Women Vote! Tuesday March 22nd

5406 Balcones Drive,Austin TX 78731

22 March, 2022

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Please join us for "Women Vote!" Tuesday, March 22nd at Chez Zee. Our speaker: Austin Mayoral Candidate Kathie Tovo The Women Vote Committee - Robbie Ausley, Becky Beaver, Cathryn Dorsey, Jolynn Free, Cindy Goldrick, Corky Hilliard, JoAnn McKenzie, Nancy Neavel, Nona Niland, Bettye Nowlin, Bea Ann Smith, Carmen Tawil, and Sharon Watkins invites you to join them for Women Vote on Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 at Chez Zee. Who is the best choice for Austin’s next mayor? Meet the three declared candidates, one by one, starting with Kathie Tovo on Tuesday March 22, Kirk Watson , on Tuesday, April 26 ( to be confirmed) and Celia Israel, on Tuesday, May 24. Take this opportunity to meet each one up close and ask important questions. Happy Hour: 5:30 pm Talk and Q&A: 6 pm - 7 pm Enjoy dinner with your friends afterwards at Chez Zee. Make a reservation! or call (512) 454 2666 to reserve a table. Admission is free but registration is required, so we have a good headcount for the in-person event. Seating is limited so please register as soon as you can. For those who are attending virtually, we will email the link the morning of and again a few minutes before the start time. The event will begin at 6 pm. You may arrive any time after 5:30 pm to meet and greet. We'll serve light refreshments. Wine will be available for purchase. KATHIE TOVO Kathie Tovo has a long career in public service, both as a volunteer and an elected official. First elected to City Council in 2011, Kathie went on to serve as Mayor Pro Tem from 2015 to 2019, providing necessary institutional knowledge and leadership during the first four years of what was then a brand new 10-1 system of governance. Kathie was re-elected to her District 9 Council seat in 2018 and is currently serving her third term on the Council. Before voters elected her to City Council, Kathie had a long career as a volunteer community leader, serving as president of her local neighborhood association as well as on a number of boards and task forces at the city and the Austin Independent School District. In 2010, she led a successful grassroots effort to stop AISD from closing multiple schools, an unpopular proposal that galvanized community members to join in opposition to the closures. Kathie was also successful in proposing the creation of a tuition-based pre-kindergarten program that is now in place at multiple elementary schools throughout the district. As a Council Member, Kathie led in establishing the area’s first Sobering Center and now serves as a founding board member of the local government corporation. She has chaired the Council’s Audit and Finance and the Public Health committees and served on the Austin Police Retirement Board, in addition to many other committees. She chaired the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition’s Membership Coalition and serves on advisory boards for the Partnership for Children and the Settlement Home. Prior to joining the City Council, Kathie taught writing, women’s studies, and interdisciplinary studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Puerto Rico and worked at Humanities Texas, the state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from The University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. with honors from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kathie is mom to high-schoolers at Austin High and Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders and an active fan and (sometimes) volunteer in their activities, which include color guard, orchestra, cheer, and ballet.