[AAUW-WA-BrMember] AAUW Member Letter --June, 2007

Thu May 31 21:34:35 PDT 2007

This Member Newsletter is coming to you via AAUW of Washington Member-listserv from Connie Dunkelberger, State President.

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American Association of University Women   June, 2007 

A Convention Special Call to Action: from Association Communications Chair

I have a favor to ask of y'all. My task force has been asked to help "mobilize the troops" to register for the Phoenix convention. We tried the personal touch in the Southwest and California-asking members to start telephone trees among their friends and colleagues in their states-and it has been successful. AAUW also used the same marketing tactic for the NCCWSL, and we have surpassed the number of students attending at the last conference. 

Please let your members know that there's a lot at stake: the tradition of our biennial conventions and the direction of AAUW via the bylaws change proposals. If there is a time to ask members to make a personal and financial commitment to AAUW by attending convention, it is now.

Many thanks and best regards,

Leslie Henderson

Chair, AAUW Internal Communications and Roll-Out Task Force

The Early Bird rate is still in effect for the registration.  If you have not notified me that you are going or still need a roommate please contact me ASAP.  Connie Dunkelberger

College Women Student Leaders Conference Update

New Sponsors for the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders 

Our sincere thanks go to all the states and branches who have contributed to the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders scholarship fund. 

We are especially pleased to announce that conference registration has been a great success! To date, more than 300 participants have signed up to attend the conference, which will take place June 7-9 at American University in Washington, D.C.

Advocacy & Action

Public Policy Chairs to Meet with Members of Congress for Pay Equity Legislation

AAUW has generated great momentum on the equal pay issue with the release of Behind the Pay Gap, and we are keeping the pressure on Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 766) and the House companion bill (H.R. 1338). State and branch public policy chairs whose legislators have not yet signed on as co-sponsors of these measures have been asked to meet with members of their congressional delegation. If you would like to participate, please contact your branch or state public policy chair. This type of outreach is a very effective way to advance AAUW's mission and legislative goals. For further information please contact Seth Chase, public policy field director, at chases at aauw.org or 202/785-7786.

2008 Equal Pay Day Date Announced

The National Committee on Pay Equity, a coalition of which AAUW is a member, has selected Tuesday, April 22, as Equal Pay Day for 2008. To match men's earnings for 2007, women will have to work from January 2007 to April 2008-an extra four months. Equal Pay Day takes place each April and symbolizes the point in the next year to which a woman must work to achieve pay equity for the previous year. Her male counterpart must work five days a week for twelve months, whereas she will work seven days a week for sixteen months to earn equivalent wages. It's never too early to start planning and building on all the great things you did this year to commemorate Equal Pay Day.

Association's one stop shopping for information on the Public Policy and AAUW's position on issues is:

http://www.aauw.org/issue_advocacy/actionpages/positionpapers/nclb.cfm  

AAUW Visibility

AAUW's Catherine Hill on NPR

On May 28, AAUW Director of Research Catherine Hill participated in the NPR show Justice Talking, the public radio show about law and American life. She discussed AAUW's new research report, Behind the Pay Gap, with host Margot Adler. 

To listen to the show, go to www.justicetalking.org/viewprogram.asp?progID=604. To hear Catherine Hill's specific segment, scroll down to her photo and download the segment (in either Windows Media Player or MP3 format).

AAUW's Website Ranked by the Internet Scout Report

The Internet Scout Report, a publication and service sponsored by the University of Wisconsin, ranked AAUW's website number 3 in the General Interest category for the week of May 18, 2007. You can read their review on AAUW by clicking AAUW's listing in the report. It provides a concise but comprehensive overview of AAUW, including the 125th anniversary, voter education efforts, pay gap report, online museum, fellowships and grants, and the National Girls Collaborative Project. 

News around the State--

Educational Foundation Notes

Convention is over but the warmth and camaraderie continue.  The Saturday luncheon earned $940.00 for the Educational Foundation.  Thank you to all who contributed.  Thanks also to those branches that brought a fund-raiser item to convention or sponsored an event at their branch and brought checks to the convention.  All efforts for the Education Foundation are certainly appreciated.  The endowments of Highline and Tacoma, still needing completion, received much needed support, as well.

Educational Foundation chairs please take note, donations should be sent to their post office box for easier facilitation.  Direct them to either AAUW Educational Foundation or to AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund at:

P.O. Box 630832; Baltimore, MD 21263-0832.  

Thanks again.

 Leah Amyakar, State EF Chair DrLeahAmyakar at comcast.net

President's Notes

At the Spokane convention a President's Award was given to Ritzville Branch member Sherrie Schafer. Branch Presidents were asked to nominate individuals who demonstrated the ideals of AAUW and worked for the mission of AAUW in a tireless manner. They were to be judged by the branch activities and not work on the state level, so therefore they were not to nominate State Officers. Other members receiving special recognition certificates were: Sally Kearsley, Walla Walla; Marylu Wing, Everett; Marti Thomson, Whidbey Island; Tana Carosella, Spokane; Helen Behan, Edmonds; Carolyn Cowan, Federal Way; Lee Ann Ufford, Tacoma; Livonia Lowe, Lake Washington; Valerie Herlocker, Stanwood-Camano; and Gene Kuechmann, Hudson's Bay.   Congratulations to you all.

The Summer Leadership conference is scheduled for August 11, 2007.  It will be held at 

Koinonia Retreat Center near Cle Elum, WA.  Information and registration forms will be on the website soon.

Congratulations to the Tacoma Branch as they celebrated their centennial on May 19th. Their EF Centennial Fund is well over half way to completion.

Sincerely,

Connie Dunkelberger

Constance Dunkelberger

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