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Quick updates for Phoenix

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The 2007 Convention is six months away, but details are starting to emerge. In particular, apply now for a spot in the “Taste of Success” program that highlights branch and state projects.

Next steps for Education as the Gateway to Women’s Economic Security

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For the last year, a national e-mail list has been used to send information on program ideas related to AAUW’s new theme, “Education as the Gateway to Women’s Economic Security”. If you’d like to be part of the North Carolina “theme team” – with a commitment to distributing these ideas and putting them into action – let Nancy know and she’ll get you subscribed so you see these messages as soon as they come out.

For more about programming ideas related to the theme, see www.aauw.org/newvision and, in particular, the one page handout which documents the wide variety of programs generated from the theme.
Read on for the latest updates.
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December branch presidents’ mailing

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Key items for the branch presidents to consider or pass on to the members of their board. All are encouraged to do a quick check for items that may help them in their AAUW roles.

Should AAUW NC purchase a sound system?

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We’ve started some investigation of characteristics/prices of sound systems so that we can evaluate whether AAUW NC should purchase such a system to have it available at all of our state meetings. Our convention has been held at full-service hotels that provide audio equipment, but for our other meetings we sometimes do without. At the fall meeting, we experimented with “simultaneous captioning” of some of the major talks, and we’ll continue with that. On the other hand, making sure that the oral remarks are as clear as possible is another of our goals. Such a system may also allow us to do better at presenting multi-media information like the 2005 video on women’s economic security.Read More »Should AAUW NC purchase a sound system?

AAUW Washington Federal Update

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From: AAUW Public Policy & Government Relations Dept.

  • The 109th Congress Still Hasn’t Finished Its Business
  • Senate Confirms FDA Chief
  • Short Work Week for Members of Congress Goes the Way of the Dodo
  • Despite Gains in Politics, Women Still Have a Long Way to Go
  • Most Parents Are Very Satisfied With Their Child’s School
  • Dept. of Education Convenes Forum on Higher Education
  • Hunting for a College is COOL
  • LAF Plaintiff’s Case Settled After Supreme Court Decision

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December Federal Public Policy Update

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From: AAUW Public Policy & Government Relations Dept.
Date: Friday, Dec. 1, 2006

  • Congress Expected to Lamely Duck its Responsibilities– Final FY07 Budget Decisions Left for New Year and New Congress
  • he First 100 Hours of the Next Congress
  • Wouldn’t That Make Them the Gang of 12?
  • On the Road
  • Apparently If They Can Keep the Wage Disparity a Secret Long Enough They Don’t Have To Do Anything about It
  • Supreme Court Declines to Take Voucher Case
  • University Calls for 50/50 Faculty
  • Florida Voters File Suit
  • Americans Believe a Woman Will be President
  • …But Bill Frist Believes that He Won’t
  • America Recognizes AAUW’s 125th Anniversary
  • Sign Up Your Friends and AAUW Colleagues for Action Network!
  • Congress Expected to Lamely Duck its Responsibilities– Final FY07 Budget Decisions Left for New Year and New Congress

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Education Programs for Drop-Out Students

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Links to two articles. The first highlights one program in Mecklenburg County that is combatting short-term school suspensions, while offering readers strategies to prevent misbehavior in class. The second discusses how one community in North Carolina is offering tutoring and remediation programs that help at-risk students stay on track