American Association of University Women Raleigh/Wake County (NC)
As noted in the post on the September meeting, the branch is workng on a “Mom’s Turn to Learn” event for next February. If you’d like to join the planning committee, send an e-mail to planning-subscribe@turntolearn.org. For more information and background, see www.turntolearn.org.
The branch was a co-sponsor of the October 28 Wake County Women’s Agenda Assembly. This biennial event drew more than 60 women from the community to discuss public policy issues that affect their lives and issues that are apt to appear on the legislative agenda during 2007-2008. All were urged to plan to attend the followup meeting — Women’s Advocacy Day — at the General Assembly next March.
For more information on the event see www.ncwu.org and www.wakewaa2006.org.
The 125th Anniversary Banner was on loan from the Association, and had been displayed on Oct. 20 at the NC Conference for Women and on Oct. 21-22 at the AAUW NC Fall Meeting (and the Iredell County Women’s Agenda Asssembly).
Early voting for the November 7 election has started. Many sites around the county will be open starting next weekend through Saturday, November 4. See www.wakegov.com/elections/1stopvoting/default.htm for details.
The Board of Elections in downtown Raleigh will also be open this week during the day. Map and hours.
You should have received information on the judicial candidates in the mail. That and other nonpartisan voter guides are available at www.ncvoterguide.org.
The News and Observer’s voter guide (usually published the weekend before the election) is, due to early voting, available online at www.newsobserver.com (with info on counties other than Wake, too).
This is, of course, an important election - a couple of AAUW notes:
The branch is planning an informal gathering on Friday evening, November 10, at the NC Museum of Art. We expect to meet at 6:00 to tour the Monet Exhibit. Watch this space for more details about the gathering or contact Sue Adams, adamssue@meredith.edu, if you’d like to join the group.
Resources about the exhibit:
Newsletter is attached in PDF format here:
October 2006 branch newsletter
- Esther Lumsdon
AAUW Raleigh/Wake County Branch Meeting
Tuesday, October 10
6:00 - 8:00
NCSU McKimmon Center
Topic: “Pay Equity: Are we there yet?”
Schmidt joined the staff of the N.C. Legal Services Resource Center in 1994 as a lobbyist and lawyer specializing in public assistance programs and has been with the Justice Center since its inception. During her tenure, Sorien’s role has expanded to include advocacy, policy analysis, research, and extensive work with the media and coalitions on living wage, economic security, welfare reform and other public assistance issues. Schmidt has written several publications including Working Hard is Not Enough, Will Devolution Help Welfare Families: An Analysis of the Proposed Electing County Welfare Plan, and the newsletters, WRIN Update and the Living Income Email Update. She currently serves on the board of directors of the NC Association of Women Attorneys and on the Executive Committee of the Covenant with North Carolina’s Children, of which she is a founding member.
There will also be a brief discussion of the AAUW Pay Equity Resource Kit - see www.aauw.org for pay equity resources, including the Resource Kit. Copies of the kit will be available at the meeting.
Meeting Details
6:00 - 8:00 pm
NCSU McKimmon Center
Location: 1101 Gorman St. (corner of Gorman and Western Blvd), Raleigh
Directions
McKimmon Center adverse weather info
Telephone contact to find out about weather closing is 919.515.2277.
Information: info@rwc.aauwnc.org.
Calendar for other events
This meeting is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available, thanks to the North Carolina State University Office of Equal Opportunity.
The following financial reports were prepared by the 2004-2006 treasurer, Nancy Shoemaker, and reviewed by Cathy Kuchinski-McKormick.
FY06 summary (showing activity from 7/1/2005 to 6/30/2006)
AAUW Raleigh/Wake County Account Balances (12/31/03 - 6/30/06)
AAUW Raleigh/Wake County Cash Flow - (details of income and expenses, 7/1/2005 to 6/30/2006)
