Author: Webmaster
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High School Awards Chair
DCPBK is seeking to recruit a High School Awards Committee Chair for the 2025 awards cycle. The Committee Chair is responsible for managing the DCPBK High School Awards Program, which provides four $1,000 scholarships to exemplary students in the DC area. The awards cycle lasts from January to May, and the Chair’s responsibilities include holding Committee…
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Book Club Chair
DCPBK is seeking to recruit a Book Club Chair to organize and lead monthly book club meetings over Zoom effective September 1, 2024. Qualifications: Responsibilities at a glance: To learn more, see the Position Description. Please let us know if you are interested! Email your resume and a brief paragraph of interest to [email protected].
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Membership & Outreach Chair/Webmaster
DCPBK is seeking to recruit a Membership & Outreach Chair/Webmaster to oversee membership payments, renewals, and member-driven programming for the association. The Membership & Outreach Chair hosts DCPBK’s popular hour-long Coffee & Conversation series each quarter over Zoom, and helps to incubate new programming ideas pursuant to member input. Qualifications: Responsibilities at a glance: To…
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Events & Programs Committee (Multiple Positions)
DCPBK is seeking to recruit 3-5 members to sit on the Events & Programs Committee, co-chaired by our Vice President of Member Experience and Membership & Outreach Coordinator. Committee members will assist the VPME with planning annual events, and Membership with planning and incubating new programs for DCPBK.
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Fundraising & Development Chair
DCPBK is seeking to recruit a Fundraising & Development Chair to help us add to our operating budget, assist with raising funds to support the High School Awards Program, and keep the DCPBK website’s fundraising pages up to date.
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March 2019 Book Club: “Man’s Search for Meaning” and “Pedro Páramo”
On Tuesday March 19 nine members of the book club met for a bonus session to discuss Viktor E Frankl’s classic Man’s Search for Meaning. Often during our voting cycles, a third-place winner will emerge in our three categories, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Classics, and as a group we’ve decided to make a concerted effort to…
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Christel McDonald
I fell in love with the Phi Beta Kappa maxim “The Love of Learning is the Guide of Life.” What better reward for us, the members of our Association, than seeing the smiling faces of high school seniors who have been selected by our High School Award Committee to receive our Phi Beta Kappa Certificate…
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February 2019 Book Club: “There There” and Mount Vernon Tie In Trip
On Thursday, February 28, twenty members of the Book Club met at Nagomi Izakaya to discuss There There by Tommy Orange. This novel, which speaks to the experience of the urban Native American community in Oakland, California, appeared on many must-read lists throughout 2018. Most agreed that Orange tackles too many characters, and too many…
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January 2019 Book Club: “Lafayette in the Somewhat United States”
On Wednesday, January 30, fifteen members of the book club met to discuss Sarah Vowell’s rollicking retelling of the American Revolution, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. This selection is perfect for anyone who appreciates a fresh look at traditional historical narratives. Vowell’s art history background made for unique, entertaining reflections on France’s crucial role…
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December 2018 Book Club: “Walden”
On Thursday, January 3rd, thirteen members of the book club met to discuss Walden by Henry David Thoreau, our December 2018 selection, rounding out our Fall 2018 Series. I tend to strategically assign one of our classics for our December meetings, and Walden proved the perfect opportunity for members to reflect on simple living and…