AAUW-NYS 2015-16 Calendar July 2015: July 1: FY 2014 Branch Dues/Membership Report Due July 1: Beginning of AAUW membership year July 2: 51st Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 July 4: Independence Day July 12: Malala Day July 16: Black Women s Equal Pay Day July 24-26: AAUW-NYS Summer Conference at Cazenovia College July 28 30: 2015 U.S. Trans Survey Awareness Week http://www.ustranssurvey.org/usts-awareness-week-pledge July 30: Medicare s 50th year anniversary August 2015 (Back to school time!): Aug 1: Applications available online for all Fellowships and Grants Aug. 15: Copy deadline for the Fall 2014 issue of the NYS Focus Aug: Student Advisory Council applications open http://www.aauw.org/resource/sac-application/ Aug. 23: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition Aug. 26: International Women's Equality Day Begin back-to-college voter registration events and application distributions (to coincide with orientation events on campus) Aug: AAUW Elect Her applications available http://www.aauw.org/resource/electher-site-application/ Aug: AAUW Campus Action Project (CAP) applications available http://www.aauw.org/resource/cap-grant-application/ September 2015 (Back to school time! Ovarian and Uterine Cancer Awareness Month): Sept. 1: Deadline for the applications to host An AAUW 2016 Tech Trek Camp http://www.aauw.org/resource/tech-trek-camp-application/ (teneative) Sept.: Start of the Adelante! Books of the Month for 2015-16 http://www.aauw.org/resource/adelante-book-of-the-month-club/ Sept. 7: Labor Day Sept. 8: Student Orgs 101 webinar http://www.aauw.org/event/2015/09/studentorgs-101-webinar-get-involved/ Sept. 10: NYS Primary Election Day for state and local officials AAUW-NYS 2015-16 Calendar 1
Sept. 10: College/University Chairs Orientation http://www.aauw.org/event/2015/09/orientation-webinar-for-cu-chairs-sept2015/ Sept. 16: Student Orgs 102 webinar http://www.aauw.org/event/2015/09/studentorgs-201-webinar/ Sept. 17: Constitution Day Sept. 18: C/U 101 Webinar: Make the Most of Your AAUW Membership on Campus http://www.aauw.org/event/2015/09/cu-101-webinar-membership/ Sept. 20: Student Advisory Council applications due Sept. 22: National Voter Registration Day Sept. 25: C/U 101 Webinar: Make the Most of Your AAUW Membership on Campus http://www.aauw.org/event/2015/09/cu-101-webinar-membership/ Sept. 26: District 4 Fall Conference: "Food Insecurity - The Next Chapter" @ SUNYACC in Queensbury, NY - ADK Branch host Sept. 27: Campus Action Projects (CAP) and Elect Her applications due Sept. 26: World Environmental Health Day October 2015 (Domestic Violence Awareness / National Bullying Prevention / Breast Cancer Awareness Month): Oct. 3: District 5 Fall Conference - Jennifer Lee, filmmaker: Feminist: Stories of Women s Liberation Oct. 9: (Tentative) District 6 Fall Conference at NY Institute of Technology in Old Westbury STEM topic Oct. 10: Iscol Public Service Leadership Lecture w/ Reshma Saujani, Girls Who Code at Cornell University (part of Workforce of the Future series) @ 7:30 pm Oct. 11: U.N. International Day of the Girl Child http://dayofthegirl.org/ Oct: 16: World Food Day Oct. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Oct. 17: District 2 Fall Conference: "Women Rising out of Poverty as Entrepreneurs," host Bath Branch at the Bath Presbyterian Church District 1 Fall Conference: Transgender Issues at the UB Center For Tomorrow, host Buffalo Branch Oct. 24: District 3 Fall Conference: "From mud pies to dinosaur bones: Inspiring girls' interest in STEM" (tentative title) at the Paleontological Research Institution and Museum of the Earth; host Ithaca Branch Oct. 24: UN Day Oct. 24: Last day to register in-person to vote in NYS Late Oct.: Campus Action Project proposals due http://www.aauw.org/resource/cap-grant-application/ November 2015: Tues., Nov. 3: Election Day Nov. 11: Veterans Day Nov. 12: Latina s Equal Pay Day Nov. 13-15: AAUW-NYS Fall State Board Meeting, Albany, NY AAUW-NYS 2015-16 Calendar 2
Nov. 15: Deadline to apply for American Fellowships Nov. 20: U.N. Universal Children's Day Nov. 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign) Nov. 29: International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (16 Days) December 2015: Dec. 1: World AIDS Day (16 Days) Dec. 1: Deadline for International Fellowships Dec. 2: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (16 Days) Dec. 3: International Day of Disabled Persons (16 Days) Dec. 5: International Volunteer Day for Social and Economic Development (16 Days) Dec. 7-13: Computer Science Education Week & Hour of Code activities Dec. 10: UN Human Rights Day (16 Days final event) Dec. 15: AAUW Funds Contributions Report Forms Due Dec. 15: Deadline for Career Development Grants January 2016 (Cervical Cancer Awareness Month): Jan. 1: Half-Year Dues begin Jan. 5: expected start of the NYS Legislative session Jan. 6: State of the State Address (tentative) Jan. 11: Human Trafficking Awareness Day Jan. 10-15: Deadline for Selected Professions Fellowships and Community Action Grants Mid late Jan.: Committee on Teaching about the United Nations (CTAUN) Conference Jan. 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Jan. 29: 7th Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Act Equal Pay & Paycheck Fairness Jan. 31: Last day the national office can receive dues for members and fees for student affiliates to be included in Feb 1 membership count. February 2015: Feb. 1: Feb. Dues/Membership Report Due Feb. 3: National Girls & Women in Sports Day Feb. 6: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation Feb. 14: One Billion Rising for Justice on V-Day www.onebillionrising.org Feb.15: President's Day Feb. 21 27: Engineers Week Feb. 26: Girl Day - Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day during DiscoverE Feb 28: Deadline for EOF Named Honoree Awards March 2016 (Women s History Month): AAUW-NYS 2015-16 Calendar 3
March 8: International Women s Day March 16: Full Years Dues begin for FY 2015-16 mid-march: Registration deadline for the AAUW-NYS state convention mid-march: NCCWSL Scholarship application deadline March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 31: NYS Budget Due; major non-budget legislative work begins Late March: State Award applications due to AAUW-NYS for 2014-15 April 2016 (Sexual Assault Awareness Month): April 12: Equal Pay Day (http://www.pay-equity.org/day.html) April: International Anti-Street Harassment Week organized by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. April 13-17: National Robotics Week (http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/) April 15-17: AAUW-NYS Convention at the Holiday Inn, Saratoga Springs, NY April 19: New York s presidential primary April 22: Earth Day April 29: Arbor Day May 2016: May 10: Mother's Day May 17: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia May 17: NY State-wide School Budget Vote May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development May 23: International Day to End Obstetric Fistula May 21: (Tentative date/topic) for District 7 Spring Conference: Elect Her North Country at Jefferson Community College, host Jefferson County Branch May 25: Memorial Day June 2016: June: new Officer Report Forms due to AAUW & AAUW-NYS June 2-4: National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL) https://www.nccwsl.org/ (tentative) June 12: Mom s Equal Pay Day (tentative) June 17: Expected close of the 2016 Legislative session June 21: (expected) NYS Congressional Primary Day June 23: Title IX s Birthday June 30: Deadline for submission of the Shape the Future membership campaign Application for Free Branch Memberships to be received by the national office. July 2016: July 1: FY 2015 Branch Dues/Membership Report Due July 1: Beginning of AAUW membership year July 2: 52nd Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 AAUW-NYS 2015-16 Calendar 4
July 4: Independence Day July 12: Malala Day July 16: Black Women s Equal Pay Day (tentative) July 22-24, 24, 2016 AAUW-NYS Summer Meeting at Cazenovia College July 30: Medicare s 51st anniversary AAUW-NYS 2015-16 Calendar 5