AAUW Lubbock (TX) Branch

Upcoming: Pending

Recent:

April 6, 2024 – Branch ‘Watch Party’ – AAUW Texas 2024 Conference via livestream
March 12, 2024 – Danielle East, Founder and Director, East Lubbock Art House
Jan. 9, 2024 – Linda Timmons, Voices of Hope
Dec. 14, 2023 – Holiday Reception, East Lubbock Art House
Nov. 14, 2023 – Marian Ann Montgomery, TTU Museum Curator of Textiles
Oct. 10, 2023 – Brenna Jaco, Outreach Librarian for the Lubbock Public Libraries
April 15, 2023 – Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D. (Prof. TTUHSC, Scholarship Luncheon guest speaker)
March 14, 2023 – Lucy Barrington, AAUW TX, Secretary and AAUW Lubbock branch member (AAUW History and Programs)
Feb 14, 2023 – Janine Gorell, J.D. (Utilizing resources for children with special needs in TX)
Jan 10, 2023 – Katrina Soricelli (Director of Community Engagement for Ballet Lubbock)
Dec 13, 2022 – Angelina Mojica (Director of Foster Care Homes, Saint Francis Ministries)
Nov 8, 2022 – Taysha Williams (Director, TTU Innovation Hub at Research Park)
Oct 11, 2022 – Elizabeth Sharp, Ph.D. (TTU Professor of HDFS and Director of the WGS program) and Kristin Messuri, Ph.D. (Managing Director, TTU Writing Centers)
Sept 23, 2022 – Carol Sumner, Ph.D. (TTU Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer) – Welcome gathering joint with the TT University Women’s Club
May 10, 2022 – Monte Monroe and Elissa Stroman (TTU Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library)
April 9, 2022 – Stephanie Jones, Ph.D. (NSF ADVANCE program – advancing equity through elimination of organizational barriers)
March 8, 2022 – Deborah Finlayson (High Point Village)
Sept. 11, 2020 – Carol Flueckiger, Assoc. Professor (19th Amendment – Solitude of Selfie project)
February 12, 2020 – Jessica Gray, M.D. (Women’s Health)
January 14, 2020 – Dawn Payne, J.D. (Title IX)

BRANCH EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Saturday, April 13, 2024 – Rainwater (by Sandra Brown). Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6668592-rainwater

Following:

May 11, 2024 – TBA

For more details about the Book Group, contact Alice Young (Alice.Young@ttu.edu).

See the Book List for 2022-2023

Cuisine Group – Next meeting:

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 – Cuisine Dinner

At: The Lost Cajun (6810 Milwaukee Ave.)

Begins at 5:30 PM — Spouses and friends are welcome! (RSVP Tamara Mancini so a table can be reserved for all of us — 806-787-4210 or tamaramancini@ymail.com)

COMMUNITY

West Texas Mayoral Forum on April 15, 2024

Brought in partnership with the: AAUW, League of Women Voters and Texas Tech Public Media.

The Texas Tech University Women’s & Gender Studies Program will host its Annual Conference on Women on Friday, April 21, 2023. The keynote speaker, Chely Wright will discuss the book “My Moment:106 women on fighting for themselves”. (For additional details, visit: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/wstudies/ )

TTU Public Media – Beyond the Report: The Status of Women in Lubbock.

Background information (YWCA’s Glenda Mathis): https://vimeo.com/356751082

Upcoming KTTZ series: https://tv.kttz.org/beyond-the-report/the-status-of-women-in-lubbock/

The Report: http://statusofwomendata.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/R480_Status-of-Women-in-Lubbock-County-FINAL-with-cover.pdf

Links to AAUW Lubbock sponsored segments: Education – https://vimeo.com/349907587; Pay Gap – https://vimeo.com/345532988