About AAUW
AAUW empowers women and girls through research, education, and advocacy. Our nonpartisan, nonprofit organization has more than 170,000 members and supporters across the United States, as well as 1,000 local branches and 800 college and university partners. Since AAUW’s founding in 1881, our members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day — educational, social, economic, and political.
AAUW’s Mission: AAUW advances gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy.
AAUW’s Vision: Equity for all.
AAUW’s Values: Nonpartisan. Fact-based. Integrity. Inclusion and Intersectionality.
AAUW’s Value Promise: By joining AAUW, you belong to a community that breaks through educational and economic barriers so that all women and girls have a fair chance.
AAUW Huntingdon Branch was founded on October 12, 1926.
UPCOMING AAUW EVENTS
Guests and the public are most welcome!
Our next programs will be in late August or early September. Please check back here later for details. Hope to see YOU at one of them.
Spring 2024:
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- RESCHEDULED TO Thursday, April 25, 7:00 pm, on Zoom only: “Brown Legs are Beautiful Too!” Deportistas and the Chicana/o Youth Movement in Texas,” Dr. Paulina Serrano, 2022-23 AAUW American Fellowship winner and postdoctoral teaching fellow in History at the Pennsylvania State University.
- May 7, 7-8:30 pm, place TBD, Reception for High School and Juniata College AAUW Award Winners followed by the Branch Annual Meeting
ALSO:
- Public Policy Tabling: At Huntingdon’s Oktoberfest and Juneteenth Celebrations
- Programs and Projects: Title IX, Book Banning, Get-Out-the-Vote Activities, Preventing Interpersonal Violence
- AND MUCH MORE! JOIN US!
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Left: Dana Jefferson, Alli Goulden, and Charlotte Ridge tabling at Juneteenth 2023. Right: Poster for our April 2023 program.
IMPORTANT BYLAWS VOTING
AAUW members should vote in the national bylaws and candidate election before May 15. See your email for the link and credentials to vote. Then VOTE!
AAUW members should also vote in the state bylaws and candidate elections by April 30. See your email for the link to vote. Then VOTE!
AAUW ISSUES UPDATE
AAUW’s policy work connects and rallies advocates at the local, state, national, and global levels to empower women and girls. We use lobbying and grassroots efforts to push forward policies that break through educational and economic barriers for women.
EDUCATION
The gender pay gap — and the lack of women in leadership roles — are not problems that suddenly surface when women enter the workforce. The roots of the problem run deep, and correcting it entails understanding the barriers and biases that begin and persist in our educational system.
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
AAUW actively supports ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution. For more information and a way to take action, check out Where We Stand: Equal Rights Amendment.
BEYOND SUFFRAGE
Carlisle Branch presented their Beyond Suffrage White Paper to officials in Harrisburg at the end of September 2022. Read either the whole document or the one page version.
| AAUW PENNSYLVANIA THE KEYSTONER NEWSLETTER –March 2024
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