Archive: Public Policy

Women on Board Workshops

The NC Center for Women Public service announces their “Women on Board” Workshops.
Appointed leaders play key roles in municipal, county, and state government. Women from all backgrounds already have the skills necessary to pursue these public service opportunities.
Join us for an interactive workshop that will equip you with tools to identify and pursue your dream […]

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Is Anybody Listening?

Report on the public policy discussions at the AAUW NC summer board meeting.

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New ways of communicating

In AAUW communications, you’ve been hearing mention of “twitter,” “facebook,” “youtube,” and more. Twitter has taken off in the last few months (Oprah joined this spring, there was an article in Time) and Facebook now has more than 250,000,000 participants. AAUW NC has been using both of those tools for some time. Here’s some information […]

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New clause in AAUW Public Policy Program

Support for rights of nontraditional families added to AAUW Public Policy Program.

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Healthy Youth Act ratified!

The bill to allow parents to choose comprehensive sex ed for their children has been ratified by both houses of the NC legislature.

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New NC effort to pass CEDAW

If you’re concerned about the status of women in a global sense, please check out this project and consider representing AAUW NC.

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NCVCE Lobby Day is June 17

AAUW NC is a member of NC Voters for Clean Elections, a coalition working to advance citizen-funded, voter-owned elections. We believe that this system of public campaign financing would help improve the quality of education in this state by allowing elected officials to pass policies that better reflect the public interest.
NCVCE will hold […]

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Greensboro Equal Pay Day Proclamation

Thanks to Greensboro mayor and AAUW member Yvonne Johnson for proclaiming Tuesday, April 28, 2009 as Equal Pay Day in Greensboro!
Here is a copy of the full proclamation.

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Equal Pay Day: April 28

Equity is still an issue. Watch this 2 minute video for an overview.

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Healthy Youth Act: Next stop House floor

Time to write/call your legislators about the Healthy Youth Act, H88.