What is it? The Branch Activity of the Year (BAY) award provides branches an opportunity to showcase and share an activity that is novel, inspirational, reproducible, and promotes AAUW’s mission and Read More
AAUW Fund & Named Gift Honoree 2025
2025 State Named Gift Honoree Kathleen Doty Alhambra-San Gabriel Branch Kathleen Doty was presented with the 2025 State Named Gift Award at the virtual Annual Event on April 26, 2025. She joined Read More
School Board Project Enters Next Phase
The School Board Project is entering its next phase, focusing on monitoring school boards for compliance with California laws. The AAUW California Public Policy Committee is collaborating with the Read More
2024 Priority Legislations Scorecard
The bills we supported in the 2024 legislative session did very well, with the Governor signing 86% of the bills that made it to his desk. See the detailed scorecard, by priority and by pillar, Read More
2025 Legislative Agenda and Bill Tracking Report
Find details of AAUW California's 2025 Legislative Agenda, including our A, B, and C priority bills as well as several bills we are watching. The bill tracking report will continue to be updated as Read More
2025 Annual Event: Pivoting 4 Our Future
Invitation The 2025 Annual Event was held on Saturday, April 26th. Building off the concepts in The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves by Dr. Shawn Ginwright, we explored how Read More
2025 – 2027 Proposed Public Policy Priorities
AAUW California’s Public Policy Priorities (PPP), which are member-driven and approved, inform our legislative and other forms of activism. Consistent with our organizational value of achieving fair Read More
Help Our Members Affected by the Los Angeles Area Fires
The AAUW branches (Pasadena, Alhambra-San Gabriel, San Fernando, and Glendale) affected by the LA fires (LAF) are actively determining which members have lost homes, had damage, or been displaced. By Read More
Silicon Valley branch hosts webinar “Reproductive Rights: Where Do We Go from Here?” featuring noted journalist Emily Bazelon
On January 22, 2025, the Silicon Valley branch honored the 52nd anniversary of the 1973 Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision, which gave women the right to choose whether to continue a pregnancy, by Read More
Lobby Days 2025 – Advocate for Bills to Advance AAUW Values
Lobby Days 2025 will be held on April 8 and 9, 2025. Meet with state legislative offices to inform them about AAUW and advocate for their support of AAUW California's priority bills. Meetings will be Read More
Meghan Kissell, Senior Director of Policy, discusses “AAUW Priorities in Light of the Election Results”
On December 4, 2024, the AAUW Silicon Valley branch hosted a Zoom event "AAUW Priorities in Light of the Election Results" featuring Meghan Kissell, AAUW National Senior Director of Policy and Member Read More
Carlsbad-Oceanside-Vista and Del Mar-Leucadia Jointly Sponsor an Election Information Event
On October 19, 2024, the Carlsbad-Oceanside-Vista branch and the Del Mar-Leucadia branch jointly sponsored an Election Information Event at the Encinitas Senior Center. The League of Women Voters gave Read More
Lilly Ledbetter: A Beacon of Equality and Justice
One of AAUW California’s Public Policy Priorities is economic security for all women, including equity in the workplace and enforcement of anti-discrimination statutes. Last week, an icon in the equal Read More
Project 2025 and How it Would Impact AAUW Public Policy Priorities Webinar
On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, the California Online Branch hosted a webinar presented by the Public Policy Committee entitled Project 2025 and How it Would Impact AAUW Public Policy Priorities. Amy Read More
AAUW California Advocates for Its Priorities with the Legislature During Lobby Days 2024
This year’s Lobby Days event, held on April 2nd and 3rd, was exciting and action packed. 140 women on 43 teams from 63 AAUW California branches met with 39 Assembly offices and 27 Senate offices. 11 Read More
AAUW Torrance Branch is Proud of Local C/U Member’s Selection as a Semifinalist for Cooke Foundation Scholarship
Kennedy Hayashi is among four students from El Camino College who have been selected as semifinalists for the highly selective Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Read More