Mission Statement
The mission of the Friends of Women's Studies is to support the University of Houston Women's Studies Program’s campus and community activities through financial and volunteer efforts. The central focus of the Friends is the Women's Archive and Research Center (WARC)--a unique collection of documents from active and historical Houston area women's organizations and individuals associated with these organizations, as well as Texas women's oral histories. Your Friends of Women's Studies donations and membership fee support the WARC and the Women's Studies Program.
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Friends Membership
Your membership supports Women’s Studies at the University of Houston and the Women’s Archive and Research Center in the UH MD Anderson Library.
It also gives you
- free admission and preferred seating for the Living Archives interview series,
- invitations to special events, lectures, and other members-only receptions, including this year’s Chick Chat, our Members Only Speed Networking Event,
- a subscription to our e-newsletter New Voices,
- our members directory,
- and a Friends of Women's Studies tote bag (with membership at the Partner level or above).
Friends members at the $1000 level and above are honored as members of our Leadership Circle in our publications and invitations throughout the year.
The following annual membership levels are available:
- Lodestar: $10,000
- Visionary: $5,000
- Pioneer: $2,500
- Champion:$1,000
- Advocate: $500
- Sponsor: $250
- Partner: $125
- Sustaining Member: $75
- Supporter/Senior: $35
- Student: $15
Please make a contribution online at one of the levels listed OR fill in, print out, and mail in our Membership Form.
Corporate memberships are available for $1000 and up, and give membership status to multiple members of your group:
Corporate Champions ($1000) may identify four employees as Friends members / year; Corporate Pioneers may identify ten, Corporate Visionaries may identify twenty and Corporate Lodestars may identify forty.
Please fill in, print out, and mail in our Membership Form OR make a contribution online at one of the levels listed.
Friends of Women's Studies Membership Form (by mail)
Events
The Friends of Women's Studies host Table Talk and the Living Archives series, among other events.
Table Talk
Table Talk is a fascinating combination of conversations over lunch. Dynamic women of various cultures, professions, and experiences lead the discussions at each table. Table Talk benefits the Women's Studies Program and the Women's ARC
(Archive and Research Center) at the University of Houston. The Women's ARC
was established in 1996 to collect, preserve, and share the stories of
women's contributions to the life and culture of Texas and Houston. Our focus is the written records and oral histories of women's organizations and of individual women who have affected our lives. As a contributor to Table Talk you help support these important endeavors.
Living Archives
The Living Archives series, held at the Menil Collection in Montrose, offers panel discussions on diverse aspects of women's lives in Houston. These discussions are open to the public. The panels are professionally videotaped and become part of the Women¹s Archive at the University of Houston's Anderson Library. Recent panels have included "Women and Politics," "Surviving Katrina and Rita: Mothers' and Daughters' Stories," "Bahai Women and Social Activism," and "Women in Fashion."
Board Members
- President: Terry Morales
- Vice President: Susana Monteverde
- Treasurer: Vilma Allen
- Secretary: Barbara Karkabi
- Members: Dina Alsowayel, Maida Asofsky, Christine Attar, Diane Barber, Laura Bodenheimer, Ann Lacy Brown, Heather Brown, Christina Cabral, Anneliese Davis, Andrea Georgsson, Gabriela Gerhart, Zita Giraldo, Sarah Gish, Elizabeth Gregory, Crystal Hadnott, MaryScott Hagle, Chinhui Juhn, Nina Andrews Karohl, Kate Knippa, Gin-Ru Lee M.S.W., Nicole Longnecker, Teddy McDavid, Ph.D., Beverly McPhail, Adrian Melissinos, Leigh Owen, Beverly Robinson, Mia Rogers, Jo Rosenblum King, Rebecca Rush, Sally Russ, Zeba Shah, Carey C. Shuart, Katherine Veneman, Elizabeth Wilder.
Friends of Women's Studies Advisory Council Members
Yolanda Alvarado, Shannon Buggs, Betty Chapman, Audrey Crawford, Carolyn Farb, Hon. Jessica Farrar, Hon. Sylvia Garcia, Pauline E. Higgins, Alison LeLand, Elizabeth MacNaughton Ed.D, Linda May, Sherry Merfish, Ginni Mithoff, Kathryn Peek PhD, Lynn Randolph, Louise Richman, Graciela Saenz, Yava Scott, Patricia Smith Prather, Bette Ann Stead, Ellen Susman and Mary Ross Taylor.
