Deborah Williams The Voices United (VU) membership held their monthly luncheon meeting on April 2. During that meeting, VU member Ginger Sheppard introduced Mindy Arendt, president and co-founder of the local non-profit Friends with Benefits (FWB). Mindy provided VU members with an overview of what FWB is all about. FWB throws fun, affordable events that…
Janie Cindric On March 23 several members of Voices United attended the 2022 University of North Texas Equity and Diversity Conference. Joanne Woodard, Vice President of UNT’s Division of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access, had addressed our Voices United group via Zoom in January, and due to our group’s interest, extended an invitation to us…
Jane Scholz Voices United members learned about the state of housing and transportation in our city in March from our new Denton council member Alison Maguire. The takeaway: Expect a lot of residential and road construction here in the next eight years. Maguire was elected to the council in May 2021, but District 4 did…
Jane Scholz Voices United (VU) Community Outreach Committee is making plans with local community service groups in Denton County for the remainder of 2022. This will include securing meeting speakers and a hands-on volunteer effort by VU members. Final selections will be made in the near future. Given that the February meeting was held via…
Deb Williams Voices United (VU) held its annual 3-Club Scramble on Thursday, Oct. 21. Ten members played nine holes of golf with a single requirement—each person was only allowed to bring and play with three golf clubs of their choice. Decisions, decisions! Players included Jackie Ford, DeeDee Karabetsos, Nanci Odom, Marsha Scholze, Vicki Shoemaker, Jane…
Jane Scholz Starting Oct. 19, Voices United will offer everyone a chance to bid on auction items and raffle prizes worth more than $30,000. All proceeds will support Ignite, a national non-partisan non-profit that helps young women in Texas and around the country learn how to achieve decision-making roles in local, state, and national government.…
Joan Muyskens Pursley Mary Anne Alhadeff, a Robson resident and head of the Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership at Texas Women’s University (TWU), was the guest speaker at Voices United’s June meeting. She previously served for 14 years as president and CEO of KERA. Overall, Mary Anne has spent 40 years in broadcasting, as…
Tiffany Ramzy On Sunday evening April 25, several dozen Voices United members and friends gathered at 9 p.m. for a vigil that was advertised as, “Shine Your Light for George Floyd, Justice and Hope.” The vigil was held just days after the guilty verdict for the officer involved in the incident. Jackie Ford, who suggested…
Joan Muyskens Pursley Throughout the pandemic, Voices United women have looked for ways to get to know each other better, something that is not easy via Zoom. However, members of the group’s Social Committee have come up with a number of fun activities. They have had several creative contests: mask making at Halloween, decorate-your-wine glass…
Lavelle Carlson Army brat, girl scout (earned the highest award in Girl Scouting, a Gold Award, in 1992), daughter of parents in the medical field who were proactive for persons with little or no healthcare, lived in a diverse community—all contributed to Angela Brewer’s knowledge and empathy, which inspired and moved Voices United members during…