AAUW FLORIDA      

AAUW's mission is to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.

About AAUW Florida

A summary of some of the events that took place at the State Convention April 20-22nd will be found in the Member's Center of this site.

We are committed to the AAUW Mission and the Public Policy Action Priorities established at the 2011 Convention in Washington, DC last June. The AAUW Florida Public Policy Program was updated on Sunday April 22, 2012.  Read or download the Florida Public Policy Action Program for 2012-2014.

 AAUW Florida members and members of other women's organizations attended a six hour Voter Turnout Workshop, It's My Vote, I will be heard on Friday April 20th. Visit the Member Center or the Public Policy Page for more information about the activities that will take place throughout the state to get women registered to vote and then remind them to cast their votes in the August primary and the November General Election. Watch the Florida Get Out The Vote Campaign video by copying this link into your browser:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTZzipBlzuY

Many of our branches are located in communities where there are PACE Centers for Girls and are active in supporting these centers by volunteering their services, donating needed materials and supplies, making a financial contribution and/or serving on their boards of directors. Some branches without PACE Centers in their communities support other local girls organizations by contributing needed materials and supplies and volunteering their services, etc.  PACE Centers are for teenage girls who have lost their way and fallen behind in school.  Girls that attend PACE, a free program, improve their grades, graduate, go on to college or begin careers thanks to a caring staff, teachers, and personal counselors.

Most of our branches raise funds for the AAUW Funds (Educational Opportunities, Eleanor Roosevelt, Legal Advocacy, Public Policy and Leadership Programs).  Many of our branches also raise money to award scholarships to local women who need financial assistance to complete their work toward Associate of Arts or Bachelors degrees. The qualifications for the scholarships and the amounts of financial assistance vary from branch to branch.

To learn where to find things on this website, read or download the AAUW Florida Website Guide.  If you find the AAUW website daunting read or download the AAUW Website Guide.

Other Items of Interest

Read this eye opening report on Human Trafficking written by Mary Palomar a member of the West Pasco County Branch.

Read the AAUW  blog at http://blog-aauw.org.  The blog examines news and events related to AAUW issues.  It's a space for members to share ideas, join discussions, find resources, take action on issues, and explore ways that you or your branch can make a difference in your community. These articles are interesting and thought provoking. An interesting and important one is Her Votes, the Top Ten Historic Advances for Women that are now at risk. Any member may sign up to receive the blogs via email when you logon to http://blog-aauw.org.

Learn about the National Women's History Museum and look at the online exhibits.  The museum has private funding to build a museum on the National Mall in Washington, but needs to have congressional approval to purchase the land for the building. Sign the petition on the home page to ask the Senate to support the bill that will enable the museum to purchase the land at no expense to taxpayers.

The Manatee County Branch has developed a series of five programs on Empowering Women that will be aired on Manatee Educational TV.  Merrie Lynn Parker, immediate past president of AAUW Manatee will serve as moderator for all the programs.  To learn more about this series of programs please read this article.  These programs are available for viewing on the station's website: www.metvweb.com.

Read the Winter/Spring  issue of FloriVision with information about activities that have taken place or will take place in nine of our branches.  You might get some good ideas from these activities..

If the bi-monthly Mission & Action e-Bulletin isn't arriving in your email you may read the most recent issue and older issues at www.aauw.org/publications/mission/index.cfm.

Read about AAUW's most recent research report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment in School.   

View AAUW's calendar of events by visiting the AAUW website at www.aauw.org. Log in to the member center, then click on calendar in the left hand column.

AAUW Programs Included in the AAUW Funds

AAUW Funds - #9110.  Use this for undesignated gifts. These funds will support programs with the greatest needs.
Legal Advocacy Fund - #3999.  This includes Legal Case Support, LAF Case Support Travel Grants and Campus Outreach Projects.
Educational Opportunities Fund- #4336 - Programs formerly part of the AAUW Educational Foundation. Included in this fund are all Fellowships and Grants, the Fellows Alumnae Initaitve, and the Undergraduate Scholarship Clearinghouse.
Eleanor Roosevelt Fund - #9170 - Programs that were also a part of the AAUW Educational Foundation.
Public Policy Fund - #4337 - This includes Government Relations, Civic Engagement and Field Organizing.
Leadership Programs Fund - #4339 - These programs were previously part of the Leadership and Training Institute. Included here are the National Conference for College Women Student Leader, Campus Action Projects and Campaign College.