The Southwest Oklahoma Republican Women will meet Thursday, April 10, 11:30 a.m. at The Event, 919 N. Main

The speaker for this meeting will be Linda Caswell, State Director of Concerned Women of America of Oklahoma. Linda has been the State Director for this organization since August 2007. She has extensive experience in serving her community and is known for her recent work in founding and operating a faith-based house for women coming out of prison. Linda is also in the process of starting a home for women who have been freed from prostitution and sex trafficking.

As Oklahoma's new State Director, Linda will work with almost 5,000 members in the state to build additional Prayer/Action Chapters and coordinate CWA;s grassroots activities in legislation and media. CWA;s goals are to preserve the eternal values that support the Biblical design of the family, protect life at all stages, fight pornography and obscenity, tackle the declining quality of education, support religious freedom and increase awareness of efforts at the United Nations to undermine the sanctity of life and respect for the family.

Linda applied to become a CWA State Director because she believes our

nation can be changed through action and prayer. Her goals include

informing Oklahomans about sex trafficking and its effects on our state and

to mentor young people in the areas of public policy and prayer.

Beverly LaHaye founded CWA in 1979. Since that time, CWA has become

the nation's largest public policy women's organization with 500,000

members. Its mission is to protect and promote Biblical values among all

citizens-first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing

our society-thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting. For further

information contact Debbie Davis, 471-2573