Jane Scholz Members of the Voices United Diversity Committee met on Good Friday to discuss the 2019 book Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do, by Jennifer Eberhardt, PhD. The book is filled with reports of scientific studies, many of which were very eye-opening. But the book also included…
Tiffany Ramzy VU Hosts Guest Speaker from Cumberland Youth & Family Services. Voices United (VU) regularly hosts a monthly meeting and luncheon at the clubhouse on the first Saturday of every month. During these meetings, each committee gives a report, and there is often an outside guest speaker. On Nov. 5 the guest speaker was…
Tiffany Ramsey and Deb Williams For all of you Seinfeld fans, you may remember their hilarious episode about “Festivus”—a made-up holiday that provided a lot of laughs for the audience. Well, Voices United (VU) has been hosting its own annual Festivus celebration. Thanks to Jane Thompson and Susan Engstrom, Social Committee co-chairs, this year’s celebration was held…
Jackie Ford Eight members of Voices United (Jackie Ford, Elaine Kushmaul, Marriott Terry, Jane Scholz, Sara Shibley, Phyllis Ayers, Diane Van Naerssen, and Tiffany Ramzy), as a part of a Diversity in Action committee activity, went to see the A-rated movie The Woman King. The Woman King is a fascinating, arousing, and majestic historical epic based…
Tiffany Ramzy Looking for a way to give back? Looking for a way to make a difference? There is a local organization that has found a unique way to get money flowing into worthy causes. On July 9, during the monthly general meeting of Voices United, Renee Sims, co-founder of 100 Dentonites Who Give a…
Tiffany Ramzy What do Savanna, Ga., and Denton, Texas, have in common? “Dirty Rice,” “Braised Cabbage with Tomatoes and Fish Sauce,” “Deviled Eggs,” and “Peach Cobbler.” Recently, several Robson ladies tried their hand at these recipes and others from the executive chef at The Grey, a southern-style restaurant in Savanna, which is now one of…
Tiffany Ramzy Several members of Voices United (VU) recently visited the Denton County African American Museum. During their visit, they were pleasantly surprised by a chance meeting with Alma Clark, a longtime Denton resident who moved to Quakertown in 1962 with her husband and children. Alma is one of five prominent African American women featured…
Tiffany Ramzy Public Art in the City of Denton Texas Recently, several members of Voices United (VU) visited a commemorative art installation commissioned by the City of Denton Public Art Committee. The work features 60 images dyed and powder-coated onto aluminum discs, forming an “art curtain,” which commemorates a legacy of courage, love, sisterhood, and…
Tiffany Ramzy On June 4 Pat Gulley was a speaker at the Voices United (VU) monthly lunch meeting. Pat has gained notoriety at UNT and is the subject of several oral and written artifacts about her social activist work in the 1960s with the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship (DWIF). Pat earned her bachelor’s degree in…
Vicki Baker There are so many things to love about summer: sunshine, swimming pools, road trips, and watermelon. That extra hour or so of lingering sunlight and the warm evenings made Voices United members just about ready to POP—that is, ready to Party on the Patio! There’s not one good reason for confining the festivities…