Tate wins Juvenile Literature Award
Eleanora E. Tate, the author of Celeste’s Harlem Renaissance, received the AAUW Juvenile Literature Award at a the meeting of the NC Literary and Historical Society in Asheville on Saturday, Nov. 10.
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Immigration Issues Information
Thanks to our coalition partners, League of Women Voters, the following is an excellent source of information on the important issue of immigration.
Legal Advocacy Fund supports plaintiff in case against UNC-CH
The AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund has announced support for Melissa Jennings, former soccer player, in her sexual harassment suit against UNC Chapel Hill.
Social networking to benefit AAUW
AAUW’s initial participation in Facebook.
2007-2008 Educational Foundation fellows and grantees of interest to NC
Information on the 2007-2008 Educational Foundation fellows in North Carolina, and the fellows across the country who are supported by endowments raised by AAUW NC members.
Notes from FairerScience.Org
Again, playing catchup from October …
Here are a couple of links to items at fairerscience.org:
What can men do to help women stay in science, Interactive Physics Simulations
NGCP Newsletters
See http://ngcproject.org/resources/newsletter.html for the October and November newsletters.
Take action — support the Gender Bias Elimination Act (H.R. 3514).
A recent National Academies report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, found that women repeatedly face biases in academia in the science fields, and that these barriers to success discourage them from careers in these areas. In response to this report, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) recently introduced the Gender Bias Elimination Act (H.R. 3514).
Learn more and contact your representative
Raleigh/Wake County Meeting on the National Girls Collaborative Project
Dr. Sharon Schulze of the Science House, the state’s lead organization for the National Girls Collaborative Project, spoke to AAUW Raleigh/Wake County on Tuesday. You can find her slides and additional resources at
http://rwc.aauwnc.org/2007/11/125/
Info for attendees at the Duke Funding Workshop
Here’s information discussed at a Funding Workshop at Duke on October 31.