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Click for details: Educational FoundationSince January 18, 1959, AAUW’s education and public service programs have been carried out through the Educational Foundation. The AAUW Educational Foundation provides funds to advance education, research, and self-development for women and to foster equity and positive societal change. The AAUW Educational Foundation—the world’s largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women—supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.
Legal Advocacy FundThe AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund provides funding and a support system for women seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination. The AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund is the nation's largest legal fund focused solely on sex discrimination in higher education. Since 1981 the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund has helped students, faculty, staff, and administrators in higher education challenge discriminatory practices such as sexual harassment, denial of tenure or promotion, pay inequity, and inequality in women's athletics programs.
Mary Church Terrell ScholarshipMany years ago, the Washington, D.C. branch established the Mary Church Terrell Scholarship (MCTS) as one of its community outreach projects. It was named in honor of Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954), a long-time member of the branch who was an educator, writer, lecturer, club woman and civil rights activist. The scholarship was established to provide a freshman-year scholarship to a District of Columbia, public high school, graduating senior who would attend a college or university in the D.C. metropolitan area. The scholarship consists of two grants of $1,500 each that are awarded annually. Half of the scholarship grant is awarded in the first semester of the academic school year; the other is awarded in the second semester of the academic school year.
AAUW Lobby CorpsAAUW’s Capitol Hill Lobby Corps has been visiting legislators in Congress and delivering our public policy message since 1972. Ellen McGovern recruited the first AAUW Lobby Corps members to help monitor Title IX committee hearings and distribute position papers explaining AAUW’s position. Since then, Lobby Corps members have made thousands of visits to congressional offices bringing AAUS’s presence and priorities to the elected officials and staff. Lobby Corps member attend training sessions to learn about Congress and practice communicating their message. AAUW public policy staff members provide in-depth briefings on priority issues. Each week that Congress is in session, Lobby Corps members study a briefing paper prepared by the AAU&W staff before they visit members of Congress who are “on the fence” regarding that particular issue. Each Thursday, Lobby Corps members receive their assignments and materials and fan out on the House of Senate side to ask for support on a particular issue and to deliver pertinent materials. In 1998, a student Lobby Corps project was begun. College students train and lobby with the Lobby Corps during a semester.
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