AADC November 2024 Enews and Highlights | | |
Thankful for Our Vibrant AADC Community!
This holiday season, the AADC invites you to embrace the spirit of connection and community through our exciting lineup of upcoming events and programs.
As one of the premier women's organizations in New Jersey, we are dedicated to offering a vibrant community where diverse alumnae and friends can thrive together in welcoming spaces that empower each and every one of us. Your continued support and engagement mean the world to us! Best wishes during the holidays and throughout the year from the AADC!
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Enjoy Our Latest Publication
We are a unique, relevant, and powerful organization where the spirit of all that we do shines because of you!
Feel the heartbeat of our AADC community in our vibrant Fall/Winter 2024 AADC Magazine for Alumnae & Friends, our latest publication published exclusively online.
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It's OUR time to meet the moment!
Join Gabrielle Moore '24 (pictured) and the AADC by using YOUR voice to make a difference during our Giving Tuesday campaign now to December 3, 2024.
With all of the organizations asking for your support this year, we hope that you choose the AADC, as our work encourages all women to use their individual voices to advocate for women's advancement and empowerment. Hear from our community about a time they used their voice to make a difference, and share your story. Can you think of a better cause?
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2025 Women’s Conference: Women Taking Up Space
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Keynote Speaker Stacey Abrams
Business Leader, Bestselling Author and Advocate
March 15, 2025
Early Bird ticket sales will be available soon!
The AADC will proudly welcome Stacey Abrams as the keynote speaker for its upcoming 2025 Women’s Conference: Women Taking Up Space at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel & Executive Meeting Center on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Abrams is a former Georgia State Representative, a civic strategist, storyteller, problem solver, and five-time NYT bestselling author. Save the date and don't miss this opportunity!
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Call for 2025 AADC Alumnae Awards Nominations
Do you know an alumna or friend of the AADC deserving of recognition by the AADC? Submit an official Alumnae Awards nomination form or referral form to our AADC Alumnae Awards Committee. Deadlines for submitting nominations are: January 23, 2025 for Alumnae Awards; and April 7, 2025 for the 2025 Society of Excellence.
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Reunion 2025 Planning - Virtual Meeting
Monday, January 6, 2025 | 6:30 to 7:30 pm ET | via Zoom
Come out to our online meeting and make sure your class is represented. Participate in this virtual meeting and share your suggestions to help make Reunion a memorable celebration. Your voice matters!
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Nomination Process is Open for AADC Board of Directors
Use your skills and learn new one as you serve to lead your alumnae organization to greatness. Identifying and selecting candidates to serve on the AADC Board of Directors is critical to our success and leadership. We invite you to submit nominations for general members by January 16, 2025. Please see form for details.
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Financial Support Available for Post Graduate Studies
Apply for AADC Alumnae Fellowships
The Associate Alumnae of Douglass College (AADC) awards fellowships annually for post graduate study to graduating DRC seniors and/or alumnae. These fellowships are awarded solely for financial support and do not include a service component.
Recipients are selected primarily on the basis of academic achievement or aspirations in chosen field of study, and secondarily, on need. The application deadline for alumnae is March 1, 2025; and the deadline is June 2, 2025 for graduating seniors.
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AADC Bunting Connections Affinity Group Holiday Party & Potluck at the Alumnae Center
Friday, December 6, 2024 | 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Bunting Connections Chair Jean D'Amore '09 invites you to an evening of festivities and holiday cheer at the Ruth Schilling Hennessy Alumnae Center. Please see registration for details, including the "Attic Treasures" gift exchange.
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AADC Black Alumnae Network Holiday Gathering, Potluck and Cocktails & Douglass Black Students' Congress Kwanzaa Celebration
Saturday, December 7, 2024 | 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Ruth Schilling Hennessy Alumnae Center
The AADC Black Alumnae Network (BAN) President, R. Toni Armstead '74 invites all alumnae to celebrate at this gathering, which includes an optional non-holiday specific gift exchange. An added highlight includes a special Douglass Black Students' Congress Kwanzaa celebration and Kinara lighting. See registration for details.
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AADC Washington, D.C. Area Regional Connection Group Community Day at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Meet at 12:45 pm |1:00 pm Museum Visit
Join us for a self-guided tour at the first museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts. Tickets are free during the Museum's Community Day, click here. After the visit, alumnae and friends will head to Tatte Bakery at City Center where it will be pay what you order.
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More Tickets just added!
AADC NYC Regional Connection Group Luncheon & Broadway Theater Outing to See “Gypsy”
Ticket Deadline is December 11, 2024
Enjoy Gypsy, staring six time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald. All tickets listed include a prix fixe lunch at Connolly’s, before the matinee performance. We will also meet Sharon Matlofsky Karmazin ’67, one of the show’s producers. See registration for details and tickets.
Luncheon & Performance Date is Saturday, January 25 |12:00 PM ET luncheon | 2:00 PM ET Matinee
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Enjoy Connecting at the Virtual AADC Sisterhood Book Club
"Still Life" by Louise Penny
Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 7:00 to 8:00 pm EST | Zoom
Dive into an engaging story while connecting at our discussion of "Still Life," by Louise Penny. All alumnae and friends are invited to attend and bring a friend to our virtual gathering, hosted via Zoom.
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Follow Us on LinkedIn and Make Connections!
We are excited to share our LinkedIn presence under the name of Douglass Alumnae. If you have followed us in the past, please follow us on our more accessible page. Share the news and our page with your friends and associates, and help build a network of support throughout our AADC community and beyond!
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What Have You Been Doing Since Graduating?
Calling DRC classes from grad years 2015 to 2024, and members of the AADC Young Alumnae Network (YAN)! We would love to hear from you! Share your travels, careers, interests and more! Get involved with your alumnae association and benefit today! Follow YAN @
aadc_youngalumnaenetwork on Instagram.
- Virtual Lectures & Smart talks
- AADC Career Symposium
- Jewel Plummer Cobb Sisters Conference
- Mentoring Opportunities
- Alumnae Fellowships for Grad School
- Networking
- AADC Women's Conference
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Volunteer on an AADC Committee
Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization. Our AADC volunteers get involved where they can make the biggest impact in ways that combine their interests and expertise with vital work that supports our mission.
You can volunteer for a variety of opportunities – from serving on one of our many committees, reviewing alumnae candidates for fellowships and awards, matching mentors with mentees for our popular Douglass Alumnae Mentoring, chairing a committee, regional group or affinity network, preserving the history of the AADC with the Memorabilia Committee, or providing your financial expertise to our Investment Committee – plus so much more! Contact Lizethe Martinez '13 at the AADC or call us at (732) 246-1600.
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Connect Through Our Alumnae Travel Program
See the world with Douglass alumnae and friends! View links for upcoming destinations from our travel vendor, AHI.
Chilean Wonders – January 27-February 7, 2025 click here
Tuscany – June 10-19, 2025 click here
South Africa – August 24-September 8, 2025 click here
Romance of the Douro – September 30-October 11, 2025 click here
Austria – October 29-November 7, 2025 click here
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Engage with the AADC community on social media @DouglassAlumnae on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. | | | | |
