2021 — Feb. 1 Monday – LOBBY DAY virtually

Karen Anderson, our Public Policy director and Nancy Sapiro, our new lobbyist have scheduled a virtual Lobby Day. They are developing plans for the meeting and a list of bills for us to support. All members are encouraged to participate.
Click for details and how to sign up…

2021 — April 17 Saturday – STATE MEETING virtually

Your state board has decided that once again this meeting will be offered at no charge.  All AAUW – Washington members are invited to attend.  [click for details and how to sign up…]

 We will have a full morning of engaging mission related speakers and/or presentations.  The afternoon will be all about the business of maintaining a vibrant state organization.

• Election of our 2021-23 State Officers
• Review and potential adoption of any proposed changes to our Bylaws and Policies and Procedures
• Adoption of AAUW-WA Public Policy Priorities
• Consideration of any resolutions proposed by the Board or Branches

 

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PAST EVENTS

Nov. 2  Ellen Dubois, author of Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote,  conducted a Zoom meeting with AAUW-WA members,  Click for details…

AAUW WA CELEBRATES APPROVAL R-90!
Read more…

In this time of health crisis over many months, all Board events are being held online. You are welcome to attend. Request information from president@aauw-wa.org

 

August 2020 State Leadership Conference – ONLINE
We had an excellent day VIRTUALLY!
Click for presentations and details…

January 2020 Lobby Day – Click for details…

CANCELLED April 17-19, 2020 – multi-state AAUW convention in Vancouver, Washington. Click for details…

CANCELLED July Tech Trek STEM camps at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma and Eastern Washington University, Cheney. Click here for Tech Trek website and info…

August 2019 State Leadership Conference – Wenatchee – Click for presentations…

April 2019 Annual Meeting in Bellingham

Special speakers: Kim Churches, CEO of national AAUW, Amy Klosterman, Title IX attorney, Washington State Representative Sharon Shewmake, immigration attorneys Sanchez and Pai.

Click here for details…

January 2019 Lobby Day – Olympia

Speakers include Fajer Saeed Ebrahim, a specialist on reproductive justice with Legal Voice, and Pam Crone, a lawyer and lobbyist who has represented AAUW-WA, Legal Voice, and other clients in Olympia.
Get details — click here…

Organized by our Board Public Policy Chair – Karen Anderson
advocacy@aauw-wa.org

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2018 Events

August 2018 Summer Leadership Meeting – Ellensburg

Our summer meeting had a wide-ranging choice of workshops and presentations. All events were at the Red Lion Hotel in Ellensburg.

• Thursday 4 pm and Friday, Aug. 23-24, optional strategic planning sessions. 
• Saturday, Aug. 25, 8 am, annual Leadership Conference – presentations and workshops. Agenda includes in-depth consideration of public policy, mission-based outreach and collaboration, college university relations, and leadership qualities.
  — Click here for details of panel discussion of 3 members representing a large branch, a medium-sized branch and a small branch — Gig Harbor, Port Townsend and Palouse-Garfield…
  — Click here for program agenda to read/download/print…

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State Convention April 2018 – Spokane

3-day program details and recordings of presentations – click here….

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Photos from Lobby Day 2018 Jan. 29 in Olympia

Contact Karen Anderson, Public Policy Chair
Info: advocacy@aauw-wa.org 

We lobbied in Olympia to advance AAUW’s legislative goals. The focus was Equal Pay (again!) and the Student Loan Bill of Rights. Our speakers were Washington Attorney General Rob Ferguson, a strong advocate for student loan legislation; Representative Tana Senn, a sponsor of our equal pay bill; and Pam Crone, our lobbyist.

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2017 Events

Summer Leadership Conference 2017

Holmes Center in Ellensburg on Saturday, August 19

National AAUW Convention 2017

Washington State had 27 attendees

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2016 Events

AAUW-WA Convention 2016
April 22-24
Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort,  Suquamish, WA

April 22 Board Meeting, Training, Reception/Dinner, and Opening Evening
April 23 Convention, Annual Meeting and Elections, and Leadership Development
April 24 Convention over by noon

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2015 Events

August 2015 — The Women of AAUW WA gathered in Ellensburg for work and play.
45 great women from all over the state met, shared ideas, learned new skills and left renewed. If you didn’t attend this meeting in August, 2015, you missed a great event. We will be posting more on this website.

San Diego, California, 2015 National Convention

Click for Review of the 2015 National Conference – By attendees