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Wednesday, March 10, marks the fourth annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The day calls for people to get informed, get tested, and take action. One idea for getting involved was started last year by bloggers The Fabulous Giver and Awesomely Luuvie. They recruited more than 100 bloggers to begin a conversation about [...]

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On March 11, at 10:00am, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on the Paycheck Fairness Act (S.182). As AAUW members are aware, the Paycheck Fairness Act is a much needed update of the 46-year-old Equal Pay Act. This comprehensive bill – with 37 Senate cosponsors – would create [...]

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March 1 marks the start of National Women’s History Month, and AAUW has strong ties to this annual celebration of women history makers. AAUW is an established historic organization that has helped — and continues to help — women make history. With that in mind, AAUW is excited to partner with the National Women’s History [...]

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This Friday, June 26, begins AAUW’s biennial convention in St. Louis and marks my second time attending the event. As a Missouri native, I know that it can be scorching outside in St. Louis in the summer and fear the effects of the “humugity” on my hair. But I also know that the inside of [...]

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Growing up, Gail Reimer, a 1984–85 American Fellow, knew she was going to have to do something more than just live her life. With two parents who had survived the Holocaust, Gail had been brought up to “pay it forward.” The Jewish Women’s Archive, with Gail is its founding director, is one big way she [...]

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Through a 2008–09 AAUW Campus Action Project grant, a team of students and faculty at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, are addressing issues facing single mothers who want to attend college. Team members have created a website and contribute to a blog aimed at single mothers who are attending or want to attend college. Available [...]

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Happy blogiversary! I can’t believe it. We’ve been officially blogging for a year. When we first started planning for AAUW Dialog back at the end of 2007, we weren’t sure if we knew exactly what we were doing, what we were getting into, or what to expect. Would anyone other than our friends and loved [...]

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