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Children’s mental health advocate to discuss AWARE program in AC Schools on Monday

Posted at 12:19 pm October 23, 2016
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Kim Guinn

Kim Guinn

Kim Guinn, an advocate for children’s mental health, will discuss the Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education, or AWARE, program in Anderson County Schools during a meeting on Monday.

Guinn is director of the Project AWARE initiative for Anderson County Schools.

The Monday program is at 11:30 a.m. October 24 in Room 102 of the Activities Building of First Presbyterian Church. It’s presented by the AAUW, Oak Ridge Branch.

The AWARE program is supported by a federal five-year-grant to help students with mental health or substance abuse issues, a press release said. In this program, teachers and other adults who interact with young people are taught “mental health first aid.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News Tagged With: AAUW, ADFAC, Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education, Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties, Anderson County Schools, AWARE, children's mental health, First Presbyterian Church, Kim Guinn, Marge Congdon, Mary Uziel, mental health, Oak Ridge Branch, substance abuse, White House

Environmental scientist to discuss radioactive waste management Oct. 26

Posted at 9:34 am October 19, 2015
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Ellen Smith

Ellen Smith

Ellen Smith, environmental scientist and Oak Ridge mayor pro tem, will discuss radioactive waste management on Monday, October 26.

Smith will be the featured speaker at the luncheon meeting of AAUW (American Association of University Women). The meeting starts at 11:30 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Room 102 of the Activities Building.

Smith’s talk is scheduled to start at noon. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Meetings and Events Tagged With: AAUW, American Association of University Women, Ellen Smith, First Presbyterian Church, Marge Congdon, Mary Uziel, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, radioactive waste management, waste disposal

KPD training specialist to discuss bullying on Monday

Posted at 11:50 pm February 22, 2015
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Aubrey Maples

Aubrey Maples

Aubrey Maples, training specialist for the Safety Education Unit of the Knoxville Police Department, will speak at the Monday, February 23, luncheon meeting of the Oak Ridge Branch of AAUW (American Association of University Women) in Room 102 of the Activities Building at First Presbyterian Church, 1051 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Maples, who is a civilian educator with the KPD Safety Education Unit, will talk about the Department’s “Take a Stand Against Bullying” Program. Also present will be Officer Lori Banks of the Safety Education Unit.

Maples received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and is currently pursuing her master’s in applied behavioral science, with an emphasis on criminal justice and social problems, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Knoxville, Meetings and Events, Police and Fire Tagged With: AAUW, American Association of University Women, Aubrey Maples, behavioral science, bullying, criminal justice, First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville Police Department, KPD, Lori Banks, Marge Congdon, Mary Uziel, Oak Ridge Branch, Safety Education Unit, sociology, Take a Stand Against Bullying

‘Fracking,’ the environment to be discussed Monday

Posted at 10:41 pm January 24, 2015
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Joanna McFarlane

Joanna McFarlane

A manager in the Fossil Energy Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will discuss the environment and hydraulic fracturing, often referred to as “fracking,” during a Monday meeting.

Joanna McFarlane, who has a doctorate, is a manager for the RPSEA (Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America) and Environmentally Friendly Drilling in the Fossil Energy Program at ORNL.

She will give a presentation on “Hydraulic Fracturing and the Environment” during a meeting at 11:30 a.m. Monday, January 26. It’s a luncheon meeting of the AAUW Oak Ridge Branch. The group will meet in the Activities Building of First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Lafayette Drive. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: AAUW Oak Ridge, airborne emissions, American Association of University of Women, environment, Environmentally Friendly Drilling, First Presbyterian Church, Fossil Energy Program, fracking, gas, groundwater contamination, hydraulic fracturing, Hydraulic Fracturing and the Environment, Joanna McFarlane, land use, Marge Congdon, Mary Uziel, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, oil, ORNL, Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, RPSEA, shales, water use

Doctor, candidate to discuss health care with AAUW on Monday

Posted at 11:42 pm October 26, 2014
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Mary Headrick

Mary Headrick

Mary Headrick, a doctor and congressional candidate, will discuss health care during a lunch meeting with the AAUW on Monday, October 27.

Headrick’s talk is titled “Health Care Challenges: Age, Technology, Chronic Disease Management.”

The AAUW meeting starts at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Room 102 of the First Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits Tagged With: AAUW, American Association of University Women, health care, Health Care Challenges, internal medicine, Marge Congdon, Mary Headrick, Mary Uziel

Abolitionist, women’s rights leader to be portrayed at AAUW meeting

Posted at 10:09 am September 16, 2014
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Teresa Collard and Lisa LeBleu

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an abolitionist and women’s rights leader, will be remembered in a historical portrayal during a Monday, September 22, meeting of the Oak Ridge Branch of the AAUW.

The presentation is titled “In Her Own Voice: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Remembers.”

The AAUW will meet at 11:30 a.m. in Room 102 of the Activities Building of First United Presbyterian Church. A catered luncheon will be served at 11:30 a.m., with the program beginning at noon.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with Susan B. Anthony, headed a group, which was also interested in women’s rights, that gathered 400,000 signatures on a petition to bring about the immediate passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to end slavery in the United States, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits Tagged With: 13th Amendment, 15th Amendment, AAUW, abolitionist, American Association of University of Women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, First United Presbyterian Church, Lisa LeBleu, Marge Congdon, Mary Uziel, Oak Ridge Branch, right to vote, slavery, suffrage, Susan B. Anthony, Teresa Collard, U.S. Constitution, University of Tennessee, voting, Women Center, women's rights

AAUW meeting features dance program, scholarship recipients, new officers

Posted at 9:31 am May 20, 2013
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AAUW Dance Program

An AAUW luncheon meeting today features a fun program, the introduction of college scholarship recipients, and the induction of new officers, a press release said.

AAUW member Peggy Emmett, who has won many regional and national dance competitions, and her dance partner Sam Gordon will give a program on dance, the release said. They will perform some of the routines that Emmett, with her interest in theater, has created, the release said.

Gordon owns Go Dance Studio on Shaeffer Road in Knoxville. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Top Stories, Uncategorized Tagged With: AAUW, AAUW Educational Opportunities Fund, college scholarship, dance, Fay Martin, Karen Fuhrman, Local Education Fund, Marge Congdon, Mary Uziel, officers, Peggy Emmett, Roane State Community College, RSCC Education Award, Sam Gordon, Virginia Jones

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