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.


Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in Dallas in 1982 by Nancy Brinker in honor of her sister, Suzy Komen, who died of breast cancer at the age of 36. The Foundation, which is a 501 (c) 3 public charity, operates with a network of volunteers working through a network of local affiliates and more than one hundred Komen Race for the Cure® events. The mission of the Komen Foundation is to eradicate breast cancer as a life threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment. Since its inception, the Komen Foundation and its Affiliates have raised in excess of $600 million.

On the local level, the Komen Austin Affiliate was established in late 1999 to spread the life-saving message of early detection and to support breast cancer screening and diagnostic programs in Central Texas. Up to 75 percent of the net income from the Komen Austin Race for the Cure® and other fundraising activities remain in the community to fund breast cancer education and screening programs in Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties. Komen Austin places a special emphasis on programs that provide breast cancer education and screening to medically underserved populations.

To learn more about Komen Austin, 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 sponsored our Film event (part of our season kickoff) on August 24th. The next meeting of the Film Cluster will be September 11th.
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. <
See you at the movies!

The Book Club is currently reading "The Devil's Highway" by Luis Alberto Urrea. An email will be going out to Book Club members soon with a date and location.
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

The Cultural Cluster is gearing up for some fun cultural events. In September, we are planning on doing a tour of the Austin Museum of Art and attending a Salvage Vanguard Theatre show ("The Intergalactic Nemesis" - September 8th at Hogg Auditorium and a Salvage Garden Labor Party on September 30th). For more information and/or to join the cultural cluster, email Cindy laFrance at cindy@cindylafrance.com.

We are planning Lots of Great Events for the 2006- 2007 season. Keep your eyes open for more information soon. Also, check out the Cluster section for more information on the upcoming cluster events.

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 2006-2007 Future Forum season is just starting. That means that your membership has expired; BUT, we want you back. 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.

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.

Come to the Opening Celebration
Power to the People: The Electrification of Rural Texas

Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006
An afternoon of music, barbecue, and history Free to the public

Please join the LBJ Library, Texas Electric Cooperatives, and Pedernales Electric for the opening celebration of the new exhibit.

1:00 to 4:00 p.m. – concert by the Gimbles, featuring legendary fiddle player Johnny Gimble 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. - Bar-b-que lunch by The Salt Lick

We ask that visitors tour the Power to the People exhibit, receive a ticket, and present that ticket for their bar-b-que lunch.

The festivities will be by the fountain in front of the Library. 2313 Red River Free Parking

For more information: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu

Please join us in celebrating President Johnson’s birthday, August 27, 2006. The Library will be serving cake and coffee to the public from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. that day.

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.

Come on out and learn how you can help with the 2006 Race for the Cure at the Komen Race for the Cure 2006 VOLUNTEER FAIR
Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:00-4:00 PM
BARTON CREEK MALL below the food court
Learn about Komen Austin, Race Volunteer opportunities, upcoming events, volunteer trainings and MUCH more! We need small groups, large groups, and individuals to volunteer for the Race! Come out in person and sign up to volunteer for yourself or your group. The Race for the Cure is November 5, 2006. Sign up to race at http://www.komenaustin.org/site/TR? fr_id=1040&pg=entry