EMPOWERING WOMEN SINCE 1881
To advance gender equality for women and girls through research, education and advocacy.
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General Meetings
Join us for mission-based meetings and programming.
Holiday Party
Wildwood Golf Club Friday, December 5th, 2025 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Next meeting is on Saturday, January 10, 2026
Location: La Roche University, The Ryan Room
Program Title: A Step In The Right Direction
Speaker: Kathleen Schreckengost, DPT and Alexa Ciamarra, OT
Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist, Kathleen and Alexa, will get us moving in the right direction with an interactive session designed to make our daily living safer and easier. We will leave their session with practical skills and helpful resources, and the confidence to live safely at home.
9:30 am Social
10:00 am Program
11:00 am Business Meeting
State and Nationals Programs
AAUW PA 2025 Summer Retreat
The AAUW Pennsylvania Summer Retreat will be held on June 28, 2025 at the Wyndham Garden State College.
There will be a reception Friday evening at the hotel for those who wish to spend Friday night getting to know their PA AAUW colleagues. The meeting will be held Saturday from 10 a.m – 3 p.m. for members who prefer to drive in for the day.
This will be an interactive day focused on topics that members have registered as priorities for branches.
Mark your calendar now. Information on the hotel block and conference will be sent to all members shortly.
Book Clubs
Join us for Book Club! Morning and Evening book groups are available.
6th Annual For the Love of Books Fundraiser Save the Date: May 30,2026
The North Hills Pittsburgh Branch of AAUW is pleased to announce by popular request we are bringing back the authors event ”For the Love of Books” Fundraiser. Three talented female Authors will speak. This is a great opportunity to interact with 3 local authors and to raise funds for our scholarship and to support our mission for women and girls.
Grants
Do you go to La Roche University? Apply for our Sister Matilda Kelly AAUW Incentive Grant
SISTER MATILDA KELLY INCENTIVE GRANT
ANNOUNCING 2024-25 Sister Matilda Kelly Incentive Grant WINNER
We are proud to announce that Faith Turamye and Maria Christina Nchama Owono Ango are the 2024 recipients of the Sister Matilda Grant Awards. Read more in the Sept 2024 Viewpoints.
Great Decisions
Mark your calendars! Another Great Decisions series is about to begin!
AAUW North Hills Pittsburgh is again sponsoring this educational outreach program for the North Hills community!
Our Great Decisions leadership team are planning for the 2026 program to be held on seven Saturday mornings in February and March. Plans are currently underway for the 2026 season to be a hybrid model. For each session registrants will be able to choose whether to participate on Zoom or in-person by coming to the Palumbo Center at La Roche University.
The series is FREE and you may attend as few or as many of the sessions as you choose. But who wouldn’t want to learn more about ALL of these topics?!! Those who choose to purchase the Briefing Book can do so for $30 at the LA Roche Library. ONLY CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED, made out to AAUW North Hills Pittsburgh.
Books and the complete schedule of dates will be available in January 2026.
Diversity Events
Save the Date: January 19, 2026
Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Unity Breakfast
You are invited to attend the 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast
January 19, 2026, at La Roche University in the Zappala Campus Center. 8:00 a.m. Breakfast served 8:30 a.m.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Unity Breakfast is a significant event that honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It brings together community members, leaders, and advocates to reflect on Dr. King’s message of peace, equality, and social justice. The event includes inspiring speakers, community awards, and opportunities to support local initiatives. It aims to unite communities in the spirit of Dr. King’s dream and continues to celebrate the principles of peace, love, and social justice that Dr. King stood for.
AAUW’s INCLUSION & EQUITY COMMITTEE – UPCOMING WEBINARS These webinars support state and branch leaders, diversity officers and other members as they work to make their affiliates more diverse, equitable and inclusive. They supplement the resources available in AAUW’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) toolkit.
Lunch Bunch 2025-2026 updated schedule
Please join the Lunch Bunch as we explore new and varied cuisine in the Pittsburgh area.
Public Policy
The North Hills Pittsburgh Branch works locally to advance the AAUW member-endorsed Public Policy Priorities addressing policies that break through educational and economic barriers for women.
CEDAW
The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the 1979 United Nations international agreement that affirms fundamental human rights and equality for women around the world.
2025 Gateway to Equity Award
Samantha Salopek received the American Association of University Women’s Gateway to Equity Award from the North Hills Branch on March 19, 2025 on the campus of La Roche University.
Gender Pay Gap
Learn to negotiate your financial future through an AAUW Work Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop!
Empowering Women in Pittsburgh
STEM
Get Empowered!
Check out AAUW national’s STEM page.
The Power of Women in STEM: AAUW NGOCSW Parallel
Event Innovation & Advancement
AAUW’s virtual parallel event, moderated by Gloria L. Blackwell, featured a panel of four outstanding
AAUW fellowships & grants alumnae — Catherine Adelman, Dr. Christine Marizzi, Dr. Rachel Marra,
and Yamilée Toussaint. Panelists discussed the critical need for strategies that inspire and educate
girls to choose STEM careers and how to remove barriers to increase the participation and
empowerment of women across these underrepresented fields.
Held in the frame of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) March 26, 2025,
this parallel event was part of a series of sessions organized by NGOs and other groups alongside
the official UN meetings, providing space to highlight key gender equality issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHw6nnJ1rNk
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Viewpoints
2025-2026
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