Public Policy Impact Grant Application - Effective Project For State Leadership Initiative

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1 Public Policy Impact Grant Application Fiscal Year 2013 This application can be completed by anyone within a state s leadership committee. It is not intended solely for State Public Policy Chairs (SPPCs). Application deadline: May 10, 2013 General Information State: Virginia Application submitted by: Angela D. Booker Title/Position: Co-Vice President for Public Policy Mailing address: (home) Bren Forest Way, Manassas, VA Telephone (please indicate which number is preferred): Home: Work: N/A Cell: (preferred)* Best time(s) to call: Between 9AM and 9PM address Home: AngelaDBooker@gmail.com Work: N/A About the State of Virginia Number of active branches: 29 Names of branches without a public policy chair: Ashburn/Leesburg Bedford County Charlottesville Falls Church Hampton Harrisonburg Mt. Vernon Norton Wise Smith Mountain Suffolk Winchester Wytheville 1

2 Number of branch members: 1,311 Number of state members at large: 1061 Does your state board support this application for an Impact Grant, including the proposed project? Yes Who was contacted to gain this support? The Application for the grant was discussed and voted on at the Spring Board Meeting on April 12, The application was staffed with the State Board and Branch Presidents and Public Policy Chairs. Contact s title/position: Angela D. Booker, Co-VP Public Policy Contact s phone: (h); (c) As part of the Impact Grant, AAUW will provide monthly calls, online training, and individual support. AAUW staff will also be available to deliver a keynote address, facilitate workshops, and meet with state and branch leaders during state conventions or leadership conferences. Please list the dates below for any AAUW statewide conferences being held in your state during the grant period May 1, 2013-June 30, 2014: July 13 th 2013 Summer Leaders Meeting Charlottesville, VA November 2013 Fall Board Meeting January 2014 State Board Meeting Conference Call April 2014 State Convention Smith Mountain 2

3 Please list contact information for the person with primary responsibility for the Impact Grant project. List the names of other member leaders who will assist with the project. Please use an additional sheet if necessary. Name Position/Title Phone Angela D. Booker Co-VP Public Policy 9220 Nadine James Co-President Vienna Area Leslie Tourigny Marilyn Williford President Virginia Beach Recording Sec Elect ports. Br Sally J. Pattison Judi Ornoff VP Membership Pres. Elect Virginia Beach Reston Area Cultural/Diversity Rosemary Plum VA Beach Sandra Lawrence Northern District Representative

4 Proposed Impact Grant Action Plan Your Choices Please be sure to refer to the Impact Grant Outline for further details on these steps/choices. Step 1: Choose your issues Please circle or bold your one primary issue and one secondary issue. You must choose from the issues provided below. Primary Issues Equal Pay Title IX: Creating Safer Campus Climates (includes sexual harassment, bullying, and gun violence) Title IX: High School Athletics Violence Against Women Social Security Secondary Issues Private School Vouchers Women s Reproductive Health Health Care Reform Implementation Human Trafficking Title IX: STEM Paid Sick Days Step 3: Choose your activities Please circle or bold mix of main and supplemental activities from below. For definitions of the below activities, please refer to the Impact Grant Outline. Main Activities Examples Town hall meeting with elected official(s) Issue forum with coalitions and allies In-district meeting with elected official(s) Tele-town hall conference call with elected official(s) State capitol lobby day Press event with delivery to elected official(s) Public rally Cocktails and convos Member-led organizing and advocacy training Tweet chat with coalition and allies and/or elected official(s) Speak at events Supplemental Activities Examples Call-in day to elected official(s) Online and offline petition C/U tabling event House meeting with advocacy action Twitter storm targeting elected official(s) Submit letters to the editor Write a blog post with personal story Attend School Board Meetings Attend County/City Council Meetings Study Candidate stand on STEM and Equal Pay Include Voter Registration at events If other activity, please indicate what that activity will be: 4

5 Step 3: Write your action plan Please answer the below questions to create your action plan. 1. What goals do you hope to achieve by receiving an Impact Grant? Introduce AAUW to governmental organizations, State citizens, and National Members in Virginia as an issue driven organization Get members who are interested involved in Public Policy projects. AAUW Members will be aware of the impact of Unequal Pay and STEM, and influence the implementation of legislation to improve these issues nationwide. Ensure the needs of women are fully considered, so that these programs are beneficial to women and do not hurt them. Include middle school, high school and college students as a key audience Include middle school, high school and college students in awareness and action plans for equal pay and STEM issues 2. How will AAUW branches be involved in this project? How many branches are already informed about the potential project? Which ones are most eager? All Branches will have the opportunity to get involved. Topic was presented at the State Conference on April 13, All Branches are being informed through their District, Branch President, and Public Policy Chairs. Branches that are most eager are Vienna Area, Virginia Beach, Reston Area, Greater Richmond. Virginia Beach, Woodbridge and Portsmouth. Encourage districts to work together on impact projects Encourage each branch to pass a sign-up sheet to track interested women. Sometimes, given a clipboard, an individual may sign up when they would not seek someone out or raise a hand. Create /usps address groups from the sign-up sheets for sharing information and recruitment for specific issues 3. Are there any particular challenges faced by your state (leadership transitions, political climate, membership concerns, etc.)? Does your project plan take these challenges into consideration? How do you plan to overcome these challenges? Virginia will elect a new Governor in November. This is a very tight race, almost 50/50 at this time. Adding Pay Equity and STEM questions at events will provide a feel of the candidate s position on these questions. It is very important that we educate the public and get them to demand what they want from their representatives. The State Delegates and some Senators are up for reelection this year. Attending events, asking questions and focusing on STEM and Equal Pay will enable AAUW to get visibility throughout the State. Building coalitions with organizations who have our same objectives will help us bring strength to the issues and influence the implementation approaches. Seek meetings with candidates for State and Federal Government early in the campaign, to state our case on both issues and our plans to accomplish them. 5

6 Have college/university tabling events, especially in AAUW C/U Partner schools, to enlist young women to the cause for plans and action. Begin by contacting their AAUW Reps so the girls know we re coming and may bring their friends. This also supports AAUW s mission to recruit more young members. Use social media for announcements and invitations to events 4. Please describe the assistance that would be most helpful from AAUW s Public Policy and Government Relations staff. Provide a process where States can share experiences and help one another, Provide tools on the Web to help us access our membership more easily. Provide access to AAUW Virginia State Members who do not belong to Branches, who may be interested in participating in activities and bring new ideas to the table. Provide the State and Branches support with the $mart $tart events. AAUW could offer the event across the state, it would be very productive. Possibly have campuses in various regions participate during a couple of months of the year...preferably before the November elections. 5. How would this project compliment other state priorities and activities? Is there a potential impact of the project on leadership development; membership activism and recruitment; diversity and inclusion in state programs; and visibility for AAUW? This project would complement two State Priorities: 1. The Primary Issue Equal Pay to Virginia priority Gender equity in education, employment, pay, retirement benefits, and public appointments. 2. The Secondary Issue Programs that provide women with education, training, and support for success in the STEM fields, the work force, and society. The project would provide visibility for AAUW at the State level and provide information and access for more National AAUW members to participate. Provide opportunity for Presentation of issues to the community (Governmental Bodies and media), clubs and civic associations, and schools. Focusing C/U partners that will support AAUW s mission to recruit more young members, will help build recognition of AAUW Provide the opportunity to develop relationships across Branches and with the State Board and encourage leadership development. 6. How will you know your grant-funded project has been successful? List at least three outcomes that can be used to measure success: Activism in project Participation of National members Recognition of AAUW by politicians, activist and community, request for appearances and collaborations. Programs in STEM and ongoing pay equity efforts become annual or more frequent events in the branch, and in the community. 6

7 Relationships among AAUW branches will be strengthened with district efforts towards our goals. 7. More specifically, for your chosen activities, list concrete goals for number of members or branches involved, number of people who will participate, etc. (i.e. public rally team of 10 members on planning committee, 100 people in attendance, and two media hits or house meeting 20 people in attendance and 15 letters to the editor written at meeting). This project is open to everyone. The communication products should be sent to every member. We will monitor and visit branches to promote participation. a. Letter writing to Federal Representatives on Equal Pay Richmond developed template, Branches decide on implementation b. Develop Program Activity for Stem 10 members on Planning activity c. Articles for Vision Public Policy Chairs - Each Branch d. Organizational Activity for Equal Pay 10 members on Planning activity e. Interactive Stem Mall 5 Members support program thru annual cyclel f. Festivals and outreach events members from originating Branch g..virginia Beach investigating a STEM Project Branch project h. Encourage National organizations to offer STEM Programs in Virginia 10 members to identify and communicate with these programs 8. For your chosen activities, what is your timeline? When will your chosen activities take place? When will the planning start? May -June 2013 Develop Activity Program (Schedule of Events) May 15, 2013 Submit Schedule of Events to Vision for Publication May 16, 2013 Federal Lobby Day Washington, DC May December 2013 Organizational Activities and Training May June 2014 Building Coalitions May 2013 June 2014 Events include voter education and AAUW Information May 2013 June 2014 Identify opportunities to contact Government representatives Summer Outreach Events and Festivals, More will be identified July 4, 2013 Dale City Fourth of July Parade and Fun Day (Booth-Edu) August 3, 2013 African American Heritage Festival Manassas (Booth-Edu) October 2013 Clifton Day (Booth-Edu) Fall Community Programs, Issue Forums, Meetings with Candidates, and Briefings September 2013 Committee of 100 Program, Build coalition September 2013 Cooperative Council of Ministries Program Speaker October 2013 General Federation of Women s Clubs Program Speaker October 2013 League of Women Voters (Fairfax News Article) Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Attend School and County Board Meeting, and Lobby Corp 7

8 Winter Events, Programs and Briefings, Advocacy Training Greater Richmond plans to approach University of Richmond senior women to do a program called $tart $mart. Equal Pay Event at George Mason University December 2013 VA League of Women Voters Lobby Training Richmond February 2014 AAUW Lobby Day - Richmond Spring Events, Programs and Briefings Woodbridge Branch Support Girls+Math+Science=Success Conference Prince William County Science Fair Judge Middle School Girls Science Projects Equal Pay event at George Mason University May 2014 AAUW Federal Lobby Day Washington DC Interactive Stem Mall George Mason University April Greater Richmond plans to write a letter to the editor of our local paper reporting what our legislators are doing or not doing for paycheck fairness. Name(s) of applicant(s): Angela D. Booker Date: May 10, 2013 Note: Incoming state board must approve this application before submitting. Please type in the name of each incoming state board member and check the box acknowledging that you received a verbal commitment to the application. Virginia is currently in the process of an election. This project received an over whelming approval at the State Board Meeting April 2013 Return this application by mail or no later than May 10, 2013 Attn: Kimberly Fountain, State Grassroots Advocacy Manager AAUW, 1111 Sixteenth St. NW, Washington, DC fountaink@aauw.org 8