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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Our Crowdsourced Government
Posted in Equity in the News, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged AAUW, AAUW Action Network, congress, crowdsourcing, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, petition, Senate, social media, super committee, Washington D.C., We The People, White House, YouCut on September 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Women Making History for Egypt
Posted in Equity in the News, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged #jan25, Cairo, Egypt, El Saadawi, Mortada, Mubarak, revolt, social media, uprising on February 3, 2011, | 3 Comments »
All eyes have been on Egypt as millions of Egyptians marched on Cairo this week. They met at Tahrir Square, which is Arabic for Liberation Square, an ideal location for a gathering of millions of Egyptian citizens seeking to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year reign. Until Wednesday, the protests were considered peaceful. The situation took [...]
An Interactive State of the Union
Posted in The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged Barack Obama, bipartisan, Chili, facebook, Paul Ryan, President, social media, State of the Union, Word Cloud on January 24, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
We here at AAUW know that you’re all looking for fun and exciting (and delicious!) ways to make the president’s State of the Union address tomorrow more interactive. Well, our wonderful Public Policy fellows and I have brainstormed a few great ways to enjoy the annual speech as well as the Republican rebuttal, which will [...]
I Heard the Angels Sing
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW Community Project, AAUW Outlook, Festival of Women's Music, music, Ohio State University, Second Life, social media, women's studies on November 24, 2010, | 1 Comment »
At least that’s what I thought last week when I listened to Finnish artist Atheene Dodonpa sing songs from the medieval era. What was amazing about this? She was singing live onstage from Finland while I, in Maryland, sat in the audience listening. We were both attending a virtual AAUW event in Second Life, the [...]
NCCWSL: Women’s Leadership Coming Full Circle
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, tagged AAUW, facebook, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, social media, Twitter, women leaders on June 1, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Over the past 25 years of the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, more than 8,000 women have been empowered by this signature leadership event. Presenting the workshop From Cover Girl to Campus Girl: A Discussion of Body Image and the Media last year with my colleagues was an amazing experience. I was able [...]
Senate HELP Committee Schedules Paycheck Fairness Act Hearing; AAUW Will Live-Blog Event
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, blog, blogging, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Act, family economic security, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, Paycheck Fairness Act hearing, Senate HELP Committee, social media, Women & Economic Security on March 9, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
On March 11, at 10:00am, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on the Paycheck Fairness Act (S.182). As AAUW members are aware, the Paycheck Fairness Act is a much needed update of the 46-year-old Equal Pay Act. This comprehensive bill – with 37 Senate cosponsors – would create [...]
Rally to Commemorate International Women’s Day 2010
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History Month, tagged #BlogforIWD, #wmnhist, AAUW, Blog for IWD, blogging, Center for American Progress, Enough Project, equal rights, International Women's Day, International Women's Day rally, IWD, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, National Women's History Month, NCCWSL, new media, RAISE Hope for Congo Campaign, social media, United Nations, Women for Women International, Women's History Month, Zainab Salbi on March 5, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
As AAUW engages in a variety of new media initiatives to celebrate Women’s History Month, I am excited to blog about a rally to commemorate International Women’s Day. Organized by Enough, a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity, the rally will take place on Monday, March 8, [...]
Celebrating National Women’s History Month
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History Month, tagged #wmnhist, AAUW, AAUW branches, AAUW Dialog, AAUW members, ada lovelace, Ada Lovelace Day, blog, blogging, CARE, facebook, Flickr, Half the Sky, Half the Sky Live, International Women's Day, Iron Jawed Angels, March 2010, National Engineers Week Foundation, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, National Women's History Month, National Women's History Project, Nicholas Kristof, Red Pump Project, Seneca Falls, Seneca Falls documentary, Seneca Falls film, Sheryl WuDunn, social media, tweeting, Twitter, women in science, women in tech, women in technology, Women's History Month, Women's History Month events, Writing Women Back into History, YouTube on March 1, 2010, | 3 Comments »
March 1 marks the start of National Women’s History Month, and AAUW has strong ties to this annual celebration of women history makers. AAUW is an established historic organization that has helped — and continues to help — women make history. With that in mind, AAUW is excited to partner with the National Women’s History [...]
Support Equal Pay by Getting Your Equal Pay Twibbon
Posted in Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, economic stimulus, Equal Pay, equal pay day, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, social media, Twibbon, Twitter, wage discrimination on February 18, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW’s newest social media campaign—whipped up by members of the public policy team, AAUW’s junior designer, and yours truly—aims to garner support for pay equity via Twitter through a Twibbon, which is a small image that overlays avatars (profile pictures) on Twitter. Incorporating these kinds of campaigns within social media helps to supplement on-the-ground support [...]
Equity Issues in the News – January 30 – February 16
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, blogher, Campaign College, Campus Overload blog, Christine Ng, Community Action Grant, Dare to Dream, Equal Pay, equal pay day, Equity Issues, Equity Issues in the News, Health Sector Assembly, Holly Kearl, Kate Farrar, LAF, Legal Advocacy Fund, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Linda Hallman, Lisa Maatz, Loyola University, Maggie Luttrell, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, National Girls Collaborative Project, NCCWSL, NGCP, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, Secrets of Powerful Women, social media, The Huffington Post, Twibbon, Twitter, University of Maryland, Washington Post, WIN, Women's Information Network on February 17, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
January 30–February 16 AAUW Leader Joins Advisory Committee of Health Care Think Tank AAUW Executive Director Linda Hallman now serves on the advisory committee of the prestigious, invitation-only Health Sector Assembly, the health care think tank that includes bipartisan health constituencies and represents employers, consumers, government, foundations, industry, economists, academics, and selected providers. Hallman’s involvement [...]
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