• McCain’s Big Moment - Thursday was another drizzly fall day in the Twin Cities, and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sure had a tough act to follow. AAUW's Lisa Maatz got a firsthand taste of the speculative chatter at the CNN Grill.
• Hockey Moms and Lipstick: Roll Call Officially Nominates McCain, but It’s Palin’s Night - Wednesday was essentially Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) coming-out party. Yes, she had her maiden voyage at the Ohio event announcing her selection, but a lot of water has splashed under the bridge since then and inquiring minds wanted to know what Sen. John McCain’s handpicked number two had to say to the world.
• Women's Events Help RNC Get Back on Track - Okay, so the first thing I need to say is this: I am writing this blog from the Xcel Energy Center press area. Yep, your intrepid Public Policy Director managed to score press credentials for the rest of the week! I fondly refer to it as laptop row.
• Open Thread: Should AAUW Endorse Sarah Palin? - Since we asked the same question about Hillary Clinton, we couldn’t help but ask the same about the first female Republican nominee for vice president of the United States.
  
  There’s a lot to say to say about her, and we weren’t sure where to start. So have at it. What do you think of Sarah Palin?
• The Show Must Go On in Minnesota - Monday was not what anyone expected, but the show did go on despite Hurricane Gustav’s wrath. While the official convention proceedings were shortened, other programs and events went on as planned and protests were not derailed either.

Events are planned for Pitt County on 9/13, Wake County on 9/16, Mecklenburg County on 9/17, and Buncombe County on 9/20.

Who we are:

A group of women and men who work in North Carolina to carry out the mission of the American Association of University Women — advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

What we do:

In communities across the state we

• work with girls (and boys!) in the schools to improve education through projects from distributing books to elementary school students to working with high school girls to integrate math and science into a fitness program
• collaborate with other members of the NC Women United coalition to support each others’ legislative agendas
• work with students on campuses across the state to build advocacy skills through Action for Children’s “Young Advocates Toolkit”
• raise funds to support local, state and national efforts

To learn more:

• Check www.aauw.org for information on the national efforts that underly much of our work
• Look for a branch contact in your area and call or e-mail to find out what, specifically, that group is accomplishing
• Review the state newsletters for an overview of what we’ve been doing
• Check our headlines (all, public policy, young advocates toolkit project, or the other topics mentioned in the right-hand menu).
• Join us at one of our events.

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