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In principle and practice, AAUW values and seeks a diverse membership. There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or class.
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Welcome to AAUW-MA
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A Platinum State 2004,2005,2006 |
AAUW
advances equity for women and girls |
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AAUW--Massachusetts includes
the state organization and fourteen local
branches
in Massachusetts, working to turn the AAUW mission into reality in
our own communities. |
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View a video clip from "The Truth About Boys and Girls" a special feature on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
View the longer NBC interview with Catherine Hill, AAUW Director of Research
View the AAUW video on YouTube!
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| AAUW-MA facilitates and supports efforts among neighboring branches
to work in partnership as they plan community action projects. By
sharing resources and focusing on local needs and issues, branch
partners are able to translate AAUW's mission into action at the
grassroots level. |
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| Branch partners include Danvers-Topsfield, North Shore, Merrimack
Valley and Newburyport; Bedford-Lexington, Boston and Melrose-Wakefield;
Attleboro, Foxboro, Hingham, Taunton and Worcester. Each group has
pinpointed for action, diverse issues impacting women and girls,
such as homelessness, women's health care, technology education
for girls, gender equity for women in employment. Please refer to
Special
Interest Programs. |
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| As we work to achieve AAUW goals, our members interact with other community organizations and leaders in education, government and business. Many of us strengthen organizational and leadership skills and develop new abilities which enhance our personal and professional lives. Join us! | ||||
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Vision: AAUW will be a powerful advocate and visible leader
in equity and education through research, philanthropy, and
measurable change in critical areas impacting the lives of
women and girls. There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or class. |
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AAUW works with similar-minded organizations as collaborative partners to optimize outreach in advocacy and action. AAUW-MA members serve as liaisons to ensure representation of purpose and to maintain effective communication.
National Girls Collaborative Project
Facilitating collaboration among STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) projects for girls so that they can share resources, work together, and learn from one another, including the creation of a Program Directory of these girl-serving projects
New England Region Liaison: Michele DesAutels
Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women (MCSW)
Advocating economic equity for women ,supporting follow-up action for MCSW Study “Effects of Fiscal Crisis on Women and Girls in MA”, mobilizing community and legislative support for wage equity for women
AAUW-MA Liaison: Patricia Ho H-978-921-6658
Massachusetts Coalition for Women's Wage Equality
A statewide coalition of organizations and individuals committed to endorsing pay equity for women of the Commonwealth by supporting and advocating for equitable compensation for women who are employed in jobs that require comparable skills, efforts, responsibilities, and working conditions to those of men
AAUW Liaisons: Beryl Domingo, H-508-697-0602, Liz Fragola, H-978-887-9799, and Catherine Schindewolf, C-617-777-3648
The Massachusetts Governor's Appointments Project (MassGAP)
Ensuring that a greater number of qualified women will be appointed to high-level state government positions--a collaborative project spearheaded by the MA Women's Political Caucus
AAUW-MA Liaison: Marion Kilson
Massachusetts Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Project )
Working to integrate international human rights protections into MA's legal code
AAUW-MA Liaison: Bonnie Howard H-781-631-7998
Women at Work Museum, Attleboro
Supporting programs and exhibits that highlight achievements of women, promote leadership and technology, support equityin education and workplace
Coalition for Choice
Working to safeguard responsible, independent decision-making in determining of one’s reproductive life, based on fact-based information
AAUW-MA Liaison: Lois Pulliam H-781-275-0090
Prevention First Campaign
Advocating for comprehensive reproductive health services, sexuality education, family planning, teen pregnancy prevention, access to emergency contraception (EC)
AAUW-MA Liaison: Anathea Waitekus C-617-429-0842
Girls’ Coalition of Greater Boston
Serving on Leadership Council Board, offering resources, networking with girl-serving agencies to educate and advocate onbehalf of girls
AAUW-MA Liaison: Patricia Ho H-978-921-6658
ASPIRE Mentoring Project Community Action Grant
Assisting Asian American Sisters Participating in Reaching Excellence in offering mentoring and career development workshopsto high school and college women
AAUW-MA Liaison: John Sims Bentley College W-781-891-2478
Young Women in Technology Mentoring Project
Partnering with YWCA Malden in an AAUW Community Action Grant, technology career skills for at-risk girls in transition tohigher education or employment
AAUW-MA Liaison: Patricia Ho H-978-921-6658
Girls Inc. of Lynn
Co-sponsoring SMART Girls Summit conference to encourage disadvantaged girls in math, science, technology careers
AAUW-MA Liaison: Patricia Ho H-978-921-6658
Lowell Women’s Week
Planning with Women’s Week Committee, Kick-off Breakfast, Girls Inc. Conference, LAF presentation at UMass Lowell
AAUW-MA Liaison: Florence Baturin H-781-862-5811 and Nancy Moore H-781-275-1018
Teen Voices is an international innovative print and online magazine written by, for, and about teen girls. Published by Women Express, Inc., a non-profit organization whose mission is to further social and economic justice by empowering teenage and
young adult women, Teen Voices is the positive and intelligent alternative to mainstream teen magazines! The program is
local, but the impact is global.
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AAUW—with more than 100,000 members, 1,300 branches, and 550 college/university institution partners nationwide—advocates education and equity. Since its founding in 1881, members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day—educational, social, economic, and political. Our commitment to our mission is reflected in our public policy efforts, programs, and diversity initiatives.
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The AAUW Educational Foundation is the world's largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women. Each year the Foundation provides about $4 million in fellowships, grants, and awards for outstanding women around the globe and for community action projects. The Foundation also funds pioneering research on women, girls, and education; international symposia; and forums.
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The AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund is the nation's largest legal fund focused solely on sex discrimination in higher education. The Legal Advocacy Fund provides funds and a support system for women seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination in higher education.
In the fall of 1881 a group of women college graduates met in the MIT laboratory of Ellen Swallow Richards, a Vassar graduate who had received from MIT the first bachelor of chemistry degree awarded to a woman in the United States. Early in 1882 the group organized formally as the Association of Collegiate Alumnae.
In 1884 the ACA recognized local "branches." The Boston Branch, formed in 1886, was the third ACA group to organize as a branch.
The Massachusetts Division (now termed "State") was formally established on May 10, 1930 by representatives of the following branches: Boston, Connecticut Valley, Fall River, Gardner, Lowell, and Worcester as well as the College Club of New Bedford. Current branches number fourteen and are, in order of forming: Boston, Worcester, North Shore, Taunton, Attleboro, Melrose-Wakefield, Bedford-Lexington, Foxborough, Cape Cod, Canton, Hingham, Merrimack Valley, Newburyport, Danvers-Topsfield.
Massachusetts state members have sponsored eight fellowships through the Educational Foundation. The Pamela Lincoln American Diversity Fellowship endowment in honor of a past state president and New England Region Director, and the Sema Faigen International Fellowship, in honor of this president of the Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund, are completed.
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