Texas Branches are Committed to
Research
Education
Advocacy
Philanthropy
REAPing the Benefits
R
AAUW RESEARCH is the foundation of all AAUW
programs and projects.
 E Equitable and accessible EDUCATION for all
women and girls has been the bedrock of AAUW for
more than 130 years.
 A AAUW ADVOCACY for laws that give women a
fair chance has changed our world.
 P AAUW PHILANTHROPY is the engine that drives
our programming.
2013-2014 REAP Awards
 Arlington
 Austin
 Dallas
 Denton
 El Paso
 Fort Bend County
 Northeast Tarrant
County
 North Harris County
 Plano/Collin County
 Southwest Dallas
County
 Tarrant County
 Tyler
 West Harris County
Arlington Branch
 The Arlington Branch contributes to the AAUW
Educational Opportunities Fund and supports local
education projects such as:
 HOPE Tutoring Project
 Reading is Fundamental
 Adult Literacy
They support the Legal Advocacy Fund as well as the
Kathryn Head UTA Scholarship Fund; last year 3
undergraduate women received their scholarships.
Arlington
 Arlington members helped register voters on the UTA
campus.
 Their Action Fund/Public Policy chair sends Mission in
Action and Action Alerts to all members, and many
members regularly respond to the Two Minute Activist.
 The branch has four study groups; three study books
and one studies famous women.
Austin Branch
 The Austin Branch has copies of AAUW research
available at all branch meetings and community
events. Women in Community Colleges: Access to
Success was distributed during the Pelosi reception at
Austin Community College.
 Members support all AAUW funds and two local
endowed scholarships by adding contributions when
they pay their dues.
 The branch is represented on the boards of Girlstart
and Latinitas.
Austin
 Austin branch members attend state and national
meetings and serve on the AAUW Texas Board of
Directors.
 The branch continues to support their “historic”
philanthropy, Mainspring Schools.
Dallas Branch
 Dallas Branch member Pat Clendenin researched
educational opportunities at both Dallas and Collin
County Community College systems and presented her
findings to the branch.
 Members promoted the branch and AAUW at the
Conference on Teaching About the UN at SMU.
 They contribute to both the Legal Advocacy Fund and
the Educational Opportunities Fund.
Dallas
 They sent a student to NCCWSL.
 The Dallas Branch participated with Plano-Collin
County in a Meet the Candidate Program and a public
forum on Human Trafficking.
 Dallas completed the Lorena Alexander Research and
Project Grant and continues to support the Ann
Richards American Fellowship, and awarded 7 local
scholarships.
Denton Branch
 Copies of all AAUW research reports are displayed at
community events and provided to local libraries and
the Women’s Studies departments at TWU and UNT.
 Denton branch sends two or more students to
NCCWSL each year and hosts presentations on
campus for NCCWSL attendees.
 They will award 5 local scholarships this year.
 Denton branch and TWU host an annual Expanding
Your Horizons conference. This year 200 girls
attended.
Denton
 Denton members work with the League of Women
Voters to provide voting information.
 Branch programs focus on the AAUW mission and are
open to the public.
 Hundreds of dollars in gift cards were collected and
given to the Coordinator of Social Services for the
Denton ISD for students whose needs are not covered
by other funds.
El Paso
 El Paso branch participates in the Joining Forces
Initiative to promote outreach between communities
and their military neighbors:
 The El Paso Conference for Women (with Lisa Maatz)
 Screening of The Invisible War with a discussion of the
Fort Bliss SHARP program (sexual harassment/assault
response/prevention)
El Paso
 They provide logistics and program assistance with the
UTEP Mother/Daughter program
 They partnered with Latinitas to produce an annual
Aim High! Conference
 El Paso branch sends several young women to
NCCWSL from the UTEP Women in Business group
 They provide between 2 and 4 local scholarships each
year
Fort Bend County Branch
 All Fort Bend County Branch meetings are open to the
public and offer mission-based programs.
 The Legal Advocacy Fund and Eleanor Roosevelt Fund
are the focus of two annual fund raisers.
 Fort Bend County members assist West Harris County
with their annual Expanding Your Horizons.
 The branch budgets to send leaders to state and
national conventions.
Fort Bend County
 Members subscribe to Mission in Action and Action
Alert and send letters, petitions, and e mails to their
elected representatives.
 They help register voters for local and state elections.
 Funds are raised for the AAUW Educational
Opportunities Fund as well as one local scholarship for
Wharton Junior College.
 Two Fort Bend County members are part of the Legacy
Circle.
Northeast Tarrant County
 Collaborated with Tarrant County College to screen
Miss Representation and The Revisionaries.
 The branch budgets financial support for the Eleanor
Roosevelt Fund and the Legal Advocacy Fund.
 Branch members serve on district, state and national
boards and committees for AAUW.
 The branch supports students and teachers of the
KEYS school throughout the year.
NETC
 NETC members are politically active and collected
more than 75 signatures for the Stand with Texas
Women and Children petition.
 All branch programming addresses AAUW issues such
as Title IX, the Affordable Care Act, and immigration.
 The branch collaborates with LWV for candidate
forums and to register voters.
 In addition to supporting the Ann Richards
endowment, the branch gives more than $4000 in
local scholarships.
NETC
And in their spare time, they
put this convention together!
North Harris County
 North Harris sponsors Lone Star College Affiliates; the
group received the Outstanding Academic Award for
college organizations for having the highest overall
GPA of any group in the college.
 High School Summits, sponsored by North Harris,
provide an outstanding STEM experience for girls.
 The branch supports the Legal Advocacy Fund.
North Harris
 The branch screened The Invisible War.
 Lone Star College Affiliates met with state legislators
in Austin to plead for more funding for college
education.
 The branch awarded almost $29,000 in local
community grants and $1,500 to the Virginia R. Lyon
AAUW American Fellowship.
Plano/Collin County
 After reviewing the AAUW 2013 research, Plano/Collin
County changed their branch programming to
concentrate on the AAUW mission.
 The branch circulates research to members and posts
links to AAUW research on the branch website and
social media.
 The branch collaborated with TWU to present a $tart
$mart workshop on campus.
Plano/Collin County
 The branch continues to support local scholarships
and the AAUW Educational Opportunities Fund; since
1974, they have awarded 389 scholarships totaling over
$265,000 and have contributed $34,000 to AAUW
Funds.
 They co-sponsored, with LWV, a seminar on Human
Trafficking.
 Branch members write letters and send emails to
elected representatives regarding local and state
issues.
Southwest Dallas County
 Members of the branch support the Eleanor Roosevelt
Fund
 Southwest Dallas County leaders attend district and
state meetings
 Branch members write letters and send emails to
representatives in local, state, and national offices.
Southwest Dallas County
 The branch funds a local scholarship at Cedar Valley
College for a non-traditional female student pursuing
a STEM career
 One branch member is a Legacy Circle member.
Tarrant County Branch
 Tarrant County Branch board members are reading
Community Colleges: Access to Success and discussed
the report at the March board meeting. They
increased from one to two scholarships per semester at
Tarrant County College.
 Members signed the Stand with Texas Women and
Families petition.
 TCB sponsored its 13th Sister to Sister Summit for
middle school girls from five FWISD schools.
Tarrant County Branch
 Collaborated with TCU Women’s Studies Department,
the Fort Worth Library, and UNT ob/gyn women
doctors for mission-based programming open to the
public.
 A new Public Policy interest group worked on the
petition. The Community Service interest group
trained 12 volunteer registrars for the general election.
 TCB makes significant contributions to AAUW’s
Educational Opportunities Fund and the Legal
Advocacy Fund.
Tyler
 Tyler supports $tart $mart workshops at the University
of Texas at Tyler, presenting and training new
facilitators
 Tyler sends a local student to NCCWSL each year, after
providing scholarships to the program for years.
 Branch member Gail Johnson is a NCCWSL presenter
as well as the $tart $mart trainer.
 Great Decisions Foreign Policy discussions are
sponsored by the branch with LWV and the library.
Tyler
 Tyler budgets for support of the AAUW Educational
Opportunities Fund, working to complete a $100,000
American Fellowship by 2023. Individual branch
members also support AAUW Funds and the Public
Policy Fund.
 The branch offers a variety of local scholarships
totalling more than $6000 and administers a privately
funded scholarship to a single working mother
returning to college.
West Harris County Branch
 Following their study of Why So Few? the West Harris
branch supported a variety of local events that
promote STEM education: EYH, the Energy Day
Festival, and Hour of Code.
 The branch’s strong leadership team encourages
involvement from both long-term and new members
so that new leaders may emerge and continue to carry
out the mission of AAUW.
 Branch members are politically active and are kept
informed by articles in the branch newsletter.
West Harris County
 The branch sponsors fundraising activities twice a year
to support each of the programs in AAUW Funds.
 Additionally, three $1600 scholarships to female
graduates from area high schools support their studies
in STEM fields.
Thanks
For all you do to promote the mission of AAUW
 Research
 Education
 Advocacy
 Philanthropy
to advance equity for all women and girls