March 17, 2024, 1:30, newly restored Theatre Charlotte. The Thursday Night Bridge Circle.
March 16, 2024, 9:30 am — 1:00 pm, virtual, AAUW NC Annual Meeting
February 24, 2024, Impact of African-American Women Engineers, Zoomed state-wide. Dr. Pamela Oviedo, Branch member and STEM Chair, created a captivating PowerPoint presentation that highlighted the remarkable achievements of African American women in Engineering.
January 18, 2024, 7pm-8pm, virtual, League of Women Voters “Voter Registration Training” DESCRIPTION: New laws! Early voting issues! Issues with ballots not being counted! The League provides outreach support, makes sure people are aware of Voter ID, and other changes to election laws. 2024 will provide many changes for voters and we need to continue to make sure that they have all the information to make their ballot counts. The last day to turn in voter registration forms for the 2024 primary is February 9th and early voting starts on Feb 15th!
November 18, 2023, 1:30 pm, Southpark Regional Library, 7015 Carnegie Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28210. Gender Pay Equity!
Description: Former Coalition for Pay Equity leader Cate Stadelman will be featured with AAUW members Suzanne Elsberry and Lucille Howard for this event In June it was reported that the share of working-age women between 25 and 54 who are working or looking for work hit 77.8% — an all-time high. Will these women earn wages consistent with their credentials and experience? Probably not–so be sure to participate in the Nov. 18 program to learn about ways AAUW can promote its goal of gender pay equity.
Resources:
https://www.aauw.org/issues/equity/pay-gap/
https://www.aauw.org/resources/research/the-simple-truth-about-the-wage-gap/
October 24, 2023, 7 pm-8 pm, Virtual/ZOOM, The STEM Gap, or How Girls Lose Interest in Studying Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics, and What Can We Do To Help Close the Gap with “the boys.” Speakers include Lois Artis, AAUW Fellow; Pamela Oviedo, PhD, AAUW Charlotte STEM Chair; Lucille Howard, AAUW Charlotte Public Policy Chair; a young career engineer; and a college mathematics professor with an interesting project. Speakers offered comments from the AAUW-NC STEM Western Carolina University event, an AAUW National STEM perspective, and STEM in the CMS District. As an orientation to the topic, take a minute to review the Closing the Gap AAUW publication.
August 1-2, 2023, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm,Garinger High School, 1100 Eastway Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205. Teacher Workshop
Our branch provided AAUW materials and other goodies for attendees of the North Carolina Science Leadership Association (NCSLA). NCSLA partnered with the Center of Excellence for Research, Teaching, and Learning (CERTL) at the Wake Forest School of Medicine to provide a 3-day workshop this summer. The workshop is designed to provide K-12 teachers with inquiry-based lessons in Problem-Based Learning that integrate science, math, language arts, and other areas of the curriculum.