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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.

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

Dome of the Michigan Capitol Public Policy and Advocacy

AAUWMI’s public policy and advocacy work seeks to empower women and girls in Michigan.

AAUW's Public Policy Priorities	Take Action!	Join AAUWMI's Virtual Lobby Corps
Public Policy Priorities in Michigan	Be a Two-Minute Activist!	Michigan Voter Information Center
Public Policy Director's Message	AAUW's Policy Center	Connect with State Government
Government Relations Coordinator's Reports	AAUW's Advocacy Toolkit	Connect with Your US Legislators

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 the playbooks will help branches recruit new officers by making the jobs appear manageable, satisfying, and occasionally even fun. We welcome 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.

Community Connection

Welcome to the Community Connection, a place to view our e-blasts from your state organization. We promise to keep theCommunity 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.

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.

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AAUW of Michigan Webinars

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, see 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

Screenshot of Ellen Cogen Lipton 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

Screen shot from Recruiting and Engaging Younger Members Panel Discussion Recruiting and Engaging Younger Members Panel Discussion, 6/26/2023

Ranked Choice Voting for Michigan, Ron Zimmerman of Rank MI Vote, 9/14/2023

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The National Women's Law Center has issued a new report demonstrating the benefits of union membership on women's economic security. Here's a brief summary from their website:"2023 was a high-profile year for unions, with the “hot labor summer” resulting in record-breaking raises and greater awareness. Public approval for unions in the United States is at peak levels (67%) and nearly half of nonunionized workers have indicated they would join a union if they could. These statistics likely reflect an understanding that union membership offers important benefits and protections, even as workers continue to face many barriers to successfully forming a union and reaching a collective bargaining agreement.Overall, women currently make up almost half of union members (45.6%), and union membership is especially important for women. While union membership for women overall decreased from 9.6% to 9.5% between 2022 and 2023, union membership among Black women rose slightly from 10.3% to 10.5% and for Latinas from 8.5% to 8.8%. At the same time, union membership for white women decreased from 9.5% to 9.3% and for Asian women decreased from 9.1% to 7.8%. Union membership for women has declined since data was first made available in 1983, but current trends indicate a potential future increase in women’s union membership.Women who are union members experience more economic security for themselves and their families than nonunion members, including higher and more equal wages. For women of color, who face even more significant pay gaps and discrimination at work, union membership provides particularly meaningful wage improvements. Union members also have greater access to benefits—such as paid leave and sick days, predictable schedules, affordable health insurance, and retirement benefits—and the right not to be fired without cause."You can read the full report here: nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FINAL_FS_2024_nwlc_Unions_FS.pdfImage credit: National Women's Law Center#unionmembershippays #unionbenefits #womenandunions #womenseconomicsecurity ... See MoreSee Less

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