WNDC News ��� April 2015 - Woman`s National Democratic Club

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April 2015
WNDC Spring Arts Exhibition
A Letter from the WNDC President
Dear Members:
The first day of Spring brings a sigh of relief not only
to the Programming Committee, but to the President
and staff as well; it means no more weather-related
cancellations. Still, for our hardworking individuals
who run the Club, both staff and volunteers, there
are many other day-to-day considerations to weigh.
At monthly Board of Governors meetings when our
Treasurer explains the monthly Profit & Loss statement, what emerges as our “bottom line” is generally
positive and accurate. This healthy state of affairs is
the result of constant monitoring, plus a number of
initiatives:
As March turns to April, a concerted effort is
underway to hire a General Manager. The Club
has side-stepped this payroll commitment for a
number of years now. However, juggling the
demands of managing the WNDC as a museum,
a social club, and an event space is very timeconsuming for volunteers. It is also an inefficient
way to manage this building. In addition, our staff
will benefit from more consistent supervision and
I expect members to benefit greatly, as well.
We have retained key staffers who are instrumental in the smooth functioning of the WNDC. We
have continuing dialog with certain employees to
monitor conflicts, while we’ve encouraged work
place development. In the case of our chef, a new
job description was established that enhances our
kitchen operations, and reduces waste.
The VP of Administration has worked hard to
oversee the development of a new Personnel
Manual, and we oversee a monthly staff meeting
that includes the entire team.
Employees who were not functioning in a
professional capacity, or who lacked sufficient
work were let go, accompanied by a generous
severance package.
Reception: Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Shanthi Chandrasekar
Ballroom Gallery
Image Right: Chakra-Orange
Shanthi Chandrasekar is a selftaught artist who studied physics and
psychology. While many of her works
are influenced by her Indian heritage,
her true inspiration comes from the mystery and majesty
of the world around her; her muse lives where the scientific overlaps with the spiritual.
Shanthi’s works have been displayed in galleries and
institutions throughout the Washington D.C. area. She
has won numerous awards for her artwork including a
recent grant from the Maryland State Arts Council in
2013 for Works on Paper.
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Margaret Huddy
Upstairs Gallery
Image Right: Wind at the Capitol
Margaret Huddy's luminous,
realistic watercolors capture
the play of light on land and
cityscapes. Painting a subject,
such as the monumental buildings in Washington, DC, or
architectural monuments around the world in the varied
light from dawn to dusk, helps her study the effects of
light. Years of experience working en plein air enable
her to capture the quality of light she desires when
back in the studio. Margaret Huddy is a signature,
award winning member of the American and National
Watercolor Societies as well as the Watercolor USA
Honor Society.
PRESIDENT’S LETTER CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
WNDC
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202)232-7363 www.democraticwoman.org
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 (Breakfast)
Warren Clark
Thursday, April 2, 2015 (Evening)
What’s Next After Israel’s
March Elections?
Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Price: $10 Members & Non-Members
(Includes continental breakfast)
20th Annual Women
Ambassadors Conference
Panel Discussion
March will be a big month for U.S.Israeli relations and for the Middle
East. On March 3, Prime Minister Netanyahu will address a joint session of the U.S. Congress
to oppose an Obama-Administration-backed deal
on Iran’s nuclear program. On March 17, Israel will hold
parliamentary elections, and then form a new coalition
government, with or without Netanyahu. On April 1, the
Palestinian Authority is scheduled to join the International
Criminal Court, opening the door to possible international
sanctions against Israel. WNDC member Warren Clark,
husband of Betsy Spiro Clark, will assess the impact of
these developments on U.S.-Israeli relations, the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, and in the broader Middle East.
Ambassador Clark is a retired Foreign Service officer
who served in the Middle East, Africa, and at the United
Nations. Since 2008, he has been Executive Director of
Churches for Middle East Peace, a coalition of national
church groups that conducts education and advocacy to
end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The Women Ambassadors
Foundation and Howard University will
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Annual Women Ambassadors Conference on April 2 and 3, 2015. As thenFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton put it on the occasion
of her Howard University Commencement address in
1998, "The Women Ambassadors Conference is one more
example of Howard University pushing the envelope."
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Price: $22.50 Members & Non-Members
The objectives of the conference are to honor the women
ambassadors (of 176 ambassadors in post in Washington, only 20 are women) and to provide college students
of the DC area with an overview of the hot-button
issues in international affairs. Each panel is composed
of a foreign diplomat, a professor, an NGO representative/
expert and a U.S. government official in order to allow the
students to see the same topic from various angles. The
theme of this year's conference is "Security, Democracy,
and Prosperity."
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 (Evening)
WNDC Spring Arts Reception
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Price: This event is free; RSVP is required
For the Shanthi Chandrasekar
spring exhibition (Ballroom Gallery):
Exhibition Dates: Thu. Mar. 26 – Tues. May 26
Reception: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 | 6 – 8pm
For the Margaret Huddy
spring exhibition (Upstairs Gallery):
Exhibition Dates: Mon, Mar. 2 – Thu. May 28
Reception: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 | 6 – 8pm
Hours: 9am-4:30pm Monday-Friday
WNDC
Thursday, April 9, 2015 (Breakfast)
DC At-Large Councilmember
Elissa Silverman Meet & Greet
Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Price: $15 Members; $20 Non-Members
$10 for talk only
Councilmember Elissa Silverman
has spent her career making the DC
government more inclusive, transparent, and accessible. Elissa began her professional life as
a reporter at the Washington City Paper near the end of
Marion Barry's fourth term as mayor and the beginning
of Anthony A. Williams' first. For three years she authored
the paper's "Loose Lips" column on DC politics. She later
covered local business, the 2006 mayoral race, and
police, fire, and emergency medical services as a Washington Post reporter. From 2009 to 2014, Elissa worked
for the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, analyzing the city's
budget, leading advocacy campaigns, and heading a
coalition that opened D.C. Council budget negotiations to
the public. She also helped coordinate the campaigns that
led to increasing the D.C. minimum wage and expanding
sick days to restaurant workers.
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202)232-7363 www.democraticwoman.org
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Thursday, April 9, 2015 (Lunch & Tour)
DC Dupont Circle
Underground Project
Tour is Free for lunch attendees
NO “TOUR ONLY” OPTION
Tour begins at 2:00 pm
Once a trolley station, 75,000 square
feet of tunnels and spaces below
Dupont Circle and the Connecticut
Avenue underpass were opened in 1949—and closed in
1963 after the city’s streetcar system was shut down. In
the late 1960s, it was designated as a fallout shelter, and
became a short-lived food court in the mid-1990s. It has
remained empty since then. The nonprofit Arts Coalition
for the Dupont Underground (ACDU)—founded by architect Julian Hunt, co-principal of Hunt Laudi Studio, a D.C.based architecture and urban design firm—will redevelop
this former trolley station. Beginning by transforming the
east platform, the project will activate the space through
art- and design-related events, public performances and
other gatherings, as well as temporary commercial uses.
ACDU will also be working on long-term plans to permanently redevelop all 75,000 square feet as a mixed-use
cultural destination. It will showcase new artists and designers, and new technologies.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 (Luncheon)
Monday, April 13, 2015 (Luncheon)
Alexander McCall Smith
The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café:
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith is the
author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective
Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie
series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs
series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor
emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in
Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was
born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law
professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in
Scotland. Mr. McCall will have two books available
or purchase and signing.
"I very much look forward to meeting the guests at this
luncheon. We can discuss every subject under the sun,
but I hope in particular to share with you some memories
of Botswana and its wonderful people of whom one,
Precious Ramotswe, is the woman behind The No. 1
Ladies’ Detective Agency.”
— Alexander McCall Smith
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 (Luncheon)
Karin Tanabe
Nancy J. Altman
The Price of Inheritance, Washington
Women Writers Series Two
Social Security Works!: Why Social
Security Isn’t Going Broke and How
Expanding It Will Help Us All
After eight years in the American
Furniture department at Christie’s,
twenty-nine-year-old Carolyn Everett
is a rising star. But one wrong
decision and a scandal leaves her
unemployed and broken. Desperate to piece her life back
together, Carolyn leaves New York City to work in a tiny
antique store in Newport, Rhode Island. The Price of
Inheritance is a rare find of a novel. Engaging, suspenseful, and full of intrigue, it delves into the elite world of big
bucks deals and dangerous black market promises, where
one woman must decide whether she’s willing to gamble
her greatest asset—her heart.
Karin Tanabe is a Washington, DC-based fiction writer
and former Politico reporter whose writing has appeared
in the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, Newsday,
The Miami Herald, and The Washington Post. She has
made frequent appearances as a celebrity and politics
expert on television, including on Entertainment Tonight,
Inside Edition, and CNN. The book will be available for
purchase and signing.
WNDC
For more than 30 years, billionaires
have been trying to convince the
public that Social Security is headed
for collapse. They are wrong. In fact,
the time is right to expand Social Security, the key to
retirement dignity for millions of workers and their families.
Nancy J. Altman has a 40-year background in the areas
of Social Security and private pensions. From 1983 to
1989 she was on the faculty of Harvard's Kennedy School
of Government and taught at Harvard Law School. In1982,
she was Alan Greenspan's assistant when he chaired the
bipartisan commission that developed the 1983 Social
Security amendments. Before that, Ms. Altman worked
with Senator John Danforth on these issues. There is
much more about her that makes her the person to talk to
us about this very important issue. She has written many
books and holds many positions that encompass her life's
work. The book will be available for purchase and
signing.
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202)232-7363 www.democraticwoman.org
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Friday, April 24, 2015 (Evening)
Thursday, April 23, 2015 (Evening)
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Reception and speaker
program. One complimentary
drink ticket/Light hors d'oeuvres/Cash Bar.
Price: $40 for Members, $50 for Non-Members.
Proceeds will benefit WNDC’s Educational Foundation
nonpartisan educational outreach. (Please make checks
payable to WNDC Educational Foundation, a 501 (c)(3)
nonprofit organization.)
Please join WNDC members and guests to meet and
welcome DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, who will speak on
her plans for the District of Columbia and introduce some
of the top women she has appointed to her cabinet. Mayor
Bowser was first elected Ward 4 Councilmember in a
special election in 2007, re-elected in 2008, and again in
2012. Running for mayor, she received the endorsement
of the Washington Post, which described her as “smart,
hardworking, and independent-minded…[who] has shown
herself to be an effective advocate for the interests of her
demanding ward and a leading voice for education reform
and good government.” On November 4, 2014, voters
elected Muriel as the seventh elected, and the second
woman mayor of the District of Columbia.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015 (Evening)
Status of Jobs for Liberals and
Progressives Panel Discussion
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Price: $15 Members/$20 Non-Members
Cash Bar and Appetizers
The Great Recession of 2008 took a
massive toll on the American people.
Since then, we’ve moved in the right
direction, but not fast enough, and have not reached
our goal. Come hear different perspectives on the U.S.
employment status, job types and qualifications, and
future trends for liberals and progressives. Panelists will
include Neera Tanden, President, Center for American
Progress, an independent nonpartisan policy institute
dedicated to improve the lives of all Americans and
change the country, through bold, progressive ideas,
strong leadership and concerted action. Other panelists
are Tom Manatos, TomManatosjobs.com, which helps
job seekers find their perfect position; and Mike Hersh,
Progressive Democrats of America, which aims to transform the Democratic Party, government and country,
through its grassroots efforts and progressive principles.
The event cosponsor is Network 4Progress, which uses
“word of mouth” media messaging and social networking
to support a “New Kind of Politics & Citizenship.”
WNDC
SPAT! Bringing Oysters Back
to the Chesapeake Bay
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Price: $25 (Light Supper $15;
Movie $10) Cash Bar
After centuries of over-harvesting
and devastating diseases, the Chesapeake Bay oyster
populations plummeted, along with industry profits and
the Bay’s health. Now, native oysters are more abundant,
fewer are dying from disease, and more than a billion
hatchery raised baby oysters have been added to the Bay.
The film’s director and producer, WNDC member Sandy
Cannon-Brown, is passionate about ecosystems and their
inhabitants. After working for U.S. News & World Report,
Associated Press, McGraw-Hill, WJLA-TV7 and KTBCTV7, she founded VideoTakes, a video production small
business. Her career has taken her to the rainforests of
Central and South America, the Northern Great Plains
and the Everglades. She has produced programs for the
Children’s National Medical Center, As associate director
of American University’s Center for Environmental
Filmmaking she taught filmmaking for ten years. Both
she and her students have received top awards.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 (Tour & Lunch)
Tour of Lincoln’s Cottage
Time: Depart WNDC (car share)
10:15 am or meet at Lincoln Cottage
at 10:45 am
Price: Tour and Picnic Lunch: $30
for Members, $40 for Non-Members.
President Abraham Lincoln and
his wife Mary lived in this Gothic
Revival Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home in Washington, DC
from June to November, 1862 -1864. Lincoln’s time at the
Cottage served as bookends for Civil War — he first visited the grounds three days after his inauguration and last
rode out to the site on April 13, 1964, the day before his
assassination.
Our tour will include the house and visitor center, followed
by a picnic lunch on the cottage grounds. Afterwards,
those interested may visit the nearby historic Rock Creek
Cemetery to see the famous sculpture by Augustus SaintGaudens - “Grief,” commissioned by essayist Henry
Adams after the death of his wife Clover in 1885. For
driving instructions to Lincoln Cottage, contact Patricia
Fitzgerald, PFitzgerald@democraticwoman.org, (202) 232
-7363. The tour is limited to 24 participants, so please
register soon.
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202)232-7363 www.democraticwoman.org
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 (Luncheon)
President’s Letter
continued from page 1….
Sigrid Fry-Revere
Solving the Organ Shortage:
Lessons from Iran
Dr. Sigrid Fry-Revere is the first
westerner ever to interview legal
kidney sellers in Iran, the one country
in the world that claims to have solved
its kidney shortage. She spent two months in that country
interviewing her subjects and filming without permission
from the government. Rarely does an adventure story
carry such social significance. The Iranian system of
organ donation is not perfect, but it is nothing like the
black markets of other countries and also much different
from what Americans have been led to believe. The Iranians have tried many different approaches and learned
much over 30 years of experimenting with compensating
donors. Come and hear what there is to learn from Iran
and see how understanding the history of compensated
kidney donation in Iran may be the key to solving the
organ shortage in the United States and elsewhere.
Finally, I’d like to address some misinformation that
plans are being readied to transfer ownership of the
Club to the Educational Foundation. To be clear, there
are no current plans to transfer ownership. Any such
plans would mean that for some time now, we’ve been
in serious dialog with a tax attorney. Let me clarify that
the idea has been “floated” with an attorney at just one
meeting. The real purpose of this meeting was to determine the need to budget for a slight modification in our
property tax exemption. Apparently, this idea of transferring ownership is revived from time to time around the
Board Room table, but it has never before survived
serious legal scrutiny. We are finding that this is true
now as well.
Please be assured that the Club will continue to function
as it always has, with a solid team that works to improve
upon the functionality of our mansion as a social and
political Club, and a treasured museum. Lastly, if you
have any concerns at all, tell me! Pat Fitzgerald always
knows where to find me.
—Anna Fierst, President
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Sharing our Knowledge and Stories
With YWLP
This year’s students in the Young Women’s Leadership
Program have displayed a keen interest in our club.
Unfortunately, the multiple snow days and delays have
affected their ability to visit and attend programming.
The students have articulated interest in issues surrounding women in leadership, current political events, social
justice (particularly with respect to women), and the
suffrage movement. The EF is asking members who have
personal experience or specific knowledge in these area
to meet with the students to provide a one hour presentation/informal talk for the students. These presentations
would occur at the Club, preferably over lunch time on
Fridays or other days in which the club is not booked for a
program. If you would like to help stimulate and education
these young women leaders, please contact Noreen
Buchanan (Noreensbuchanan@gmail.com).
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Luncheon Schedule
11:30 A.M.
12:15 P.M.
Bar Opens
Lunch Served
1:00 P.M.
1:45 P.M.
Presentation
Q+A
Pricing:
$10 Lecture Only Members $20/Non-Members $30
On the Radar for May
Mother’s Day Brunch at the Historic
Whittemore House
Sunday, May 10, 2015 (Brunch)
Sarah McCoy, presents “The Mapmaker’s
Children
Thursday, May 14, 2015 (Luncheon)
Richard Martin, presents “Coal Wars”
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 (Luncheon)
Film Night
Friday, May 22, 2015 (Evening)
WNDC
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202)232-7363 www.democraticwoman.org
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April 2015
MON
TUE
WED
THUR
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3
4
2
6
BREAKFAST 5
Warren Clark
SPEAKER LUNCHEON
9:00a - 10:30a
20th Annual Women
Luncheon Available
Ambassadors Conf.
with reservation
Panel Discussion
7:00p - 9:00p
SPEAKER LUNCHEON
6
FRI
3
7
Luncheon Available
with reservation
Passover Begins
8
9
10
BREAKFAST13
12
14
Luncheon Available
Luncheon Available
Councilmember
SPEAKER
LUNCHEON
with reservation
with reservation
Elissa
Silverman
Marsha
Coleman8:00a - 10:00a
Adebayo
Executive
Committee Meeting
4/5 Easter
LUNCH & TOUR Arts Committee Meet12:45p
DC Dupont Circle ing 1030am-230pm
Spring Arts Reception Underground Project
18
20
21
17
6:00p - 8:00p19
SPEAKER LUNCHEON
EF Board Meeting
14
15SPEAKER LUNCHEON 16
17
13
10am
Luncheon Available
NO PROGRAM
SPEAKER LUNCHEON Luncheon Available
SPEAKER
Board
of reservation
Governors
with
Karin Tanabe
with reservation
LUNCHEON
Mtg.
1245pm
Alexander McCall
Arts Committee Meeting
Wine Tasting 6-8pm
Smith
10:30a
Board of Governors
Program Committee
Presidents Day
12:45p
Meeting 10:30a
Club Closed
PPC Meeting 10:30a
10
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NO PROGRAM 11
SPEAKER LUNCHEON
Dean Baker
(Please see programs
for Wed. and Thur.)
25
28
24
26
27
22
23
24
20 SPEAKER LUNCHEON 21
PPC Meeting 1215SPEAKER
LUNCHEON
NO PROGRAM
SPEAKER
Luncheon Available
130pm
Social & Economic Task
LUNCHEON
with reservation
Force
Meeting
230-4pm
Program
Committee
Nancy Altman
Meeting 10:30a
EF Board Meeting
DC Mayor
Luncheon Available
10:00a
Muriel Bowser
Global Women’s Task
with reservation
Film Night
Force Meeting 10:30a
6:30p - 8:30p
6:00p - 8:30p
27
28
Social & Economic
Justice Task Force
Meeting 2:30p
29
30
Luncheon Available
TOUR & LUNCH
with reservation
Tour of Lincoln Cottage
Status of Jobs for
Liberals and
Progressives Panel
Discussion
6:00p - 8:30p
Luncheons available Wednesday and Friday Cost: $15.00. Reserve 24 hours ahead at (202)232-7363 ext. 3003
Cancellation policy: Credit will be given if cancellations are made by 12:00 noon at least two business days in advance.
Visit www.democraticwoman.org for more information
WNDC
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202)232-7363 www.democraticwoman.org
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WNDC Officers, Committees, Meetings
WNDC Officers 2014-2015
President
Anna Fierst
Vice Presidents:
Administration
Communications
Public Policy
Programs
Public Liaison
Treasurer
Secretary
Assistant Secretary
Visual Arts &
Museum Affairs
Eugenia Burkes
Elizabeth Joyce
Karen Pataky
Mimi Hassanein
Linda Kandel
Joy Holland
Sayeeda A. Chaudhry
Barbara Zelenko
Patricia Leslie
Nuzhat Sultan
Educational Foundation Board 2015
Michael Beidler, President
Michael@troutdesign.com
Noreen Buchanan, Vice Precident
noreensbuchanan@gmail.com
Dianne Lorenz, Financial Secretary
dianne.lorenz@verizon.net
Pat Bitondo, Secretary
PBitondo@aol.com
Cleopatra Magwaro, Non-Member, cmagwaro@gmail.com
Jean Rogers, rogersm@cox.net
Nuzhat Sultan, nuzhatsultan@gmail.com
Patricia Leslie, patricialeighleslie@yahoo.com
Farhana Shah, farhanasha@yahoo.com
Robert Haldeman, Non-Member, rmhaldeman@msn.com
Chairperson
Arts & Museum
Nuzhat Sultan
artswndc@gmail.com
Susan Rao
susanraorealtor@gmail.com
OPEN
By-Laws
Membership
Program Planning
Wednesday
12:45 p.m.
April 8
Executive Committee
Tuesday
10:30 a.m.
April 14
Arts Committee
Tuesday
10:30 a.m.
April 14
Public Policy Committee
Wednesday
12:45 p.m.
April 15
Board of Governors
Monday
10:00 a.m.
April 20
Educational Foundation
Tuesday
10:30 a.m.
April 21
Program Committee
Tuesday
10:30 a.m.
April 21
Global Women’s Task Force
Tuesday
2:30 p.m.
April 28
Social and Economic Justice Task Force
Mimi Hassanein
mimicatzoo@yahoo.com
Linda Kandel
ldkand@gmail.com
Public Policy and Political Action
Vice President
Karen Pataky
kjpataky@comcast.net
The Committee for Public Policy and Political Action is composed of
task force chairpersons and at-large members. All WNDC members
are welcome at PPC meetings. If you wish to join a task force, please
contact Karen Pataky or the Task Force Chair.
Public Policy Task Forces
Chairperson
Ad Hoc Committee to
Prevent Gun Violence
Shelly Livingston
sliving7@yahoo.com
DC Metro
MaryEva Candon
candon@candonlaw.com
Economic/Budget Policy
Stuart Brown
sbrown@warcap.com
Maria Ross
mrosaross@aol.com
MaryEva Candon
candon@candonlaw.com
Alice Day
At-lhday@verizon.net
Kristin Cabral
Cabral@KristinCabral.com
Veena Trehan
veena0323@yahoo.com
Karen Pataky
kjpataky@comcast.net
Elizabeth Spiro Clark
epsclark@rcn.com
Marcia Bachman
mbach6@aol.com
Veena Trehan
veena0323@yahoo.com
Marion Mudd
Marion9507@starpower.net
Education/Children’s Issues
Election Reform
April Meetings:
WNDC
WNDC Committees
Environment & Energy
Faith & Values
Global Women
Health Care
International Affairs
Judicial/Constitutional
Social and Economic Justice
Social Security
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202)232-7363 www.democraticwoman.org
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For the Love of Children (FLOC)
Announcement
May Newsletter Deadline:
April 15
To allow time for production of the newsletter
(editing, layout, and proofreading),
all submissions to the newsletter are due
on the 3rd Wednesday of every month.
For the Love of Children (FLOC) will soon be completing
their third year of tutoring at the Whittemore House for
students who need help in reading and math. FLOC’s end
of the year Recognition Event will be on Friday, May 29th
from 6:00-8:00 pm. This event is sponsored by the Educational Foundation. WNDC members are welcome to come
and celebrate a year of growth with the students and their
families. A light “children friendly” meal will be served.
Tickets will be limited. More information about this event
will be provided on our website as the date approaches.
May newsletter deadline is April 15.
We will gladly post any late submissions on
the website, but we aren't able to print any items
submitted after the deadline. Please, no exceptions
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Call for Communications Volunteers
Would you have time to write up an occasional brief
summary of WNDC events? Or do you have video
editing skills? If so, please call Liz Joyce, Vice President
for Communications, at (301) 588-6452.
Woman’s National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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