Prior Meetings
Michele Matassa Flores, Seattle Times Executive Editor
CJ Nash March 21, 2021
Pandemics, Protests and Presidential Politics was the topic of speaker Seattle Times Executive Editor Michele Matassa Flores at our March 2 branch meeting, via Zoom. Thanks to a connection with branch member CJ Nash, “Mich” regaled us for an hour, focusing on one hectic and historical year in our Seattle history: 2020. She began with February as the COVID pandemic hit Washington State. By March 9, everyone at the Times was ordered to… Read More »
Dr. Sophia Wallace, Immigration Myths and Misinformation
February 28, 2021
Three Zoom screens full of members signed in for Seattle AAUW February branch meeting with Dr. Sophia Wallace, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, speaking about racial myths and how they influence US immigration policies. Eventually, these myths become normalized while actual facts and real information are obscured. Furthermore, these myths are designed to create a feeling of danger, fear, and a lack of safety,… Read More »
Linda Kramer Jenning on the Current State of Women in Journalism
Cynthia Sheridan January 17, 2021
On January 16th, speaker Linda Kramer Jenning shared her views on the current state of journalism and her experience as a woman journalist. Instead of notebooks and recorders, tools of the trade are likely to include helmets and flak jackets in today’s environment where the press has become a target. In addition to the potential for physical violence, women journalists must deal with online violence and harassment. Statistics show that nearly… Read More »
Tea for Three: A One-woman Show About Three First Ladies
Cynthia Sheridan/Liza Ewell December 20, 2020
For our December 9th holiday program, Seattle Branch members and guests gathered online to watch Tea for Three, a one-woman play that gave us an entertaining behind-the-scenes peek at the lives of Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Betty Ford during their tenures as First Ladies. We see an elegant and rather formal Lady Bird Johnson flub her attempt at telling a joke, but then hear about… Read More »
Dr. Michelle Liu: The Country that Fiction Built
Cynthia Sheriday/Liza Ewell November 22, 2020
Professor Liu raised the question of whether or not fiction can help us imagine building more empathy and openness towards those with different experiences from our own. She chose the examples of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, to illustrate how it was possible to change societal attitudes about slavery and violence against African Americans. Dr. Liu encouraged audience participation. At… Read More »