Austin Republican Women

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.

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Join us for our October Luncheon!

Featured Luncheon Speaker: GOP Chairman Matt Rinaldi

Thursday, October 7, 2021
11:15 am -1:00 pm
(Check in at 11:15, program begins at 11:45 )

The Hills Country Club
26 Club Estates Parkway
Austin, TX 78738
The Hills’ gate entrance is off Lohman’s Crossing

Even though the election is over, the vote’s still out on the kind of leadership newly elected Texas GOP Chairman Matt Rinaldi will offer the party. In the July 11 election conducted by the 64-member State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) to replace outgoing Chairman Allen West, Rinaldi secured a victory on the first ballot beating three opponents for the chairman’s job.

Hope appears high that Rinaldi can bring what some believe is a fractured, contentious party back together to focus on what matters: legislative priorities, fundraising, and wins at the ballot box. He has the experience to lead and credits time served in the Texas House representing Northwest Dallas County from 2015 to 2019 as an asset in his new job.

As a state representative, he co-authored successful legislation that was signed into law. He was consistently rated among the most conservative members of the House. The Dallas County Republican Party says Rinaldi is a “strong advocate for limited government, pro-liberty and free market policies, secure borders, education, Second Amendment rights, and the protection of life.” But like his predecessor, Rinaldi was a fellow critic of Gov. Abbott’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. In taking the Party forward, there are fences to mend and relationships to strengthen if we are to win big in 2022.

Join ARW for lunch on October 7 to learn what plans Chairman Rinaldi has in store for us.

$34 online

$32 at door

RSVP by Thursday, September 30

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PLEASE NOTE: Staffing and food service deliveries remain challenging for all venues. We ABSOLUTELY MUST RECEIVE all reservations NO LATER THAN NOON on Thursday, September 30. NO EXCEPTIONS. We appreciate your cooperation by making timely reservations. ARW and The Hills Thank you.

If you need accommodation for a dietary restriction, it must be made with your reservation.

Austin Republican Women (ARW) has announced a new initiative for 2021-22 to KEEP TEXAS RED. 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 2021-22 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 2021-22 KEEP TEXAS RED initiative. There are four donation categories from which to choose, each one 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”.
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”
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”
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.
Other (amount of your choice) – “Remember Goliad!”
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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Contributions to Austin Republican Women are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income taxes purposes. Corporate contributions are not permitted.

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