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September 2023 NorCal Club Newsletter

Tea x Talk  at the home of Athena Kashyap ‘91
L to R. Lena Miyamoto, Melody Wood, Eleanor Chang, Diane Jones Lowrey, Athena Kashyap

Hello Northern California Alums! We hope you had a nice long weekend to honor Labor Day and are ready for the start of another great month. In August we had a second Decades Meet-Up at the home of Athena Kashyap ‘91. The idea for Decades Meet-Ups came from club members, not the board! We love hearing about your ideas and getting your feedback. It’s been a while since the board surveyed our membership on event interest and general feedback. We’d appreciate it if you could complete this brief survey. We welcome your honest feedback and will use it to shape events that support our large and diverse NorCal alums.

Interested in hosting your own Decades Meet-Up? We’re looking forward to having several, anywhere (and everywhere) within our Northern California Region over the next year. Email us with any questions or interest.

The club has several events coming up for the remainder of 2023, including a Mountain Day hike and ice cream gatherings across our region. The board will have members hosting ice cream meetups in Sacramento, San Francisco and the East Bay. If you are interested in gathering in your region (Napa, Eureka, Tahoe, etc) please contact the board and we can help promote and get the word out.

Pay Your Dues

Our new fiscal year has started! You can pay your dues for the 2023-2024 year or even become a Lifetime Member and never pay dues again! All dues payments and donations may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by the law – the Club is classified as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – and help keep our volunteer-run Club afloat.

Join the Board

We welcome alums from our entire Northern California region, not just the Bay Area. Our Board meetings are via Zoom, so location truly doesn’t matter. We would love to have representation from throughout our incredibly large region!

Please peruse the board descriptions and reach out to us by email. We’re always looking for fresh perspectives, new ideas, and look forward to hearing from you.

Check out our upcoming events below. As always, please reach out if there is programming you’d like to see, an event you’d like to host, or you simply want to say hello. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and join our Club’s Facebook Page!

Our very best wishes,

– The Board

Upcoming Events:

Friendly reminder that there is a virtual MHC event for the Common Read, Disability Visibility, on Sept. 7th, 4p-5p PST / 7p-8p EST. Register here. This event is through the college!

NorCal Book Club – Arsenic and Adobo, “The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes–one that might just be killer,” by Filipino-American writer Mia P. Manansala
When: Wednesday, September 20, 2023; 7:00-8:00 pm PT
Where: Join us and register for the event on Zoom.
Cost: Free. This event is open to all alums.
Point person: Hannah Fairbanks ’03. Please note that virtual book club meetings will now start at 7:00p PST.

Sustainability Tea – Calling all alums in sustainability! As we all know, “sustainability” is a broad topic, so if you self-identify as working in the field, whether it’s corporate sustainability, biomaterials, social entrepreneurship, climate adaptation, permaculture, sustainable finance or anything in between, come and join the conversation!
When: Saturday, September 23th, 2023; 3 to 5 pm
Where: Register on Eventbrite; Ann Blake ’85 will host a tea in her beautiful garden in Alameda and address will be provided upon registration.
Cost: Free, please register on Eventbrite
Requests: Light hors d’oeuvres, iced tea, and sweet treats will be served— participants are welcome to bring their own favorite beverage or snack to add to the festivities.
Host: Ann Blake ’85
Board Member point person: Eleanor Chang ‘78
Please RSVP by September 21th

Jane Hammond ‘72. Solo exhibit at Berggruen Gallery
When: October 20th, 2023 (tentative date)
Where: Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

Jane Hammond ‘72 will be having a solo exhibition of her Botanical Collages at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco from October 19 – November 22. Join us as Jane gives a walk-thru, talks about her work and hosts a Q and A with some wine and other beverages. More info coming soon, save the date!

Barbara Creed – “Will The Court Come to Order?”
When: Thursday, November 16th, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. PST
Where: Zoom. Info coming in October newsletter
Cost: Free but registration is required.

Join us on Zoom as Barbara Creed presents her new program, “Will the Court Come To Order?” It will focus on the significant decisions of the Court’s current term and preview the important issues the Court will decide in the term that begins in October 2023.

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Virtual Programming from the Alum Association

The College is offering a range of virtual programming and opportunities to connect. Learn more on the AA Events page.

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Let’s Get Social!

To hear the latest about our programming in-between our monthly newsletters, we encourage you to connect with the Club on one or more forms of social media. We hope to see you at an event soon!