Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
A message from Charmen Goehring, AAUW California President:
There will be a statewide book study on The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves, by Dr. Shawn Ginwright. This book has been used to guide the state leadership team and was highlighted in the annual event last spring. Dr. Ginwright asserts that we need a fundamental shift in our values—a pivot in how we think, act, work, and connect.
Come learn more about the four pivots he describes and how they might be helpful for AAUW branches. “Pivot One” will be discussed on Wednesday, October 22nd, at 7 pm. Read this section before the meeting, but you are also welcome to attend the discussion even if you haven’t. Registration for the meeting was included in the September email of the California Compass that is sent to all California AAUW members. ALL members are welcome! Contact Charmen Goehring if you have any questions (statepresident@aauw-ca.org).
Greater Whittier Area Reads DEI:
Book: Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad
All members who have signed up to participate in this year’s GWA READS DEI sessions will receive an email with the dates, times, and locations of our sessions for this year, determined by the group at the September 30th optional session. If you have not signed up, it is not too late. Contact Pat Dudley at kpdudley2002@yahoo.com to be added to the list and receive the informational emails that include questions to be discussed.
If you cannot attend the sessions, you can still participate by reading the book and journaling the prompts provided in the book. It is available as a downloadable workbook. Just google the title to locate it on the internet. It is one of the books that will be included in our February table talks.
Preview of coming attractions: At the February branch meeting we will be discussing the influence of fiction and nonfiction books on a group’s culture and individual mindsets. The format will be a panel discussion and table talks on books that members have read. We have many readers and reading sections that have read books with DEI related themes (James, The Women, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store are a few recent selections.). Start keeping a list of the books you are currently reading or have read for the table talks.
Pat Dudley
DEI Coordinator