Table Talk 2011 was a huge success!
Save the Date for Table Talk 2012 on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012. Check back for more information in the coming months.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Co-Chairs: Sharon Michael Owens and Beverly Robinson
- Reception begins at 11am
- Lunch 12:00 Noon to 1:30pm
- Hilton Americas Hotel Downtown
- 1600 Lamar Street, Houston TX 77010 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
Table Talk is a fascinating combination of conversations over lunch. Dynamic Houston women, of various cultures, professions, and experiences, lead the discussions at each table. Proceeds support the Women’s Archive and Research Center and Women Studies at the University of Houston. The Women's ARC collects the written records and oral histories of women's organizations and of individual women who have affected our lives in Houston. As a contributor to Table Talk you support scholarship on and by women while preserving our local women’s history.
Please join the Friends of Women's Studies for this great networking event. Individual tickets go for $75, and tables for $1,500, $2,500, $5,000, or $10,000 for nine guests. To reserve your table or find out more about underwriting levels and benefits, please access these links. Underwriting Response Form and Benefits Explanation
To buy your table, you can mail in the underwriting response form with your check or credit card information, or use our secure link (then fax or email your form to Amanda at amoore@uh.edu). For individual tickets, watch for the invitation in the mail in mid January. If you don't receive one, give us a call.
Conversationalists are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Hope you can join us!
Table Talk 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
all photos by Monica Kressman
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2012 Conversationalist List
Table sponsors and conversationalists are invited to a kickoff party in February, hosted this year by Anita Smith.
2012 Host Committee:
Alice Aanstoos, Cynthia Anderson, Mindy Brown, Shannon Buggs, Sarah Cooper, Dr. Yvonne Cormier, Beverly Denver, Gina Gaston Elie, Juanita Elizondo, Elaine Finger, Diedra Fontaine, Martha Kaplan Freedman, Andrea Georgsson, Eleanor Gilbane, Nancy Glesby, Melanie Gray, MaryScott Hagle, Winell Herron, Pauline Higgins, Argentina James, Chinhui Juhn, Melissa King, Joanne Levy, Fatima Mawji, Terry Morales, Sue Payne, Leslie Robinson, Minnette Robinson, Pam Rosen, Sally Russ, Betsy Schreiber, Yava Scott, Carey Shuart, Anita Smith, Ellen Susman
Past Conversationalists
2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 1998 - 2007
Thanks for our Table Talk 2012 Underwriters!
Herstorian $10,000
Melanie Gray, Beverly K. Robinson, Nina O'Leary Zilkha
Preservers $5,000
Centerpoint Energy, Fiesta Mart, Inc., Chinhui Juhn & Eddie Allen, Sally & Bill Russ, Texas Children's Hospital
Scholars $2,500
Mrs. Nancy C. Allen, Amegy Bank of Texas, Sarah Cooper & Andrea Georgsson, Gina Gaston Elie & Yava Scott, Maryscott Hagle & Susana Monteverde, H-E-B, Nina Andrews Karohl, Melissa King & Dr. Fatima Mawji, Reliant Energy, Lillie Robertson, Carey C. Shuart
Researchers $1,500
Vilma Allen and Jo Rosenblum King, Maida Asofsky & Heather Brown, Christine Attar, Adrian Melissinos & GinRu Lee, Mindy Robinson Brown Friends, Elaine W. Finger, Eleanor Gilbane, Zita Giraldo, Nancy Glesby, Pam Rosen & Betsy Schreiber, Houston Woman's Magazine, Office of the President, University of Houston, Joanne Levy, Dr. E.A. MacNaughton, Sherry Merfish, Leslie Robinson, Minnette Robinson, Becky Rush & MaryRoss Taylor, UH Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston Libraries
Special Thanks to:
Fiesta Mart, Inc., Zita Giraldo, Jill Knobloch, Anita Smith, Katherine Veneman, University of Houston
Table Talk Underwriting Opportunities
Luncheon Underwriter
$30,000
- Name over title on Table Talk 2012 invitation and on all press and mailings
- Four tables for nine, plus conversationalists of your choice at Table Talk 2012
- All additional benefits from lower levels
Explorer
$15,000
- Two tables for nine, plus conversationalist of your choice at Table Talk 2012
- Name and logo on the front of the Table Talk 2012 program and on all press and mailings
- Ten invitations to conversationalist and underwriter appreciation party
- All additional benefits from lower levels
Herstorian
$10,000
- Table for nine, plus conversationalist of your choice at Table Talk 2012
- Name and logo on Table Talk 2012 invitation
- Five invitations to conversationalist and underwriter appreciation party
- Ad in the Table Talk 2012 program
- Banner of your choice displayed at Table Talk 2012
- Free exhibitor space at Table Talk 2012
- Mention of underwriting support in all advertising/public relations material related to Friends of Women’s Studies activities, including the Living Archives panel series
- Complimentary note cards and tote bags for all your guests
- A special mystery tour of the Women's Archive for you and your guests, with refreshments, at a date to be arranged.
- Link to website from www.friendsofwomen.org
Preserver
$5,000
- Table for nine, plus conversationalist of your choice at Table Talk 2012
- Name and logo on Table Talk 2012 invitation
- Five invitations to conversationalist and underwriter appreciation party
- Ad in the Table Talk 2012 program
- Free exhibitor space at Table Talk 2012
- Complimentary note cards for all your guests
- A tour of the Women's Archive for you and your guests, with refreshments, at a date to be arranged.
Scholar
$2,500
- Table for nine, plus conversationalist of your choice at Table Talk 2012
- Name and logo on Table Talk 2012 invitation and program
- Two invitations to conversationalist and underwriter appreciation party
- Complimentary tote bags for all your guests
Researcher
$1,500
- Table for nine plus conversationalist at Table Talk 2012
- Name listed on Table Talk 2012 invitation and program
- An invitation to conversationalist and underwriter appreciation party
