CBS News turned to AAUW member Marie Wolbach, founder of AAUW of California’s Tech Trek Science Camp for Girls, for an insider’s perspective on getting girls engaged in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. This is an important topic that has been in the news again recently since three girls won the Google Science [...]
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Maryville Brings Girls Together with Sister to Sister
Posted in 2011 AAUW Convention, Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged leadership, Maryville, Sister-to-Sister, Tennessee, TN, Women's Equity Foundation on July 20, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
This is the fourth post in a series featuring the 2011 Breaking through Barriers Award winners, which were announced in June at the AAUW National Convention. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | This is part 4 “Take the boulders off your shoulders; stay true by being you!” These were the words of [...]
Vancouver Members Take Action Mentoring Fifth-Graders
Posted in 2011 AAUW Convention, Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged adolescence, career choices, fifth grade, mentors, money management, personal care, relationships, Vancouver, WA on July 18, 2011, | 1 Comment »
This is the third post in a series featuring the 2011 Breaking through Barriers Award winners, which were announced in June at the AAUW National Convention. Part 1 | Part 2 | This is part 3 | Part 4 Fifth grade can be a rough year for anyone, but having an AAUW member as a [...]
Male Allies at Work
Posted in 2011 AAUW Convention, Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged AAUP, Gender Stereotypes, guyland, Joan C. Williams, John W. Curtis, Legal Advocacy Fund, male allies, paid sick leave, Seth Chase, Wal-Mart, Work-Life Balance, workplace, workplace flexibility on June 28, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
At the 2011 AAUW National Convention, I attended the panel Transforming the 21st-Century Workplace: Women and Men as Allies. The panel included Joan C. Williams and John W. Curtis and was moderated by AAUW’s own Seth Chase. Williams is the founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law, Curtis is the director of research and [...]
One of the Best Conventions I’ve Ever Attended
Posted in 2011 AAUW Convention, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged Big Teal Machine, Edith Arana, lobby day, Tech Trek, Wal-Mart, WINGS on June 24, 2011, | 3 Comments »
I’ve been aware that AAUW is a well-respected group of women who are well-prepared, well-spoken, well-educated, dedicated, and committed to thoughtful goals that move our society toward a more peaceful future. But after this year’s convention, I’m overwhelmed by that awareness. I was moved, stimulated, inspired, entertained, informed, rewarded, hugged, mothered, appreciated, greeted, surprised, challenged, [...]
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