Past Activities

Women of the AAUW Grand Rapids, MI Branch are women of action.  They have:

  • Held Fund Raisers
  • Honored top ranking girl students
  • Held benefits
  • Participated in surveys
  • Sought political office (members)
  • Held book study groups
  • Rung doorbells for campaigns
  • Held workshops on awareness for various topics
  • Supported equal pay for equal work
  • Took the stand that AAUW was open to all eligible women regardless of race
  • Hosted many AAUW conferences
  • Found teachers to fill classrooms when there was a teacher shortage
  • Sponsored a School of Finance for Women
  • Helped establish the Women’s Resource Center at GVSU
  • Participated in literacy tutoring in the public schools
  • Sponsored a book project sending books to the Philippine Islands for schools and libraries
  • Took part in pro-choice rallies
  • Held a “Science Is For Girls” conference for 5th and 6th grade girls.  First conference was held in 1991 and continued annually until the state passed Proposition 2 in 2007 preventing state money from being used for gender specific activities.
  • Co-sponsored gender equity workshops with The Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc., the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan and the Grand Rapids Public Schools.
  • Co-sponsored workshops called “Women Matter”
  • Participated in Equality Day, the 75th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote
  • Made and distributed “Use Your Vote” buttons to urge women to vote
  • Presented “Crossing the Millennium: the Woman’s Book Project Resource Kit” to Grand Rapids Public Elementary School media centers
  • Participated in a day seminar “Girls Matter”
  • Participated in a celebration of “International Women’s Day”
  • Worked with the Grand Rapids Public Museum presenting career information to the parents of girl scouts attending an overnight at the museum
  • Presented ten scholarships to girls to attend the Engineering Camp sponsored by the Grand Rapids Public Museum
  • Worked with Davenport College’s Marketing class to have them prepare a marketing plan for the branch