We watch in horror as Russia invades Ukraine. Rockets hit apartments, and anti-war protesters in Moscow are arrested. Between Black History month and the start of Women’s History month, we should be celebrating our first woman VP, Kamala Harris. Sadly, she is making history in a time of international crisis thanks to Vladimir Putin. The first African American female Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is being attacked as a radical left political pick by some on the right. I can think of no better source for inspiration right now than Betty Reid Soskin and her life as an original Rosie the Riveter. March’s program is a conversation about the Power of Inclusive History at our Places of Memory in her honor. Please read about Betty, our March program, birthdays, book club and all things AAUW where together, voices of strong women are amplified. Take heart in a quote from my hero, Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, “Hope is a song in a weary throat.”
