AAWGT Events

2013 Grants Showcase (06/12/2013)

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:00:00 GMT

AAWGT 2012 Grants Showcase
Wednesday, June 12, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
St. John's College
Francis Scott Key (FSK) Auditorium Lobby
60 College Ave. Annapolis

Please join us for the AAWGT 2013 Grants Showcase to welcome our new grantees and to celebrate seven years of making a difference. Connect with members, friends and grantees during the social hour, then hear brief remarks -- and heartfelt thanks -- from our new grantees. This annual event provides a great opportunity to celebrate our accomplishments and to be inspired by the idea that grant-by-grant, we really are building a better community for all women and families.

Directions: From Rt. 50, take exit 24/Rowe Blvd. toward Annapolis. Continue straight as Rowe Blvd. becomes Bladen St. Turn LEFT onto College Ave., then LEFT onto St. John's St. Follow the AAWGT signs to St. John's College Francis Scott Key (FSK) Auditorium.

Parking: Free parking is available at the Calvert Street Garage, 19 St. John's Street.

Questions: Contact grants@givingtogether.org

Special Accommodations: Call Joanna Clarke at 410-263-5961. Please request sign language interpreters at least five business days in advance.

This event is free, open to the public, and accessible to persons with disabilities.
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ANNE ARUNDEL WOMEN GIVING TOGETHER
Anne Arundel Women Giving Together (AAWGT), a women’s giving circle, is celebrating seven years of making a difference in the lives of women and families in our community. AAWGT, a fund of the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County, was created in late 2005 by a small group of women philanthropists and leaders and has since grown to 175+ members. When we complete our seventh round of grantmaking in July 2013, we will have contributed more than $500,000 to area nonprofits. To learn more, visit our website at givingtogether.org.

Book Group - Revolution 2.0 (06/19/2013)

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Book Group Meeting

Wednesday June 19th

7 PM

Location: Eastport

Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People is Greater Than the Memoir By in Ghonim The A Memoir

By Whael Ghonim

The revolutions that swept he Middle East in 2011 surprised and captivated the world. Brutal regimes that had been in power for decades were overturned by an irrepressible mass of freedom seekers. Now, one of the figures who emerged during the Egyptian uprising tells the riveting inside story of what happened and shares the keys to unleashing the power of crowds.

Whael Ghonim was a little-known, thiry-yes-old Google executive in the summer of 2010 when he anonymously launched a Facebook page to protest the death of one Egyptian man at the hands of security forces. The page's following expanded quickly and moved from online protests to a non confrontational movement.

The youth of Egypt made revolution. they used social media to schedule a revoution. The Egyptians went out to more than a million Egyptioans online, and on January 25, 2011, Cairo's Tahrir Square resounded revolution calls for change. Yet just as the revoultion began in earnest, Ghonim was captured and held for twelve days of brutal interrogation. After he was released, he gave a tearful speech on national television, and the protests grew more intense. Four days later, the president of Egypt was gone.

The lessons Ghonim draws will inspire each of us. He saw the road to Tahrir Square built not by any one person, but by the people. In Revolution 2.0, we can all be heroes.

The Book Group is open to AAWGT members and their guests.

The name and address of the hostess will be sent in a confirmation email and reminder email three days prior to the meeting.

Questions? Contact Cele Brown at bookgroup@givingtogether.org

Book Group - Movie Night - Girlhood (07/24/2013)

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Book Group Meeting

Wednesday, July 24th at 7 PM

Location: Sherwood Forest

Movie: Girlhood

Director Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus created this powerful documentary film that tells the story of two teenagers, Shanae and Megan, and their dramatic journeys through the juvenile justice system and back out on to the bleak streets of East Baltimore, Maryland. With unprecedented access to the system and to the complex interior lives of the protagonists, the film provides shocking insight into the world of young women struggling just to survive teenhood.

Book Group - How Children Succeed (08/21/2013)

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Book Group Meeting

Wednesday, August 21, 7 PM

Location: Gingerville

How Children Succeed

By: Paul Tough

In How Children Succeed, qualities Tough argues that the qualitities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self control.

Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, can not only affect the conditions of children's lives, it can alter the physical development of educators brains as well. But now educatiors and doctors around the country are using that knowledge to develop innovative interventions that allow children And overcome the constraints of poverty. Ane with the help of the new strategies, as Tough's extraordinary reporting makes clear, children who grow up in the most painful circumstances can go on to achieve amazing things.

The Book Group is open to AAWGT members and their guests.

The name and address of the hostess will be sent in a confirmation email and reminder three days prior to the meeting.

Questions? Contact Cele Brown at bookgroup@givingtogether.org

Book Group - The Life You Can Save (10/23/2013)

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Book Group Meeting

Wednesday, October 23, 7 PM

Location: Eastport

The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty by Peter Singer

For the first time in history, eradicating world poverty is within our reach. Yet around the world, a billion people struggle to live each day on less than many of us pay for bottled water. In the Life You Can Save, Peter Singer uses ethical arguments, illuminating examples, and case studies of charitable giving to show that our current response to world insufficient is not only insufficent but morally indefensible. The Life You Can Save teaches us to be a part of the solution, helping others as we help ourselves.

The Book Group is open to AAWGT members and their guests.

The name and address of the hostess will be sent in a confirmation email and reminder three days prior to the meeting.

Questions? Contact Cele Brown at bookgroup@givingtogether.org