Ann Fisher
Ann Fisher, host for “All Sides with Ann Fisher” on WOSU, will keynote a public policy luncheon sponsored by a group of organizations — including AAUW Ohio – on Friday, Oct. 1, at Fawcett Conference Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd. Her topic will be “Women and Political Power: Have we moved forward?”
The event will be held from 12 noon till 1:30 p.m. Cost is $30 per person. Reservations may be made by contacting ACTION OHIO Coalition For Battered Women, event organizer, at 614 825-0551 or actionohio@sbcglobal.net. RSVP deadline is Sept. 22.
Organizational co-sponsors also include The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Amethyst, Incorporated, OSU Department of Women’s Studies, John Glenn School of Public Affairs NEW Leadership Ohio Program, League of Women Voters of Ohio, New Directions Career Center, Ohio National Organization for Women, Ohio Women, Inc., Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio, Women Have Options/Ohio and The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio.
For more information, contact any one of the organizations involved.
Dayton Branch will host Theresa Flores for a program on “Human Trafficking in Ohio” on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Patterson Homestead, 1815 Brown St. in Dayton.
Toledo Branch will meet Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 6:30-8 p.m. for ”Presentation on Child Sex Trafficking in the Midwest” by Dr. Celia Williamson, at the Whitman Center.
Find out what you can do to combat the problem of human trafficking by reading Jackie Evangelista’s latest Public Policy E-Newsletter. Then take a look at the information and resources about trafficking — and more — that were part of Leadership Workshop 2010.
Human trafficking in Ohio? Sadly, yes.
Find out what you can do to combat this problem by reading Jackie Evangelista’s latest Public Policy E-Newsletter. Then take a look at the information and resources about trafficking — and more — that were part of Leadership Workshop 2010.
If you couldn’t make it to Leadership Workshop 2010, you — and your branch — can still benefit from the information and resources presented at the full-day session at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware on Aug. 14.
Check out the information our speakers shared with us — and plan to pass it on to your branch members.
Public policy resources on trafficking
Jackie Evangelista, public policy chair, coordinated a keynote presentation on human trafficking that included:
- Ohio State Senator Theresa Fedor’s presentation on Human Trafficking in the U.S.
- Samar Kaukab Ahmad, executive director of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence, shared a presentation on Ohio’s statewide anti-sexual violence coalition.
Find more public policy resources online. For more information about public policy advocacy for your branch, contact Jackie Evangelista.
Successful branch membership activities and ideas
Gillian Holzhauser-Graber, AAUW Ohio vice president of membership, and Susan Williams shared these membership ideas:
- We are part of an organization that can do more than we can as an individual; AAUW Ohio gives us a voice we otherwise would not have.
- Small interest groups keep members involved and active and attract new members.
- Basing programs on your local community resources sparks interest, while giving the branch recognition when covered by local media. Programs such as a “Candidate & Issues Night” provide a valued service to the community.
- “International Night” with exchange students from all the local high schools, brings media coverage, parents and prospective members.
- Use the MAL list from AAUW Ohio and send invitations to local MALs.
- Work with local universities and colleges to be a presence on campus at events handing out AAUW information for undergraduate and graduate students, plus Student Affiliates, even possibly forming a Student Affiliate Branch or offering free E-Memberships.
- “Give a Grad a Gift” helps AAUW members give FREE national AAUW memberships to college graduates who graduated in the past year, both for Undergraduate and Graduate School degrees. Each branch can create a fund to pay the graduate’s state and branch dues, if they choose.
- Get new, young members involved in short-term projects, if they do not want to attend monthly meetings.
- A separate branch fund can be established to help prospective members pay their dues, if they have a real need.
- Used book sales are good fundraisers.
- Highlight one member in each newsletter and/or ask members why they joined AAUW, and put it in the newsletter.
- Women-In-History Interest Group provides a service to local schools and gives the Branch recognition.
- Send a follow-up letter to visiting prospective members.
- Create a new Board position to get new members active in the Branch.
- Use the “Women’s Studies” department at local colleges and universities for support in forming a branch.
- AAUW Ohio President Pat Millhoff encouraged branches to apply for grants from the state board’s newly established fund to encourage membership growth.
- President Millhoff announced an Every Member Survey will be sent out soon asking members to say what they want for their dues and what they want from the state board.
Get more membership recruitment tips and ideas online. To schedule a Making Membership Meaningful session for your branch, contact Gillian Holzhauser-Graber.
How to get your branch online
Paula Maggio, public information officer for AAUW Ohio, put together resources to help you launch a free and easy branch website.
The handout, “How to launch a totally cool, free, easy website for your AAUW branch” can help you do just that. It is available on our website and as a downloadable PDF.
The step-by-step instructions will walk you through launching a website for your AAUW branch using wordpress.com. Included are details on how to include links to AAUW news and action updates.
Other website information shared at the session included:
- Recommended text to include on your AAUW Ohio branch website
- Recommended links to include on your AAUW Ohio branch website
- Graphics to include on your AAUW Ohio branch website
- AAUW Tools for Web Site Development
Additional handouts shared information about using social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, to publicize your branch and its events:
- Basics of Facebook
- Facebook for AAUW
- AAUW Twitter Resources and Do You Speak Twitter?
- “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live“
- Website and social media help
Contact Paula Maggio with questions.
Log on or sign up for a Twitter account and start following Executive Director Linda Hallman, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations Lisa Maatz, and AAUW members from around the nation to hear the latest AAUW and public policy news through the latest form of online communication technology.
You can also follow your elected officials, and join AAUW’s Facebook group. Join AAUW Ohio on Facebook and follow us on Twitter too.
Find out more about using the Web and social media to publicize your branch and its programs and events.
Learn about branch websites, recruitment and programming at Aug. 14 Leadership Workshop 2010
State Senator Teresa Fedor
Get the latest and best information on human trafficking as a public policy issue, recruiting new members, pulling great programs out of the box, and launching an easy, low-cost website for your branch at our Aug. 14 Leadership Workshop.
It will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware and includes the AAUW Ohio Public Policy Luncheon: End Trafficking in Ohio, featuring State Senator Teresa Fedor.
To register for the full day’s program and luncheon at a cost of $25, mail the completed AAUW Ohio Leadership Workshop 2010 Registration Form with your check made out to: AAUW Ohio with “Leadership Conference” on the Memo Line by Saturday, Aug. 7, to: Kathy Shaffer, 1444 Wuchter St., Barberton, OH 44203.
Get more details and a full schedule of the day’s events, which are open to AAUW members and the general public.
Read “Trafficking is hot issue for AAUW Ohio and New York Times columnist.”
Action Ohio Coalition public policy luncheon is Oct. 1, and topic is women & political power
ACTION OHIO Coalition For Battered Women will present a Public Policy Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 1, and AAUW Ohio members are invited to attend. The luncheon will feature WOSU’s Ann Fisher sharing her perspectives about “Women & Political Power: Have we moved forward?”
The event is scheduled for noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Fawcett Conference Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd. in Columbus. The cost is $30.
Fisher, a former columnist with The Columbus Dispatch, hosts a two-hour daily public affairs talk show on WOSU covering issues and events shaping life in Central Ohio.
Action Ohio’s goal for the luncheon is to bring together women of like mind and continue the dialog about women in politics and foster the work necessary to prepare and encourage women to run for public office.
The 2011 AAUW National Convention will be held June 16–19 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel. Join us at the 2011 convention to celebrate AAUW’s 130 years as a nationwide community that is breaking through barriers for women and girls!
Showcase your state or branch programs at convention by applying for a Breaking through Barriers Award.
AAUW strongly supports the recommendations unveiled Tuesday by the Vice President’s White House Middle-Class Task Force and the White House Council on Women and Girls. These timely recommendations address ways to improve equal pay enforcement and highlight the Obama administration’s efforts to improve work-family balance for all Americans.
- improving interagency coordination on enforcement of workplace discrimination laws,
- improving wage collection data in the private sector,
- creating a public education campaign about the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees with respect to preventing workplace discrimination,
- striving to make the federal government a model employer on these issues, and
- passing the Paycheck Fairness Act.
