CFUW Stratford Annual Meet & Greet
This year’s annual Meet and Greet included returning members, interested visitors, and new members who joined. Following a time of socializing, President Pat Reavy began with a warm welcome and the Indigenous land acknowledgement. She outlined CFUW’s purposes...2019-2020 Speaker Programme
2019-2020 Speaker Programme 100 Years of Canadian Women; Their Impact Locally, Nationally and Internationally SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 Meet & Greet: “Lady Medicos Dr. Jennie Kidd Trout and the Audacious Feats of Women in Medicine Dr. Shelley McKellar,...
2019 AGM with Guest Speaker
Thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to our AGM Tuesday evening! We had an excellent speaker, a slideshow review of the past year, a creative skit to introduce our activities for CFUW’s national 100th anniversary, a vote confirming two new $500 leadership...
2019 Annual General Meeting
Our Annual General Meeting, held in May each year, is an “enhanced” version of our monthly general meetings. As always, we’ll have an informative guest speaker along with some CFUW business. Also this year: a buffet-style dinner (with starters, choice of hot...
April General Meeting Highlights: Healthy Choices for a Healthy Home
Our guest speaker, Cassie Barker, is an advocate for women and communities on environmental justice and health issues. She is the Executive Director of WHEN, the Women’s Healthy Environments Network, where she works to address the gendered impacts of inaction on toxic...
Timeline PhotosNovember 15th is Wear Purple Day! We invite you to wear purple today to participate in the #shinethelight campaign by raising awareness for violence against women. Don’t have any purple?! No problem! Stop by Optimism Place and purchase your PURPLE #wrappedincourage campaign scarf! All proceeds go to support women’s shelters and services. Message us for more info!
Did you know that CFUW Stratford has LOTS more going on besides our meetings on the 4th Tuesday of the month? Sometimes women who are interested in our group let us know that they aren't free Tuesday evenings and we say "Please join anyway!" 🙂 About half our membership comes out to hear speakers once a month, but other members make the most of our social interest groups and committees which meet at other times, and others consider their $100 membership as a way to support education and human rights for women and girls locally, nationally, and internationally.
We have 24 interest groups where women get together to learn and have fun. (Check out the list on our website! cfuwstratford.ca/interest-groups/) And our Advocacy Committee has over 20 members working on a range of public policy issues from the environment to Indigenous rights to equal pay. We award scholarships and support local charities. We're also just beginning a "twinning" partnership with a women's organization in Zambia that's part of our international federation, Graduate Women International.
CFUW offers opportunities to meet new friends, serve our community, and support women and girls! And the modest membership fee supports activities locally, nationally and internationally for public education, gender equality, justice and peace. Join us as our 100th anniversary membership drive is underway! > cfuwstratford@gmail.com