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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.

Vote Your Values: Arm Yourself with Knowledge Before You Go To the Polls in 2024

In this presentation recorded on October 2, former AAUW Vice President of Governmental Relations and Advocacy Lisa Maatz discusses how to be an informed voter on important issues at stake in the upcoming election. During her time with AAUW, Maatz spearheaded the campaign that led to the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and other women’s rights, education and civil rights legislation. After representing women’s rights groups on Capitol Hill for more than 20 years, Maatz is now an independent consultant working nationwide, specializing in gender equity issues, grassroots advocacy, and nonprofit management.

"Watch" Vote Your Values

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	AAUW Election Resources	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

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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To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, AAUW of Michigan will periodically feature notable Native American women from Michigan in our social media posts during October. Today we celebrate the remarkable life of Cora Reynolds Anderson, the first woman elected to the Michigan state legislature, and the first Native woman to be elected to any state's legislature. Anderson, a member of the Ojibwa tribe, was born in L'Anse, Michigan in 1882. She earned a teacher's diploma at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas, which is known today as the Haskell Indian Nations University. After graduating, she returned to Michigan and taught at the Zeba Mission in the Upper Peninsula for many years. She was a teacher and advocate who organized the first public health service in Baraga County. In 1924 she was elected to the MIchigan House of Representatives. Her congressional district included Baraga, Iron, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties. She lost her seat after just one term due to redistricting.In Lansing she advocated for public health, education, and Native fishing rights. After her term in office, she stayed active in the Michigan Grange and as an advocate for prohibition. Anderson died in 1950. The Anderson House Office Building in Lansing and the United States Post Office in Baraga are named after her. She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hal#NativeAmericanHeritageMonthme#corareynoldsandersonc#womeninmichiganpoliticse#womeninmichiganhistorym#nativeamericanwomen#nativeamericanwomen ... See MoreSee Less

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