2012 AAUW NC Public Policy Issues

The list below gives the name of the branch that has agreed to monitor a particular issue and to pass along public policy alert information to those who want the information from AAUW NC. If an issue has no branch assigned (or is assigned to AAUW NC), AAUW members are welcome to volunteer to adopt the issue. Write to pp-admin@aauwnc.org if you want more information. You can also review the assumptions about this project at the paper that has been posted in our member center.

Educational Opportunities I
I-1 Elementary and Secondary Education Act	Charlotte
I-2 Oppostion to Vouchers	Brevard
I-3 Opposition to Tax Credit for Nonpublic Schools	Brevard
I-4 Strengthen/Enforce Title IX	Salisbury
I-5 Higher Ed Undocumented Workers
I-6 Public School Funding K-12	Brevard
I-6 Public School Funding K-12 Post Secondary	Twin Rivers/New Bern
Promote Economic Security II
II-1 Equal Pay Wilmington	Wilmington
II-2 Protect SS for women	Greensboro
II-3 Home/Community Care Block Grants	Gaston Regional
II-4 Low Income Child Care	Greensboro
II-5 Family Leave Act
II-6 NC Refundable EI Tax Credit
II-7 Funding housing trust fund
Promote and Defend Civil Rights III
III-1 LGBTQ Rights	Asheville
III-2 Right to Abortion	Asheville
III-3 Violence Against Women Act	Winston-Salem
III-4 ERA	Tar Heel
III-5 Funding Domestic Assault Victims
III-6 NC human trafficking commission
III-7 CEDAW
III-8 Const Amendment in NC to Define Marriage	AAUW NC
III-9 Protection from Bullying	Statesville
Access to Health Care IV
IV-1 Medicare/Medicaid for Women	Greensboro
IV-2 Safe Reproductive Health Care	Greensboro
IV-3 Choice in Reproduction	Greensboro
IV-4 Planned parenthood funding	Charlotte
IV-5 Midwives
Civic Participation and Equality V
V-1 Clean Funding Sources	Chapel Hill
V-2 Money Flow Public Campaigns	Chapel Hill
V-3 Voter Turnoout/Oppose Voter ID	Wilmington