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Board Elections are Coming!  Nominate yourself or a friend to become a member of next year's Board of Directors. Learn more about how the club runs with ENTICING information on our committees. Send your nomination to President@CornellClubDC.org.  Use subject line NOMINATION To CCW BOARD.  

Now is also the time to express interest in joining next year's committees so that you get a taste of leadership. Diversity on our Board and committees makes our club thrive!

Board meets with 9 meetings a year (some hybrid): All members of CCW are always invited to club Board Meetings, typically the second Tuesday night of each month as listed in our "Events" section. Come meet the gang and find many ways to get involved. It's even more fun when you bring a friend!

Featured Cornellian:  

Elysa Graber-Lipperman, Class of 1989, will become the DC State Coordinator for the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide Program (Program) on June 1, 2026. The DC Program’s volunteers provide free income tax preparation assistance to DC and MD residents at multiple sites in DC during income tax filing season.

Elysa served as a volunteer Tax Counselor for the last two tax seasons and helped train new Tax Counselors this past tax season. The gratitude expressed by the taxpayers served at the sites where Elysa volunteered, the dedication of the Program’s volunteers, and the Program’s provision of outstanding services to the public motivated her to take on the DC State Coordinator volunteer position.

Email Elysa at elysagl.taxaide@gmail.com to get information about volunteering for the Program or the Program’s services. 

Pictured with Elysa '89 is her husband Peter Graber-Lipperman '85

Plan for fun, Learning and service!

We've re-launched our club's newsletter!  It comes to your e-mail box based on the contact information you maintain with Cornell's Alumni 'office.  Spring issue is here.  Winter issue is here.  

Our club is looking for volunteers with technical and web communications expertise to hop onto our very fun Communications Committee. Reach back to help develop our next generation of communications for CCW.  

Book Discussions gather our readers locally for discussions over beverages, dinner or dessert. Pre-register so that YOUR availability is used to set up the schedule.  Supporting Veterans by Cornell Professor General George W. Casey, Jr. will be discussed in May, June and July, so get your copy and/or read its executive summary posted at the order page. Contact our VP/ Community Service if you have questions. Discussion of the novel THE IRISH GOODBYE will take place Tuesday, June 16 over ramen noodles at Love, Makoto. Registration link coming soon. We expect to have our discussion of 2026 Pulitzer Prize winner David Lynch's book THE WORLD'S WORST BET: HOW THE GLOBALIZATION EFFORT WENT WRONG (AND WHAT WOULD MAKE IT RIGHT) before the end of July. Don't miss this announcement from Big Red Reads.

E-mail the VP of Programming in order to post and host events such as a gathering for our "Explore DC Happy Hour" series. Ask to join his committee to help make your meet-ups happen!

Take our 5-minute survey so that we can use member input to see where to put efforts next. 

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Our book discussion series will be scheduled on dates according to the pre-registration info gathered here. Invite a friend! Contact our Community Service VP with your questions.


Where will we dine next on The Big Red Food Tour? Twenty of us enjoyed Love, Makoto for delicious Japanese cuisine in January.
Help organize the next stop on the tour with this support!



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