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Our Crowdsourced Government

Posted in Equity in the News, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Have you ever looked at the plans and proposals put forth by your elected officials and said, “I could do better”? (If you’re an AAUW member, I bet you have!) Well, it seems Congress and the White House might agree with you, and they’re trying to make it easier for you to contribute to overcoming [...]

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Why Women Should Care about the President’s Jobs Speech

Posted in A Women's Nation, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on September 2, 2011, | 1 Comment »

Next Thursday, September 8, President Barack Obama will give what’s being touted as a major speech that will pressure the so-called debt “super committee” to focus on job creation and tackling the nation’s high unemployment rate, which stood at 9.1 percent in July 2011. While the speech is of interest to all Americans, it’s particularly [...]

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Women’s Equality Day through a Brown Lens

Posted in A Women's Nation, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 26, 2011, | 4 Comments »

Women’s Equality Day commemorates passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which grants all women the right to vote. Growing up in the D.C. metro area, I wasn’t interested in politics. But I do remember my great-grandmother, grandparents, and parents taking me with them to the polls. We stood in line, which seemed [...]

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Your AAUW Dialog Summer Reading List

Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 20, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Summer is drawing to a close, so the AAUW blog has decided to take some time to just sit back, relax, and have a long weekend. In our absence, why not check out one of our most popular recent posts or  the top posts from the past year that you might have missed? Enjoy! Dancin’ [...]

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Summer Lobbying — Having a Blast!

Posted in A Women's Nation, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Ah, summertime. Constituent meetings, public events, and congressional town halls provide excellent opportunities for AAUW issues advocacy! You can meet your congresswomen and men during the summer — but you need a plan, tenacity, and a little AAUW street cred. So here are my top 10 tips for summer lobbying: 1)      Know your representative. Call [...]

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Happy 76th Birthday to Social Security!

Posted in A Women's Nation, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 11, 2011, | 1 Comment »

This Sunday, August 14, marks the 76th anniversary of Social Security. When it began in 1935, Social Security only paid retirement benefits to workers, not their spouses or children. Social Security has evolved to become one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in our nation’s history. It’s a national commitment to care for one another [...]

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Debt Deal Signed, Default Averted

Posted in Equity in the News, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 3, 2011, | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act, lifting the nation’s debt limit and avoiding a government default. The final law came after months of acrimonious negotiations and faced criticism from both parties. However, this issue is far from over — what happens over the next four months will have an enormous impact on America’s [...]

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Debating the Debt Ceiling

Posted in The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 26, 2011, | 1 Comment »

Debt ceiling. Government default. Increased revenues versus spending cuts. It’s enough to make you want to ignore the political gridlock dominating Washington these days. However, as tempting as that may be, what happens in our nation’s capital over the next week will have a major impact on our economy and government and will play an [...]

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Fighting for AAUW Book Sales

Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 22, 2011, | 1 Comment »

On Wednesday, July 20, I represented AAUW’s opposition to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s overly burdensome requirement for testing used children’s books. The CPSC held a hearing on what it should do in fiscal year 2013, which begins in October 2012. I urged the commission to revisit its lead safety standard and exempt children’s [...]

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Capitol Hill: Very Male, Very White, and Why It Matters

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , on July 8, 2011, | 2 Comments »

Packed into a buzzing meeting room in the Dirksen Senate building, I took a long look around. As a summer intern at AAUW, I was thrilled to be at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing addressing the impact of the Wal-Mart v. Dukes Supreme Court decision — a case throughout which AAUW has remained a strong [...]

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