AAUW College Park - MD

03/12/2021

Sad news:

MLAW Board member Linda Mahoney passed away unexpectedly on March 8. She served on the MLAW Board for fourteen years and was an active member, promoting and supporting legislation that impacted women and families. Linda was an extraordinary advocate for women’s issues and a statewide leader for women’s equality. She was always ready to do the hard work that advocacy requires and held leadership positions in numerous Maryland organizations. Among her many commitments, she was a past president of the Maryland National Organization for Women and a past member of the planning committee for the annual Women’s Legislative Briefing in Montgomery County. She worked actively for the election of numerous candidates for the Maryland House and Senate as well as the United States Congress and was widely admired and respected for her effective efforts and support. Linda leaves an enduring legacy of commitment and achievement. Her passion and intelligence will be missed by all those who knew her as an advocate and who counted her as a friend.

08/30/2020

The 2020 Cedar Lane Kiplinger Lecture Presents: The Moral Imperative For Educational Equity with Dr. John B. King, Jr., Former Secretary of Education in the ...

03/31/2020

Contribute to the endowment of the Beauchamp scholarship at the University of Maryland (UMD)! Until the end of March, Greenbelt News Review, with which Virginia has volunteered for over 60 years, matches your donation.

Named in memory of UMD Professor Emerita and longtime AAUW member, Virginia W. Beauchamp, the scholarship provides annual need-based scholarships for graduate students in the department that Virginia founded in 1975, Department of Women's Studies at UMD.

All gifts are fully tax-deductible. To give online, simply visit www.giving.umd.edu and search for 'Beauchamp Scholarship'.

To give via check, please write a check payable to: university of Maryland College Park Foundation, check memo: Beauchamp Scholarship, and send to UMCPF Address: 4603 Calvert Road College Park, MD20740.

Maryland students have been hard hit by COVID-19 pandemic disruptions and need help to continue their education. As the demand grows, the Student Crisis Fund provides immediate assistance.

01/30/2020

Under current Maryland law, strangulation can be charged as a first-degree assault but prosecutors say the cases are difficult to prove in court.

10/28/2019

Wonderful and inspiring! Read more here: https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/botwc-firsts/dr-patrice-harris-sworn-in-as-first-black-female-president-of-the-american-medical-association #.XbSMEn56uqP.facebook

07/22/2019

Many thanks to our awesome speaker, Dr. Bruce Stewart for sharing his expertise and insight on exclusion and inclusion to help us become a more diverse organization at the AAUW Maryland state conference on Saturday. Also to the Frederick Country Branch of AAUW; the program planning committee, Pat Stockard, Tracy Lantz, Mary Anne Williams, Julie Clark, and Jacki Gray; and many more committee volunteers for a meaningful, energetic and fun-filled day.

05/02/2019

Congratulations to Anna Palmisano, of the AAUW Kendsinton-Rockville Branch, theleader for Marylanders for Patient Rights in their quest to pass the Maryland Hospital Patients' Bill of Rights. She headed up a monumental 4-year effort, gathering scores of sponsors and partners to help support the passage of this bill. The bill was signed on April 30, 2019, by Governor Larry Hogan. Many thanks to those who worked so hard to pass this bill and to those who were able to attend the signing ceremony!

03/08/2019

AAUW Maryland and the College Park Branch have lost a long-time member and pioneering academic feminist. She was the first coordinator of the Women's Studies program at the University of Maryland in 1973. Here is the obituary in today's Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/virginia-walcott-beauchamp-pioneer-of-womens-studies-dies-at-98/2019/03/07/40918472-408e-11e9-922c-64d6b7840b82_story.html?utm_term=.bede7f695587

01/28/2019

Close to us -- who wants to join?

Gender Pay Gap and You - A Comprehensive Forum The Fifth Annual Women’s Empowerment Program Sunday, February 10, 2:00 - 4:30 PM All are welcome! Women, Men, Young People, Teens - Everyone! The injustice of wage discrimination persists in our society today and affects women of all religions, race, ...

11/27/2018

AAUW Maryland has selected Judy Carbone, President of AAUW Garrett Branch as the 2019 Maryland Woman of Distinction. She helped re-energize and grow branch membership and build enthusiasm for AAUW’s mission.

Carbone is a volunteer coordinator for the HART for Animals, which is a pet adoption and care center, and she formerly worked as an Administrator and career advisor at Garrett College. She mentors the AAUW student branch at Garrett College, which she helped to form.

AAUW Maryland must raise about $20,000 in contributions to the special fund for the Maryland Woman of Distinction in order to support Carbone’s recognition at the 2019 Women of Distinction ceremony at the National Conference for Collegiate Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL).

To make a donation log on to https://ww2.aauw.org/donate-gift-new/?treatment=AAUW2504-STRATEGIC and click on the button next to "Use my gift to support Maryland Women of Distinction (NCCWSL) Fund." You can then change the donate option to "One Time" and select one of the defaults or enter an amount in Other. Click on the "Donate Now button. to finalize your contribution. No contribution is too small or too large to help with this worthy cause.