Welcome to the American Association of University Women of New York State.
Mission: AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.
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.
Value Statement: By joining AAUW, you belong to a community that
breaks educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance.
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.
 It's Convention Time! April 20-22 at the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa in Rochester!
Read all about it, register online, plan to come join us!
Incentives for registering early!!!
NEW - AAUW-NYS President Eileen Hartmann has been selected to receive the "2012 Education Organization Leadership Award" from the The Academy for Character Education at The Sage Colleges. See the letter sent to Eileen here! Contact Joan Monk if you are interested in attending with other AAUW-NYS members.
NEW - An award is being presented to Joan Monk and Cecilia Dinio-Durkin representing the Poughkeepsie Branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW), in Poughkeepsie, New York for their project My Sister’s Keeper. My Sister’s Keeper is a NYS AAUW State Project, developed by Melissa Guardaro, International Affairs Director and Joan Monk. NYS AAUW Board Member and Co-chair of the Poughkeepsie AAUW Branch project. Inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn, authors of Half the Sky, AAUW members were encouraged to read the book and attend the 2011 CTAUN Conference at the United Nations.
See the entire letter from CTAUN for more details!
NEW - Josa Hanzlik's attendance at NCCWSL was sponsored in part by NYS AAUW. She was featured in the latest AAUW report and spoke at the Cazenovia summer conference. See her interview on YouTube here!
NEW - Buffalo's Tamara Brown has been honored by the White House as a Champion of Change for her work in starting the fabulously successful "Tech Savvy" conferences for middle-school girls. Congratulations on a well-deserved honor! See the Buffalo AAUW website for more details.
The national organization has released "Crossing the Line" - new research on bullying and sexual harassment. The document may be ordered from national or may be downloaded from the national website - http://www.aauw.org/learn/research/upload/CrossingTheLine.pdf.
Please note that this research builds on a NYS project from several years ago. Feel free to download "School Secrets" and use it! Although some of the material is outdated, the basic information could be very useful in your planning around this topic.
 AAUW was well represented at the National Women's Hall of Fame Induction at the end of September! In attendance were (left to right) Evvie Currie, Maryland Senator Barbara Milkulski, Cordy Gallagher (from the national office), Donna Seymour, and Eileen Hartmann.
The St Lawrence County Branch has published an updated list of books on Women's History for young readers.
While we're on the subject of books, don't forget AAUW's ¡Adelante! book selections and International book selections. Think about the people on your gift lists.
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