Welcome to the Woodbridge, VA Branch of AAUW!

AAUW of VIRGINIA 2023 CONFERENCE

Please join us for of the 2023
AAUW-VA State Conference
PART 1
Saturday, March 18, 2023 ~ 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

REGISTER NOW!
Open the conference brochure link below for all the information you need.

AAUW-VA 2023 CONFERENCE BROCHURE

The 2023 in-person AAUW-VA Conference Part 1 will be held on March 18 at the Holiday Inn & Suites Williamsburg ~ Historic Gateway in Williamsburg, VA. Included in the sessions will be the Keynote Address, a discussion regarding the under-representation of girls in the STEM fields, a public policy presentation on the future of K-12 education in Virginia and our own past state president, Caroline Pickens, sharing the work AAUW has done to promote the education and protect the rights of women and girls.
Conference Part 2 is the 2023 AAUW-VA Annual Business Meeting to be held VIRTUALLY on March 25. See the brochure for more details on how to join this important free event.  

Detailed information about how to register, the speakers and lodging is in the
Conference 2023 Brochure.
You can also find this information at the AAUW-VA Website.

 

 

Co-President Colleen Hauser Passed Away

Colleen Hauser, Co-President of the branch has succumbed to pancreatic cancer after her diagnosis in September of 2021. Colleen joined our branch in the summer of 2020 after transferring from her Pennsylvania branch, participated in so many of our zoom programs and meetings

 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

AAUW has a DEI Toolkit and Videos of Webinars that are both informative and useful for individuals and groups wishing to effect a change to “Inclusive Spaces”. This link will connect you to access: https://www.aauw.org/resources/member/governance-tools/dei-toolkit/plug-play-dei-programming/

On Saturday, January 22nd, AAUW-VA’s DEI Chair, Cyndi Shanahan moderated an excellent panel on “Creating Inclusive Spaces”. There were only 100 spaces, which filled within a few minutes of Sandy & Susan logging in. It was an excellent session. Below is a link to the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHYFDV2XYRc

The question that the panelists were responding to at the beginning was:
Do you agree with the AAUW definitions for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging?  Can you expand on them to provide more context? Patsy Quick sent the slides in a power point.  If you would like to view these, please contact Susan at smbaauw@gmail.com

AAUW WORK SMART ONLINE IS HERE!

Learn to negotiate your salary NOW! LEARN MORE HERE! 

Why does it matter?

The pay gap has lifelong financial effects that grow over time, from the ability to pay for education and childcare to saving for retirement, impacting women in nearly every profession. The Work Smart program teaches women at all stages of their career how to negotiate their pay, resulting in improved financial futures for themselves and their families.

Share with everyone you know! 

Print this WorkSmart flyer created by the Reston-Herndon Branch to post in your community for all to see!

Take the course yourself to be able to talk about it!