Members seeking program ideas that embrace our Value Promise — By joining AAUW, you belong to a community that breaks through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance — now have Program in a Box, a portfolio of program activities for their branches. Emphasis is placed on mission-based programming that engages the community and provides more strategic focus for monthly branch meetings.
AAUW States and Branches implement a variety of community programming to meet our shared mission of advancing women's equity. These programs below are a selection of the many events that occur year-round. For more information about the programming at your local branch, please visit the branch locator.
¡Adelante! Book Club – By reading books written from the perspectives of diverse cultures, ¡Adelante! book of the month club participants broaden their own perspectives.
– These grants provide seed money to women, AAUW branches, AAUW state organizations, and local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or nondegree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls.
Financial Literacy Programs – A portfolio of grassroots programs, advocacy and research to prepare women for an economically-secure future.
Harassment-Free Hallways – In response to AAUW research documenting that sexual harassment pervades U.S. schools, AAUW convened a national task force of experts to develop this user-friendly resource guide to help parents, students, schools, and school districts keep schools harassment-free.
Legal Advocacy Fund Campus Outreach – The AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund educates students and staff about sex discrimination issues; shares ways to address and prevent it; and provides action steps toward creating a more equitable campus climate.
Mission-based Programming – Program suggestions for branch activities, including single or multiple meeting and ongoing resources.
National Girls Collaborative Project — There are many projects devoted to increasing the number of girls interested in STEM across the country, and the premise of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is that these programs could be more effective if they worked together.
Signposts – Signposts offers schools an equity road map for the coming century.
Sister-to-Sister Summits, Summit Follow-Up, and Sisters-in-Action – Sister-to-Sister offers teen girl a forum to talk about their generation's challenges and plan actions for improving their world. While Sister-to-Sister provides a forum for adolescent girls to discuss topics that concern them, Sisters in Action, funded by the AAUW Educational Foundation, extends the work beyond a one-day summit, providing girls with multiple opportunities to address and negotiate the many issues that they face on a day to day basis.
Tech Check – Tech Check helps schools help girls become technology-competent.
Transitions Conferences for Women – These one-day events ease women's educational decision-making at key points in their lives.
Voter Education Campaign – AAUW's more than 100,000 members and 1,300 branches and their coalition partners educate women voters on critical issues and mobilize women to vote, ensuring that women's voices are heard.
Woman-to-Woman Community Dialogues on Social Justice – These talks bring diverse women together to achieve common community goals.
