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PHI BETA KAPPA
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION THE GAMMA ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA Association Chartered June 14, 1946 June 2026 Note: I am updating this newsletter, some links may be wrong. Ray |
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Back row: Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton, Sylvie Thode, Hannah Kortbawi, Jacob Steenis, Alexis Wood Front row: Moreen Akomea-Ampeh, Flannery McIntyre, Sylvana Finn, Alejandra Rosselli-Calderon Melanie Kirkpatrick was not able to attend the Awards Luncheon |
May 3, 2026 Teaching Excellence Awardees
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Robert J. Podesva, PhD, Stanford, Linguistics; Gil-li Vardi, PhD, Stanford, History; Joshua Landy, PhD, Stanford, French; Andrew W. Reddie, PhD, UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy Where were you May 3? If you were not with us at the Key Room in Novato, you missed a wonderful event. Not only were we able to honor our impressive Scholarship and Teaching Excellence winners, we also had the opportunity to socialize with both old and new friends in a lovely setting. And as an added bonus, we were able to “do good,” while having a good time. By hosting our event there, we directly supported the mission of the Fresh Starts Culinary Academy at Homeward Bound. This program provides hands-on training, experience, and job placement opportunities for individuals working to transform their futures. To find out more about the awardees, see the Scholarship and Teaching pages. Jean James, Annual Meeting Chair and Past President |
Currently, the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association suggests masking for indoor activities.
Note: The price stated for events is for current PBKNCA members and their guests; elapsed or non-members will pay a surcharge. Full event information, and means of credit card payment, are available on our website https://pbknca.com/Events/.
If you won’t be able to make an event, contact O’Neil Dillon at oneilsdillon@gmail.com ASAP, or if it is the day of the event call him at 510-207-8761, as there may be others on the waiting list who will then be able to take your place.
No-shows do NOT receive a refund! Cancellations probably do.
Sign up for events at https://pbknca.com/Events/
To register for an event if you don’t have Internet access, please contact O’Neil Dillon at oneilsdillon@gmail.com
Rebels With La Causa: Rebels With La Causa offers an artistic survey of the range of aesthetics embodied by the RCAF as well as their mastery of screen-printing techniques and experimentation within graphic arts overall. The joining of bicultural (Mexican and American) aesthetics, iconography, and strategic incorporation of subversive humor refuted definitions of Chicana/o art as solely political, ‘ethnic,’ or folk art. The exhibition highlights 95 posters created for the myriad artistic, cultural, and spiritual activities organized by the larger RCAF collective from 1970–1990. It also features photographs, ephemera, and videos related to the collective’s artistic production, community engagement, and political activism. The exhibition explores the creative production and expansive output of the RCAF, one of the Chicano Movement’s most prolific and impactful artist collectives. It highlights the posters created for the myriad artistic and cultural activities and spiritual ceremonies. This vibrant exhibit explores the expansive production and creative impact of the Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF), one of the Chicano Movement’s most prolific and impactful artist collectives. Beginning in 1970 at Sacramento State University, the group produced individual artworks and group murals, as well as posters for educational, cultural, and political activities. The RCAF’s transformation into a broader collective not only initiated an explosion of Chicano art exhibitions, literary events, performances, and community celebrations, but expanded civic and political engagement. While RCAF posters served as announcements for these wide-ranging activities, their multicultural aesthetics, subject matter, and strategic humor redefined Chicana/o art, as well as the history of art and activism in the United States. Cost: Members & their guests: $25, others $35 Date: June 13, 2026, 10:00 AM Location:Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814 Directions Register and/or see more info here: https://pbknca.com/event-6599306 |
Charles Schulz’s cartoon strip has graced newspaper pages since 1950, and he became the most renowned – and well-known — cartoonist of our time. We will explore the museum devoted to the creator of the artist behind Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts Gang. Schulz’s humor was at times observational, wry, sarcastic, nostalgic, bittersweet, silly, and melancholy, with occasional flights of fancy. When Schulz announced his retirement in December 1999, the Peanuts comic strip was syndicated in over 2,600 newspapers worldwide, with book collections translated in over 25 languages, animated film specials, and musical accompaniments. The museum is filled with memorabilia, comic strips, Schulz’s re-created studio, and much more. And it is a lot of fun!
Cost: Members & their guests: $30, others $35
Location: 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Register here: https://pbknca.com/event-6605915
Upcoming 40th Annual Asilomar Conference Feb 12-15, 2027
For information and registration for the 2027 conference, go here
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We are delighted to invite you to share in a weekend of learning, dialogue, and fellowship at the Asilomar Conference Center on the spectacular Monterey Coast. But this is more than eight interesting speakers, it is an opportunity to renew old friendships or make new friends at meals; walk on the beach or the trails. Explore the historic buildings of the Asilomar State Park. Visit the Butterfly Grove Inn to see the beautiful Monarch Butterflies, and much more. Cost: Asilomar cost in 2026 was $682.85/person, double occupancy. Including room, all meals and parking. Of course, it will be a little more in 2027! Location: Asilomar, 800 Asilomar Ave, Pacific Grove, CA Register here: https://pbknca.com/event-6554625 |
There is an ongoing virtual book club open to interested members.
The Northern California PBK Association book club has set their book reading slate for the next year or so and would like to welcome any new members who would like to join.We meet every 6 weeks or so by Zoom with the hosting duties rotating depending on who has chosen that meeting's book. We read a mixture of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and mysteries.
For more information, please contact Libby Tyler at ehtyler6@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Libby
Elizabeth H. Tyler, Ph.D., FAICP
ΦBK Board, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 Email addresses are in the directory. Login to access. |
Melissa X. Stevens, President
Los Angeles, (530) 933-1550, melstevens@berkeley.edu Jim Richardson, First Vice President – Programs Sacramento, (434) 964-7946, revjimr@yahoo.com Joanne Sandstrom, Second Vice President – Scholarships Oakland, (510) 339-1352, joannes@berkeley.edu Lawrence Davenport, Third Vice President – Membership Redlands, cell 650-483-8248, lkdavn@aol.com William J. Clancey, Treasurer Pacific Grove, Cell 650/575-8889, wjclancey@mac.com |
Kristine Angeles, Corresponding Secretary
Tracy, (209) 914-5274, kristine.k.angeles@gmail.com Sheldon Greene, Recording Secretary, Berkeley, 510/325-0233, sheldon.greene7@gmail.com Deirdre Frontczak, Asilomar Chair Santa Rosa, (707) 546-4238, dfrontczak@santarosa.edu Ray Hendess, Communications Chair Petaluma, (707) 364-7615, rhendess@gmail.com Melisa Lasell, Teaching Excellence Chair Seattle, WA, 530/570-0982, melisa.lasell@berkeley.edu |