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AAUW’s Wish List for the State of the Union

Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 24, 2012, | Leave a Comment »

On Tuesday, January 24, President Barack Obama will give the annual State of the Union address. Obama has heard from organizations all over the political spectrum about what they think his priorities should be for the next year. AAUW is no exception. Below, in no particular order, is our wish list for President Obama’s 2012 [...]

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NCCWSL: Women’s Leadership Coming Full Circle

Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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Rock the Red Pump for HIV/AIDS Awareness

Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's Health, Women's History Month, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 10, 2010, | 2 Comments »

Wednesday, March 10, marks the fourth annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The day calls for people to get informed, get tested, and take action. One idea for getting involved was started last year by bloggers The Fabulous Giver and Awesomely Luuvie. They recruited more than 100 bloggers to begin a conversation about [...]

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Celebrating National Women’s History Month

Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History Month, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Support Equal Pay by Getting Your Equal Pay Twibbon

Posted in Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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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Social Networks Assist in the Monitoring and Recovery Efforts of Haiti

Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , on February 4, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have taken on a life of their own. Through these sites, teens and adults alike are letting their friends, family, and sometimes complete strangers know what’s on their mind, what they’re doing, or where they are. Social networking sites have become a venue for us to talk [...]

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Equity Issues in the News: January 25 – 29

Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 1, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

January 25-29 AAUW Marks One-Year Anniversary of Ledbetter Law with Call for Action The Huffington Post (Friday, Jan. 29) AAUW Executive Director, Linda D. Hallman, CAE, and pay equity activist, Lilly Ledbetter, called for support of the Paycheck Fairness Act in an op-ed that said: “A year ago today, on January 29, 2009, a new [...]

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Save the Date: Work-Life Blog Carnival

Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

AAUW advocates for policies that support workers and their needs. Work-life issues affect everyone — not just women. AAUW is participating in Fem2.0′s work-life blog carnival February 6–13. This week of blogging will be devoted to transforming the way we talk about work-life issues to be more inclusive and effect change. AAUW wants to hear [...]

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Helpful Tweeting

Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 14, 2010, | 1 Comment »

A lot of people within the social media world describe Twitter as a way to have a conversation and engage people. And while I agree with that, I think that’s a bit vague — what does it mean to “engage” people on Twitter? How do you have a “conversation” on Twitter? I’d like to piggyback [...]

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