News
AAUW Seattle Member Works with Afghan Evacuees
January 21, 2024
Our May 2023 Catalyst Member News featured a story on Katherine Cleland, an AAUW Seattle member who has been assisting an Afghan family as they struggle with their immigration status. When they arrived in Seattle in February 2022, the family consisted of “Dad,” his wife, and their two sons who were both under the age of 10. They had previously arrived at a New Jersey military base in September 2021 on… Read More »
Lobby Day 2024 - Remote
Melisa Lasell December 18, 2023
Monday, January 22 - 9am – 12:30 During COVID, we learned that a virtual Lobby Day allowed many more members to participate in AAUW’s signature Policy event. Members in the past who had been unable to make the trip to our State Legislature in Olympia were thrilled to be able to finally participate – and those numbers really make the difference when talking to legislators. Remember: the best thing you can do to… Read More »
Patsy Mink Quilt Donated to AAUW Seattle
November 2, 2023
She worked on a number of other bills supporting early and secondary education. Find out more about this incredible woman: Time Article Wikipedia Article Thanks to Deborah MacKinnon for her donation. Read More »
Variations on a Theme – A Message from Programs Chair Pamela Bradburn
September 22, 2023
“We’ve always done it that way.” Since time immemorial, it seems, we’ve held our meetings Saturday mornings. Your program committee and DEI lead are trying some variations during 2023-2024. Both October (in person) and November (by Zoom) meetings will be held on a Sunday at 2 p.m. That will make a difference to members whose Sabbath is on Saturday and possibly to working members for whom Saturdays are their time to catch up on everything not… Read More »
AAUW-WA Annual Meeting Review
Seattle Branch AAUW April 23, 2023
Our Washington State AAUW annual meeting – The Many Faces of AAUW was on-line Saturday, April 15 and was an excellent meeting. There were 65 attendees and over a dozen Seattle members were there. At least two were presenters for the event so Seattle was well represented. Katherine Cleland gave a wonderful presentation on social media, hashtags and much more. Hopefully she will offer a more detailed class for those interested in… Read More »