AAUW Houston-Peach Branch

The Houston Peach Branch has moved their website to the new AAUW.net. Please bookmark the new website at http://houstonpeach-ga.aauw.net/. This site will be discontinued.

Margaret Molyson

Margaret Molyson, STEM teacher at Houston County will be the speaker at the November 8 meeting of the Houston Peach Branch. The meeting will be at the Westcliff Condo Clubhouse, 303 Westcliff Drive, Warner Robins, GA.

Margaret Molyson grew up in New Orleans where she attended college and graduated from LSU in [...]

Back: LaDue, Scarborough, O'Brien, Mathews, Smith; Front: Humphry, MacKay

The hard work of sorting and pricing books for 5 months culminates in the annual used book sale. The sale funds the community RIF and GRITS projects as well as funding AAUW Funds. Margaret Mathews and Carrie Smith as Co-Chairs of the Book Sale [...]

State Board Meeting Attendees

Laurie Shaw, branch member and AAUW Georgia Co-President took to the front of the room this year as the new Co-President with Debbie Karvey. Four branch members carpooled to the meeting at the Atlanta Shorter Campus. Evelyn Merk, Chair of the Bylaws Committee walked the group through the numerous [...]

Berlethia Pitts, Ph.D.

The October 11 meeting of AAUW Houston Peach is designed to encourage discussion on the best selling book The Help by Katherine Stockett. Dr. Berlethia Pitts, Assistant Professor of English and African American and Diaspora Studies at Fort Valley State University, will be the discussion leader. Dr. Pitts received her Ph.D. [...]

Mrs. Ada Lee

A new AAUW year begins this month, and with it comes changes.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 will be the first general meeting of the year, as well as our first meeting in our new location. This year’s meetings will be held at the Westcliff Condominium Club House on Watson Blvd. The [...]

BR: Marty Scarborough, Ann MacKay, Laurie Shaw, Wilhemina Sibley, FR: Evelyn Merk, Marlene Humphrey

Several members attended the State Meeting in Cartersville, GA. Audrey Sal­gado, AAUW Leadership Corps, served as facilitator. Two projects were discussed . One is to develop a lobby corp for Georgia and  the other is to encourage women to run [...]

Sharon Dawson, Marlene Humphry, Diane Lester, Jane Winston, Winnie Ross

The Houston Peach Branch Board were installed at the May meeting. Returning board members are:

Marlene Humphry, President Jane Winston, Program Vice President Sharon Dawson, Recording Secretary Stephanie Hayes, Corresponding Secretary

New board members are:

Winnie Ross, Treasurer and Diane Lester, [...]

Laurie Shaw, Branch member and Georgia AAUW Co-President [effective July 1], gives her impressions of the AAUW National Convention.

Laurie Shaw

The AAUW National convention held June 16-19 in Washington, DC was an energizing experience!  Comparing this convention with the national one I attended in 2005, also in Washington, DC, has [...]

Ada Lee, long-time community activist, is the 2011 Eleanor Granum Award Winner. Ms. Lee was born and raised in what is now Warner Robins. She was born and grew up as a child of sharecroppers on the planation which is now Robins Air Force Base.

Eleanor Granum and Ada Lee

She grew [...]