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Empowering women in Michigan

AAUW has been empowering women as individuals and as a community since 1881. For more than 130 years, we have worked together as a national grassroots organization to improve the lives of millions of women and their families.

AAUW of Michigan Mission

AAUW advances gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy.

AAUW’s Vision

Equity for all.

AAUW’s Values

Nonpartisan. Fact-based. Integrity. Inclusion and Intersectionality.

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Public Policy and Advocacy

AAUWMI’s public policy and advocacy work seeks to empower women and girls in Michigan.

AAUW Public Policy Priorities	Be a Two-Minute Activist!	Michigan Voter Information Center
AAUWMI Public Policy Principles	AAUW's Policy Center	Connect with State Government
Public Policy Director's Message	AAUW's Advocacy Toolkit	Connect with Your US Legislators
Key Executive Orders and Actions in Trump’s First 100 Days

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Branch Leadership Playbooks

AAUW of Michigan is producing a series of branch leadership playbooks to assist branch officers and the collaborative teams they assemble, both formal and informal, to assist in performing their responsibilities. These playbooks are designed to be scalable for use by small, medium, and large branches. We hope the playbooks will help branches recruit new officers by making the jobs appear manageable, satisfying, and occasionally even fun. We welcome suggestions for updates and additions to future versions of the playbooks. Please send comments to .

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Community Connection

Welcome to the Community Connection, a place to view our e-blasts from your state organization. We promise to keep theCommunity Connection short, timely, and geared toward our members (that’s YOU) with what YOU might want to know or do to be an active AAUW member.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Toolkit

The AAUW Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) resources in the DEI Toolkit aim to identify best practices for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within AAUW. These resources present guidelines for how AAUW branches, national members, student members and individual members can demonstrate an understanding of AAUW’s mission, values, goals and strategic plan. It is meant to start the inclusion conversation. We encourage all members to seek ways to incorporate inclusive practices into their branches and daily life.

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AAUW of Michigan Webinars

AAUW of Michigan presents Webinars on topics related to our mission. See some of our most recent presentations below. Find our complete archive of recordings on YouTube. For information about upcoming webinars and other events, see our calendar.

Revisiting the 2022 Election and the Future of Democracy, 2/9/2023

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Ranked Choice Voting for Michigan, Ron Zimmerman of Rank MI Vote, 9/14/2023

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Today we celebrate Mary Sheffield as part of our observance of Black History Month. The first elected mayor of Detroit started his first term in 1824. Just over 200 years later and following a succession of 74 other male mayors, Detroit has its first woman mayor and first Black woman mayor in Mary Sheffield. Sheffield is also the youngest Black woman ever to lead a major U.S. city with a population over 250,000.A Detroit native, Sheffield previously served on the Detroit City Council from 2014 to 2026, and she was Council president from 2022 to 2026. When she began her first term, she was the youngest person ever elected to the Council, and she was also the youngest person to ever serve as president. Sheffield was elected mayor in November 2025 with a landslide win. She assumed office on January 1, 2026.Sheffield acknowledges that she has achieved the title of "first woman" on several fronts, but she is committed to making sure that other women follow in her footsteps. "“Being the first woman — and the first Black woman — to lead this city is not just about breaking a barrier; it’s about holding the door open for those who will come after me. For every young girl who’s been told her voice is too soft or her dreams too big, I want her to see that leadership can look like her too." Read a profile about Sheffield: michiganchronicle.com/mary-sheffield-becomes-the-youngest-black-woman-ever-elected-to-lead-a-majo...#MarySheffield #WomenMayors #womeninpolitics #blackwomenmayors #BlackHistoryMonthImage credit: City of Detroit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ... See MoreSee Less

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