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…
Thanks to all that brought and bought “baskets†to the convention. We have been doing this for years, but this year everyone seemed to put heart and soul into being creative and it paid off. We raise $1277 for various funds in AAUW. This year we gave you in the branch the opportunity to decide…
From the AAUW Theme Team … For those interested in getting involved with the National Girls Collaborative Project, I prepared some ideas below. Maybe some of this information would work for some of the blogs and other listservs you are part of. Carolyn Hayek AAUW Liaison for Mountain Pacific Region National Girls Collaborative Project
PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE: It was a great honor to have President Nancy Shoemaker as our speaker last month. Thank you, Nancy, for sharing the latest AAUW news with our members. We are trying something new for our fundraiser this year. Partnering with Charlene Shearer of Tastefully Simple, we will host a food and drink tasting at…
Monumental Legislation Filed Today! “Carolina Cares for Children” Bill Filed by Rep. Verla Insko (H1476): A bipartisan effort to help all families in North Carolina afford health insurance. CALL FOR CO-SPONSORS Write/Call Your Legislator to Encourage Him or Her to Co-Sponsor Bill H1476
Financial literacy will be the focus of the Wilmington branch April meeting. Barbara Fleming, former branch treasurer and Certified Financial Planner, will speak on “Do your financial assets resemble a formal dinner or a buffet?” Please send your questions in advance to Barbara at bfpres@ec.rr.com . We will also hold our annual elections and vote…