Since the numbers remain grim for women in Congress and state legislatures, where can we train the next generation of women political leaders? AAUW and Running Start collaborate on Elect Her–Campus Women Win, the only nationwide program that trains college women to run for student government, to answer that question. Elect Her–Campus Women Win will [...]
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Are College Women Stepping Up?
Posted in Educational Programs, Elect Her—Campus Women Win, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged American Student Government Association, candidates, Cocktails and Convos, college women, elected office, elections, Running Start, student government on October 28, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
The Cameras Just Keep Rolling
Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, Bisnow, c-span, Cindy Miller, Cocktails and Convos, Community Action Grants, Gracia Martore, Holla Back DC!, Holly Kearl, Judy Woodruff, Martha Ann Miller, media, news, Paula Kerger, PBS, politics, Washington D.C., Washington Post, women leaders on August 15, 2011, | 1 Comment »
AAUW sponsored a Bisnow event about women in media that took place this past Tuesday morning, just hours before our monthly happy hour Cocktails and Convos. Before the panel discussion featuring Gannett President Gracia Martore, PBS CEO Paula Kerger, and PBS NewsHour Anchor Judy Woodruff, AAUW Chief of Marketing and Communications Cindy Miller spoke about [...]
Join Us for Cocktails, Conversation, and Chocolate in D.C.
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged blogs, Chocolate, Co Co. Sala, Cocktails and Convos, D.C., feminist blogs, Maryland, MD, Mislabeled, VA, Virginia, Washington D.C. on June 13, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Hello, residents of the District of Columbia! (And hello, those of you in from out of town or the wilds of Virginia or Maryland.) Consider this a personal invitation, from me to you, to come eat chocolate, drink adult beverages, and talk about the importance and awesomeness of blogs written by ladies at this week’s [...]
Win Friends and Influence People — and Drink Wine!
Posted in Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged Cocktails and Convos, consumers, Female Equality Matters, Kathlene Mullens, Wine on February 3, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
What’s not to love about an event that lets you meet great new people, share cool ideas, win fun prizes, and have a discounted glass of delicious wine? Personally, I think that sounds like a great way to unwind after work, and it’s why I have attended each of the three Washington, D.C., Cocktails and [...]
On Sexual Harassment
Posted in Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, tagged Cocktails and Convos, Holla Back DC!, HollaBack, Holly Kearl, LGBT, Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, street harassment on December 10, 2010, | 2 Comments »
Looking back, I cannot think of a single event in my life during which I was sexually harassed. I don’t want to delve too much into definitions; I’m operating on the notion that if it would make me feel uncomfortable the way that I’d expect sexual harassment to do, it is sexual harassment. And I [...]
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