2025-2026 Events
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Book Group: Goodnight, Irene: a Novel by Luis Alberto Urrea
Location: Your Zoom Room (link will be emailed to participants)
Time: 10:00 am
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 5 pm CST
AAUW Webinar:
Working in Coalition: Building Power through Partnerships
Learn how strong partnerships can amplify your advocacy with real-world examples and first steps for building coalitions.
Register Here.
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Meet AAUW Fellows and Grantees
11:00am via Zoom using the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/REznuoHzRP64lAmDaLBmZQ
We will have recent AAUW Fellows and Grantees present their research and programs. For the 2025–2026 academic year, AAUW invested over $5.3 million to support 228 women scholars and community projects. These grants and fellowships are lifelines — especially for women of color and those in STEM fields who continue to face systemic barriers.
Since 1888, AAUW has been one of the largest funders of women’s graduate education, investing in women who go on to change the world. Between FY2020-2025, AAUW awarded nearly $29.6 million in total (this includes multiple award types and organizational grants) to about 1,538 women and community projects. By 2023, more than $135 million had been awarded in total since program inception (in 1888) to over 13,000 women and nonprofit orgs.
This program is sponsored by the Chicago branch and Jane Addams branch of AAUW.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 6 pm CST
AAUW Webinar
AAUW Member Recruitment Best Practices — November 19 at 7:00 pm ET. Learn from a panel of branch leaders in a moderated discussion on what’s working in member recruitment. If your branch is looking to grow or refresh your recruitment strategies, this is the session for you!
Register Here.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 3:30 – 6:00 pm CST
2025 AAUW Alumnae Recognition Award — November 20 from 4:30-7 pm ET. Celebrate leadership, achievement, and community as we honor Yie-Hsin Hung in this special virtual awards presentation.
Register Here.
Past Events
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, 9-11 am
2025 AAUW-IL Fall Conference (Virtual)
Policy Impacts on Women and Higher Education
Learn, Plan, Act!
Speakers:
- Isabel McMullen, PhD candidate in Political Science
- Meghan Kissell is the Senior Director of Policy and Member Advocacy at AAUW
- Dr. Ken Olson currently serves on the AAUW Illinois board as Co-Director of Public Policy and on the Schaumburg Area AAUW board as Policy Director
Thursday, October 6, 2025
Book Group: Survival is a Promise: the Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Location: Your Zoom Room (link will be emailed to participants)
Time: 10:00 am
Webinar: AAUW Money Smart: Smart Finances
Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
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