
Women’s Forum members will hold a reception on Friday evening, May 18 at The Mahler Fine Art Gallery. Their Saturday meeting, May 19 spring meeting will feature Laura Leslie and Jim Johnson. Both events are in Raleigh.

Apply by April 2 for training designed to increase the number of women in elected and appointed office in NC.
The Women’s Forum helped found the NC Center for Women in Public Service which is now planning its ninth annual Summer Institute. This year’s class, over two summer weekends, will increase the number of women prepared to assume elected or appointed office.
The Women’s Forum, and president Pat Orrange, have been instrumental in pulling together a nonpartisan coalition that will work to get out the women’s vote in 2012.
The new coalition, NC Women Matter, had a kickoff meeting on Saturday, March 10 in Greensboro. To connect with the coalition see their website www.ncwomenmatter.org.