AAUW NC ANNUAL MEETING – SATURDAY, MARCH 22nd; Meeting via ZOOM 9:30 AM to 12:00 Noon
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Meeting Agendas and Additional Documents
- Annual Business Meeting Agenda – March 22, 2025
- 2024 Annual Meeting Minutes
- 2023-2024 Treasurer’s Report
- AAUW NC Annual Meeting Agenda
Read more about our speakers, officer nominee, and Young People’s Literature Award recipient below.
10:30 a.m. – Public Policy in 1st Quarter 2025 – Meghan Kissell
AAUW Senior Director, Policy and Membership Advocacy
Meghan Kissell is the Senior Director of Policy and Member Advocacy at the American Association of University Women (AAUW). She leads AAUW’s non-partisan and mission-driven public policy at the federal level and supports the grassroots advocacy work of AAUW’s membership network.
Meghan has more than 20 years of nonprofit policy and issue developing and implementing targeted social impact strategies designed to engage key stakeholders and policy makers to advocate for positive policy outcomes.
Prior to joining AAUW, Meghan worked on state and local health policy with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and led efforts to expand LGBTQ equality in the Deep South with the Human Rights Campaign. She also worked for the Conservation Lands Foundation to help lead local and national campaigns in the Western United States resulting in the successful protection of more than 5 million acres of public land. She was also previously AAUW’s Field Director, supporting local advocacy engagement and volunteer get out the vote efforts.
Meghan has a Master’s degree in Social Work with a focus on community organizing from Howard University and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania.
11 a.m. – Keynote Speaker – Ajla Glavasevic Laussegger
“Artificial Intelligence” AAUW Pennsylvania Board Member and 2026 Atlantic Regional Conference Co-Chair
Keynote Speaker Topic Desciption – Generative AI: The Evolution of Machine Learning and Why It Matters
This discussion will review what artificial intelligence is, how it can impact women and girls, the way it will force an evolution of advocacy, and how we may need to renew our efforts. AI already has raised the level of impact to advocacy, potential for wrongdoing, and provided new ways to tackle old problems. Learn how AI has opened our world into more than quick answers, summaries, information, and development of documentation.
Keynote Speaker Biographical Information
Ajla Glavasevic Laussegger serves as Deputy General Counsel & Global Data Privacy Officer of a global chemical manufacturing company in Conshohocken, PA, Quaker Houghton. There, she leads the Data Privacy organization, advises on business matters, drafts and reviews contracts, and provides legal support and leadership in litigation, regulatory matters, corporate restructuring, labor and employment matters, corporate compliance, crisis management, corporate governance, artificial intelligence, investigations, mergers and acquisitions, environmental matters, and day-to-day business needs of the organization. Prior to her work at Quaker Houghton, Ajla was an Associate at a general practice firm, where much of her work focused on corporate clients, as well as litigation, immigration matters, labor and employment, and criminal defense. Ajla received her J.D. at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, concentrating on Financial Analysis from the University at Buffalo, where she also competed as a D1 heptathlete on a national level. Ajla is a former a member of the USA Women’s Bobsled Team.
Ajla serves on the board of AAUW PA as the Diversity Officer, and previously served as the Secretary. Ajla’s family immigrated from Bosnia to the United States under refugee status in 1995 and she’s married to an Austrian National. Ajla is a mother to a 5-year-old son, Julius, and a 3.5-year-old daughter, Philippa.
SAVE THE DATE: FEBRUARY 22, 10:30 AM – NOON
ODC Branch Sponsored Event – The Fragile States of America: An Exploration of State Fragility and U.S. Disaster Preparedness
- AAUW Fellowship Awardee Presentation: Anderson Beckmann Al Wazni; PhD Candidate (August 2025), University of North Carolina
- Zoom Registration Required: REGISTER NOW – CLICK HERE
The Science of Climate Change – Monday, February 24th, 7 pm – Via Zoom
Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy climate change organization focused on national policies to address the national and global climate crisis. Bill Blancato, a board member and long-time volunteer and advocate for CCL, will discuss the science behind climate change (it’s older than you thought), solutions, and how things look in Congress.
A little about Bill – he is an attorney specializing in mediation and arbitration services after an earlier career in litigation and corporate law. For more than ten years he has volunteered with Citizens’ Climate Lobby to build support for legislation that will reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which are causing climate change. Bill’s writings about climate change have appeared frequently in the Winston-Salem Journal. Additionally, he has participated in dozens of meetings about the issue with Congressional offices.
To register for the Science of Climate Change Zoom Event – Click here
Taped Versions of Recent Virtual Events
- Poverty & Opportunity Status of NC Women – Nov 9, 2024 10:30 AM – ODC Branch Sponsored Event (Note: the Closed Captioning can be turned off); Description: Speaker: Adrienne Spinner, Dir. of Strategic Partnerships, NC Council for Women Chair, NC Housing Coalition, NC Diaper Bank
- Securing the Future: A Post-Election Conversation on Women’s Economic Security – November 19, 2024 AAUW Event. Includes a transcript. Description: An important webinar exploring the path forward for women’s economic security under the next U.S. President and the 119th Congress. Expert panelists include: Heather M. Boushey, Ph.D., 1997–98 AAUW American Fellow, economist and co-founder of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth Jamila K Taylor, Ph.D., President & CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research Gloria L. Blackwell, CEO of American Association of University Women
In Case Your Missed It: The ODC Branch Sponsored a Special Zoom Meeting on October 5, 2024
Topic: One Month Away: Where Things Stand with 2024’s Election
Guest speaker: J. Michael Bitzer, Ph.D, Guest Speaker
A Zoom recording of the event is available (click on this link)
