In support of AAUW's mission and priorities, AAUW of California participates in the following coalitions:

Focusing on support of measures that ensure access to and full equity in health care for the lifelong needs of all women and girls, including support of school-based health centers and expanded research and insurance coverage; and supporting protection of individual choice in determination of one's reproductive life, including the right to privacy; and supporting increased access to high-quality family planning services and incentives to increase use of such services:

California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom: This is the prime organization linking nonprofit organizations for reproductive choice in California, meeting in both Sacramento and San Francisco.

California Women's Agenda: CAWA is a state action alliance of over 500 organizations in California, working together to implement the Beijing Platform at the grassroots. CAWA's objective is to link one million women and girls in collective action through real and "virtual" networks at the milennium.

Focusing on support of the right of women to achieve economic self-sufficiency and equal opportunities in the workplace:

California NOW 21st Century Women in the Workplace Taskforce

Focusing on issues related to universal preschool, continued educational reform, and high-quality dependent care (especially for children):

Children's Roundtable Coalition (not online)

Focusing on support of equitable funding for quality public education in preschool through secondary schools:

Edsource: begun in 1977 by AAUW, the League of Women Voters of California, and the California Parent Teacher Association as the California Coalition for Fair School Finance, it now operates to "clarify complex education issues and to promote thoughtful decisions about public school improvement." It publishes a variety of reports and annually holds virtually identical day-long seminars in Northern and Southern California. AAUW receives all of their publications, which are available to our members. For information, contact AAUW California President, K. Cha.

In addition, AAUW of California partners with the following agencies and organizations with online presence:

League of Women Voters of California
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
California Parent-Teacher Association
California Commission on the Status of Women
California Federation of Business and Professional Women
United States Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, Western Region

For online resources on our priority issues, see the Resource Links area of our Website.