2025 NOVEMBER BRANCH MEETING
THE MAGIC OF THEATER, A WOMAN’S JOURNEY
Jessica Sage, Producing Artistic Director, Rogue Theater Company
NOVEMBER 2025 “BIG IDEAS
“Rebuilding the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Part 2”
Javier (Javi) Dubon, Interim Executive Director and Rudd Johnson, Chair, Board of Trustees
OCTOBER 2025 CELEBRATION OF SCHOLARS
> Scholars awarded AAUW Ashland Scholarships for 2025-26
> Left to right, RCC students Alaa Karmi, Madison Herinckx, And Fallon vonFossen; and
> SOU students Christina Berger, Scarlett Celestino and Wendy Maynard. Not pictured is RCC student Randi Kearney.
Susan MacCracken Jain.
Refreshments provided by members.
Musical Entertainment provided by Alice Mallory.
2025 OCTOBER BRANCH MEETING
Dr. Jessica Bradley – Women Veterans Achievements and Challenges
Women Veterans Coordinator, Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs
EdD, Education Leadership, George Fox University; MBA, Business Administration; BS, Philosophy, Oregon State University
Art 4 Scholars donations by Rae Otto
Beth Rubin, new Scholarship Selection Committee Chair
OCTOBER 2025 “BIG IDEAS” ANIMAL WELFARE
Estrella Cervantes, SoHumane, Megan Ayars, Friends of the Animals (FOTAS), Laurie Cuddy, Rogue Valley Street Dogs, Ellie Anderson, Head of Adult Services.
SEPTEMBER 2025 BRANCH MEETING
Catherine Lutes, AAUW of Oregon State President and AAUW Ashland Branch member, spoke on state direction and goals for the coming year.
Regina Ayars, Program Chair, introduced guest speakers, Cherstin Lyon and Elizabeth Hallett, local Peace Makers, in honor of International Peace Day September 21.
SEPTEMBER 2025 BIG IDEAS
Lacey Corbett, MA, LPC, a licensed private practice therapist and Clinical Supervisor with the Maslow Project
Second annual Langford Art Gallery event on Saturday, June 14, 2025. The featured artist was Irene Kai.
MAY 2025 Ashland High School (AHS)
Scholarship Award
Please meet the winners:
Nikaela Apilada
Sharon Im
MAY 2025 ASHLAND SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM
MAY 2025 BRANCH MEETING
Farm to School:
Cultivating Healthy Kids and Communities
Started in 2001, Rogue Valley Farm to School (RVF2S) is part of a national network that connects schools, local farmers, and communities, cultivating healthy kids and local economies alike. It includes some 70,000 schools in 46 states. In Oregon, 25 school districts and community partners, supported by $10.2 million in state funding, currently participate.
Rogue Valley Farm to School, entering its 15th year, is without a doubt the “cream of the crop.”
Kristen Pew
Kathy Roselli
P.S. Kathy Roselli is also a filmmaker. Check out her short film about how RVF2S pivoted during Covid to distribute fresh produce to families through the schools: “Farm to Families.”
April 2025
IN HONOR OF GRETCHEN KING
Donation to Dunn House
Lisa Schweickert Adrienne Simmons
APRIL INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
Thai food enjoyed by all
MARCH BRANCH MEETING
The Future of Nursing Education,
Today and Tomorrow
MARCH BIG IDEAS SERIES
“Oregon Gun Laws Still Under Fire?
An Update on Measure 114.”
Nathan Sickler (left), Jackson County Sheriff;
Tighe O’Meara (right), Ashland Police Chief
FEBRUARY INTERNATIONAL DINING
INTEREST GROUP MEMBERS ENJOYING JAPANESE CUISINE
FEBRUARY 2025
USED BOOK SALE
Our Used Book Sale will be held at the February 22 Branch Meeting! This sale will be one of only two fundraisers this year for our Ashland High School Scholarship Fund, so we hope that everyone will come prepared to purchase a few new books for their home library. They will be priced at $3 each or two for $5, cash or checks please. And, of course, donations are always appreciated. Thank you in advance for your generous support of our $2500 High School Scholarship!
FEBRUARY 2025 BRANCH MEETING
The Side Door:
Rethinking Equity in a White Community
Harriet Watson, Gina Duquenne, Hillary Larson
JANUARY 2025 BRANCH MEETING
Guests (left to right) Gina DuQuenne, Ashland City Councilor, Sabrina Cotta, Ashland City Manager and Tonya Graham, Ashland Mayor, answer questions about municipal government, how it operates and how decisions are made.
January 2025 International Cuisine Interest Group
Greek Food was enjoyed by all!
JANUARY 2025 “BIG IDEAS” SERIES
A standing-room-only crowd heard three veteran newspeople discuss “The Current State of Local/Regional Journalism” on January 7 at the Ashland Library.
The speakers were Heidi Wright, President, FORJournalism; Bob Wise, VP/General Manager, KOBI-TV NBC5; and Bert Etling, Executive Editor, Ashland.news.
