Upcoming Lakewood AAUW Branch Programs
AAUW Lakewood Meeting, Thursday April 10, 6:30 at (speaker at 7:00)
Village CoOp
Embracing Your Story
Speaker Lori Poland
Lori Poland is a thought leader and innovator. She has a knack for empowering people to thrive, expand and grow toward their best selves. While embracing their humble hearts, kind beings and storylines that got them there, Lori leaves no stone unturned in her efforts to motivate and move audiences. Lori integrates her leadership skills with audiences to feel able and eager to march toward success and optimism. Using her own experiences from an abduction, to overcoming lifelong patterns, she ignites an audience to not only know their impact on the world, but to use it wisely and with integrity.
Lori has led teams nationally toward human improvement, social change and societal impacts and continues to drive growth even in dormancy.
Lori has spent 25 years working in business and non-profits, 29 years as a motivational speaker, is a book author, and has led, and opened numerous businesses. Lori is a wife to her best friend, a mother of three, a stepmother to four children and grandma to one special little boy. Lori knows the value of honesty, humanism, and personal reflection, keeping these at the forefront of her life driving toward lasting impact everywhere she turns.
Past Events (2023-2025)
March 13, 2025
Featured Gail Beaton presenting
GAIL MURPHY: COLORADO’S ROSIE THE RIVETER.
February 1, 2025
Violence Against Women: 30 Years of Shining the Light
AAUW Colorado Public Policy Day
9 a.m. – Noon on Zoom
January 9, 2025
Sandwich Luncheon
Sandwiches, Soup, and Desserts prepared by our members.
Fund-raiser for Red Rocks Community College Scholarship
Annual Holiday Party, December 12, 2024
Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
November 14, 2024
Our speaker, Ms. Ding-Wen Hsu, has developed numerous organizations including the annual Dragon Boat Festival at Sloans Lake which attracts more than 100,000 participants each year.
October 14, 2024 6:30 p.m.
Ballot Issue Forum
Facilitator: AAUW Lakewood member Betty Boyd
September 12, 2024
A Colorado History Evening with Author, Stan Moore
Stan discussed the historical background of his many
fiction and non-fiction books and his writing process.
May 9, 2024
Andrea Bobotis,
Our speaker was the author of the debut novel
The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, which was a Books-a-
Million Book Club Pick, a Library Journal Best Debut for
Summer/Fall 2019, and a Featured Pick for Woman’s Day
Magazine.
April 11, 2024
An Evening with Molly Brown
presented by a knowledgeable and experienced
docent from Molly Brown House in Denver.
March 14, 2024
Colorado Dragon Boat
Ms. Ding-Wen Hsu, Presenter
( Postponed due to snowstorm.
Rescheduled to November 14, 2024)
February 3, 2024
AAUW Colorado Public Policy Day
“Hot Topics in Education”
January 11, 2024, Noon
Women’s Bean Project
Soup and Salad Potluck Lunch
Program presented by
Luanne Hill, Director of Development
For Women’s Bean Project
“When you change a woman’s life,
You change their family’s life.”
December 7, 2023
Christmas party
November 9, 2023 6:30 p.m.
In Their Shoes
An interactive activity that walked our members
through what a survivor experiences in a domestic
violence relationship.
Program presented by Heather Schreck,
Community and Engagement Manager,
SafeHouse, Denver
October 12, 2023 6:30 p.m.
Election Forum
*Discussion of Statewide Ballot Issues
*Jefferson County School Board Forum
Facilitator: AAUW Lakewood member Betty Boyd
September 14, 2023 6:30 pm
Spotlight on the Latino Community in the Denver Metro Area.
Presentation by Nishana John with the MiCasa Resource Center.
May 11, 2023 6:30 pm
Taylor Clepper, Jefferson Center for Mental Health (JCMH)
This evening’s program addressed the concern about the “tent” cities around Jefferson County. Taylor is the project manager for the JCMH Solid Ground Apartments, which will be a 40-unit Permanent Supportive Housing Development.
April 13, 2023
Legendary Ladies
Members enjoyed a trip back in history with Doc Susie Anderson, a Colorado Frontier Physician, Klondike Kate hailing from Alaska, and Maude Nelson, a 1900’s baseball player.
March 9, 2023
Stormy McDonald, AAUW of Colorado Diversity Chair
Presentation about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
February 4, 2023
AAUW of Colorado – Public Policy Day
January 12, 2023
Tami Slipher, Director of Movement 5280
Her organization provides outreach to at-risk and
homeless youth and young adults.