AAUW advances equity for all women and girls through advocacy, education and research
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National Conference for College Women Student Leaders
2. There will be five incredible women honored at the Women of Distinction Awards Ceremony. This years honorees include Kimberly Dozier, Majora Carter, Evelyn "Pat" Foote, Maya Ajmera, and Jovita Carranze. More info about these incredible women is at http://www.aauw.org/nccwsl
3. The community service opportunities this year are amazing. Conference participants can participate in or volunteer for the Susan G. Koman National Race for the Cure, or volunteer for projects at the Capitol Area Food Bank or Food and Friends. Info about these opportunities is at http://www.aauw.org/nccwsl
4. Participants can also attend Campaign College to Win - which helps women students learn about running successful campaigns for student government. Info is at http://www.aauw.org/nccwsl
5. There will be a half day pre-conference workshop on Young Women at the Voting Booth: Election 2008.
If you'd like to help promote this year's conference - download and print a PDF flyer about NCCWSL from http://www.aauw.org/nccwsl
AAUW THEME:
Education as the Gateway to Women's Economic Security
Why this particular theme?
According to research from a variety of sources, economic security is one of the
top issues of interest and concern for all women. It has become abundantly
clear from recent research including AAUW's Women at Work (2003) and Gains in
Learning, Gaps in Earning, published this year, that women today are working
more than ever yet remain crowded in undervalued, lower-paying occupations
with fewer benefits for themselves and the children and elderly for whom they
often care. Ensuring equity for women and girls--from pre-K through
retirement and at all points in between--has become our greatest challenge.
What does this new theme mean for AAUW? It will serve as a guide
for new AAUW programs. It will provide a framework for the creation of
focused and coordinated programming for AAUW that will be developed at the
national level, and refined and implemented by states, branches, and other
institutional and community partners in the same fashion as many of our most
successful program and research initiatives have been structured in the past.
It will focus our work as the continued leader in equity and education for women
and girls, proving that for all of our accomplishments,
equity is still very
much an issue.
Need programming ideas related to this theme?
Florida's Financial Independence for Girls (FIG) Information is is available for you to read or download. The first document, FIG Module Descriptions and Teachers Notes, is identical to the information available on the AAUW website. It includes an explanation of how the program got started; an overview of the lessons that have been taught by Florida branches, teachers notes, and a list of resources. The second document, Eight Sample FIG Lesson Plans, includes suggestions for getting this program started in your community and eight lesson plans covering the most basic economic information teenage girls need.
The most recent program released by AAUW regarding this them is the Pay Equity Resource Kit. Pay Equity Day is Monday April 22nd. To help you and your branch to take action on special day click on Pay Equity Resource Kit to provide you action ideas to do this on the 2008 Pay Equity Day.
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