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www.dcpbk.org NEWSLETTER [email protected]/May2020
HighSchoolAwardsUpdate TheDCPhiBetaKappaAssociation’sHighSchoolAwardsProgramisexcitedtosharethisyear’sawardwinners.Duetothegenerouscontributionsofourmembersandcorporatedonors,thisyearwewereabletofundfourawardsforthefirsttime! Ahugethankyoutoourgenerousdonors:
IntegrityOnePartners
ClearyGottliebSteen&HamiltonLLPNancyLindsayDeirdreLaPin
ChristelMcDonaldHarrietEpstein
ThankyouaswelltothemembersoftheHighSchoolAwardsCommitteefortheirhardwork.Itwasquiteachallengetofindfourwinnersamongthemorethan200well-qualifiedstudentsfromthegreatermetropolitanarea.Unfortunately,wewillbeunabletoholdaHighSchoolAwardsceremonythisyearduetotheongoingpublichealthcrisis.Wehopeeveryonestayssafeandwellduringthistime.2020AwardWinnersAnikaitDhondattendsLakeBraddockSecondarySchoolinBurke,VA.Anavidenvironmentalist, Anikait uses his YouTube channel, Danikat Fishing, toexplore local waterways and highlight fishing methods that minimizeecological damage. Anikait led an effort to Adopt-a-Highway in his localcommunityandwastherecipientoftheVAGovernor'sStewardshipAwardforLandandWaterConservation.HeisCaptainoftheClubSoccerBraddockRoadYouthClubandLakeBraddockVarsityTennisTeam,aswell asavolunteer
ConnectwithDCPBKOnline!"Like"theDCAreaPhiBetaKappaAssociationpageandfollowusonTwitterat@DCPhiBetaKappa!
Contents--HighSchoolAwards,pp.1-2--RescheduledAnnual Luncheon,p.2--MoreUpdates,pp.3-4--BookClub,pp.3-4--MentorshipNews,p.4--Announcements,p.4--DCPBKBoard,p.5--2020-21ElectionBallot,p.6--SteigmanAwardContributions
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soccercoachforDCScoresandatalentedFrenchhornplayer.HeplanstoattendVirginiaTechtostudybiologicalsystemsengineering.EmmySongattendsMontgomeryBlairHighSchoolinSilverSpring,MD.Emmyusescreativewritingtospeakoutaboutsocialissuesandhashadherwritingpublished in 24 print/onlinemagazines, suchasWriting for Peace, PulitzerCenter,andNationalPoetsQuarterly.SheistheEditor-in-Chiefofthestudentnewspaper and an online literary magazine. In addition to her passion forwriting,EmmyhasfoundedinterGIRLS,anationalorganizationthatsupportswomen inmath, andbrainpowHER,aweeklyprogrammingclass formiddleschoolgirls.EmmyisalsoaviolistintheMarylandClassicYouthOrchestra.SheplanstoattendPrincetonUniversitytostudymathematicsandeconomics. RiyaMaheshwariattendsRockRidgeHighSchool inAshburn,VA.Riyahasspentover300hoursasanEmergencyRoomandLabor/DeliveryVolunteeratStoneSprings Hospital Center and participated in George WashingtonUniversity's Medical Laboratory Sciences Program. As a Bank of AmericaStudentLeader,shehelpeddevelopaprogramattheYMCAtoexposeyouthtomedical careers. Riya participated in her school's first foreign exchange toDurban,SouthAfricaandshecurrentlyservesasaGlobalAmbassadoratherschool,welcomingforeignexchangestudentstotheDMV.RiyaplanstoattendGeorgetownUniversitytostudyhumanscienceonthepre-medtrack. SosinaGebremichaelattendsBenjaminBannekerHighSchoolinWashington,DC.ShehasfoundedaFinancialLiteracyClubandaCodingClubatherschoolandhelpeddevelopaCommunityOrganizingforRacialEquityprogramattheLatinAmericanYouthCentertoengageyouthinracialjusticeadvocacy.Sosinawasappointedto lobbyalongsidethepresidentofCollegeBoardto increasefunding and access to the AP curriculum for low income and rural areas.Additionally, Sosina has completed coursework at Columbia University andNorthwestern University in Psychology and Microeconomics. She plans toattend American University to studyMathematics-Economics and ComputerScience.
RescheduledEvent POSTPONEDUNTILMID-SEPTEMBERDCPBKAnnualLuncheon--"TheMysteriesoftheSmithsonian"Tentativenewdate:Saturday,September19,1:00-3:00P.M.BrasserieBeck1101KStreetNW(MetroCenterorMcPhersonSquareStation)Washington,DC20005Wetentativelyplantoholdour2020AnnualLuncheoninmid-September.Aspreviouslyannounced,itwillfeatureadeliciousBelgianlunchandaworld-respectedspeaker.NancyGwinn, formerDirectorofSmithsonian Libraries, the world's largest library system. Please stay tuned for more details in thesummerbasedonofficialguidanceaboutgatheringsinourregion.Weverymuchhopewewillbeabletoseeourmembersatthisexcitingevent.
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MoreUpdates
BookClubNewsandReviewsOnMonday,April27,elevenmembersoftheBookClubconvenedonaZoomcall forour first-evervirtualdiscussion.TheDCPBKgroupprizes,andoftenchooses,selectionsthatofferanalternativehistoricalnarrative,andBuryMyHeart atWounded Kneeby Dee Brownwas no exception. The book is bydesign a sweeping, difficult read. Brown walks the reader chronologicallythroughNativeAmerican interactionswithwhite settlers, soldiers, traders,and government officials keen to encourage industry, mining, and huntingamongburgeoningtownsonthefrontier.Brownpresentstheexperiencesofmultipletribesandchiefstodemonstratethesystematicdisenfranchisementand violencewrought upon the native population in the name of economy,progress,andcivilization.Itmorethanlivesuptoitsliteraryreputationasaclarion call to educators and the general populace to reconsider long-heldpositive views of Manifest Destiny and American Exceptionalism. Brown'snarrative, which reads like an intimate oral history of the1860s-1890sAmerican West, encourages readers to consider the role of diplomacy,journalism, transportation, and economy in the perception and protection of minorities throughoutAmerica's trajectory.Onesoldier tries toexplainthat"onlyone lawlivesatatime,"ajustificationthatraisedallkindsofthoughtquestionsforourgroupabouttheinequitiesoftheU.S.legalsystembothpastandpresent.Membersreflectedtogetherontheirowneducationonthesetopics,andcomparedbetweenregionsandstates in theU.S.Oncesocialdistancingrestrictionsare lifted, thegroupplanstovisit theSmithsonianNationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndiantogethertosupplementourreading.The Book Club will meet again via Zoom for a bonus meeting on May 14 to discuss memoirselectionEducatedby Tara Westover, and on May 25 forAgent Running in the Field, our SpringInternationalauthorselectionbyJohnLeCarre.EventswillbepostedasusualontheDCPBKwebsite,andmembersshouldRSVPtherebylogginginandregisteringfortheeventasyouhaveinthepast.Thistime,in your registration confirmation email, you should receive the Zoom information and link, for theupcoming meeting. In case anyone misses it there, the coordinator will re-send the virtual meetinginformationtoanyonewhohasRSVP'dYestotheevent,about24hoursprior,soit'sfreshineveryone'sinbox.BookClubSelectionsforSpring2020TheBookClubhassuspendedmeetingsperCDCguidanceregardingsocialdistancing.Wehopetoshiftallselections to the right one calendarmonthwithminimal interruption as of now (please see notionalupdatedschedulebelow).KateH.Smith,ourcoordinator,willupdateourEventpagesandcommunicatedirectlytothoseontheBookClubdistroaswemoveforward.
● May:AgentRunningintheFieldbyBritishauthorJohnLeCarré(International,288pages)● MayBonus:EducatedbyTaraWestover(Nonfiction,334pages)● June:ChocolateCity:AHistoryofRaceandDemocracyintheNation'sCapitalbyChris
MyersAsch&GeorgeDerekMusgrove,624page)● July:ChildrenofBloodandBonebyTomiAdeyemi(Fiction,544pages)
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MentorshipNetworkNewsMentorsandMenteesinthecurrentcycleoftheMentorshipNetworkmaycontinuetomeetone-on-one,butweencouragematchestousevirtualalternativestomeetingfortheremainderofthemonth.Wewishyouandyourfamilieshealthandsafetyinthecomingweeks.WelookforwardtoseeingeveryoneataDCPBKeventinthefuture.
Announcements OpenVolunteerOpportunitiesOurorganizationisgrowingandwearelookingformorevolunteerstohelpsupportourrobustprogramming.IfyouareinterestedingettingmoreinvolvedwithDCPBKineitheraleadershiporcommitteememberrole,wehaveopeningsforthefollowing:● MembershipEngagementandCommunicationsCommittee● FundraisingCommittee● EventPlanningCommittee
Tolearnmoreabouthowtogetinvolved,[email protected]'dlovetohearfromyou!FindUsonSocialMedia!Pleasebesureto“Like”theDCAreaPhiBetaKappaAssociationpageonFacebooktofollowourupdates!YoucanalsofindusonLinkedIn,andfollowusonourTwitterpageat@DCPhiBetaKappa.
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DCAreaPhiBetaKappaAssociationBoard
2019-2020OfficersPRESIDENT:BreannWatt(UniversityofCaliforniaRiverside,2011)1STVICE-PRESIDENT:RebeccaDeSantis(WashingtonCollege,2015)
INTERIM2NDVICE-PRESIDENT:HunterHamrick(FloridaStateUniversity,2015)SECRETARY:DanRosenberg,(GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,2014)
TREASURER:PatCascio(DenisonUniversity,1969)
At-LargeExecutiveCommitteeMembersNinaKuo(DukeUniversity,2012)—ImmediatePastPresidentPaulLubliner(UniversityofOregon,2006)—PastPresident
CarolBontempo(UniversityofConnecticut,1962)—NewsletterEditorElizabethMarshall(LawrenceUniversity,2009)—PastPresident
KateHannonSmith(BostonUniversity,2010)—BookClubCoordinator
AdvisoryCouncilDeirdreLaPin(AgnesScottCollege,1967)—PastVice-President
ChristelG.McDonald(GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1986)—PastPresident
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BALLOT FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 2019-2020
Please return this ballot page, no later than May 31, 2020 to:
President, DC PBK 121 Kentucky Ave SE Washington D.C 20003
Or, you may send your responses by email to: [email protected] BALLOT 2019-2020 Executive Committee Officers:
___ PRESIDENT: Breann Watt (University of California, Riverside, 2011), incumbent ___ FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Rebecca DeSantis (Washington College, 2015), incumbent ___ SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT: Hunter Hamrick (Florida State University, 2015), incumbent ___ TREASURER: Pat Cascio (Denison University, 1969), incumbent ___ SECRETARY: Dan Rosenberg (George Washington University, 2014), incumbent
At-large Executive Committee Members: Vote for up to six.
___ Nina Kuo (Duke University, 2012), past President ___ Paul Lubliner (University of Oregon, 2006) ___ Liz Marshall (Lawrence University, 2009) ___ Carol Bontempo (University of Connecticut, 1962) ___ Kate Hannon (Boston University, 2010)
I would like to vote for the following write-in candidate(s), for the office of:
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