“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” — Benjamin Franklin AAUW is disappointed that President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal would dramatically reduce the budget and the role of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor, the only federal office exclusively concerned with serving women in the workforce. The [...]
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Introducing It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard
Posted in The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged AAUW, California, Florida, Illinois, It's My Vote: I Will Be Heard, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, My Vote, Nebraska, politics, voting, Washington D.C. on February 15, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Today, the AAUW Action Fund is excited to announce the launch of It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard, a nonpartisan campaign to educate and mobilize young women for the 2012 elections. You can be a part of the big launch by spreading the word about our campaign to your friends, family, followers, and fellow [...]
Did You Miss the “Tweet-Up”?
Posted in AAUW in the News, Educational Programs, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged #T9Talk, AAUW, Arne Duncan, Department of Education, education, Homeroom, Office for Civil Rights, politics, Russlynn Ali, Secretary of Education, STEM, Title IX, Tweet-up, Washington D.C. on January 10, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, AAUW hosted Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali for a “tweet-up” (a meet-up on Twitter) to answer questions about Title IX. The online discussion was lively and informative — it drew more than 550 tweets in just three hours. Even an hour after [...]
Campus Funding and Leadership Opportunities
Posted in A Women's Nation, Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Campus Action Programs, college, Duke University, Elect Her, leadership, Leadership Programs, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, National Girls Collaborative Project, NCCWSL, politics, Running Start, Student Advisory Council, University of Wisconsin Madison, women leaders on August 30, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
This is my fourth year working on AAUW’s college-based national leadership programs, and I’m excited to announce that it’s that time of year again. Applications are now available for three of our great programs. Each program offers a chance for college students and campus faculty to make a difference on their campuses, in their communities, [...]
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