping center). WOC helps displaced homemakers who have lost emotional and financial support due to separation, divorce, death, disability of spouse. WOC provides educational/vocational info, community referrals, interest/aptitude testing, job placement assistance; job/life skills workshops and free career clothing. Childcare available but reservations are required, 856-234-6200, ext. 223, www.woc-bc.org. See also People in Transition (7/29).

SEPTEMBER 16

Breast Cancer Genetics: Understanding Risk Assessment and Testing, Living Beyond 

Breast Cancer educational teleconference,   www.lbbc.org.

SEPTEMBER 25

Reproductive Justice Arts Extravaganza to celebrate 25^th Anniversary of the Women’s Medical Fund (the Philadelphia version of South Jersey NOW–Alice Paul chapter’s Women in Need Fund) which provides direct financial assistance to support low-income women and girls who wish to terminate a pregnancy but can’t afford a safe, legal abortion. Submissions may be photography, two-dimensional (painting, drawing, charcoal, etc.) or video shorts (5 minutes or less). More details:  http://rjae.org/contest.

SEPTEMBER 29 and 30

Microsoft Word 2003 workshop will teach you the program most widely used in the business world (creates, format and edit documents). Must have knowledge of Windows and be able to use the keyboard. Women’s Opportunity Center (see 9/7), 6-9pm. Special offer price of $79 includes handouts.

OCTOBER 13 and 14

Basic Introductory Computer Class for those who are not sure how to get started. Starting with how to turn the computer on, using the mouse and navigating through the system, this is truly a course for beginners. Keyboarding or typing is a plus but not a requirement. Women’s Opportunity Center (see 9/7), 6-9pm, $79.

OCTOBER 27 and 28

Intro to Microsoft Excel 2003 will help you get control over numbers. Learn how to format, enter, edit, protect, retrieve and save files. Must know principles of Windows; keyboarding or typing is a plus but not a requirement. Women’s Opportunity Center (see 9/7), 6-9pm, $79.

NOVEMBER 13

NOW-NJ State Conference, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Ruth Crocker Dill Building. Save the date and plan to attend! Call Lorraine or Joy if you want to car pool.

4^th Annual Women’s Expo, The Enterprise Center at Burlington County College (BCC), Route 38, Mount Laurel, near I-295. Features exhibits, seminars, shopping, pampering, makeovers, book signings, demonstrations, health screenings, live entertainment, and restaurant sampling. Also door prizes and give-aways. Times and more info:   www.burlingtoncountywomanonline.com and   www.camdencountywomanonline.com.

Rachael Ray, keynote speaker at Virtua’s 6^th Annual “Women’s Health Symposium, Strategies for Healthy Living” sponsored by Philadelphia Magazine at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St., Philadelphia, 8-3:30. Breakout sessions with  health experts, screenings, exhibits, demonstrations, giveaways, prizes and more, $50 ($150 VIP ticket includes meet and greet with Rachael Ray and book signing), www.virtua.org/women, 1-888-VIRTUA-3.

NOVEMBER 17

Living Beyond Breast Cancer Annual Fall Conference, News You Can Use: 

Breast Cancer Updates for Living Well, Philadelphia,    www.lbbc.org.