2007 Advocacy Accomplishments
A summary of how AAUW’s issues fared in 2007.
e-Newsletter #7, Dec. 6, 2007
Summary of AAUW NC posts, Nov. 13 – Dec. 6, 2007.
Winter 2007 issue of the Tar Heel News
The Winter issue of the AAUW NC newsletter, the Tar Heel News, has gone to press. This is a limited edition that will be mailed to branch and state leaders, but all are welcome to the electronic copy.
This issue has important information on the 2008 convention, notes on national priorities and how the states/branches can help further those goals, and more.
Notes from NC Women United, 2007
Information from NC Women United, including a link to an op-ed piece on funding for abstinence-only sex education, a link to the NC NOW reproductive rights signature ad, and information on a Charlotte/Mecklenburg Women’s Summit.
Science Blogging Conf. – Jan. 19, 2007 RTP
Pat from FairerScience.Org will be on a panel at the second annual Science Blogging Conference, here in RTP on Jan. 19.
For more on the conference see www.scienceblogging.com — and while you’re there contemplate what an AAUW meeting would look like if run as an “un-conferenceâ€.
AAUW/JACKSONVILLE REGIONAL BRANCH NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007 NEWSLETTER
Invitation to the Holiday Party and Auction on November 18, Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. in the Board Room of Onslow Memorial Hospital and more.
Wilmington Branch to Hold Holiday Luncheon, 2007
The Wilmington Branch will hold its annual Holiday Luncheon on Saturday, December 15, 12 noon at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach.
Tate wins 2007 Juvenile Literature Award
Eleanora E. Tate, the author of Celeste’s Harlem Renaissance, received the AAUW Juvenile Literature Award at a the meeting of the NC Literary and Historical Society in Asheville on Saturday, Nov. 10.
e-newsletter #6, November 12, 2007
Summary of AAUW NC posts, Nov. 1 – Nov. 12, 2007
Immigration Issues Information, 2007
Thanks to our coalition partners, League of Women Voters, the following is an excellent source of information on the important issue of immigration.