Start off the DAW branch’s 2025-26 year with fellow branch members and friends!
The 2025 Membership Brunch will be a great chance to mix and mingle with other members and friends while enjoying a tasty buffet brunch in a congenial setting.
The event’s program will feature plenty of topics to pique your interest. Many of the Tech Trek campers sponsored by our branch this year will be present to share highlights of their experiences. We will learn about plans for upcoming DAW branch events and talks so you can schedule your calendar accordingly. And there will also be the opportunity to learn about branch Interest Groups and working committees.
Martha “Gus” Slavin, DAW member and noted artist, will be the keynote speaker at this fun and festive event; her topic – Unleashing Your Creativity. As an antidote to the many weighty issues in the world today, she will inspire us with ideas about how to unleash creativity in our lives. Her presentation – and some hands-on activities – will encourage us to “think outside the box” and look at issues with new eyes for creative ways to help solve problems and uplift our spirits.
Make your reservation today!
The cost is $45 per person; note that a service fee will be added for reservations made online.
Please make your reservation by September 10.
- To make reservations and pay online – click here
- To make reservations and pay by check – print this form and mail it with your check.
DAW Equity T-shirts – A new edition premieres at the Brunch!
These great shirts with an updated message of “STAND UP FOR EQUITY” on the back will be available for purchase at the Membership Brunch. Here’s your chance to show your AAUW spirit! If you didn’t get a DAW T‑shirt when they were last available, or if you have one and would like to extend your wardrobe, plan to purchase a shirt with the new message at the brunch. There will be a variety of sizes to choose from, but quantities are limited.
The purchase price of the T-shirts at the brunch will be $32. Please bring a credit card, a check (made out to DAW AAUW), or cash so you can take home your new, impressive T-shirt.
2025-2026 Budget Approval
There’s also an important duty for branch members to perform in conjunction with the brunch meeting – approving the branch’s budget for 2025-26. Watch your email for a copy of the budget to be reviewed and approved.
About Martha “Gus” Slavin
Martha is a lifelong learner, having graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts from Scripps College, with minors in French, English, and History. She continued her education by obtaining elementary and secondary teaching credentials and a certificate in Creative Writing from UC Berkeley Extension. She taught art, English, PE, journalism, and yearbook at a Fremont middle school for 17 years.
Martha Slavin
As an artist, Martha finds ways to integrate her art and writing. She creates handmade books and collages, paints with watercolors and other water-based media, and includes calligraphy and hand lettering in her work. She writes poetry, memoir pieces, and personal essays. Her artwork has been published in several magazines and books, and her personal essays have been published in two anthologies and in Story Circle Network’s online publications. She has exhibited in several galleries in the Bay Area, and her lovely watercolor of an oak tree is featured at the head of each edition of the Advocate.