Utah Annual Branch Report 2010

Please complete each applicable section to describe your branch activities, completed or planned, from June '09 - May '10

Please select one or more of the following headings and describe a related branch activity

Advanced Equity for Women and Girls through research.

Advanced Equity for Women and Girls through education.

• In Dec we had our annual Xmas get together and even though it was a very snowing day we had 12 present at the holiday meeting and one of our member lead the group with Xmas songs and season cheer.

• In January a newly elected councilwoman  Susan Van Hooser spoke to the group about issues affecting women in politics and shared her goals to help people who voted her into office.

• Carol Merrill, WSU university liaison was honored by the Ogden- Weber Chamber of Commerce Women in Business as the 2010 Athena award recipient. 

• We are happy to say that Carol will be taking four new students, again this year to the AAUW/NASPA Conference for College Women Student Leaders and she would also be a presenter at one of the workshop.

• On February 20th, celebrated Black History Month and our speaker is Marian Howe-Taylor from Salt Lake Community College a native of Boston and now live in Layton with her husband addressed the National Black History theme Black Economic Empowerment to our group & guests who attended. 

• March meeting was a celebration of Women's Month and Dr Seshachari spoke to the group in honor of his late wife Neila who was a long time member of AAUW about her idea of starting a RAMP grant in Weber County. He talked about the progress/benefit of the grant to the community.

• The branch has established a working committee to explore and plan a mentoring program to help students at Weber State and local high school students.

• The above mentioned activities brought dynamic speakers and guests to the branch and gave branch an added exposure to the community this year.

Advanced Equity for Women and Girls through advocacy.

Enhanced AAUW's visibility in community.

Promoted Diversity.

Recruited new members.

Developed branch leadership. .

Tell us a little about how your branch was founded.