Meet Two Area AAUW Fellows and Grantees Join us for our most popular meeting of the year. Saturday, November 9th Time: 10:30am – Noon
Our two presenting fellows are: Thallyta Laryssa P F Cavoli International Doctoral Degree Fellowship 2023-2024 University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign: Specialization in poverty law, law and economics, and labor and employment law. Her project, entitled “Excusing Legal Requirements on Claims Based on Poverty Status,” is an interdisciplinary and comparative study of Brazil and the United States. Thallyta’s work delves into the critical need for creating a principle of poverty status, which should be used as a legal excuse in cases where individuals are denied access to certain rights due to not fulfilling all that the law requires of them because of poverty-related issues. By recognizing and applying this principle, it will be possible to address the consequences of poverty head-on and contribute to the fight to guarantee everyone equal access to the necessary resources.
LaTonya Carter – Community Action Grant 2022-2023. “S.T.E.P.S-n-STEM (Search, Try, Experience and Prepare 2 Succeed in STEM)” The goal of the program is to improve the connections to and opportunities for young people to connect to the world of STEM. Tonya Carter has a Masters in Nonprofit Management Leadership, Dual B.S. in Psychology and Sociology and is Founder of The Carter Education & Community Foundation, Inc. Tonya is a trained Community Health professional and Master Community Health Worker Trainer with over 20 years of program management and implementation experience. The STEPS-2-STEM program focused on engaging youth in the Village of Rantoul, home to the former Chanute Air Force Base to build relationships & connections and create exposure to STEM related opportunities.
The AAUW Funds—as one of the world’s largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women–supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented. AAUW funds is providing more than $6 million in 2024–25 in support of 285 scholars. AAUW has been a leading source of funding for graduate women, providing more than $135 million in fellowships and grants to more than 13,000 women and nonprofit organizations in the United States and around the world.
Co-sponsored by Chicago Inc. branch and the Jane Addams Online branch of AAUW. A big thank you to the Jane Addams Online Branch for partnering with us again this year.
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The Beginning of Biases
Attitudes about female behavior start from the moment a baby is swaddled in pink. Girls experience these gender stereotypes to varying degrees throughout their childhood and they become fully institutionalized in our education system. As soon as a girl starts school, she encounters subtle (and sometimes blatant) messages about her academic abilities and future potential. Students of color and those from low-income families face additional biases that limit their opportunity.
Even in the elementary school years, girls face barriers that ultimately hinder their achievement, particularly in math and science. These barriers are reinforced throughout middle and high school. As a result, when they enter college, women gravitate toward college majors that prepare them for lower-paying fields, and away from the STEM fields that lead to higher paying jobs. And although women have surpassed men in earning degrees, research shows that women are disproportionally represented in 6 of the 10 lowest-paying college majors, while 9 of the 10 highest-paying majors (all in the STEM fields) are dominated by men.
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Closing the Pay Gap with AAUW
At the current rate, the gender pay gap will not close until 2106. In 2018, AAUW announced our bold pledge to train 10 million women in salary negotiation by 2022. We will not wait for policies and employer culture alone to determine when we reach parity. We are working to empower women nation-wide with skills to effectively negotiate their salary and benefits and become agents of change in their communities.
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