We invite you to join us to celebrate and honor high school senior girls on Sunday, April 19, 2015. The event will be held at 2 p.m. at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center (3700 Blue Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64130). Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Marjorie Williams, who served as superintendent of the Hickman Mills School District and has taken an active role in education and community issues and organizations in the Greater Kansas City area. She has taught students in K-12 as well as in higher education. Students from the Paseo Academy of Fine & Performing Arts will provide musical selections. Refreshments will be served.

Since 1931, the AAUW-KC branch has sponsored this program which recognizes high school senior girls from the Kansas City metropolitan area. Senior girls submit essays focusing on their academic performance, community service or leadership experience and a committee of AAUW-KC members select three applicants who are awarded college scholarships. All of the young women who participated in the essay competition and who aspire to reaching their full potential in higher education are celebrated at the event.

We look forward to your attending this inspiring celebration. For more information, please contact Earline Bentley at earline_bentley@att.net or Maureen Hurley at maureenhurley36@gmail.com.

On Saturday, October 26, 2013, AAUW invites you to join us as we host the first national gathering of educators who teach women’s and gender studies in middle and high school, the AAUW Gender Studies Symposium, Creating Classrooms of Justice: Teaching Gender Studies in School. Featuring high school teacher and esteemed activist Ileana Jiménez (Feminist Teacher) and an exciting array of panel discussions, this one-day event at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, is open to attendees from across the country.

The AAUW symposium is an outstanding opportunity for those currently teaching women’s and gender studies, both in college and at secondary schools, to connect in person and to form a supportive, nationwide network. Sessions will focus on providing educators who want to introduce women’s and gender studies into their schools’ curricula with guidance on how to do so.

We are very pleased to invite you to join the conversation, learn, and share your vision for bringing women’s and gender studies to today’s classrooms. There will also be a networking lunch and an afternoon session on creating collaborative partnerships.

Please forward this invitation to educators, professors, activists, and other leaders you think would be interested in joining the conversation.

For more information, including our agenda and list of speakers, visit https://www.aauw.org/gender-studies/. Please register by Oct. 5th. Registration is $25 and includes a full day of sessions, breakfast, and a networking lunch.

There are several affordable hotels near the campus. Email Holly Kearl (hollykearl@yahoo.com) if you would like help finding a roommate to share hotel costs or have any questions about the event.