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Next meeting - August, 2013, Welcome back from summer annual Salad Luncheon. Bookies meets all summer long.Contact President Brenda Moss, to arrange a carpool. Last MEETING: Recognition Dinner May 2, at Sweetwater Country Club. We met our Mary Frierson scholarship winners: Barbara Herrera and Sara Mays and AAUW Educator of the Year, Anne Southard, Psychology Teacher, Kempner HS, FBISD. All AMAZING people! What's up for the coming year? Programs? Books? more...Let's plan to attend AAUW Convention in New Orleans, June 9-12, 2013, and follow up on our January luncheon speaker, Dianne Wilson, "Women on the MOVE: Electing More Women to Public Office". Let the Good Times ROLL Great Decisions has completed their 8 meetings for 2013---See you next January at Barnes & Noble, Town Center, Sugar Land, to discuss timely and significant world events.Fort Bend Branch will continue to sell AAUW business cards as a Branch fundraiser---see our order form and ad Congratulatons to Mary Jackson, AAUW Fort Bend Educator of the Year 2012Applications for 2013 AAUW Fort Bend Scholarship are closed...more . Check back in 2014 and BEAD for LIFE in support of the women of Uganda, see link at www.beadforlife.org --- Nicholas Kristof (of Half the Sky fame) says WE CAN help these women become entrepreneurs AND do some shopping!!2013-2014 Branch Leadership
2012-2013 Branch Leadership
Join This BranchContact our membership vice-president or any officer at the e-mail address above, or join this branch through the national web site. Previous 2010-2012 MeetingsApril 11, 2013 - former Planning & Zoning Commissioner and current Sugar Land City Council Member - Developing the Imperial Sugar tract. March 14, 2013 - Pat Sommers of Child Advocates of Fort Bend County and CASA. Febuary 14, 2013 - at the home of Judy Cenkus - Making Quick Jams with the Jelly Lady--our own Laurie Jenkins, and fabulous crepes with Irene Potoczniak January 26, Saturday, Fort Bend County Branch hosted the Greater Houston Area Luncheon at Sugar Creek Country Club - Interbranch web page here .... November 8, 2012 - Nurse Practicioner, Lisa Fuson, M.S., RN, ANP, CNOR of M.D.Anderson, Reduce Your Cancer Risks ....topic information October 11, 2012 - Dr. Jennifer Reichek of Brookwood shares updates of the Brookwood Community Mission. September 13, 2012 - Dianne Wilson, Fort Bend County Clerk, "Reflections on Life in Politics" May 10, 2012, Sweetwater Country Club, 6 PM - Annual Recognition Dinner: Educator of the Year, Mary Jackson, Officer installation, Mary Frierson Scholarship recipients April 12, 2012 - Farah Lalani, Outreach Speaker for the Ismaili Community is speaking for the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center ....more March 8, 2012 - Betty McCutchan, Regional Director, Office of Foreign Missions at U.S. Department of State....more February 9, 2012 - Sugar Land Museum of Natural Science. Adrienne Barker, museum presenter....more January 12, 2012 - Winning the West for Women - the Life of Suffragist Emma Smith Devoe - Dr. Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, author & historian ....more November 10, 2011 - Bringing the Convention Home, Washington DC, June 2011! Mary Edwards, AAUW Texas Program VP - our BIG TEAL MACHINE in ACTION. ....more October 13, 2011, 7 PM - Welcoming members and guests after a DRY summer, Captain Michael McLemore of the Sugar Land Fire Department has a special program for us. ....more about fire safety in Sugar Land Thursday, September 8, 2011, 7 PM - at the Ridgemont Early Childhood Center with AAUW Fort Bend Educator of the Year 2011 - Nick Cantu, Director, to tour their wonderful facility. ....more about Nick Cantu and more about Ridgemont Center Thursday, May 12, 2011, 6 PM social, 7 PM DInner - Honoring the outgoing board and installing the 2011-2012 board members; introducing special guest Educatorof the Year at Quail Valley Golf Grille, 2880 La Quinta Drive, Missouri City, Texas 77459. Click for GOOGLE Maps link Thursday, March 10, 2011, 7 PM - Garden Ready for Spring, Enchanted Gardens Thursday, February 10, 2011, 7 PM - Be Empowered! Eat Chocolate with Breakfast, Jan Bethancourt, local author and inspirational speaker Thursday, January 13, 2011, 7 PM - Corundum: A Visual Experience - Will Heierman, mathematics instructor at Wharton Community Junior College and collector of gems and minerals Thursday, October 14, 2010, 7 PM - Cooking with Williams Sonoma |