AAUW AAUW Membership Matters E-Newsletter

SPECIAL EDITION: ECONOMIC SECURITY
October 2018

Many of you have asked what you can do to help move the new strategic plan forward. We are pleased to share a video in which CEO Kim Churches explains how to get involved in AAUW’s economic security initiatives. She highlights 10 things you can do to make an impact locally as well as nationally, including our exciting Members Mobilize a Million initiative, which challenges every AAUW member and supporter to ask 20 friends, family members or colleagues to take AAUW Work Smart Online. We will track progress and Kim will speak at the state convention with the highest participation rate.

So how do you get started? Review the video and other resources for engagement on the website. AAUW staff will update this page periodically to provide additional tools that will help us meet our bold goal of achieving pay equity by 2030. On Tuesday, October 23, you will receive a link to AAUW Work Smart Online. Please take the course and share it!

There is so much work ahead. But we can’t do it without your continued support and investment in AAUW’s mission — so let’s get to work!

	Kendra L. Davis, Senior Vice President of Advancement and Partnerships
	Gloria L. Blackwell Senior Vice President of Fellowships and Programs

Bragging on Branches — AAUW National to Facilitate Two Work Smart Sessions at Virginia’s Women’s Conference

AAUW National is thrilled to be facilitating two Work Smart sessions at the Virginia Women’s Conference sponsored by U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Saturday, November 17 at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. The conference hosts about 800 women annually, and this year AAUW will hold two Work Smart workshops that will reach about 200 – 400 women! The organizers were inspired to offer the sessions after learning about them through AAUW of Virginia conference participants and recent press on the Work Smart initiatives in AAUW Boston and AAUW Massachusetts. AAUW National appreciates AAUW of Virginia’s strong support and is engaged in ongoing conversations with the offices of both Senator Warner and Governor Ralph Northam (D) about building a state-wide initiative in Virginia. National efforts continue to engage partners to advance the reach of Work Smart.

Resources

Scaling Up: Local and Regional Participation in the AAUW Strategic Plan Video

Watch this video and discuss how your community can engage.

UPDATED: Contribution Report Form

The AAUW Contribution Report Form (CRF) is available to branch and state leaders, including funds chairs, finance chairs, treasurers, and presidents, to record and submit gifts. This form now includes the funds to support the strategic plan initiatives.

Key Dates

Ongoing	Improve workplace culture to advance women Our forthcoming report examines how sexual harassment disrupts women’s career paths and affects women of all ages but in particular toward the end of their careers. As part of that study, we hope you will respond to our survey regarding sexual harassment over the course of your career.
October 23	*Release of the Fall 2018 edition of The Simple Truth About the Pay Gap* Research**
	Release of AAUW Work Smart Online to the AAUW membership and the general public
November 1	Latinas’ Equal Pay Day Join AAUW’s Twitter storm to demonstrate the intersectionality of the pay gap and its effects on different groups of women.
November 6	Election Day
December 3	Deadline to Request a Staff or Board Member to Speak at State Convention If you are planning to hold a state convention in 2019 and would like a staff or board member to speak at it, please complete the speaker request form on our website by this date. Assignments will be made based on previous speakers, availability of speakers and, of course, budget.