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Branch Activism - Becoming Informed

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Before you as a Branch Public Policy Chair can inform your members about the AAUW Public Policy Program and the AAUW Issue Papers, you must inform yourself by studying these sections of the Association website and by reading the “Key Ohio Issues” and “Pending Legislation”.

You should make sure you are signed up to receive communications from the AAUW Action Network, which e-mails the Two-Minute Activist and The Washington Update, and that you read the Action Alert Newsletter. Of course, you may also do your own research on the issues by reading books, magazines and the internet.

You should assume that your members are not familiar with the AAUW Public Policy Program and work to inform them. AAUW is a large and diverse organization, and becoming familiar with it can be overwhelming especially for new members. Here are a few quick and easy ways to inform your fellow members:

Insert your own articles or those published on this website in your branch newsletter

Make announcements at meetings

Schedule programs for your branch about political issues important to women

Study issues in your Public Policy Interest Groups.

Give new members a copy of the AAUW Public Policy Program brochure (which can be ordered at ShopAAUW ). Branches may order 25 copies and pay only shipping charges.

Forward the Two-Minute Activist alert and The Washington Update e-mailed by the Association Public Policy and Government Relations Department to your members who are online. If you have a sizeable contingent of members who are not online, take a few copies of these publications to your meetings for these members.