AAUW-Boulder

06/02/2021

Meet Kelly Darrow Finch - AAUW Boulder's new President!
Kelly Darrow Finch has agreed to be President of Boulder AAUW. She is originally from the East coast, primarily Connecticut and New York City, and she also has family in the Maryland and Delaware area. Kelly attended Colgate University in upstate New York for her Bachelor of Arts and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN for her Master of Nursing. She currently works as a Nurse Practitioner at the University of Colorado Medical School in the Neurology Department, in a sub-specialty of Neurology, formally known as Behavioral Neurology. In her specialty, she sees any type of cognitive decline and traumatic brain injury patients. Kelly and her husband, Colin Finch, who is originally from New Zealand, live in Louisville.
Please join us in welcoming Kelly!

01/03/2021

Influential women who we lost in 2020 but will never forget!

As we usher in the New Year, Know Your Value looks back at the influential, groundbreaking women we lost in 2020.

05/04/2020

03/07/2020

Join us this Sunday March 8th at 2p.m. at OUR Center in Longmont, Colorado and to commemorate International Women's Day! Our Keynote Speaker is University of Denver Sturm College of Law - Graduate Legal Studies Professor Lucy Marsh!

This panel event will feature community leaders analyzing our theme Each for Equal. See our very own Kathy Olivier AAUW - Boulder President speak on this panel along with these amazing women:
Ali Beatty, Technical Program Manager, Google
Michelle Frierson, PhD Candidate University of Colorado Boulder School of Education
and Lupita Sanchez, Program Coordinator for "I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County and a Flatirons Golden Z Club member with Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County.

Meet our International Women’s Day Celebration: Each for Equal panel. This Sunday, March 8, 2 pm at the OUR Center in Longmont join us to commemorate International Women's Day. We will hear our Keynote speaker, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Graduate Legal Studies Professor Lucy Marsh.

Help us honor our 2020 award winners, Carmen Ramirez and Kc Becker and explore pay equity with women who are meeting its challenges first hand. Moderated by YWCA Boulder County CEO, Debbie Pope, this panel will feature community leaders analyzing our theme Each for Equal. We will discuss the wage gap for women, its impact on women of color, and the reality of inequality in the workplace.Our panelists include:

Ali Beatty, Technical Program Manager, Google
Michelle Frierson, PhD Candidate University of Colorado Boulder School of Education,
Kathy Olivier, AAUW-Boulder and Start Smart-Work Smart and Lupita Sanchez, Program Coordinator for "I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County and a Flatirons Golden Z Club member with Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County.

02/06/2020

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances we will be canceling the EYH event this year. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and we hope to be back on track next year with a bigger space to conduct the event at. Please stay tuned to our page for more information. Thank you!

12/01/2019

Looking back on November and what a great and busy month it has been! Thank you very much to Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County for honoring us with your Light Up the Night Award! We are grateful for our partnership with you and thank you for supporting our Expanding Your Horizons program as well as building the Women's Collaborative of Boulder County!

Congratulations to our community partner AAUW-Boulder We recognize you with our Light Up the Night Award and thank you for your work advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. We look forward to more important work through our partnership supporting Expanding Your Horizons and building the Women's Collaborative of Boulder County. Thank you.

12/01/2019

Save the Date for our 26th annual Expanding Your Horizons Event on February 22, 2020! This amazing event will take place from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Hellem's Arts and Sciences Building at the University of Colorado Boulder Campus. More details coming your way as we get closer to the event. Do you want to volunteer at this great event? Please contact Carrie Nolting at: [email protected] to get involved!

11/04/2019

We are honored to be awarded The Light Up the Night Award during the Zonta International 100th Anniversary Celebration on Friday November 8th! Marta Lindrose, Zonta Foothills President explains, “In the spirit of our globally-minded organization, we share this celebration with our partners partner who are like-minded organizations working to improve women’s lives.”
Also receiving the award are these great organizations:
League of Women Voters of Colorado Boulder County, and Professional Women of Boulder, YWCA Boulder County, Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence and The Milagros Scholarship.
Purchase your tickets online at: www.zontafoothills.org for $5.

11/04/2019

Did you know these 8 surprising facts about the Gender Pay Gap? Women working full-time earn roughly 80 percent of men’s salaries. But beyond the basics are some fascinating facts you may not have heard before. Check out these interesting findings from the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

Most people grasp the fundamentals of the gender pay gap: Women working full-time earn roughly 80 percent of men’s salaries. But beyond the basics are some fascinating facts you may not have heard before. Read more »

06/11/2019

We had a great time at the 2019 AAUW Colorado State Convention in Longmont! What was your favorite part of the weekend?