Dear Austin Women Invest to Elect Members-
Good morning! We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend. There is a lot to report this April with exciting website updates & events coming up and three new members to welcome!
MEMBER NEWS
The Executive Committee unanimously voted to change our bylaws this month with respect to candidate event voting. Previously only Steering Committee members were invited to vote on the Candidate Committee proposals to hold an event for a specific candidate. Effective immediately, ALL members at the EWA level with pledges of $3,000 and above will be invited to vote on candidate event proposals. Additional opportunities intended for Steering Team members only will be announced shortly.
WEBSITE UPDATES
Check out the new and improving Member's Only Page! We are working to provide a more user friendly experience with direct links to important information. Your feedback is always welcome! (Reminder: The password is at the bottom of every email.)
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 8 @ 1:30pm Electing Women’s Alliance Call
Guest speaker Jacky Rosen. Sen. Rosen was recently named as the Chair of the Women’s Senate Network of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. (Her bio is below.)
April 17 - Please support our Asian community by attending the Rally to #StopAsianHate. You can RSVP here. You can also make a contribution to #StopAsianHate Fundraiser to benefit the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs-Comm Education Foundation. Donate Here
HIGHLIGHTING ORGANIZATIONS WE LOVE
The organizations featured during our March 30th Member meeting are our highlight organizations for April. A meeting summary was sent out on 3/31 with detailed notes. Should you choose to donate directly to any of these organizations, your generous gifts will be recognized as I2E gifts within the organizations and for our Texas Members, they will count towards your pledges.
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NEW MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
We are thrilled to welcome two new members to the group!
Kristen Gunn is an "art activist", co-author of Boss Texas Women (together with fellow member Casey Chapman-Ross!), founding member of The Rabble Podcast and most likely to be found at every major women’s protest in Austin.
Katherine Wright is a real estate agent and community leader with a passion for equitable education excellence as the Executive Director of the Wright Family Foundation’s Austin office and with her service on multiple boards including; the Texas Book Festival, The Austin Theatre Alliance, the Leadership Committee of the Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium, and formerly KIPP Austin Public Schools.
Debbie Dupre is a political activist but when she's not on the picket line, Debbie Dupré is heavily involved in the visual arts and is on the board of The Contemporary Austin and a circle member of the Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas. Debbie spent many years living overseas and while in the UK, Debbie earned a diploma in art history, in addition to her JD, and worked for the Royal Collection and owned and operated an art gallery in London, specializing in contemporary painting.
Thinking about introducing a friend to Austin Women Invest to Elect? If so, please see our new pledge form HERE. If you wish to introduce a friend to the group through our membership committee for more information, please reach out to Kelly Dixon or Beth Falcone.
Best WELL wishes -
Elizabeth and Laura
Senator Jacky Rosen Bio
Jacky Rosen is a U.S. Senator representing the state of Nevada. Rosen was a
member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 115th Congress, where she
served on the Armed Services Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee. In the House, she was rated one of the most bipartisan members and was a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus.
In 2018, Rosen was elected to the U.S. Senate. Rosen serves on the Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Special Committee on Aging, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. She has been a champion for encouraging early childhood education in STEM, especially for young women. In this last Congress, Senator Rosen introduced 32 bills – 29 of which are bipartisan and 5 of which became law. She is the founder of the Comprehensive Care Caucus and cofounder of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism. In that role, Senator Rosen recently helped to ensure the passage of the Special Envoy Act, which elevates the Anti-Semitism special envoy to Ambassador Rank – a win in the ongoing effort to combat hate at home and abroad. Additionally, in May 2020, the Never Again Education Act,
bipartisan legislation that Senator Rosen introduced and championed in the Senate to provide teachers with resources and training on Holocaust education was signed into law.
Prior to running for elected office, Rosen started her career as a computer
programmer and software developer. Rosen is also the former President of
Congregation Ner Tamid, the state’s largest synagogue.
Rosen has lived in Nevada for nearly 40 years. She lives in Henderson with her
husband, Larry, a radiologist. They have one daughter, Miranda, who is a law
student at NYU.
Best WELL wishes -
Elizabeth and Laura
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