Along with many other organizations, AAUW NC has moved some of its operations to a web platform — Zoom. The board has been meeting via Zoom, we’re planning an annual meeting using Zoom, and we’ll be making the Zoom platform available to branches for their virtual meetings. This is, however, a big switch for many…
Election of Treasurer and Vice President Due to the Covid-19 emergency, we have had to reschedule the 2020 annual meeting of AAUW of North Carolina. It will be a virtual meeting at 7 pm on Wednesday, May 13. A key piece of business will be the election of officers for AAUW NC. The terms of…
Economic Security Support Efforts to raise the minimum wage, thus promoting pay equity for girls/women throughout their lifespan by promoting actions that foster paid family and sick leave, explore discrimination concerns in retirement wage gaps and social security issues/concerns, and by providing salary negotiation workshops to ensure equal pay for equal work. Advocate for SNAP/FNS…
An original play tells the stories of those who fought for women’s suffrage and those whose voting rights were not ensured by the 19th Amendment.
All eyes were on Virginia as it became the 38th state to ratify the ERA on January 27th. As the Democratic Senator Mamie Locke said: ” Equality based on sex is not just good for women, it is good for society.” Next step is the US House of Representatives on February 10th when a vote…
On a cool sunny January afternoon, the Raleigh/Wake County and Tar Heel Branches took their place at a table along Halifax Mall as thousands of women marched in the streets around the Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh. People were gathered to listen as women spoke on the theme “Women Protecting the Future” amidst sign waving,…
The Conference has been cancelled. We are working on ways to bring the content of the conference to members and participants virtually. Watch this space for more information. You are also encouraged to sign up for the Connect e-newsletter where webinar and other conference-related information will be posted. MARCH 27 AND 28, 2020 Asheville, NC DoubleTree by…
Since 1952, AAUW of North Carolina has partnered with the NC Literary and Historical Association to present an award in recognition of the most significant work of original juvenile literature published over the course of the last year by a North Carolina author. This November, the 66th AAUW NC award was presented to author Kelly…
Unfortunately, the bus trip planned by AAUW NC to take members and friends on a women’s history tour to Seneca Falls, NY with additional stops at women’s history sites, has been cancelled since we did not get the required minimum number of travellers. The information below will be kept available for those who might want to…
The Museum of Coastal Carolina is a natural history museum located at Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Animal exhibits include an aquarium and a touch tank with live sea animals, shells, fossils, insects, a display about sharks, live snakes, bird dioramas and an ocean reef diorama that includes life-sized models of whales,…