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AAUW's mission is to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.
 Call, write or email Senators LeMieux and Nelson and urge them to press for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act in September.The act has already been approved by the House.

Call , write or email Senators LeMieux and Nelson and urge them to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act so that women are paid as much as men for equal education, experience and work performed.  Contact information for Senator LeMieux: 356 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; toll free phone, 1-866-630-7106; email LeNieuxinfo@LeMieux.senate.gov.  For Senator Nelson: 714 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510-0903; phone, 202-224-5274 or one of his local offices; email: http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm.  Keep contacting both of them until the act comes to a vote.  The Paycheck Fairness Act was passed by the House months ago!  At the moment 40 senators have agreed to be co-sponsors. Why is the rest of the Senate dragging their feet?  Surely all American women  deserve to be paid as much as men for equal work!!

Have you renewed your AAUW membership for 2010-2011?  AAUW dues are $49, of which $46 is income tax deductible; State dues are $12, and branch dues vary so contact your branch Membership VP or Treasurer to learn the amount of your branch dues and instructions on where to mail them.

Has your branch already held a Breaking through Barriers type program? Do you know about AAUW's Breaking through Barriers Awards Program? To learn more about the program  go to http://aauw.org/learn/awards/btb.cfm.

Do you know about the AAUW-FL funding program or branches that want to undertake a STEM or Pay Equity project but need funding to carry out the project? It's similar to the AAUW Mini Grant Program but limited to branches that want to participate in the state-wide activity to encourage girls to consider careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math or  to build awareness among women that they are not paid equally as men who have the same skills, education, etc and do equal work so that they help us work toward equal pay for equal work. Visit our program page to read the guidelines for applying for a grant and to download an application.

The form to report on STEM and Pay Equity Projects that have already been completed is available on the forms page of this website.

Review the newly amended AAUW-Florida Bylaws

Did you miss the live discussion about Why So Few, AAUW's new research into why so few women are involved in and enter the fields of science, technology, engineering and math?  Access it at http://www.aauw.org/research.whysofew.cfm.

                              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.

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Keep up with the latest pilot programs and other items of interest by reading the  Current Topics Briefing Series.