President's Corner

Welcome Message

August 19, 2024

To Atlanta Branch Members,

Greetings!  I am honored to start my second year as your Branch President and look forward to our upcoming ESU sponsored events.  In addition, I am honored to now serve on the National ESU Board and to serve as the Chair of the ESU National Task Force Committee.  I also have the pleasure of participating as a member of the ESU National Happy Hour Committee and am looking forward to all of the fascinating speakers planned for the 2024/2025 year.  

Regarding membership renewals, you will receive renewal notices in early September.  Please consider not only renewing your Membership, but also becoming a National Sponsor or Patron. 

On August 23 we will have a meeting of your new Board. I am pleased with the hard work and enthusiasm of the Board Members.  Plans are underway for some great programs for the 2024/2025 year. 

Please mark your calendars for the following:

You are cordially invited to attend our November 12th General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, November 12, 4-6 PM
Speaker-Spalding Nix
Art Historian and Gallery Owner
Presentation: Inspired by Georgia: Paintings In & Of Georgia from the 18th & 19th Centuries
Gould Room   Cathedral of St. Philip
2744 Peachtree Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30305
Reception to Follow - Guests Welcome

Sunday, September 1st , 4-6 PM
Speaker - Grahame Davies CVO
Renowned poet and lyricist
Past Director within King (formerly)
Prince Charles' Office
Cathedral of St. Philip, Gould Room
2744 Peachtree Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30305
Reception to Follow   Guests Welcome

Sunday, September 15, 4-6 PM
Wrench Speaker – Baroness Catherine Meyer, CBE, Life Peer, Trade Envoy to Ukraine
Survivors, by Christopher Meyer, KCMG, former British Ambassador to US, published posthumously. Historical Biography of the real-life story of Lady Catherine Meyer's family and their dangerous journey across Siberia
Lenbrook Atlanta
3747 Peachtree Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30319
Heavy Hors d'oeuvres and full bar - Members $45.00, Guests $55.00

Sunday Brunch, September 29th, 11:30 
Speaker- Dr. Patrick Allitt
British Prime Ministers
Ansley Golf Club
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
Members $45.00, Guests $55.00

Tuesday, October 15, 4-6 PM
Speaker- Michael Thurmond, CEO DeKalb County
Author: James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia: A Founder's Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist
Cathedral of St. Philip, Gould Room
2744 Peachtree Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30305
Book signing
Reception to Follow   Guests Welcome

Please note that the ESU Annual Conference will be held in Cleveland, Ohio on October 18th – 20th.  The ESU National website has all of the relevant information as well as the schedule of events.  You are invited!

In addition to our large traditional events, such as our events with Distinguished Speakers and the Holiday party; The ESU Atlanta Branch continues to organize the yearly Shakespeare Competition, Boyce Ansley School programs and T-Lab Scholarship programs.  

Let's all continue our adventures together at the ESU!  

Sincerely,

Susan Phillips, President
ESU, Atlanta Branch

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