Effective September 1, Jennifer McDaniel will be taking over as the single AAUW Regional Liaison for the entire South Atlantic region for the National Girls Collaborative Project. She has been serving as the liaison for the southern part of the South Atlantic Region since January of this year. You may recognize her name from Kay…
The kick-off for The Science House Girls Collaborative is scheduled for September 18 in Raleigh. Agenda follows. AAUW is working with the National Science Foundation to open more opportunities for girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The goal of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is to facilitate collaboration among projects so that…
The nominees for the 2007 AAUW Juvenile Literature Award have been announced. See www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/affiliates/lit-hist/awards/awards.htm for the list of nominees and previous years’ winners for several awards administered by the NC Literary and Historical Society. The award will be presented at the meeting of the NC Literary and Historical Society in Asheville on Saturday, November 10…
PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE: It’s going to be hard to beat last year’s programs, but we’re going to try. We are starting off the year with a fun outing on Saturday, August 25th. We will meet at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. The Aquarium reopened last year after a $25 million expansion. Let’s see…
AAUWNC 2007 public policy action item is now a reality! The General Assembly adopted a 3.5% NC refundable EITC. The EITC will give a tax credit to more than 825,000 working North Carolinians at the time they file their state tax returns. By providing a tax refund to moderate- and low-wage workers, the NC EITC…
VICTORY ON PUBLIC FINANCING!!!!! Good news to report-HB 1517 passed the NC Senate yesterday!! This bill creates a public financing option for 3 Council of State offices: Commissioner of Insurance, State Auditor, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. This program will go into effect in the 2008 election. This is the third victory this session for…