Austin Republican Women (ARW) is a group of Austin-area women keen on political awareness and education, community involvement, and advancing Republican causes and ideals in the governance of our great State of Texas.
We work together to elect Republican candidates who seek local, state and national public offices. To that end, we maintain a robust calendar of events and program activities designed to inform, educate, involve and enthuse our members and guests.
We invite you to find out more ABOUT ARW and then come join us. Either register to attend an upcoming event OR just go ahead and become an ARW member – JOIN NOW.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, November 7, 2024 ~ Tribute to Veterans Luncheon ~ Speaker: Congressman Cory Mills (FL7)
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Tribute to Veterans Luncheon
Each November, ARW hosts a special luncheon. It is our Tribute to Veterans luncheon, an event ARW sets aside to honor our military veterans and recognize their service and sacrifices. It is also when ARW members can invite a veteran as an honored guest of ARW! Please get your veterans invited.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
11:15 am -1:00 pm
The Hills Country Club
26 Club Estates Parkway
Austin (Lakeway), TX 78738
Speaker: Congressman Cory Mills (FL7)
Cory Mills is a husband, father, patriot, a decorated U.S. Army combat veteran, entrepreneur, foreign policy expert and a true American conservative.
Cory is a constitutionalist who believes that the sacred oath he took to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic” does not have an expiration date.
Cory joins us as he has personal ties to Lakeway. His Iraq Battle-Buddy is our very own CPL Alan Babin, son of Member Rosie Babin. Cory was instrumental in getting Alan evacuated from the battlefield in 2003 and has kept in close touch with the Babins throughout their journey.
Representative Mills has been in the news lately for his and his partner organizations’ work in North Carolina bringing supplies and helping with evacuations for the people of North Carolina suffering from the effects of hurricane Helene. He then had to help in his own district in Florida that was hit by hurricane Milton. He previously went into Afghanistan in 2021 after the withdrawal to rescue Americans who were left behind. He also rescued stranded Americans in Israel in 2023. In March of 2024 Representative Mills successfully evacuated 10 Americans and at-risk volunteers from the “Have Faith Orphanage” in Haiti.
After serving his country in uniform, Representative Mills then served further with our U.S. State Department and other government agencies in both Afghanistan and Iraq. He was a Trump appointee in the Pentagon as a Department of Defense advisor, and a foreign policy expert you may have seen on many media outlets. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida’s 7th district in 2022.
While serving abroad, he was struck twice, once with an IED and once with an Iranian explosively formed projectile. The former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq presented Cory Mills with a Certificate of Appreciation from the U.S. Embassy for his actions which saved members of his team and U. S. military service members. Cory Mills has nearly 7 years of service in Iraq, approximately 2 years in Afghanistan, served in the Kosovo Campaign in 2000 and has traveled to the front lines of Ukraine during the Russian invasion to provide information for USAID and Department of State officials.
In the private sector, Cory co-founded Pacem Solution International LLC and Pacem Defense LLC with his wife, Rena. Through PACEM companies, they have supported risk management assessments, intelligence collection and security for media. In 2018 PACEM Defense acquired Amtec Less Lethal Systems, Inc. now known as ALS Inc., to help continue their support to the law enforcement communities and our allies abroad.
Special Guest: The Madrigal Singers – Westlake High School
$45 per person
RSVP by Friday, November 1st
Austin Republican Women is now re-introducing its KEEP TEXAS RED PAC initiative for 2023-2024. If we are to preserve and defend our values and beliefs against those who threaten them, the time for action is now. Make no mistake, we are in yet another fight for Texas.
ARW’s 2023-24 KEEP TEXAS RED initiative is both a battle cry and a call to arms. Like famous battle cries of the mid-1830s when Texians fought and died to defend this land, KEEP TEXAS RED is a rallying cry for our time. To those who threaten to turn Texas blue, we say: No way, “Come and take it.”
Today, the battlegrounds are our cities, schools, courts and state Houses. Social media, cell phones and fake news have replaced the cannons and rifles of yesteryear. Our swords are now our elected officials; our weapons are now dollars. Isn’t it time to help ARW arm the arsenal with your donation?
If you answer yes, to defending Republican values and beliefs, please make a donation to ARW’s 2023-24 KEEP TEXAS RED initiative. There are five donation categories from which to choose, with four named after an historic battle cry that spurred Texians to victory in their fight for Texas. With your financial support, ARW can continue that good fight today for the future of our Great State. Let’s KEEP TEXAS RED
– Donation Categories –
$100 – “Remember the Alamo”
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A battle cry used by Texians on April 21, 1836 at the Battle of San Jacinto when a siesta-taking Mexican army was surprisingly descended upon on the banks of the San Jacinto River near present-day Houston. After only 18 minutes, an overwhelmingly outnumbered Texas militia had defeated the Mexican Army, its Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna soon captured, and the Republic of Texas was born.
$250 – “Come and Take It”
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Considered the first notable battle of the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Gonzales skirmish with Mexican troops occurred on October 2, 1835 when colonists refused to return a small, six-pound, Spanish cannon given to them for protection from Indian attack. The Texians rolled out the cannon under a flag that read “Come and Take It.” The Mexicans retreated. The Texas Revolution began.
$500 – “Never Surrender or Retreat”
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On February 24, 1836, besieged by the Mexican Army, Commander William B. Travis penned his famous Victory or Death letter to the “people of Texas and all Americans in the world” to come to the aid of his Alamo Mission garrison. “I will never surrender or retreat,” he wrote. Unfortunately, no reinforcements came and on the 13th day of the siege, the Alamo fell.
$1,000 – “Remember Goliad!”
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One event of the Texas Revolution that ignited fury and garnered support from the people of Texas, the U.S., Great Britain and France was the Goliad Massacre of March 27, 1836 that followed the Battle of Coleto Creek. “Remember Goliad” and “Remember the Alamo” were cried out by Texians during the Battle of San Jacinto. “Remember Goliad” was acknowledgement of and contempt for the cruelty of Gen. Santa Anna when he ordered the execution of Col. James Fannin and some 342 unarmed prisoners of war from the Texian Army of the Republic of Texas, and then had their bodies burned.
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