On Friday, October 28, the 2006 AAUW Juvenile Literature Award was presented to Joyce Moyer Hostetter for Blue, a novel set in Hickory, NC during World War II. With her father away at war to fight Hitler, Ann Fay Honeycutt gains strength by joining her community in battling polio, in a story based on the…
Nancy Shoemaker So what is this RSS stuff that Nancy’s yammering on about? For a quick introduction, see this short and amusing video. Or see this quick intro to using RSS to show AAUW headlines on your Google home page. For some details see her talk to the NC Center for NonProfits conference: Beyond E-mail.…
Below you’ll find the extra education material that Keith Howard talked about on Saturday at the Women’s Agenda Assembly in Statesville. I have condensed some of the information. Contact information for questions regarding the material below: KeithH@legalaidnc.org This message includes or has links to: Personal Education Plans: The Law and You Accessing Test Scores through…
Here’s a picture from the meeting earlier today! It was great to see everyone! (Click the picture for a larger version.) More pictures
Information on the 9/30/06 totals of what the branches have contributed to the Educational Foundation (including the Legal Advocacy Fund), the Leadership and Training Institute and the Association. Suggestions for designation of year end gifts are also included.
PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE: What better way to start our series of programs than with a speaker from one of the schools that receives our school supplies! Margaret has invited Lynn Mixon from Queen’s Creek Elementary to speak to us about how the program has benefited their school and what items might fit their particular needs this…
The winner of the 2006 AAUW Award for Juvenile Literature is Joyce Moyer Hostetter’s Blue, published by Calkins Creek, a subsidiary of Boyds Mills Press. Synopsis: With her father away at war to fight Hitler, Ann Fay Honeycutt gains strength by joining her community in battling polio, in a story based on the 1944 epidemic…
[This was sent via e-mail, but posted here for other’s reference – particularly since everyone is on the membership committee!] Dear branch presidents and membership vice presidents – The state’s recruiting for you! We’ll have an AAUW North Carolina booth at the NC Conference for Women in Charlotte on October 19. We are highlighting AAUW’s…
Events-Judy Atkinson Chair The Fall Leadership Conference will Open the Gates for AAUWNC to begin Expanding a Legacy of Leadership. Mary Peterson, Public Policy Chair, has developed a format for a Women’s Agenda Assembly. The Statesville Branch has invited sponsors to attend (Iredell County Democratic Women, Altrusa International, WHEEL (an association of Afro-American women), Career…