According the Department of Labor, women ages 16 and older account for about 47 percent of the civilian workforce. However, paid female firefighters represent 3.7 percent of the civilian workforce, making it among the lowest 11 percent of all occupations for women employees. GO! (Gals Only!) Fire Science Camp, a 2009–11 AAUW Community Action Grant [...]
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Cultivating Women Firefighters — Gals Only! Fire Science Camp
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Appleton, Community Action Grant, Fellowships and Grants, Fire Science Camp, Following the Fellows, Fox Valley Technical College, Gals Only!, GO!, Grants & Awards, Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin on February 15, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
2012 Day of Service
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Action Fund, Campus Action Projects, Community Action Grant, Day of Service, international projects grant, Legal Advocacy Fund, Martin Luther King Jr. United We Serve, Members, Obama, tradition, Two Minute Activist, volunteer on January 16, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
As the youngest of four, my kitchen assignment was usually putting away the dishes. My cooking experience had been short-lived as I would forget to put the water in with whatever frozen vegetable I was supposed to cook and the smell of burning would ultimately spoil the entire meal. It was at the hands of [...]
Meet Margaret Conover: Botanist and Chia Enthusiast
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Chia, Community Action Grant, E-Girls, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Long Island Science Center, Margaret Conover on December 14, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Margaret Conover, a 1978–79 AAUW American Fellow, a 2000–01 AAUW Community Action Grantee, and a Fulbright Scholar, has had an exciting career as a researcher, botanist, science educator, and advocate for small museums. She found this path during her AAUW fellowship year in Australia, where she studied 13 rare plant species. During her stay, she [...]
SisterMentors: Building the Dream for 15 Years
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Conference Center, Community Action Grant, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Grants & Awards, mentor, Shireen Lewis, SisterMentors, Washington D.C. on October 19, 2011, | 3 Comments »
AAUW holds a special place in my heart. I received an American Fellowship during the last year of my pursuit of my doctorate, and I was awarded a Community Action Grant to help SisterMentors, the nonprofit program that I founded. I started SisterMentors in 1997 because I wanted to be in the company of women [...]
Meet Jane Honikman: Nonprofit Visionary and Mentor
Posted in A Women's Nation, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, CARE, community, Community Action Grant, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Goleta Valley, International Childbirth Education Association, postnatal trauma, postpartum depression, Postpartum Education for Parents, Postpartum Support International on October 12, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Community is reinforced daily as a driving force for change. The significance of community and a network of women is the foundation of AAUW’s mission to advance equity for women and girls. Jane Honikman —a nonprofit founder, ambassador, and daughter of an AAUW member — says community was the launching point for her career because [...]
Pittsburgh Strong Women, Strong Girls
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women's Health, tagged after-school, Community Action Grant, community service, Dickert, elementary school, Following the Fellows, Garfinkel, goals, history, Hyde, leadership, mentoring, Pittsburgh, professionalism on March 2, 2011, | 1 Comment »
I will never forget my elementary school mentor. She helped me practice reading, finish my kindergarten art projects, and would walk me down the street after school to ballet class. I truly believe that having positive role models, who help children learn and grow outside of school hours, can add tremendously to their development. Therefore, [...]
$3.2 Million Awarded
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged American Fellow, Career Development Grant, Community Action Grant, Natalie Dawson, Shariffa Sabrie, Vivian Nixon on August 4, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
For almost 130 years, AAUW has been opening the doors of higher education and providing opportunities for women through its fellowship and grant programs. This year, AAUW has awarded $3.2 million in support of 215 remarkable scholars, research projects, and programs promoting education and equity for women and girls. We are thrilled to launch the [...]
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