Local legislators and staff from the NC Budget & Tax Center, NC Justice Center and United Way of North Carolina will hold briefings across the state from 11/13 to 12/16 to discuss hot issues in state public policy. detailed schedule

The board agreed to approve the new Tar Heel branch (the NC “branch without borders”), and agreed to join the coalition supporting the “school violence prevention act.”

Who we are:

A group of women and men who work in North Carolina to carry out the mission of the American Association of University Women — advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

What we do:

In communities across the state we

• work with girls (and boys!) in the schools to improve education through projects from distributing books to elementary school students to working with high school girls to integrate math and science into a fitness program
• collaborate with other members of the NC Women United coalition to support each others’ legislative agendas
• work with BDPA on the IT Techs project to encourage girls’ interest in computers
• work with students on campuses across the state to build advocacy skills through Action for Children’s “Young Advocates Toolkit”
• raise funds to support local, state and national efforts

To learn more:

• Check www.aauw.org for information on the national efforts that underly much of our work
• Look for a branch contact in your area and call or e-mail to find out what, specifically, that group is accomplishing
• Review the state newsletters for an overview of what we’ve been doing
• Check our headlines (all, public policy, young advocates toolkit project, or the other topics mentioned in the right-hand menu).
• Join us at one of our events.

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