Upcoming:
Branch Meeting — With Guest Speaker:
Brenna Jaco, Outreach Librarian for the Lubbock Public Libraries
Wednesday, Oct 10 from 11:00 AM -1 PM at the Lubbock Women’s Club (2020 Broadway)
Contact Mary Margaret Ramsey (mmramsey2000@yahoo.com or 806-795-9169) for reservations. Cost is $21.
Friends and spouses are welcome! Download Flyer HERE.
Recent:
- 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
Book Group – Next meeting:
Saturday, May 6, 2023 – Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution (by H.W. Brands). A conversation with the author on C-SPAN: https://www.c-span.org/video/?516068-7/our-civil-war
Following:
June 3, 2023 – Project Solomon: The True Story of a Lonely Horse Who Found a Home — and Became a Hero (by Jodi Stuber & Jennifer Marshall Bleakley)
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
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