November – December Newsletter

Your AAUW State College November-December E-news is now available. Highlights include: Important info on voting proceduresComing branch programsRe-designed branch website coming soonUsed book sale and workshop updatesEducation Committee and Fair Districts updatesMuch...
Meet A Member – Ann Echols

Meet A Member – Ann Echols

I joined AAUW’s Blacksburg Branch in 1993 when I was a graduate student at Virginia Tech. At the time, I was pursuing a degree in education and I had heard about AAUW’s gender gap research. I was interested in how, I as a teacher, maybe favoring male...

More Accountability Needed for PA Charter Schools

The last 15 years have seen a dramatic charter school growth; online charter enrollments alone increased 75% between 2006 and 2011. A new report from Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) was released this month titled “Charter...

Voting Rights

AAUW is committed to open and fair elections, nonpartisan voter education efforts that will promote equitable political participation and representation in appointed and elected office, and the expansion of voting rights. Our democracy works when everyone can fully...

Economic security for women is non-negotiable.

Money is power, and women will never be equal to men until they achieve full parity in earnings and wealth. In recent decades, American women have made significant strides toward economic equality: They make up nearly half the U.S. workforce, and two-thirds of women...