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Proposed Seattle Branch Bylaws Changes
April 16, 2025
At our Annual Meeting, branch membership will be voting on proposed changes to our bylaws. Our bylaws remain in compliance with mandated National articles I - VII, however, there are two changes are being proposed for our branch unique articles. The changes and their rationale are summarized below. Page number references are to AAUW_Seattle_Branch_Bylaws_PROPOSED_May-2025.pdf, where you can see the ‘track changes’ to the current bylaws, along with comments on the changes. ARTICLE… Read More »
Summary of March 15 Branch Meeting
Pamela Bradburn and Marianne North March 20, 2025
At our March 15 meeting at the Maxwell Hotel branch member Or Vallah shared stories about artists’ creative ways of using their disabilities in their work. Hendrick Goltzius, a 16th century Dutch artist, was her lead example. Despite serious fire damage to his face and one hand in childhood, Goltzius became one of the foremost engravers of his time. He used his damaged hand to steady his engraving tools and incorporated himself, with his… Read More »
MARCH 19 AAUW WA Online - Political Polling Program [Virtual]
March 7, 2025
Join the ๐๐๐จ๐ช ๐ช๐ ๐ข๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต for an in-depth presentation and discussion about ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด. Political polling is a crucial tool in understanding public opinion and shaping democratic processes in the United States. ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ฑ:๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐บ – ๐ณ:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฃ, a partner with the Global Strategy Group, will share how polls are developed to gauge the preferences, opinions, and attitudes of voters on a wide range… Read More »
2025 Lobbying Season Activities
Gay Armsden January 19, 2025
Right after Lobby Day is a great time to get in touch with your legislators: The 2025 session is still young, and you’ll be motivated by the informative Lobby Day speakers or perhaps by what you’ve read in the news or social media. If you want to know which bills AAUW-WA is supporting, subscribe to the free weekly report, This Week in Olympia, from our lobbyist. Did you know that our… Read More »
Title IX Update
Amy Klosterman January 13, 2025
Recent events signify big changes for Title IX, the landmark 1972 law prohibiting sex discrimination in schools. There are two prominent issues at stake:
- Whether or not Title IX’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender.
- Whether the concept of sex should be seen as an “immutable biological reality” in which there are only two sexes, male and female, versus recognizing and welcoming the…