AAUW-MA Convention STEM Literacy – Breaking Through Barriers Saturday, April 10, 2010 Bristol Community College, Attleboro
	AAUW-MA incoming president, Liz Fragola, outlined her goals for the coming year at the AAUW-MA 2010 Spring Convention.  Read a copy of her speech.
	Slideshow of photos from LAUNCH and the AAUW-MA Convention.  When the webpage loads, click “Massachusetts State Convention” to scroll down to your content.  The slideshow provides access to both low and high resolution individual images plus a zip file containing all of the images.  Click “Help” for a more complete feature description. Below the slideshow, are some additional resources, some of which are intended to answer questions from members.
	The  2010 AAUW-MA Convention was held on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at Bristol Community College, Attleboro, MA.
	AAUW-MA was a sponsor of LAUNCH--moving ideas to the next level, which parallels AAUW’s goal to promote STEM education.
	On Friday, April 9, 2010, 11:00AM-4:30PM, LAUNCH brought together innovative thinkers who wanted to learn how to develop and protect their ideas and individuals and organizations that promote STEM Literacy for people of all ages.
	Click here for the LAUNCH website for more information.
	The STEM Literacy conversation continued on Saturday, April 10, 2010, 9:00-1:00PM.
Andresse St. Rose	The AAUW-MA Convention discussed the barriers that women face in the STEM fields.  Keynote speaker  Andresse St. Rose, AAUW Research  Associate and co-author of a new AAUW research, reported on this very issue. Copies of the AAUW report entitled: Why so few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics were available at the convention. In addition, featured were Dave Kirkwood, AAUW Board of Directors, the Massasoit Community College Campus Action Project and a panel of women speakers shared their experiences and challenges in selecting careers in the STEM fields.   The luncheon speaker was Autumn Grant, coordinator of Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts.
	LAUNCH and the AAUW-MA Spring Conference were held at Bristol Community College in Attleboro.
	Agenda
	Annual Meeting Agenda
	Directions
	Registration form in MS Word--download and return by mail
	For more information on the AAUW-MA Convention, see the Spring 2010 issue of the BayStater .