Events

We will discuss Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson  

All SJWC in-person Group activities are cancelled until further notice due to the Coronavirus quarantine.  Besse is be virtually via Zoom. For meeting details, email besse@sjwomansclub.org 
 
Join the Besse Group on the first Tuesday of each month, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  Members suggest the books that are discussed each month. You do not need to read the book to attend.

Book discussion calendar 2021

Mar 2  The Music Shop/Rachel Joyce (F)  (Silicon Valley Reads) 

Apr 6  Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World /Laura Spinney (NF) 

May 4 The Giver of Stars/Jo Jo Mayes (F)

Jun 1   The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek/ Kim Michele Richardson (F) 

Jul 6  The Night Watchman/ Louise Erdrich (F)

Aug 3 Good Riddance/ Elinor Libman (F) 

Sep 7  American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland/ Marie Mutsuki Mockett  (NF)

Oct 5 The Women in the Castle /Jessica Shattuck  (F) 

Nov 2 Disappearing Earth/Julia Phillips (F)

Dec 7  Holiday get together   Bring food to share and be prepared to discuss book(s) you have read or would like to read.           

F=Fiction, NF= Nonfiction
        
The Besse Group was formed in 1997 for those who are interested in discussing books, attending cultural events and enjoying stimulating conversations. It was named in honor of Clubmember and major SJWC donor Besse Slonaker, who passed away that year.

For more information, contact Chair Lucille Boone at besse@sjwomansclub.org.

VIA is continuing to education, share and take action during this crazy COVID time.  We welcome you to our monthly schedule group meeting on the 2nd Thursday of the month.

This Thursday, April 8^th we will continue discussing our 1^st Amendment rights.  We are excited to welcome San Jose Mercury News reporter Julia Prodis Sulek and to hear her experiences as she navigates her freedoms as a reporter and the challenges that come with those freedoms every day.  Julia has been a general assignment reporter for the Bay Area News Group, based in San Jose, her hometown, since the late 1990s. She has covered everything from plane crashes to presidential campaigns, murder trials to immigration debates. Her specialty is narrative storytelling. 

Please join VIA on Thursday, April 8, 2021 @ 7:00pm.  RSVP to via@sjwomansclub.organd we’ll send you the zoom link.  

The Voices in Action (VIA)’s Group's was formed to drive civic engagement, which leads to connecting, informing, and taking action that positively impacts our community.
 
Vision: Voices in Action (VIA) focuses on learning, sharing and doing, using our knowledge, skills, and what motivates us. We engage with our community, support them and are a positive force as we identify and address issues of public concern. We use our voices to take action and be visible in matters of civic engagement.
 
Laura Wolford, Julie Cecilio, April Halberstadt are the Group Co-Chairs. Please let them know if you’ll be able to join the meeting. RSVP to via@sjwomansclub.org  

The San Jose Woman's Club Board of Directors meets on the second Tuesday of the month, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. All Club members are welcome to attend.

The best thing about San Jose Woman's Club is its members. Meet them at a Mixer with no agenda, just whatever we want to discuss. Not a member yet? You can still attend!

Register at https://sjwcmixer.eventbrite.com/ for details.

The Be a Dear and Donate a Brassiere Group meets monthly on the third Thursday  of the month from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. via ZOOM till we can meet again in person. 

The Group joined the Club in 2014 after working independently since 2009 to collect and distribute bras and undergarments for women in transition. In addition to collecting and distributing bras and undergarments, they host OktoBRAfest to raise funds for the Bra Bank and other women's organizations, and CommuniTEA, an empowering and uplifting brunch that brings together women in transition and women of influence for an afternoon of pampering. 

Join the BAD girls and help us fill every cup! For more information, email Chair Eileen Hunter at bad@sjwomansclub.org.