09.23.07

Fall Conference on Domestic Violence

Posted in Events at 4:33 pm by nes

Saturday, October 6, 2007
9:00 - 3:00

Sponsored by Wake County Commission for Women in partnership with Interact.

For more information: www.wakegov.com/womenscommission/

09.19.07

Science Cafe: Troubled Bridge Over Water

Posted in Events at 1:32 pm by nes

Troubled Bridge Over Water:
New research will help detect, avoid bridge collapseTuesday, September 25
6:30-8:30 p.m. with discussion beginning at 7:00 followed by Q&A
Tir Na Nog 218 South Blount Street, Raleigh, 833-2460
Speaker: Sami H. Rizkalla, PhD, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

More details: www.naturalsciences.org

09.17.07

Results of the Board of Education Candidates’ Survey

Posted in Branch News at 7:02 pm by nes

Thanks to all the candidates running for the Board of Education, and thanks, in particular to the 6 of the 10 who returned our survey asking about their views.

There are also elections in Districts 4 and 8, but the candidates in those races, Gill and Margiotta, are unopposed and did not respond to our survey.

Note that Board of Education members are elected by district, so residents of only 5 of the 9 districts will be participating in this race. There are, however, municipal elections in Cary and Raleigh, and bond issues that affect all of Wake County.

See the Wake County Board of Elections site for details: www.wakegov.com/elections

Check your voter registration card (or this map) for information on your school board district. Note that you may register and vote at the early voting sites.

VOTE on October 9 (if not before)!

09.12.07

September Branch Newsletter

Posted in Branch News at 2:02 pm by nes

AAUW Raleigh/Wake County Newsletter, September, 2007

The newsletter was mailed to arrive about September 10 with the announcement of the September 18 meeting.

09.08.07

The Big Read

Posted in Branch News at 4:32 pm by nes

Check out this tip on an NEA program from our sister branch in Kingston, NY.

Looking for additions to your reading list? The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts,  “brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.” The site has background information, discussion questions, and additional material on a wide range of books, and more will be added for 2008.

The NEA  funds communities to participate in The Big Read. Applications for the Sept-Dec 2008 cycle will be available in late October with a due date of February 12, 2008.

09.07.07

Celebrate International Literacy Day

Posted in Events at 1:13 pm by nes

Saturday, September 8, is International Literacy Day. Join the One Shared World campaign in celebrating solutions that help people in developing countries lift themselves out of poverty. Literacy is one of those solutions. It is a lever of opportunity and a bridge to a better future

Health Care Forum at UNC-CH

Posted in Events at 7:49 am by nes

HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE: HOW DO WE GET THERE?

A Public Forum

sponsored by

The League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham, and Chatham Counties
and
The UNC-CH School of Social Work Clinical Lecture Series

Presenters:
State Representative Verla Insko
Jonathan Oberlander, PhD
Adam Searing, JD, MPH

Saturday, September 29, 2007
9 AM -12 Noon

Auditorium of the UNC School of Social Work (Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building)
325 Pittsboro Street in Chapel Hill

Pre-registration is required. Free to public

More info and registration: odc.nc.lwvnet.org/whats_new.html#forum 

Registration deadline: September 15

09.04.07

Raleigh City Council Candidate Forum

Posted in Events at 1:33 pm by nes

This forum is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Wake County.

Wednesday, Sept. 19, 7:00

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2723 Clark Ave (corner of Brooks and Clark)

Parking is in the visitor lot across from the church on Clark Ave.

Questions: Marian Lewin, 845-0064, mlewin11 AT bellsouth.net. See also www.lwvwake.org

09.01.07

Jane Addams Day in Illinois

Posted in Events, Branch News at 1:51 pm by nes

In Illinois, starting in 2007, they will celebrate December 10 as Jane Addams Day — the first state or US holiday to commemorate a woman.

For more information, see aauw-il.org/jane.html

Find monthly columns by Barbara Joan Zeitz at www.aauw-il.org/information.

08.30.07

Science House Girls Collaborative Kickoff Meeting

Posted in Events at 1:51 pm by nes

You are invited to attend The Science House Girls Collaborative Kick- Off Conference on Tuesday, September 18, 2007. We are looking
forward to an excellent day of forming partnerships, sharing information, and working towards increased resources and encouragement for girls to enter Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers.

Tuesday, Sept. 18
9:00 - 3:30 (registration at 8:30)
Friday Institute on the NCSU Centennial Campus, Raleigh
Teleconference connections in the east and west are planned.

For more information see www.science-house.org/ngcp.

See news.aauwnc.org/category/stem/ for more information on the NGCP project and its connection to AAUW.

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