May 2025
Wednesday, May 7, Lunch Bunch, 1:00 pm. We will meet for lunch at Rosey’s Italian Café, 2133 Five Mile Line Rd Penfield NY 14526. RSVP to Barbara Lobb no later than Monday May 5.Please text/call Barbara Lobb at (585) 419-5110 to RSVP or with last minute changes.
Monday , May 12, Great Decisions, 3:30 pm – via Zoom. Reading #5 is this month’s topic: International Climate Cooperation in an Era of Geographical Turmoil. Judy Lohr will lead our discussion. Over the past 30 years, climate has become one of the central global challenges of the modern era. The 2015 Paris Agreement established a UN-sponsored framework for negotiations on climate change and global warming. In subsequent COP (Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) meetings, experts and political leaders have come together seeking common cause for this growing global crisis. What is the future of these efforts, and what have they yielded? What is the U.S. role in fostering cooperation on climate change? In a divided country, what are the possible futures for American policy leadership? Watch for the Zoom invitation from Marilyn Monkelbaan. New participants are always welcome. For more information email or call Judy Dupre at 585-301-3234.
Wednesday, May 14, FAB Annual Meeting, 4:00 pm at the home of Rita Sherman or via Zoom. Join us as we conduct our year in review and break bread together. The branch business meeting is at 4 pm and a light dinner from Otto Tomotto’s is at 5 pm. Please RSVP using the Evite email sent to you by Rita. Attendees should mail $20 check made out to “Fairport Area Branch AAUW” to Rita Sherman by May 1st.
Monday, June 2, Book Group, 7:30 pm – via Zoom. This month’s selection is Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell who has been a “scholar in residence” at the Hoover Institution since 1980. Carol Richardson will lead this thought provoking essay which is 130 pages long followed by 58 pages of notes and references to source materials giving rise to the ideas presented in the book. A quote by Daniel Patrick Moynihan begins the book: “You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.” Another quote by British historian Paul Johnson ends the book. The quoted passage begins: “The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance.” In between the two quotes there is much to consider in sorting out what personal path of belief to follow in these divisive times. Please watch your email for the Zoom invitation from Eileen Hartmann and join the discussion as noted above. All are welcome!