Advocacy Initiatives

American Association of University Women

AAUW is a historic organization, founded in 1881, with over 1000 localized branches, student organizations on over 70 campuses and 170,000+ members nationwide. The national organization operates on the mission statement: “Advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.” Through advocacy, leadership development, volunteerism and peer support, we hope to provide U-M students with a space to encourage women’s education and make further advances towards equality and equity. Members also have the unique opportunity to continue involvement with AAUW past college through branch membership.

Any undergraduate or degree-seeking graduate student can join the AAUW for free since U-M is an affiliated school. For more information, please email [email protected]

OFFICERS

Jennifer Kusch, Primary Contact
Tiffany Marra, Advisor
Lauren Weisfeld, Treasurer

STORIES

“I am committed to engaging in advocacy, research, and policy development aimed at advancing human rights, social justice, and sustainable development worldwide."

CEW+ Story | Essence Uke

“A feminist perspective analyzing historical problems contributes to an explanation of the working of cultural norms that have allowed women’s subordinated condition to continue.”

CEW+ Story | Eimeel Castillo

Yulin hopes to attain a faculty position ... where she can continue having a scientific and educational impact by using big data and artificial intelligence techniques to investigate gender inequality in knowledge creation and innovation.

CEW+ Story | Yulin Yu

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