Do you know what feels good? Knowing that when momentous events occur, AAUW members are there for you like a safety net. They catch you when you fall or bounce with you in jubilation. Please, remember that when you need support during difficult times, reach out to an AAUW friend and we will all be there for you. And, let us know when you want to celebrate—we love reasons to dine out!

Update for AAUW National dues. Starting April 1, 2025, individual member dues will be $74. On April 1, 2026, dues will change to $76. State ($13) and WHC ($11) dues remain the same.
Why it matters: Member dues are an important funding source for AAUW. While costs for member support increase annually, member dues have not kept pace. The Board’s decision to increase dues by $2 allows AAUW dues to keep up with inflation and continue supporting the important work of AAUW.
Your member dues help fund our work such as:
• Education & Advocacy: Member dues help support AAUW’s public policy and member advocacy programs, which are now vitally important to defending higher education and rights for women on campus
• Member Trainings: Our regular virtual member gatherings and training programs provide education and engagement on several relevant topics
• Member Engagement: We organize member-led groups and committees like Archives Corps, Lobby Corps, and national committees, and coordinate AAUW’s member advocacy through 2-Minute Activist
• Real-Time Support: Connect Team provides daily assistance to members

Kris Bybee-Finley, Membership Vice President

 

National has updated your account information!
(really need to read this!)

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Outreach Program

“Happy Birthday to all members!” As Corresponding Secretary I send a digital birthday card from Jacquie Lawson to all members on the actual dates of their birthdays. During the two years I’ve done this, I have observed that about 1/3 of you never open the cards. If you are worried about getting spam, let me assure you that anything from jacquielawson.com is clean and safe. You can safely go back to your birthdate—even two years ago—and see what you’ve missed. Some of the cards are cute, some beautiful, all with lovely classical music or appropriate original music composed to match the card. Be assured; you will not import anything damaging to your computer. Enjoy!!

Becky French
Corresponding Secretary

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To Ensure Members Receive All WHC Communications

Every month I receive a call or two notifying me that a member is not receiving the newsletter and blasts from the branch. Most of the time this is because their email server is either sending it to their spam/junk folder or blocking it altogether because they are group emails. Though I have reduced the size of the groups, many providers have tightened their screening trying to keep spam emails out of inboxes.

I urge all members to add drlgriffin@outlook.com to their contacts. To further ensure that all blasts are allowed by your email server, add this email address to your trusted senders list. To do this, open your email program and click on Settings. Programs will vary a little. In Outlook, the list is under Junk Email. Yours may be titled differently. If you have any problems, feel free to contact Linda Griffin (as of January 2025) – at the email above.

Some members may not be aware they are missing communications from the branch. Please ask your member friends if they have been receiving the branch newsletter and blasts. If anyone has not, give them the information in this article.

Membership Directory Updates ARE PASSWORD PROTECTED.  Click link to access the list of changes in membership addresses and phone numbers throughout the year.  This information is also in the Monthly Newsletter.

Directory Update…

Have you moved? Are you going to move soon?

Have you changed your cell phone number or your email?

Dropped your land line?                                 

Linda Griffin ( drlgriffin@outlook.com ) our Database Manager handles that too!

Membership

AAUW-WHC is an organization of many hard working members.  Mary Andersen, Diana Tiberia, and Pam Doan have done a mammoth job of getting renewed and new members into the 2023-2024 Directory.  Many phone calls and emails to remind members to renew membership paid off.  Not only does West Harris County Branch want to maintain members, but we also want to grow and we have at the Membership Coffee. Thank you to those members that sponsored new members. We welcome new members anytime.

 

West Harris County AAUW Presentation for the 2022 Membership Coffee Slideshow

The information below is important for all NEW West Harris County Branch members.

If you are an existing member and still need to order, please follow the instructions below. We’re hearing more reports everyday about how nice it is to have portable name tags to wear to all the AAUW functions.

Go To – AAUW.source4.com

Select – Wear AAUW (the first item) Ordering your name tag is easy and wearing it helps us get to know you.

Select – Photo of the Name Tag

Select – Pin or Magnet – ($8.00 for pin closing and $10.00 for magnetic closing)

Select – Quantity

Select – “Customize” and fill in the information requested (name, university, and name of branch) Refer to example above

Make sure the information for the name badge is correct and proceed to checkout

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This webpage was last modified: March 31, 2025