Young Women of Achievement Award
This award recognizes the exemplary achievements of young women in our communities. Branches may submit an application to nominate a member of their community as a recipient of the Young Women of Achievement Award.
A successful candidate for the award is a young woman between the ages of 12 and 18 who initiated or led others to initiate or implement positive societal change in their community.

Nominating Branch: ___________________________________________________________________

Branch Contact: ______________________________________________________________________

Branch Contact Phone: ___________________________________________________________________________________

Branch Contact Email: ___________________________________________________________________________________

Branch Contact Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________

On no more than two one-sided pages, describe in as much detail as necessary the change that the nominee accomplished, the method used, and the time line involved in any related activity. State how the activity contributes to positive societal change in your community.

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Purpose:  AAUW-Minnesota seeks to recognize women who, through their volunteer efforts, have advanced the status and equity of women, thus supporting AAUW’s mission of promoting equity for all women and girls, lifelong learning and positive societal change.

 Nomination Guidelines:  Any Branch may nominate one woman whose activity of “making a difference” for women and girls has taken place during the past two years.  The nominee need not be an AAUW member; however, preference for the award will be given to members.  A woman may receive this award one time only, and no award need be given if the guidelines and criteria are not met. Nominations should be typed or legibly printed on the enclosed form. Up to, but not over, two additional one-sided pages may be submitted in support of the nomination. Nominations must be postmarked on or before March 31, 2008.

 Evaluation Criteria:  The President of AAUW-Minnesota shall chair a committee of appointed members.  Applications will be judged upon successful satisfaction of the nomination guidelines, evidence of activity, and impact of the change activity. The committee will consider the number of people affected by the change, the duration or long term effect of the change, and the significance of the change to the community.

 Award Presentation:  AAUW-Minnesota will present the award at its State Convention Banquet on Saturday, April 26, 2008, in St Paul, Minnesota. Awardees will be guests of AAUW-Minnesota at the banquet.  Transportation to the banquet is the responsibility of the nominating branch or awardee.

 Areas of Activities:  Following are some of the areas of volunteer activity in which a nominee may be involved. This is not intended to be all-inclusive, but may help stimulate thinking about women in your community who deserve the award.

 1. Leadership in the community-efforts that:

- involve women in leadership roles in the community or provide opportunities for leadership skill development for women
-increase self-esteem of or enhance society’s perceptions of women and girls.
-increase the participation of women and girls in non-traditional roles or career fields
-promote awareness and appreciation of diversity in the community

2. Leadership in learning-efforts that:

-educate about and work to eliminate gender bias, in areas such as the judicial system, schools, workplaces, etc.
-educate and assist in areas such as abuse, poverty, divorce, child care, teen pregnancy -increase visibility about the contributions of women

 3. Leadership in cultural areas-efforts that:

-recognize women in the fine arts, such as architects, painters, sculptors, musicians, writers
-increase the visibility of women in the arts
-promote the arts to new and wider audiences

 4. Leadership in international concerns-efforts that

-recognize or result in the advancement of women in other countries
-recognize or result in the advancement of foreign-born women in this country
-promote or result in increased international exchanges and understanding

 Submit Nominations by March 31, 2008 to 
Dr. Beverly Crute, Chair, Women As Agents of Change Committee, 
111 15th Ave., NW, 
Willmar MN 56201, 
(320) 235-4543, email

AAUW - Minnesota Women As Agents of Change Award  2008
Application

 
Nominee: _____________________________________________________________________

 Address: ______________________________City ____________________ Zip _________

 Phone: ________________________AAUW Member? Yes ___ No___

Branch __________________

Nominating Branch:_____________________________________________________________

Contact Person: ___________________________________ 

Phone: _______________________

Address: ____________________________City _________________Zip _________

Contact E-mail__________________________________________________________________

On no more than two one-sided pages, describe in as much detail as necessary the change that the nominee has accomplished, the methods used, the time involved, and any related networking activity.  State how the change contributes to equity and advancement for women and girls.

Nomination deadline is March 31, 2008. 
Send this form and supporting material postmarked or e-mailed no later than March 31, 2008

Women As Agents of Change Committee

Dr. Beverly Crute, Chair, Women As Agents of Change Committee, 
111 15th Ave., NW, 
Willmar MN 56201, 
(320) 235-4543, email

Initiative for Educational Equity Award

Guidelines

 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN – MINNESOTA

 Mission Statement: The project must have resulted in significant progress toward gender equity.

 Nomination Criteria:

WHO: Schools, organizations, businesses, or AAUW Branches may be nominated.

WHEN:  The project must have made an impact between March 2007 and March 2008, although it may have begun prior to March 2006 and/or continue beyond March 2008.

WHAT:  Could include universities which initiated special programs to encourage girls in fields of study where women are under-represented; schools with successful mentoring projects, community organizations that advocate for gender equity, projects initiated by girls themselves, and businesses that initiated a special project on an equity issue, etc.

The selection criteria is based on the following:

COLLABORATION  - Who is involved in the project and are girls and women included in the planning and in the implementation?  (10 points)

 IMPACT – What is the project’s effect on the target audience, community-at-large, public policy, and/or changing attitudes?  How is the project’s effectiveness measured or evaluated?  (30 points)

 CREATIVITY – How is the project unique and effectively using available resources?  (30 points)

 CONTINUITY – How will this project be continued, expanded or replicated?  What will be the overall impact on changing attitudes or behaviors?  (30 points)

 Completing the nomination: Nominations are in the form of a narrative addressing the above four areas and not to exceed three pages.  Additional supplementary materials may include videotapes, photographs, newspaper articles, brochures, etc.  These items will not be returned.

·        Each nomination must begin with the following information: Project Name, Project Coordinators’ names including titles/affiliations if appropriate, addresses, phone numbers.
·        Next list the Nominator’s name, title/affiliation, address and phone number.
·        The first paragraph(s) should be a summary of the project including the target audience and the equity issue being addresses by this project.
·        The following narrative should clearly address the collaboration, impact, creativity, and continuity criteria listed above.
·        The nomination should end with the signature of the nominator and date of submission.

 Send 5 copies of the nomination by March 31, 2008 to Marilyn Hill, 619 Nevada Street, Northfield, MN  55057.   
  (Chair of Diversity/Social Justice)

A panel of 3-5 judges reviews all nominations and selects honorees. The awards will be presented at the AAUW Minnesota Convention in St. Paul on April 25-27, 2008. Recipients will be asked to give a brief description of their project at the convention.

 EQUITY INITIATIVE PROJECT AWARD APPLICATION

Project Name:___________________________________________________

Project Coordinator:___________________________________________________

Address/Phone:___________________________________________________

Nominator’s Name            ___________________________________________________

Address/Phone:___________________________________________________

Narrative Summary of Project:

1.      Impact

2.      Creativity

3.      Continuity

Please return 5 copies of the application by March 31, 2008, to: Marilyn Hill, 619 Nevada Street, Northfield, MN  55057.