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Overview

Since 1881 the AAUW has been the nation’s leading voice promoting education and equity for women and girls. Through landmark research, it has changed the conversations about girls in schools. Its public policy advocacy has worked to inform and mobilize members on many issues affecting the lives of women and girls. AAUW North Carolina is the vehicle that brings the work of the Association home to our communities and you are invited to join us. While most of our contacts are through members of branches, we encourage national members of AAUW to investigate the benefits of joining AAUW NC.

In principle and in practice, AAUW values and seeks a diverse membership. There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or class.

Categories of membership

Choose a category of membership that works for you:

Community-based branch member

If you hold an associate or equivalent, baccalaureate or higher degree and wish to connect with other AAUW members in your community, please contact one of the branches about how to join. All branch members in NC are also members of AAUW and AAUW NC.

Tar Heel branch member

If you’re a graduate who doesn’t live near one of our 20 community branches, or if a community-based branch doesn’t fit your life, you’re invited to join the Tar Heel branch which serves the entire state as a “branch without borders”. Formed in the fall of 2008, this branch provides the benefits of AAUW and AAUW NC membership along with access to the branch roster so that groups too small to form a branch can still use AAUW’s name in their communities for special projects or events. Join now.

National member

Graduates are welcome to join the Association to start receiving the benefits of the “national” organization. AAUW NC will contact you once or twice a year through its newsletter or special mailings. Join now.

College/University partners

Degree granting institutions may join the Association as college/university members and appoint a member of their staff or faculty as a representative who will receive all the benefits of Association and AAUW NC members-at-large. These members may also join branches by paying branch dues (which are sometimes waived). Others on campus are welcome to join as branch members or members-at-large. Check the list of current C/U member institutions to see if yours is listed, and consider encouraging your institution to join if it hasn’t already.

Student Affiliates

Students enrolled in a bachelor’s or associate’s degree program may join either the national organization or affiliated with a branch.They may also start a student based organization on campus. Contact one of the people listed on the branch information page if you want to connect to a local community. AAUW NC and its Tar Heel Branch do not charge fees to student affiliates, and for those attending institutions that are college/university partners, there is a new, free, e-student affiliate status. For information about the support AAUW NC can offer student affiliates, please contact campus@aauwnc.org.

Modified: September 1, 2010