AAUW Spring Vote Begins April 7, 2021
The national AAUW spring election will be April 7 – May 17 this year. Included in this ballot is a proposal to Open Membership and…
AAUW of North Carolina is offering a virtual series with a monthly program via Zoom on topics that are designed to appeal to women in North Carolina.
The You Have the Power theme challenges the attendees to make a positive change in their communities.
Programs are approximately 1 hour in length.
The series is FREE, however, registration is required. We hope you will join us and invite your networks to be with us, also.
The national AAUW spring election will be April 7 – May 17 this year.
Included in this ballot is a proposal to Open Membership and eliminate the educational requirement for membership. The AAUW Board is bringing this proposal forward again, since “while the degree requirement made perfect sense at AAUW’s inception, this requirement is now counter to our mission, and limits our ability to build the capacity to increase our impact as an organization.”
AAUW of North Carolina’s Board of Directors has approved the following statement encouraging all AAUW members in North Carolina to vote in favor of this amendment to the AAUW bylaws:
The AAUW NC Board of Directors strongly supports the recommended Bylaws amendments regarding membership eligibility in AAUW and encourages all state members to vote in favor of the amendment.
The proposed bylaw change for national AAUW states:
of AAUW membership.
AAUW’s mission is to advance gender equity, yet the current requirement for membership explicitly denies membership to those without a college degree. Maintaining exclusionary membership requirements does not promote equity for all women and girls. We must change this now.
Virginia was the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, but because of an artificial deadline imposed by Congress nearly 20 years ago, the ERA is not yet part of the US Constitution.
There’s a two pronged attack on this deadline:
Watch for updates on this issue that’s long been on the AAUW agenda.
The national AAUW spring election will be April 7 – May 17 this year. Included in this ballot is a proposal to Open Membership and…
Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. AAUW of North Carolina invites you to attend “Advocacy in Action: Tools to Create Change” with Cheryl Tung of…
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