In this issue...
President's Message
Featured Program:
State News:
- New ways to advance our mission
- Connecting to all your members
- Why I Donate
- Collaborating with the League of Women Voters
National News:
- AAUW Reacts to Gender Pay Gap Data
- The Community Hub; Virtual Office Hours
- Attention Finance Officers
Other News:
- Madison Branch Collaborates with LWV on Climate Change Panel
- Upcoming AAUW NJ Dates
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Research
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Education
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Advocacy
Equity
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As we leave the heat of summer behind, our AAUW programming is heating up. AAUW NJ’s equity program theme for the year is “Connect, Collaborate, Create!” Throughout this year we will bring you opportunities to enhance your AAUW experience and impact by connecting and collaborating with each other, and with non-AAUW organizations, starting with Fall Focus on October 28. We hope that every branch committee member takes the opportunity to connect with your peers at Fall Focus, and of course, we welcome all who are interested in attending. We’re eager to see what collaborations will be created.
Most of us joined AAUW to do something positive for our communities – do you know anyone recently retired who might be looking for a purposeful group to join? Please invite guests to Fall Focus to meet us and explore how we create positive societal change.
Looking forward to connecting and collaborating at Fall Focus to make all of our AAUW jobs easier and more fruitful in accomplishing our mission of equity for all.
Karen
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Saturday, October 29, 2022
Forsgate Country Club
Monroe Township (near Princeton)
8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
You can attend...
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IN-PERSON (most fun), Saturday, October 29, 2022, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $40 per person includes breakfast and lunch
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VIRTUALLY via Zoom (no travel, but more limited participation), 9:00 - 2:30 with break for lunch. View the general sessions as they happen at Forsgate, and work in Zoom break-out rooms on table exercises. $20 per Zoom connection – consider joining as a group!
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Our Guest Facilitator:
Marge Smith
Award-winning non-profit leader and consultant
Selected career highlights include:
- Working with Volunteers as President on over nine nonprofit boards
- President of the Princeton YWCA, home to over 1000 volunteers.
- Chair and Co-Founder of Princeton Community Works
- 2021 recipient of The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) award which recognizes extraordinary women and men from around the world who have contributed to the economic empowerment of women
Over her decades of work, Marge has seen how volunteers transform themselves and their organizations to better address the needs of their communities and manage for success. Marge is a graduate of Smith College and has a Masters in Education from Columbia University.
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Creating new ways to advance our mission
State Brochure
The state has created a state brochure to help your branch in recruiting. it can be found on the membership only section of the Website.
A New Logo
The national logo has changed through the years. Although every document that we use does not reflect that change we are moving toward using the new look. As you create new print material please make every effort to use the new logo. All the new AAUW logos can be found on the national website.
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Connecting to all your members
Do you have members that don’t have email? Why not connect them to this e-newsletter and other national information by printing this out and mailing it to them.
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Why I Donate
October 2022
You may have read the obituary of Marilyn Loden, the woman who is credited in coining the term “the Glass Ceiling” in 1978 and who died early this September in California. She believed that there was an invisible barrier for women to advance in the workplace. She was frustrated when she was told to smile more at meetings or when a well-deserved promotion was given to a male coworker because he was a “family man”.
She had no idea that this metaphor “Glass Ceiling” would resound around the world to address barriers women and others face in all sorts of spheres-a “bamboo ceiling” for Asian Americans, a “stained glass ceiling” for women in the clergy, a “marble ceiling” for women in government, and a “concrete ceiling” for women of color. Did you know that there is a Glass Ceiling Index which rates women’s progress in the workplace in 29 countries? Sweden is first and the United States is 20th.
I believe that at the time Marilyn uttered this phrase she did not know the power of her words. She went on to have a successful career as a management consultant and author, lecturing and advising companies on diversity in the workplace and gender differences in leadership styles.
You may not realize the power of your donation in a young woman’s life. Your generosity to AAUW will help advance gender equality in the workplace and create a more economically secure world for women, so please consider donating. Just go to https://aauw-nj.aauw.net and click “DONATE”.
Nina Del Collo
Funds Director
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Collaborating with the
League of Women Voters
Collaborate with the LWV NJ - it’s a win-win. Be a liaison – work with your branch and the League in your area to promote issues we have in common, and action items we can address together. For information on elections in NJ collaborate with the League of Women Voters of New Jersey – https://www.lwvnj.org/vote
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In 2006, the League of Women Voters launched the next generation of online voter education with VOTE411.org, a “one-stop-shop” for election information.
Today, VOTE411 provides National and state-specific nonpartisan resources to the voting public, including a nationwide polling place locator, a ballot look-up tool, candidate positions on issues, and more.
Scan this QR code using your phone:
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Or click here: https://www.vote411.org/new-jersey
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AAUW Reacts to Latest Gender Pay Gap Data
September 13, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. – AAUW Chief Executive Officer Gloria L. Blackwell issued the following statement in response to figures released today by the U.S. Census Bureau:
Women’s economic security is under constant threat and, no matter how you measure it, the gender pay gap remains persistent and unacceptable. In a calculation of the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau comparing full-time, year-round workers, women took home 83.7% of the pay that men did—a figure that is not statistically different from the pay gap in 2020. In addition, a more comprehensive calculation that compared everyone with earnings in 2021 (including part-time and seasonal workers) found that women were paid a shocking 77% of men’s wages last year.
In coalition with other equity organizations, AAUW this year used this new calculation that assesses all workers. Our goal was to get a fuller sense of the wage gap at a time when millions of women were forced out of the workforce due to layoffs and increased caregiving demands. The results underscore a grim reality: Women still face a pay gap that has, at best, stagnated over the past several years and, at worst, widened further.
Moreover, the pay gap continues to be most egregious for so many women of color. Using the analysis that included all wage earners, AAUW found that Black women were compensated a mere 64% of what white, non-Hispanic men were paid in 2021. For Latinas, the gap was even more abysmal: 54%.
We’ll keep pushing to provide the most inclusive and accurate data possible. In the meantime, we cannot get distracted from our critical work to achieve pay equity for all, which includes prioritizing racial equity. AAUW remains strongly committed to advocating for laws and policies to ensure fair pay, relieve the disproportionate burden of student debt on women of color, and provide paid leave and affordable child care. Employers and legislators must do better. We won’t stop fighting until all women are paid fairly and have the same opportunities to build secure economic futures for themselves and their families.
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A New Time for Virtual Office Hours
AAUW’s virtual “office hours” provide a real-time forum for member leaders to share their questions and concerns with AAUW National staff. These sessions have become so popular that they have added another time slot. Now you can sign up to talk on Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. ET in addition to Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. ET.
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Finance Officers Don’t Lose Your
IRS Tax Status
All AAUW-affiliated entities must file a tax return with the IRS each year. If your annual gross receipts are normally $50,000 or less, you can file Form 990-N. We can do this on your behalf if you complete the group exemption form in Community Hub now through October 15. Login to your personal snapshot and then go to MY AFFILIATIONS and click the blue button next to your affiliate name. Choose TAX INFORMATION and then ADD NEW TAX DETAILS to complete the form. The form will ask for the principal officer, which for taxes is generally the finance officer. The tax period is from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
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Madison Branch Collaborates with League of Women Voters on Climate Change Panel
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Upcoming AAUW NJ Dates
2022-23
November 15, 2022 - DEI: Strategies for Effective Bystander Intervention, 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. Hosted by the Burlington County Branch
February 13, 2023 - DEI: What Inclusion Really Means, 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. Hosted by the Summit College Club Branch
April 18, 2023 - DEI: Anti-Racism - Let’s Own It! 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Hosted by the Northern Ocean County Branch
April 29, 2023 - Annual Business Meeting via Zoom. Details to be announced
June 3, 2023 - AAUW-NJ Leadership Conference - Time, location and agenda to be announced
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If your branch is forwarding the AAUW mission in some way, please share your activities with [email protected]. We want to celebrate you!
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