Campaign Resources and Announcements
It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard Postcards!
AAUW produced It’s My Vote postcards to encourage and remind our members to vote! Each postcard contains a voting pledge and issue interest section. Members should fill out their postcards as soon as possible, and in a couple months when the elections are right around the corner, branches will send each member their previously completed postcard, reminding them to vote! If your branch is interested in receiving postcards to distribute to members, please email VotereEd@aauw.org
Action Network: Recruit Members AND Advertise It’s My Vote Events
Visit AAUW’s Take Action web page, where AAUW members and supporters can sign up for Action Network. It is an excellent way to introduce potential members to AAUW’s advocacy and to develop a great contact list. Print out flyers online to sign up friends, family, and coworkers. These flyers are great for branch events, community events, etc.
Build Your Own Voter Turnout Coalition: It’s Easier Than You Think!
Are you in a coalition with state or local AAUW affiliates and want the basics on how to grow your voter turnout capacity? Then explore AAUW’s Woman-to-Woman Voter Turnout: A Manual for Community-Based Campaigns to Mobilize Women to Vote . This guide will provide the framework for recruiting volunteers, building powerful coalitions, targeting potential voters and staying out of trouble! Email VoterEd@aauw.org for help in getting started!
Feature Your Events in the AAUW Member Showcase
Want to share your latest program with others or get ideas for an upcoming It’s My Vote event? Check out AAUW’s Member Showcase! The Member Showcase is a great way to let other AAUW members know what your branch or state is up to. From book sales to Equal Pay Day events, discussion groups to garden tours, the Member Showcase is here as a resource for you! To publicize your events, email aauwcalendar@aauw.org. For more information read the Member Showcase FAQ.
Congressional Voting Records Available
The AAUW Action Fund’s Congressional Voting Record (CVR) is available online here ! If you are hosting an event for which you would like CVRs, such as community forums, branch meetings, or voter education activities, email VoterEd@aauw.org for this guide to senators’ and representatives’ positions on AAUW Action Fund priority issues. Please include details of your event , along with your name and address in the email!
Social Media Efforts
AAUW has been hard at work in utilizing various social media avenues to spread information and encourage participation in the 2012 election. AAUW uses Youtube, Twitter, AAUW Dialog (our blog), and Facebook to quickly, concisely, and effectively spread information to millennial voters in the spirit of generating more excitement among young women!
Latest It’s My Vote Pep Talks on Youtube: Jess Weiner and Elle Helmer
AAUW Action Fund sponsors a collection of short, personal videos from AAUW advocates explaining why they vote, and encouraging other women to also have their voices heard by voting. The most recent pep talk features Jess Weiner, self-esteem advocate and Global Ambassador for Dove Self-Esteem Fund. With an impassioned voice, Jess tells viewers “there is no better way to make social change than by voting.” Another recently added pep talk features Elle Helmer, former Marine and lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against her rapists at the U.S. Marine Barracks in Washington DC. Helmer’s story, along with other stories of women who experienced sexual assault in the military, is featured in new documentary, The Invisible War. “It’s important to play an integral part in who the elected leader will be, and what our government stands for,” says Helmer. Watch all the It’s My Vote Pep Talks, and share your story about the importance of voting by submitting your own!
It’s My Vote Twitter Account
AAUW’s Action Fund Twitter (@itsmyvote) keeps followers updated using concise and catchy phrases about voter mobilization efforts and our It’s My Vote campaign. Recent tweets include quotes from activists like Jess Weiner and Jane Marie Lynch discussing important issues like voting and student debt. Follow us on twitter to receive more updates!
Our Blog
AAUW Dialog is an outlet for AAUW staff, fellows, members, and guests to share information, stories, and events. AAUW posts new blogs daily about a range of topics, including most recently, a tribute to Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, and the actions of our Michigan branch.
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