Bringing AAUW to Cleveland, Ohio’s East Side

Together, we can achieve a vision of equal opportunity for all.

AAUW HHL is a local group of the national AAUW. We are a community of individuals who share your commitment to inclusion and belonging. Our priority issues are Removing Bias from Education, Fighting for Fair Pay and Economic Equity, and Advancing Women in Leadership. Join AAUW for its advocacy and its community.


Writing a Legacy Love Letter

Janice Lombardo is a certified End of Life Doula. She will join us for our Saturday March 23, 2024 event at 1:00 pm at the Euclid Public Library. Janice recently wrote, “self care and self love are not selfish.” We look forward to her guidance on leaving a letter.

Read all the HHL and AAUW news in the March 2024 Newsletter issue. If you missed our recent news, browse the February 2024 Newsletter now.

A list of this year’s program is here.  For a recap of previous programs find a list posted here on the Past Programs and Events page.


Statewide Annual Meeting and Convention

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Join us from 10 am to 3 pm for a day with topics from Public Policy to Public Education. Prepare for a day filled with inspiration, empowerment, and connections. In person events will be hosted at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, Ohio’s only public historically Black university (HBCU).  Those who attend in person can visit the on-campus National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center.

In addition to program topics and ideas, the day will include branch delegates electing new officers for 2024-2026, an important vote on a Bylaws change to allow every member to vote in the future, and presentation of the popular branch awards for Model Branch Award, Communications, and Diversity. Follow the links on this site for more information.

Register now using Eventbrite.  Tickets to attend in person are $40 which includes lunch and the visit to the Museum and Cultural Center or $15 to attend by Zoom.


AAUW Ohio Bylaws Change

This may be the last time you cannot vote in AAUW Ohio elections! When AAUW members from Ohio meet on April 13, 2024 at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio and online by Zoom, delegates will vote for new officers and an important Bylaws change. Read the change here on the AAUW Ohio website.  HHL has elected two voting delegates for the meeting.  Others are welcome to attend for the programs and to watch the Branch Awards, Installation of new officers, and the announcement of the vote on the Bylaws change.

All Are Welcome to the Convention Book Discussion Friday Evening

From the moment we ask children what they want to “be” when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life’s ultimate objective. Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success.

In The Good Enough Job, journalist Simone Stolzoff traces how work has come to dominate Americans’ lives—and why we find it so difficult to let go. Rather than treat work as a calling or a dream, he asks what it would take to reframe work as a part of life rather than the entirety of our lives. What does it mean for a job to be good enough?


AAUW Ohio Continues the Discussions

Books To Initiate Work & Thought

You are invited to the online discussions on Saturday mornings at 9:00 ET. Register through Eventbrite. Registration is free.

The next discussion will be

May 18, 2024: The Light we Carry: Overcoming Uncertain Times by Michele Obama

Facilitators: Deborah Wooldridge & Rush Rodgers

 

On March16, 2024 the group discussed Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly facilitated by Carolyn Reams Smith. Though set in 2002, it is a coming-of-age story that leads us to reflect on how far we’ve come in accepting differences and how far we still have to go.

This is a fictional puzzle provoked by a hidden illustration of a woman with a man’s face. The picture, hidden under a book’s pasted endpapers, is discovered and leads Dawn, the main character, to discover and to work toward authenticity and a world where no one has to hide.

You can find the year’s book list for 2023-24 on the Ohio website. Click here Coffee & Convos page.


Influencer Strategies

  1. Use text banks at Ohioans for a cause.
  2. Use social media to stress AAUW’s position.
  3. Educate by storytelling about the times and means of Roe v. Wade.
  4. Use 5 Calls (https://5calls.org) and AAUW’s 2 Minute Activist to let your legislator know what’s important to you.

AAUW Supports ERA

In July AAUW’s Lobby Core went to Capitol Hill and met with lawmakers to urge them to affirm the Equal Rights Amendment.

You can lend your voice, too, by using AAUW’s Two-Minute Activist. Click here to begin.


More Ohio News …

Get Ohio news at AAUW Ohio‘s website and their Facebook page.


HHL – An Award Winning Branch

In 2023 AAUW Heights-Hillcrest-Lyndhurst Branch won the Communications Award (newsletter and website), The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award, and the Model Branch Gold Level Award (8 or more glitter points). For other branches winning awards, see the AAUW Ohio website.

We hope to bring home awards in 2024. Good luck AAUW Heights-Hillcrest-Lyndhurst, Ohio Branch!


AAUW Urges Passage of the ERA

The U.S. Senate voted to remove the arbitrary deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (S.J. Res. 4/H.J. Res. 25) as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  Due to the nature of this vote, it would have required a two-thirds majority to pass. While the vote failed to meet the 60-vote threshold to pass, Senate Majority Leader Schumer entered a vote to reconsider so the issue can be voted on again later this session. We urge you to tell your Congresspeople to vote in favor of removing the deadline. Without the Equal Rights Amendment, women of the United States do not have equality before the law.

Looking for a Recap of a Previous Program?

Read recaps on the Past Programs & Events page.

 


 

Stand with Us

AAUW empowers you and helps you take a stand. We do the research to back up what we say. The American Association of University Women–taking a stand since 1881. Whether you follow the Equity Network or join a local branch you can Stand with us. HHL brings AAUW to the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. We welcome you to join us or support us.

Membership

What a great way to help women achieve equity in education, economic security, and leadership positions.

Online payment is secure and fast at https://aauw.org Choose the Heights-Hillcrest-Lyndhurst Branch or pay by check to the branch finance officer. (see below).

If you want to join now, you may mail a check, use the Heights-Hillcrest-Lyndhurst Branch HHL BRANCH MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION   Join us to make an impact. Questions? Use the Contact Us link at the top of the page.

Closing the Pay Gap

Learn To Negotiate: Work Smart Online Is Free

Learn how to research your target salary, highlight your accomplishments and find the right words — and the confidence — to negotiate for better benefits and pay. Sign up for a facilitator-guided virtual workshop or use our Work Smart Online e-learning tool, which takes less than two hours to complete and can be done at your own pace — both are free!

Use AAUW Work Smart Online — created as a free salary negotiation course to help women earn the pay they deserve, Work Smart teaches how to negotiate for your positions such as economic security later in life or staying in your home vs moving.

This easy, engaging e-tool will teach you . . . . Read more on our Family Life Issues page This is not a woman’s issue; it’s a family issue for families of one or many.

Speaking Out

Your advocacy is needed to protect and extend equal rights. If it were easy to call or write your members of Congress wouldn’t you do it? AAUW’s Two Minute Activist makes it easy to do just that.  All it takes is two minutes and an internet connection. To sign up on our national website; click here.  We work hard for equity for women and girls and civil rights.  Our Two-Minute Activist has gone mobile. Check out the app for your phone. Details are available here at our national website. Or, members: respond to the emails national sends to ask AAUW members to make their voices heard to their representatives.

Where We Stand on Title IX and Compliance

Title IX is not just about athletics.   Title IX covers access to course offerings and financial assistance and much more. It mandates that each school have a Title IX compliance officer.  Read more on our Title IX page and get the Department of Education Title IX compliance resources.

AAUW is a top-rated 501(c)(3) charity, Tax ID: 52-6037388

Donations are tax deductible.


Give a little; give more–it’s your choice.  We welcome new members; membership is not by invitation.  The American Association of University Women (AAUW) empowers women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. Read the Annual Report 2019.

AAUW’s Diversity Policy
In principle and in practice, AAUW values and seeks an inclusive membership, workforce, leadership team, and board of directors. There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, geographical location, national origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status.