Welcome to Winter at OLLI!
Week of January 10
Please remember, all members and instructors MUST wear a mask.
- Class reminders are sent 2 days before your class begins. Links for Zoom classes are included in this reminder and are also sent 30 minutes prior to class start.
- If you are new to OLLI and wonder where your class is, we have a monitor in the lobby with our daily schedule. However, said monitor is currently without power, so we will have a sign in the lobby directing you to your classroom.
- We have two classrooms. Room 201 is on the right and room 210 is down the hall on the left. As always, please feel free to stop in the office if you have any questions.
Tuesday
- 9:30AM-Introductory Oceanography (Zoom)
- 11AM- Swing, Swing, Swing
- 3PM- The Fine Wines of Austria (Coast Guard House)
Wednesday
- 10AM-Writing a Legacy Letter (Zoom)
- 1PM-Qatar, UAE and Bahrain
- 3:30PM Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- 4PM Rhode Island Fresh-Jump into January (Zoom)
Thursday
- 3:30PM-American Protest Songs
Friday
- 9:30AM- Strong Women, Strong Roles
- 1PM Viewing of the Maid (2 episodes)
Announcements
- In person Mah jonng is on pause for the month of January but members can continue to play virtually together. Contact Marie Ricketts for more information.
- The February writer’s group meeting time has been changed to February 4, from 1pm to 3:30pm. It will return to 1pm in March.
- The office will be closed on Monday January 17, MLK Day
- Viewing of “Maid” will start this Friday, from 1 to 3pm, and continue Jan 21, 28 and Feb 4. Please call the office by Wednesday at 401-874-4197 or email olli@uri.edu to let us know if you’ll be joining us.
Canceled Classes due to low enrollment
- Italian
- Lady Laureates: Female Nobel Prize Winners for Literature
- Mapping Your World
- The Jewish Influence on Popular Music
- More Winning Novels
Classes full with a Wait List
- Introductory Oceanography
- RI Secret WWII German POW Camps
- Facts about Gun Control
- Sketching Nature
- Ducks of RI
A Word About Wait Lists– If a class is full, please add your name to the WaitList. We do not take payment to be added to the waitlist and very often there are cancellations before the class begins. When that happens, we will call you to see if you would like to register for the class. In addition, if we get a large wait list, oftentimes we will reach out to the instructor to see if they can accommodate more students or offer another session of the class.
A Reminder about our Cancellation Policy– In order to receive a full refund for a canceled class, you must notify us 2 weeks in advance.
Parking Pass Reminder– If you registered for parking in the fall, you do not need to register again until August. If you have not registered for parking, please visit https://uri.aimsparking.com/ and click on OLLI Members. If you need help registering, please give the office a call at 401-874-4197.
Free Online Author Talk https://berkshireolli.org/event-4604209
An Online Talk with Randy Parraz, Author of the New Book
Dismantling Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Machine
Thursday, January 13 2022 at 7pm EST Online via Zoom | Free & Open to All
Randy Parraz is an organizer, social entrepreneur, author, founder of various social justice organizations and currently co-founder and President of the Organizing Institute for Democracy. Randy’s introduction to social justice began when he observed his father, Deputy Sheriff John Parraz, organize the Latino Peace Officers Association in the 1970s to combat discrimination in the recruitment, hiring and retention of Latino officers. Randy has spent the past 26 years engaged in the work of building power and moving people into action. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley Law, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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