AAUW Hastings 2025/2026 Program Schedule
November 24, 2025 – 7:00 p.m. – Business Meeting. 7:30 p.m. Guatemala Dentistry, Common Hope
Speaker: Kelly Marthaler has been a dental hygienist for 20 years. She works at the New Art of Dentistry in Hastings. Kelly will be speaking about her many experiences with Common Hope, and the impact it has had on the people of Guatemala. Kelly was on board to go on a dental mission trip, and when the opportunity arose, she was excited. With her love for travel and helping others, she knew it would be an impactful trip for herself and the people of Guatemala. Common Hope promotes opportunities by partnering with children, families and communities who want to improve lives through education, healthcare, housing and family development. It offers free dental care to children and families with limited access to such services
December 6, 2025 – 10:00 a.m. – Holiday Brunch
Hastings Golf Club
January 26, 2026 – 7:00 p.m. – Immigrant Integration System
Note: this meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. and includes a chili dinner.
Speaker: Pat Branstad
February 23, 2026 – 7:00 p.m. – Cases, Trends & Insights
Speaker: Kathryn Kenna, Dakota County Attorney
March 23, 2026 – 7:00 p.m. – Women’s Health
Speaker: Dr. Mona Roach
April 27, 2026 – 6:00 p.m. Spring Social/Annual Meeting – Tourism in Hastings
Note: this meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. and includes dinner.
Speaker: Kristy Barse, Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce President Hastings Golf Club
May 18, 2026 – 7:00 p.m. – Hope Tree Counseling Services
Note: this meeting also includes a member book sale
Speaker: Sarah Kiani, M.A.
All meetings are held at St. Phillip’s Lutheran Church, 1401 W. 15th Street, Hastings, MN 55033 unless otherwise noted.
Visitors are welcome. If you are interested in visiting, please contact us via the “contact us” tab on this website. We’d love for you to join us!
2025 Past Programs
September 22, 2025 – 6:00 p.m. – Inclusion Benefits All. Perspectives and Strategies from an Intercultural Professor and Mom
Note: this meeting starts at 6:00 and includes a salad supper.
Basma Ibrahim DeVries, Ph.D., a professor of Communication Studies at Concordia University in St. Paul, MN. Creating spaces of belonging and inclusion in these complex times requires heightened identity awareness, greater cultural sensitivity, and refined skills to bridge differences. Basma’s talk is free and open to the public at St. Philips Church Fellowship Hall in Hastings at 1401 15th St. W. at 7:30 p.m.
October 27, 2025 – 7:00 p.m. – Cancer Legal Care
Speaker: Meghan Scully, Managing Attorney
Meghan Scully is an attorney at Cancer Legal Care, where she assists clients in navigating the Social Security Administration’s disability programs.
Meghan’s legal career has focused on access and eligibility for government benefit programs.
Prior to joining Cancer Legal Care, she worked for a civil legal services provider managing several Medical Legal Partnerships. These unique collaborations between attorneys and health care professionals use legal advocacy to address barriers to individual and community health and well-being.
Meghan has taught poverty law and clinical courses at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and the University of Minnesota Law School.