AAUW Chico (CA) Branch

The American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, research, and philanthropy. AAUW was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The local Chico Branch AAUW was founded in 1920.

Next Events …….

Apr. 26 Sat, 3-5 pm General Meeting ” Women of Distinction Honors”

2341 Floral Ave, Chico, CA 95926-7311

AAUW Chico will honor four local women for their remarkable contributions in our corner of the world. You may already be familiar with some of these names: Alexa Benson-Valavanis, Anastacia Snyder Lando, Dolores Mitchell, and Linda Watkins-Bennett. They are leaders, women with powerful voices in our community, and are passionate about what they do. We want to take note of their many accomplishments and to honor them for the service they have given.

We want to encourage all members to attend this special event and to bring neighbors and friends to celebrate these women in a public forum. Light refreshments will be served as we gather before the program begins. It is not required for attendance, but if you are interested in bringing finger foods to add to the reception, please Email us at aauwchico@gmail.com

April 26th, Sat, 9 am-2:30 pm 2025 Annual Event, “Pivoting 4 Our Future”

We invite you to join us on Saturday, April 26th, 9 am-2:30 pm, for our AAUW California 2025 Annual Event on Zoom, entitled Pivoting 4 Our Future. Building off the concepts in The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves by Dr. Shawn Ginwright, we will explore how the pivots tie into the Volunteers First program that our own Branch Development committee created.

This will be a wonderful opportunity to envision together how we can pivot to sustain our organization. We will gather with hundreds of members across the state to celebrate our accomplishments, honor our members and branches, and learn how we can continue the success of AAUW California and our branches into the future.

We have two exciting speakers who will join us: AAUW Board Chair Cherie Sorokin, with an AAUW update, and strategist Deepa Iyer, who will speak to us about the importance of our strengths, as well as connection and collaboration for our organization’s viability.

We will have four breakout rooms for you to choose from based on the Four Pivots: From Lens to Mirror, From Transactional to Transformative, From Problem to Possibility, and From Hustle to Flow. Lots of connections, inspiration, and joy will be found!

For more information, including the agenda, a description of the breakout rooms, and links to speaker bios, read our website HERE. To register now, click HERE.

We hope to see you on April 26th at 9 am!
Sincerely,

Charmen Goehring

AAUW California President

Equity Now!

Link to Mary Church Terrel – The Fight to Integrate AAUW Webinar
Link to The Kindness of Color Webinar: Two families: one Japanese American and one Mexican American. Two true stories of their separate battles with racism,

Link to LWV National Convention Speaker: Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner “Native American Women and the Suffrage Movement”.
Link to Local Program on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

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