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Post GWI Up Close Town Hall Documentation
from May 25, 2020

This publication contains time-sensitive information generally directed to Club Executives and pertains to CFUW activities and events. Please send relevant pieces to all Club Members. 

                     

The documentation included in this Club Action News is a record of the presentations of May 25th, 2020 plus information on issues requested by the membership since then. To summarize the seven documents:
 
1. CFUW Power Point Slides of the Town Hall; This is the CFUW section of the May 25^th Town Hall and the agenda including the Bios of GWI speakers.. The GWI presentations are listed only as an agenda item.

2. GWI Up Close Post CFUW Town Hall documentation.
This includes a Q and A.

3. GWI Up Close General Information has the GWI presentations given at the Town Hall.
 
4. Advocacy. This includes Bina Roy, fundraising, fellowships and grants, Hegg Hoffat, Teachers for Rural Development and major achievements since 2016.
 
5 Bina Roy Partners in Development: Includes selected projects to empower women and girls through education and leadership development with details of the 2019 winning projects in The Congo, El Salvador, Ghana, India, Mexico and Turkey.
 
6. Circular 8 GWI Executive Board job descriptions.
 
7.  A  listing of GWI webinars.

GWI Gender and Art Webinar: Prejudices and Satisfactions in a Woman’s Artistic Creation 

See the message below for information on the GWI Gender and Art Webinar:

"Dear Canadian friends,

I hope you are well and healthy. I am sending you this mail, to  let you know that I was asked by GWI to participate in the series  of webinars 2020. So, I am glad to invite you to join me in the adventure of my art jorney.  I hope to count with your presence on June 11 4-5pm CEST, in which I will talk about the satisfactions and chalenges I have had during these past 40 years. 
The link to register is: https://graduatewomen.org/register-for-webinar/"

Regards.
Glenda Hecksher
CIR
Vicepresidenta de Asuntos Internacionales

CFUW Mediation Virtual Town Hall
Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EDT

Please note that the Mediation Working Group has asked for some additional time to complete its deliberations. In view of this development, the Mediation Town Hall will now take place on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. Dr. Rebecca Bromwich and members of the Working Group will present the report and there will be a question and answer session following their presentation. The meeting will be one hour in length.

To register for the Town Hall, please do so using the information below. If you require any assistance please e-mail Rachel at cfuwgen@rogers.com
 
“You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Jun 11, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
 
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclf-qrqjgrH9S-A3-F67OCPBWKg420eXNs
 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.”