Empowering women in Michigan
AAUW has been empowering women as individuals and as a community since 1881. For more than 130 years, we have worked together as a national grassroots organization to improve the lives of millions of women and their families.
AAUW of Michigan Mission
AAUW advances gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy.
AAUW’s Vision
Equity for all.
AAUW’s Values
Nonpartisan. Fact-based. Integrity. Inclusion and Intersectionality.
Open Membership
This spring AAUW members will be asked to vote on a proposed national bylaws amendment to open membership to any individual who supports AAUW’s important mission of advancing equity for women and girls. The resources below provide context and rationale for the proposed amendment.
- Statement from the AAUWMI Board on Open Membership
- AAUWMI Email update on Open Membership (2/14/2024)
- Overview of Proposed 2024 National Bylaw Changes
- AAUW Open Membership Toolkit
- Open Up AAUW Website
Upcoming Key Dates for the 2024 Vote
- April 3 | Voting opens (online voting is encouraged)
- May 15 | Online voting ends at 12:00 pm ET and results announced online
Public Policy and Advocacy
AAUWMI’s public policy and advocacy work seeks to empower women and girls in Michigan.
Branch Leadership Playbooks
AAUW of Michigan is producing a series of branch leadership playbooks to assist branch officers and the collaborative teams they assemble, both formal and informal, to assist in performing their responsibilities. These playbooks are designed to be scalable for use by small, medium, and large branches. We hope this series of playbooks will help branches recruit new officers by making the jobs appear manageable, satisfying, and occasionally even fun. We welcome your suggestions for updates and additions to future versions of the playbooks. Please send comments to .
AAUW of Michigan Newsletters
Our Quarterly e-newsletter from the AAUW of Michigan Board of Directors to branch boards, leaders, members, and interested community members. It contains helpful and important information. Click on any link for more information and share appropriate items with your branch, especially in your branch newsletter. You can click below for the archives of past editions.
Winter/Spring Newsletter - March 1, 2024- Fall/Winter Newsletter – December 4, 2023
- Summer/Fall Newsletter – September 1, 2023
- Spring/Summer Newsletter – June 1, 2023
- Winter/Spring Newsletter – March 1, 2023
- Fall/Winter Newsletter – December 1, 2022
- Summer/Fall Newsletter – September 1, 2022
- Spring/Summer Newsletter – June 6, 2022
- Winter/Spring Newsletter - March 11, 2022
- Fall/Winter Newsletter – December 6, 2021
Community Connection
Welcome to the Community Connection, a place to view our e-blasts from your state organization. We promise to keep the Community Connection short, timely, and geared toward our members (that’s YOU) with what YOU might want to know or do to be an active AAUW member.
- Call to AAUWMI Annual Meeting
- Creation of New Lansing Area Branch
- AAUW of Michigan Statement on Open Membership
- 2023 Presidents’ Packet
- Benefits of AAUW Membership
- AAUW of Michigan Statement on Child Marriage
- AAUWMI’s Role in “Adopt and Amend” Court Ruling
- AAUW of Michigan Statement on Racism
- AAUW of Michigan Statement on Domestic Terrorism
- AAUW of Michigan Statement on Michigan Voting Rights
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Toolkit
The AAUW Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) resources in the DEI Toolkit aim to identify best practices for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within AAUW. These resources present guidelines for how AAUW branches, national members, student members and individual members can demonstrate an understanding of AAUW’s mission, values, goals and strategic plan. It is meant to start the inclusion conversation. We encourage all members to seek ways to incorporate inclusive practices into their branches and daily life.
Webinar Recordings
AAUW of Michigan presents Webinars on topics related to our mission. See some of our most recent presentations below. Find our complete archive of recordings on YouTube. For information about upcoming webinars and other events, take a look at our calendar.
Keeping Title IX Alive: 4/14/22 presentation with Jennifer L. Martin, Ph.D. and Wendy Murphy
PowerPoint of the Keeping Title IX Alive presentation
Public Policy Discussion on Public Education in Michigan with Ellen Cogen Lipton
Ballot Proposals Endorsed by AAUWMI 9/15/2022
Revisiting the 2022 Election and the Future of Democracy, 2/9/2023
Recruiting and Engaging Younger Members Panel Discussion, 6/26/2023
Ranked Choice Voting for Michigan, Ron Zimmerman of Rank MI Vote, 9/14/2023
AAUW of Michigan Facebook Page
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