Our Speech Trek Committee has met and is planning for the 2016 Speech Contest. The contest is planned for February 20, 2016.  Students compete for four cash prizes from $50-$400.

High School students in the Elk Grove Unified School District are invited to speak for 5-6 minutes in a prepared extemporaneous speech.

This year’s topic:  What is gender bias and inequality? What is its impact on people? Why should organizations such as AAUW continue to work to change its practice?

Speech Trek is an AAUW CA Project that is provided by local branches to high school students. The branches send a video DVD of their student winner’s speech to the AAUW CA Speech Trek Co-coordinator who convenes a panel of judges to select the top five speeches.  The top three student speakers are invited to give their speeches before the AAUW Annual Meeting, held next year in April 2016.  Students competing in the statewide competition are eligible to win prizes from $150 – $1500.

The contest is named after a Roseville branch member, Eleanor Stem Allen, whose family makes a large annual memorial donation in her honor.  If you are interested in making a donation or in joining the committee’s efforts for the contest, please contact Shari Beck, gsbeck@surewest.net /916-451-5143, or Liz Jordan, lizjord@msn.com / 916-354-9608.