Each year the Women’s Information Network celebrates talented women leaders who are influential in their communities through its Young Women of Achievement award. The award acknowledges young, pro-choice, Democratic women who have made extraordinary contributions to their fields. As we celebrate the efforts of the outstanding and inspiring women in the Washington, D.C., area, AAUW [...]
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AAUW Staff among WIN’s Young Women of Achievement
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged $tart $mart, AAUW, Campaign College, Campus Action Projects, Holly Kearl, Kate Farrar, Legal Advocacy Fund, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, RAINN, Stop Street Harassment, Student Advisory Council, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, WIN, Women's Information Network, Young Women of Achievement award, Younger Women's Task Force on February 16, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Congratulations to the 2010 Campaign College Training Sites!
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged American University Women & Politics Institute, Campaign College, Idaho State University, Loyola University, Mt. San Jacinto College, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Northern Michigan University, Running Start, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts, University of North Carolina, University of Texas, University of the West Indies, Winthrop University on November 5, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW, the American University Women & Politics Institute, and Running Start are pleased to announce the 10 Campaign College sites for the 2010 academic year. These sites were chosen from a competitive applicant pool to host the only training in the country that encourages young women to run for student government positions. The training addresses [...]
No One Is Going to Call on You
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, tagged Beijing World Conference on Women, Campaign College, Catalyst, leadership, Leadership Programs, Linda Tarr-Whelan, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Sen. Mary Landrieu on October 12, 2009, | 4 Comments »
Last week, I attended a Capitol Hill briefing on Linda Tarr-Whelan’s new book, Women Lead the Way. The book and the briefing both elicited conversations about the crucial role women’s leadership plays in quantifiable positive change and how we can bring more women to the tables of power. According to Catalyst, an independent research organization, [...]
Women Who Win
Posted in Equity in the News, Voter Education, tagged Campaign College, congress, government, politics, Rush Limbaugh, student government, women in politics, women leaders on September 25, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
The preliminary results from a recent Stanford University report say that women in Congress are better lawmakers than men. Researchers considered various factors, including the differences of agendas between Congressmen serving their final term and Congresswomen who are serving their first. The study’s overall results show that women are generally more effective lawmakers than their [...]
Learn, Grow, Lead, and Make an Impact
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Campaign College, Campus Action Projects, CAP, engineering, Leadership Programs, mathematics, National Student Advisory Council, NCCWSL, SAC, science, STEM, student government, student leaders, technology on August 26, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Does this sound like you? You’ve thought about running for student government but aren’t sure how to go about it. You have a great plan for a campus program that helps women enter academic fields like science, technology, engineering, or math, but you need funding to implement it. You have a lot of ideas about [...]
Sister, Can You Spare a Dime
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Campaign College, elections, leadership, politics, women in politics, women leaders on August 4, 2009, | 2 Comments »
I received a letter in the mail from Virginia Governor Tim Kaine last weekend. My first thought was, no more elections. Run. Hide. Ok, admittedly a bit dramatic, but I’m still having flashbacks to the 2008 election. Normally I would have just shredded the envelope with the rest of the junk mail but, wanting to [...]
Women in Congress: Student Government as a Pathway to Power
Posted in NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, tagged American University, Campaign College, leadership, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Running Start, student government, student leaders, women in politics, women leaders on May 12, 2009, | 1 Comment »
American University’s Women & Politics Institute has gathered some interesting research on women in Congress and student governments. The institute asked women currently serving in Congress if they had previously served in student governments and found that 53.7 percent had been involved in high school or college or both. The study confirms that holding student [...]
So Much Tennessee, So Little Time
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged AAUW of Tennessee, Campaign College, CAP, equal pay day, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Paris TN, SAC, STEM, TN, University of Tennessee Martin on April 3, 2009, | 1 Comment »
I traveled to the AAUW of Tennessee State Convention this past weekend at the University of Tennessee, Martin. I was invited is because at UT, Martin, there is an active AAUW student affiliate group, and AAUW of Tennessee has started to support offer students scholarships to attend the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders [...]
Standing with Our Sisters
Posted in Equity in the News, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Alexandria Arriaga, Campaign College, CEDAW, Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority, Human Rights, women's rights, Working Group on the Ratification of CEDAW on March 23, 2009, | 1 Comment »
This weekend more than 500 students from around the country attended the Feminist Majority’s National Young Women’s Leadership Conference here in Washington, D.C. Yesterday I attended to hand out AAUW materials and inform students about our mission, relevant student programs, research, and policy actions they can take on women’s issues. High points were meeting one [...]
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