Saturday, February 29, 2020

Dinner with MawMaw'

March 10 is our next meeting. Remember,  this is Dinner with MawMaw night. Bring a dish to share and your favorite young person to share it with. We will have a mini-workshop on basic etiquette.
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Last Tuesday's Meeting

If you missed Tuesday's meeting, you missed another good one! For Black Women in History , we looked at a presentation about Ruby Bridges. Did you know the story behind Ms. Bridges attending the William Frantz Elementary School? Did you know there was a test designed to keep her and the six other students who took the test from attending? it was supposed to be too hard but it wasn't.

Did you know that of the six students who took the test,  others went to another nearby white school, two others parents kept their child at the school for Black children and Ruby was the only Black student at William Frantz.

We also discussed other more local desegration stories right here in our community--like why McKinley High School was so important to East Baton Rouge Parish and to Black children in surrounding parishes.

We are going to have an evening dinner together so that the ladies who work during the day can come. Look for the Remind text or email.
We will also attend the next New Venture Theater production.
Our March meeting will be our "Dinner with MawMaw" where we will bring potluck and a favorite young'un for a mini-workshop on etiquette.

Monday, February 10, 2020

Meeting tomorrow

Apologies for not calling everyone for our Jan. 28 outing. I had 2 emergencies in the family. We can try again for later in the month-- or next month.

On February's agenda is Black History and Valentine's Day at our meeting in February we'll enjoy Black Women in History presentations while we enjoy pot luck dinner.

In March another dinner but this time we will invite our young folks out for another MawMaw's Etiquette Meal where we teach and learn about the etiquette of eating out at causal and formal meals among other things. At tonight's meeting we will discuss duties.

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