Aug. 8 2020 State Leadership Conference – ONLINE
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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
PAST EVENTS
Lobby Day – Jan. 27, 2020. Click here for details…
CANCELLED April 17-19, 2020 – multi-state AAUW convention in Vancouver, Washington. Click here for details…
Aug. 24 – 2019 State Leadership Conference – Wenatchee
2019 Annual Meeting in Bellingham – April 12-13
Bellingham Branch President Judith Entwife in her Suffragette costume marking Bellingham Branch’s 100th anniversary
Special speakers: Kim Churches, CEO of national AAUW, Amy Klosterman, Title IX attorney, Washington State Representative Sharon Shewmake, immigration attorneys Sanchez and Pai.
Kim Churches, CEO of national AAUW
2019 Lobby Day – January 28, 2019 – Olympia
Port Townsend branch members 2019 Lobby Day
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
2018 Events
Aug. 23 – 25, 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…
State Convention 2018: April 27-29, Spokane, Davenport Hotel
3-day program details and recordings of presentations – click here….
Photos from Lobby Day 2018 Jan. 29 in Olympia
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- Representative Tana Senn
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- AAUW WA Lobbyist Pam Crone
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- Lobby Day 2018 great attendance
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- AAUW WA President Judy Prince
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- Attorney General Bob Ferguson
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- Attorney General Bob Ferguson
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.
2017 Events
Summer Leadership Conference 2017
Holmes Center in Ellensburg on Saturday, August 19
National AAUW Convention 2017
Washington State had 27 attendees
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
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
AAUW-WA Members at 2015 Convention
Click for Review of the 2015 National Conference – By attendees
Chris Neese-Blackman & Gretchen Hormel from Walla Walla Branch Celebrate announcement of the next Convention being held in Wash. D.C. in 2017
Sandy, Ann, Kelvie, and Ginny
Author Marianne Schnall and Connie D.
Penny Tetter, Burien, Tonna Kulner, Seattle, Ann, Burien