More than 100 AAUW members and friends gathered at the Cedarwood Country Club to celebrate good reading and raise money for the Charlotte branch Research and Projects grant. This year’s group of authors included Emyl Jenkins, an antiques’ aficionado whose latest release Stealing With Style is hot off the press. Mark de Castrique, a Charlotte…
Several AAUW NC members attended the May 22 Women’s Advocacy Day in Raleigh. Click the picture for a larger image of Millie Hoffler-Foushee and Sue Mengert (Greensboro), Nancy Akley-Henderson (Raleigh/Wake County), and Mary Peterson (Twin Rivers/New Bern). It’s not too late to tell your legislators which issues are important to you! Check the material on…
The AAUW NC Summer Meeting will be Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:30 – Registration 9:00 – 2:00 – Meeting
Since 1981, AAUW has endorsed the ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Also known as the Women’s Rights Treaty, it is the most comprehensive agreement addressing international women’s rights. The treaty can be an effective tool in reducing violence and discrimination against women and girls,…
PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE: Thank-you to our fundraising partner, Charlene Shearer of Tastefully Simple, for helping us put on a fundraiser extraordinaire. The food was wonderful and we had no trouble choosing items to take home to our families. At last count, we made $285. Thank you also to everyone who supported this funds-for-scholarship event: Onslow County…