AAUW NC at Women’s Advocacy Day
AAUW members Elaine Ostrowski, Sue Mengert, Mary Fran Schickedantz and Sandra Abromitis in front of the NC Legislative Building on April 1.
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Grant Funding Available: AAUW Public Policy Impact Grants
North Carolina has been selected by AAUW as one of 15 states chosen to apply for a 2009-10 Public Policy Impact Grant. Applying for the grant is by invitation only. Nine of these states will be chosen for grants of approximately $900 each to build the capacity within the recipient states to organize grassroots advocacy on […]
There is still time! Register for Women’s Advocacy Day April 1
You can still register for Women’s Advocacy Day to be held April 1 in Raleigh. Meet your state representatives and senators to discuss issues of special concern to women. The event is free and sponsored by NC Women United. Registration information and the schedule for the day is posted at www.ncwu.org/2009/AdvocacyDay
Save the date! Women’s Advocacy day - April 1, 2009
Plan on bringing a carload of your branch members to Raleigh to join women from across the state to advocate for women’s issues with our state legislators. The event is sponsored by NC Women United. More information will be posted soon.
Spring 2009 Tar Heel News, the AAUW NC newsletter
The spring edition of the AAUW NC newsletter has been posted. AAUW NC members should receive a printed copy in the next two weeks.
Ledbetter bill passes Congress
Photo from AAUW 2008 Annual Report
Yesterday, January 27, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 12/S. 181) was sent to President Obama who is expected to sign it tomorrow. This is the culmination of a fight that began in May, 2007, when the US Supreme Court ruled that those suing for redress in pay equity cases must make their claim within 180 days of the first infraction, but there’s more still to do.
Show your support for reproductive rights
Commemorate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and join with others around the state to show the NC legislators that many of their constituents are supporter of choice.
MP3 version of the post election teleconference
If you missed the Nov. 6 post-election call, here are ways you can listen to it.
Impact 2009 legislative briefings
Local legislators and staff from the NC Budget & Tax Center, NC Justice Center and United Way of North Carolina will hold briefings across the state from 11/13 to 12/16 to discuss hot issues in state public policy. detailed schedule
Key messages from the board meeting
The board agreed to approve the new Tar Heel branch (the NC “branch without borders”), and agreed to join the coalition supporting the “school violence prevention act.”
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