Welcome to AAUW’s New Mexico Online Branch!

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Megan Morrison

The New Mexico Online Branch is a virtual community with members from Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Raton, Portales, Las Cruces, and Carlsbad.

The new branch was officially recognized November 18, 2009. The New Mexico Online Branch (NM8028) brings the total number of active AAUW New Mexico branches to ten.

Contact any of the officers to become a member of the New Mexico Online Branch. Association dues are $49 ($46 are tax deductible). NM dues are $12.

The 130th Anniversary promotion allows graduate students to only pay $18.81 national dues. Grad students still pay $12 NM dues to join the online branch.

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The next branch meeting is April 28, 2012 in Las Cruces, NM.

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AAUW Regional Conference Phoenix, AZ June 8-10, 2012

Posted on May 4, 2012 by helenaw

AAUW Rocky Mountain Regional Conference at Radisson Hotel Phoenix Airport June 8-10, 2012. Two online branch members are presenting workshops on the Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap and Starting an Online Branch. AAUW NM is offering two scholarships of $150 to AAUW NM members who would like to attend; preference will be given to members who have never attended a Regional or National AAUW event.

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Wonder Women of Stem

Posted on April 15, 2012 by helenaw

Wonder Women of STEM!

Watch this archived replay starring women in STEM!

Original Broadcast: April 26, 2012, at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. EDT

Join the JASON Project and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) for a day of live webcasts featuring two women who exemplify excellence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Log on to any of the four live webcasts at jason.org/live.
Christianne Corbett’s passion to get more girls and women interested in engineering led her from a career in aerospace to authoring groundbreaking research for AAUW. She will be interviewed at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. EDT.
Lisa Lord protects our nation’s top secret information at Northrop Grumman, where she is an expert in one of the fastest growing professions today — cybersecurity! She will be interviewed at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. EDT.
This show is a pre-expo event of the USA Science and Engineering Festival, so if you’re in town for the festival you can view our show during the 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. programs at the Jack Morton Auditorium in the Media and Public Relations Building at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Inspire kids to get involved! Have them log on now to submit a video answering a challenge question through April 18 or let us know their questions for Christianne and Lisa.
For more information: STEM@aauw.org

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Great Decisions 2012 Topic Six: State of the Oceans

Posted on April 1, 2012 by helenaw

Great Decisions groups enable participants to develop a greater understanding of global affairs and to engage with the major foreign policy issues facing U.S. decisionmakers. Go to www.greatdecisions.org to order a copy of the 2012 discussion book and to access pdated uinformation since the publication was printed.

Rachel Carson, Jacques Cousteau, and Thor Hyerdahl published books in the 1950s and 1960s calling attention to the fact that the oceans are a “commons” area that is not exclusive to any one nation. UNCLOS III is a “constitution for the ocean” signed by 161 countries. The U.S. is one of 35 countries, including Libya and North Korea, that have not ratified UNCLOS III.

How is climate change affecting the oceans?

What are the U.S. interests in the Artic?

Where does the ocean fit into the national security and counterterror agenda?

Should the U.S. ratify UNCLOS?

How has plastic garbage inpacted the oceans?

 

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Adelante! Book Recommendations

Posted on April 1, 2012 by helenaw

National is now accepting Adelante! Book recommendations. If you have a great book to suggest for the 2012-13 Adelante! Book of the Month Club, share your recommendation by May 15, 2012. Complete the recommendation form and mail to the address on the form. RecSheetforAdelanteBook-2 If your book is selected, you and your branch will receive special recognition.

Criteria for selection of books
Books included on the reading list will:

  • reinforce AAUW’s commitment to diversity
  • be fiction or non-fiction
  • be positively reviewed
  • be in print
  • include books written for adults, young adults and/or children
  • be reflective of but not limited to populations including new and      non-readers, people with disabilities, rural and urban poor/homeless      people, immigrants, incarcerated people/ex-offenders, and people generally      discriminated against based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age,      language and social class
  • reflect the theme for a particular month if that is appropriate.      There are 12 selections included on the ¡Adelante! list
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September Adelante Book Selection

Posted on November 12, 2011 by helenaw

The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction by Linda Gordon

In 1904, New York nuns brought 40 Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp to be placed with Catholic families. The Catholic families were Mexican, as was the majority of
the population. Soon the town’s Anglos, furious at this “interracial” transgression, formed a vigilante squad that kidnapped the children. The Roman Catholic Church sued to get its wards back, but all the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the vigilantes. The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction tells a disturbing and dramatic tale that illuminates the creation of racial boundaries along the Mexican border.

Book review on AAUW Dialog blog.

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