Category Archives: AAUW Updates

Where We Stand: Voting Right

August 17, 2020

Our democracy works when everyone can fully participate. Elected officials routinely make decisions about issues that directly impact all of us. From our paychecks to paid leave, access to reproductive health care and access to education, our lives are on the line — and our vote is our voice. To create real change we must be part of the conversation and the most powerful way for us to have our say is at the polls. Yet the right to vote has a long and tumultuous history. Protecting that right — one that many fought long and hard for — continues today as ongoing efforts to suppress the right negates what it means to live in a free democracy.

AAUW Policy/Position on Voting Rights

Get Out The Vote (GOTV)

August 1, 2020

Involvement in the political process is always important, but it is especially so now as we move
toward the 2020 election amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

To encourage active participation in the political process, the Equity Network and AAUW Action Fund hosted a webinar outlining three key ways to help ensure that every American has the opportunity to cast their ballot in an informed way.

Refreshing Change

July 16, 2020

With generous support from The Coca-Cola Foundation, AAUW is teaming up with historically Black colleges and universities, women’s colleges and minority-serving institutions to advance gender equity. These include Claflin, Converse College, Drake State Community and Technical College, Howard University, St. Catherine’s, Stillman College, Texas Southern University, the University of the District of Columbia and West Virginia State University.

2020: Action in Equity

During this current coronavirus pandemic, AAUW Talladega County Branch can promote “equity for all” by electronic communication: email, text, and phone. The branch will use the same techniques recommended through the AAUW Equity Network announced in February 2020.

The 2020 Election: Advocacy in Action Workshop

• Define key policy issues
• Develop strong advocacy skills
• Learn how to lobby your elected officials
• Explore creative media advocacy strategies

If interested, please contact us at aauwtcbranch@gmail.com