The Future Forum serves as a nexus for Austin's leaders. Our members are actively engaged in many organizations. We encourage you to find out more about these Doers and Builders Organizations on our Website.


Austin Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to put our faith in action by building affordable, quality houses with families in need to eliminate poverty housing, one family at a time.

To learn more about Austin Habitat for Humanity, and about how you can get involved, check out their website.

Come find out more about our Four Future Forum Clusters: The Cultural Cluster, The Film Cluster, The Book Club, and the Public Policy Cluster.

The Film Cluster will meet on July 10th at 6:00 to watch "Ride Around The World" To RSVP, email Taline Manassian at Taline@Austin.rr.com or RSVP on the Future Forum website.
If you would like to be added to the Film Cluster email list, or have a suggestion for a film, please email Taline Manassian at taline@austin.rr.com.
The Film Cluster meets on the first Monday of the month to watch and discuss a film.
Next Meeting: Monday, July 10, we will see Ride Around the World at the IMAX at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. See http://www.ridearoundtheworld.com/ for more information about the movie. See http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/ for directions to the museum.
We will go to the 6pm screening, so plan on meeting in the lobby at 5:50. Filmmaker Jeff Fraley is a member of the Future Forum and will be in attendance. He will be available afterwards for questions and a discussion, so please plan to stick around.
Let RSVP if you plan to attend. And please bring friends. This is a unique opportunity to invite someone both to the museum and to a special Future Forum event in support of one of our very own.
See you at the movies!

The Book Club is currently reading "The Devil's Highway" by Luis Alberto Urrea.
If you would like to be added to the Book Club list, please email Rob Crosnoe at crosnoe@mail.la.utexas.edu.
To RSVP for this event, please click here: www.lbjfutureforum.org/register.cfm

We are planning a Kickoff event for the 2006-2007 season. Please come join us for an Ice Cream and Film party on August 24th at the LBJ Library and Museum. We will have ice cream, reconnect with friends and other members and let you know what we have planned for the new Future Forum season. We will then watch "The Last days of The San Jose" and have a Q&A with owner Liz Lambert.
Please bring friends and anyone else who you think might be interested in joining the Future Forum. We want your friends to be our friends!
We will send out a reminder when it gets a little closer to the event.

The Film Cluster will meet next on July 10th to watch "Ride Around The World." The Film Cluster will meet at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum for a 6:00 showing of the film, followed by a discussion.

More about the Future Forum: The purpose of the Future Forum is to expand the involvement of young Texans with the LBJ Library and its programs by initiating dialogue about current issues and by providing educational and cultural information to its members. It is the ultimate goal of the Future Forum to foster greater civic involvement within our community. Future Forum Seeks to Inspire!

The 2005-2006 Future Forum season is about over. That means that your membership is about to expire. We hope that you will come join us for another season. You can Renew (or join) online now. Or, come to the August 24th event and renew there. But, please don't forget to renew. We'd hate to lose you because you thought "Oh, I'll just do that when I have more time." We want you back!
And, don't forget: You can always give the gift of a Future Forum Membership.

We are busy planning the 2006-2007 season and are working on revisiting some populat past events, such as the Re-Gift party, the State of Austin . . ." and A Conversation With Young Texas Legislators.
If you have any ideas about how we can improve the Future Forum, events you'd like to see, or other thoughts, please let us know.

Other LBJ Family sites - LBJ Library: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu, LBJ Now: www.lbjnow.org, LBJ School: www.utexas.edu/lbj/

Come check out the Permanent Exhibits at the LBJ Library and Museum. And, come check out the new Exhibit opening September 2nd, "Power to the People: The Electrification of Rural Texas."
Walk into a world before television, computers, the iPod, refrigerators or even running water.

The exhibit, Power to the People: The Electrification of Rural Texas, is a unique story of one of the most dramatic events in Texas history. Rural Texas in the 1930s was still in the dark as electric lines hadn’t penetrated the beautiful, but rugged Texas Hill Country.

Lyndon Johnson grew up here, without electricity, and vowed that once he had the political power to bring change, he would. Visitors will journey through time – feeling how tough life was without electricity, seeing how Johnson worked his political will to bring power lines to the region, and understanding the difference electrification made in the lives of Central Texans. A highlight of the exhibit: home movies of the era narrated by Lady Bird Johnson.

Also, don't forget, the LBJ Library and Museum is open from 9-5 every day of the year except Christmas day. And, admission is free (we are the only Presidential Library that is free). By the way, another bonus of the LBJ Library and Museum - the view! The great picture of Texas Tower and the Fountain looking out from the LBJ Library and Museum is courtesy of Charles Bogel, who always takes the great pictures at our events.

There are lots of great events happening in and around Austin.