Text Box: Volume 30, Number 2 October, 2009 Page # Text Box: Legal Advocacy Fund

By LAF Liaison

Marilyn Roland

rolandm2@comcast.net
Text Box: Since 1981, the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund has awarded millions of dollars to plaintiffs seeking redress from sex discrimination.  This support, however, is just a drop in the bucket in addressing the ongoing gender-based problems--pay inequity, sexual harassment, stereotyping, bias, and the obvious and covert actions--that demean and unfairly disadvantage women in the workplace.   To make the most difference, AAUW is selecting cases with significant potential to create systemic change that reduces discrimination and sets precedents that protect women in the future.  Case Text Box: selections for LAF support are made throughout the year; so, if you know of such a case, please e-mail laf@aauw.org to receive a Case Recommendation Form.   We are all aware that the work of LAF is supported by the generous donations of our members.  Because the need is great, we maximize our impact by employing a variety of strategies to combat discrimination in addition to our litigation support.  One of the most effective is our LAF Campus Outreach Program grants to educate college students about gender-based discrimination.  I encourage you to work with a college or university in your Text Box: community to help design a campus event focused on a sex discrimination topic.  These grants are awarded on a funds-available basis so apply early to ensure that your project receives funding.  Visit www.aauw.org/advocacylafcampusOutreach.cfm for more information.   None of these efforts would be possible without the generous support of you, our donors.  Thank you for all your past contributions, and thank you in advance for what I know you will continue to give.  Let's make 2009 a banner year for advancing equity through the work of the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund.

LAF Update from Association President of AAUW Carolyn H. Garfein
Text Box: payable AAUW Funds, and note LAF Contributions, Eleanor Roosevelt Fund, Educational Foundation, Undesignated or other instructions in the memo line of the check.  Please send it to  branch treasurer Sue Borden,  1150 NW Oak Ave., Text Box: Corvallis, OR  97330. Oregon was #3 nationally for overall LAF contributions, #5 for LAF state per capita giving, and #9 for total giving to the Educational Foundation. Text Box: If you wish to contribute to the Legal Advocacy Fund or the Educational Foundation there is a change that has been made recently.  The Educational Foundation is not a recognized corporation anymore, so when you write a check, make it

Donations now made to AAUW Funds