**Check out our new Advocacy and Public Policy Page–link above**
To contact us, please send email to tacoma@aauw-wa.net
Mailing address: Tacoma AAUW; PO Box 65303; Tacoma, WA 98464-1303
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NOVEMBER 21 2024 ELECTION 2024: IT’S BEEN A CRAZY RIDE –SWING STATES AND UNDECIDED VOTERS- STATE-WIDE INITIATIVES- ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS-LIES-VOTER SUPPRESSION-COMPLEX BALLOTS
IT’S OVER! WHAT HAPPENED!! WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT CAN AAUW DO NOW?
LET’S TALK!! AAUW WA Online Branch program November 21, 2024 5:30 pm
Register here: PROGRAM RSVP
You’re invited to join the WA Online Branch for an election **debrief**. It’s our effort to understand the debates, the process, and the outcomes of the 2024 election. There are many vital questions. Project 25 and the America First agenda. Staffing the new administration. What has happened to our country? Life in a Blue state part of a Red nation? How does AAUW find a place in the new order?Let’s share perspectives on the outcomes nationally and in WA State.
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Branch Information
Tacoma AAUW is the premier organization in our community dedicated to promoting equity for women and girls. AAUW empowers women!
American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a nation wide organization with nearly 1000 branches and over 150,000 members. Our mission it to advance equity through advocacy, education, and research. In the Tacoma branch, members come together for the common goal of breaking through education and economic barriers for women and girls.
Public Policy: For over a century, the Tacoma branch has examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day. Today, our agenda includes pay equity; improved and stable funding for public education; protecting the reproductive health of women and girls.
STEM: Tacoma branch sponsors middle school girls for Tech Trek, a week long camp to teach, inspire, and strengthen girls’ knowledge and dedication to science, technology, engineering and math. We want to remove barriers women face to careers on STEM. Tech Trek WA is a life-changing opportunity for girls to excel in math and science. To support this effort and donate, click HERE
DONATEScholarship: For many years, the branch offered scholarships for college women; Now mission funds are dedicated to Tech Trek.
Education: We offer members and the community regular programs to learn about ways to improve lives of women and girls. Recent programs include: “After Sexual Assault: How women can get care and why they usually don’t”; “The Politics of Being a Woman;” “The Importance of Community Health Centers”; Prison Pet Partnership”; Overcoming the Glass Ceiling in Arts Leadership; “A Seat at the Table, women and business in Pierce County”; “Crime and Justice in Pierce County.”
JOIN US: MEMBERSHIP MAKES AAUW A STRONG VOICE IN TACOMA, UNIVERSITY PLACE, LAKEWOOD AND BEYOND!!
JOIN OR RENEW
And if you would rather print out a membership application, please go HERE You will find the new member and renewal forms there.
Click on any image below to see more AAUW Tacoma members in action!
