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News from Marian

AAUW Wisconsin President Marian Seagren-Hall

Download the special coverage from the 2009 AAUW National Convention in News from Marian .doc

Big and doable opportunities
  1. Help Wisconsin use its newly won Public Policy Impact Grant for 2008-2009. Each of the branch presidents or another contact will receive attachments related to this grant.

    The goals include having more information about proposed bills and votes in the Wisconsin legislature available to members by E-mail or links on AAUW-WI.org.

    Federal legislation can be followed with these links:

    • Action Network Get an alert when your involvement can make a critical difference.
    • Alert Feed Get our alerts in your RSS feed reader.
    • MegaVote Get your reps' votes by e-mail weekly!!
  2. Are you an AAUW member with leadership skills and desire to bring AAUW Mission and goals to life by serving on one of Wisconsin's Boards or Commissions? If so check out the Office of the Governor Boards & Commissions web page: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/section.asp?linkid=275&locid=19 Notice all of the options and information needed, contact the chair to discuss the committee expectations, and then submit your application.

Browse: www.aauw.org and www.aauw.org-wi

BREAKING through BARRIERS: Happy New Year!

What great newsletters I am receiving from some of you for your branches! Members are helping women get their college education. Other women have what they need to be safe and comfortable after they have had the courage to escape abuse are also receiving help from some branches. You are advocating for more women to run for office and for all of us to be informed citizens. Besides timely issues presenters and discussion, Racine's offerings include small groups for investors, stitchery, reading and discussing books and eating, culture and cuisine, gardening, gourmet, Great Decisions, walkers and talkers. There is certainly something for everyone.

Branch news helps in answering the questions of Dutch friends, made on the AAUW-VVAO exchange trip we took to The Netherlands. Their organization is made up of only university, not college, graduates. One has asked, "When (if) education requirement for membership is abolished, will you then still keep the name AAUW?"

Our answer is, "Yes. Whether someone has their degree yet or not, the value of education is still apparent. Continuing to strive for our long established reputation of "advancing equity for women and girls though advocacy education and research," we will use the acronym without the need to explain the origin of the initials. There are so many ways that we can live up to our value promise, "By joining AAUW, you belong to a community that breaks through barriers so all women have a fair chance."

AAUW New Year 2009-2010

AAUW is off to an exciting new year! I have been enjoying getting to know the members I have met and look forward to meeting more.
Looking forward to visiting as many branches as possible, I hope that branches can join with neighboring branches when possible either at the same meeting or in times that work close enough together to help cut down on the number of trips. Just E-mail me with your requests at marabill1@msn.com

Changes with LAF

Since LAF has been folded into the EF, there have been changes:

  1. to include workplace issues outside of high education.
  2. to give more attention to landmark cases and phase out support for individual plaintiffs.
  3. to continue outreach on campuses.
  4. to put Progress in Equity and Speaking Out for Justice awards on hiatus.

For more information see “LAF briefing” on www.aauw.org.

Value Promise

By joining AAUW, we belong to a community that breaks through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance.