Current members of the branch live in the following New Hampshire communities: Amherst, Dover, Exeter, Hanover, Hollis, Manchester, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, Wilton, and Wolfeboro. For more information about the organization contact AAUW.NH.membership@gmail.com.
In addition to providing scholarships, the branch has book discussions and members enjoy social events. They sponsored the annual Candidates Night, giving the public a chance to hear the positions of candidates running for offices on the Amherst ballots. Occasionally members also attend theatrical performances and see special exhibits at local museums.
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CONTACT US:
President: Liz MacMillan
Membership: Ingrid Michaelis, Chair
A graduate holding an associate degree, an RN, a baccalaureate, or a higher degree from a regionally accredited institution is eligible and welcome to apply for membership.
Book Group coordinators:
Nancy Bennison
Cynthia David
Please click/tap on the Book Group schedule below to see the Reading List, or click/tap HERE to visit the Book Group page.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Calendar is modified through the year as meetings, events & activities are planned. Please return later for updated information. ~ Thank you!
2024
April
Saturday, 04/20 – Meet & Eat – Spring Fling Lunch 12:30 PM
Gather at 12:30, Lunch begins at 1:00. Black Forest Café, Rt. 101 in Amherst
Please see Newsletter for meeting details. Please respond to the eVite so the organizers can have a head count; There are NO RESERVATIONS and seating is “first come, first served.”
May
Wednesday, 05/01 – Board Meeting 7:00 PM
Zoom link was sent to Board members
Monday, 05/06 – Book Group 7:00 PM
Please see Newsletter & Book Group emails for meeting location & details.
All members of the Southern New Hampshire Branch of AAUW are welcome to attend Book Group meetings. In consideration of our hostesses, if you plan to attend a meeting, RSVP is required each month.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, a boy born to a
teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets.
Story is told through the young boy’s character; he braves the
modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic
success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through
all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture
where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor
of cities. Pulitzer Prize for 2023
Thursday, 05/16 – Book Group
Deadline for 2024-2025 Reading List nominations; please tap/click here for guidelines.
Tuesday, May 21 – Annual Meeting, Pot Luck
Thursday, 05/30 – Book Group
Nominations for 2024-2025 Reading List published.
June
Monday, 06/03 – Book Group 7:00 PM
Please see Newsletter & Book Group emails for meeting location & details.
All members of the Southern New Hampshire Branch of AAUW are welcome to attend Book Group meetings. In consideration of our hostesses, if you plan to attend a meeting, RSVP is required each month.
The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
A running theme in this novel is the power of books and reading in
bringing people close together. The narrative is shared from
multiple perspectives of the several characters, all lonely for various
reasons and all searching for solace in life. They form the Lonely
Hearts Book Club after a conflict/crisis changes the daily ritual of
insults between librarian Sloane and curmudgeonly library patron
Arthur McLachlan. The book club is a safe space for these lonely
strangers to be themselves, and share their stories and, in doing so,
become friends who enable one another to reevaluate their lives and
exact positive change.
Wednesday, 06/05 – Book Group [Time/Place TBD]
Members present their nominations for 2024-2025 Reading List; ballot for selecting 2024-2025 titles opens immediately following meeting.
Monday, 06/10 – Book Group 12:00 Noon
Ballot for selecting 2024-2025 titles closes.
Wednesday, 06/12 – Book Group
Reading List for 2024 – 2025 announced.
July
Thursday, 07/04 – Membership Booth on the Green
Ongoing
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