Legislative Priorities 2021-2023

PDF AAUWNC supports the following: COVID Relief: Increased access to health care including Medicaid Expansion, reproductive health care, COVID vaccines, etc. Stimulus payments directly to individuals to include extended unemployment duration and payment to individuals. Restore/expand unemployment benefits including child care subsidies. Paid sick/family/medical leave for all including paid days off for a new child…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Like many, we are deeply saddened by the death of our “Notorious RBG.”  An outstanding jurist, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a force unlike any other as a leader in our nation’s continual quest to become a more perfect union. In her own words, “Think how the constitution begins: ‘We, the people of the United…

Help Make Every Vote Count

Voting is indeed a fundamental right for all citizens of North Carolina. Yes, it is indeed a right many of us have exercised for  years as we, the people, select the members elected to various boards, councils, commissions, etc. Additionally, this provides North Carolinians the opportunity to also have a voice in selecting both state…

Legislative Priorities 2020

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…