Welcome and Upcoming Events
Welcome! Upcoming Events is where we highlight our September through May weekly Tuesday programs, as well as any evening programs, special events, and summer programs. Our AAUW Branch members will also find links taking them to pages where they can make reservations and attend our programs virtually when that option is available.
Anyone interested in joining our Branch will find more information on our Visitors Guide page.
April to August 2025 QRC. Click HERE.
On this page: Tuesday Programs, Special Events, Evening Programs, Events of Interest
Looking for something else on our website? Click HERE to use our searchable website map.
Important Branch Announcements
>>> 4/28 AAUW Lobby Day at the Capitol with LWV! Details BELOW. <<<
- VERY IMPORTANT ALERT: Millions could lose their right to vote if the SAVE Act, passed by the U.S. House and pending a vote in the U.S. Senate, becomes law. Details HERE – including links to contact our Senators.
- Listen to MN Secretary of State Steve Simon discuss the SAVE Act and its implications for the MN elections system and MN voters in this YouTube video (HERE) sponsored by Indivisible Twin Cities.
- WE WERE THERE! Members who were at the Capitol and other rally sites on April 5 are listed on our Recent Events page. Email webmaster@aauwstpaul.org if you would like to be recognized there (please put “Rally” in the subject line).
- Education bills – who should control what? Find out about bills being proposed in the current legislative session HERE.
- Community Outreach will be collecting Feminine Hygiene Products for Mobile Loaves Twin Cities beginning on March 11. Details HERE.
- Book sale is April 24 and 25! Details HERE.
- Membership renewal time is rapidly approaching for many of us! Click HERE for more information!
- If you have questions, you can email the Membership Treasurer at membershiptreasurer@aauwstpaul.org
- 2025 Member Engagement Survey: Results will be found HERE.
Try as the Trump administration might, it can’t erase women!
“We are not partisan…but we are not neutral.”
AAUW MN President Kelsey Waits and LWV Executive Director Michelle Witte
speak out in the March 23 Minnesota Star Tribune. Read HERE.
We need an Equal Rights Amendment more than ever.
“We’ve been on this merry-go-round for 50 years. Good folks find solutions.”
Betty Folliard, former member of the Minnesota House and founder of ERA Minnesota, speaks out in the March 31 Minnesota Star Tribune. Read HERE.
Email / call / text your legislator and tell them to support HF 501.
Grassroots Activism: How You Can Take Action!
Some excellent advice from the League of Women Voters.
Read it HERE.
AAUW State and National Notes
- AAUW MN is looking for individuals to step up to be a member of the state board as well as candidates to fill the Treasurer and Vice President of Public Policy positions. They are also looking for individuals to serve on the nominating committee for the 2026 elections. If you have any interest in either of these, please contact Kelsey Waits (aauwminn@gmail.com).
- The 2025 state meeting will take place on April 25 and 26 in Austin, MN. The Austin branch has been hard at work organizing and it will undoubtedly be a great event. Members interested in attending are asked to contact Sharon Klumpp (President@aauwstpaul.org).
- AAUW MN Winter Pine is Now Available. Stay up-to-date on AAUW MN activities by clicking HERE.
- A recording of National’s program “Securing the Future: a post-election conversation on women’s economic security” is available on YouTube HERE.
- Links to videos of past webinars on a variety of topics related to our mission can be found here: https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/webinars/
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
April 29, 2025
Please note the time change for Great Decisions – this week ONLY
9:20 a.m. – Great Decisions (details HERE)
10:45 a.m. – Branch Announcements
11:00 a.m. – Scholarship Trust: Meet Our Scholars!
12:00 p.m. – Luncheon – SignUpGenius Link
1:15 p.m. – The Beauty and Iconic Sights of Egypt, Deanne Probst
Please Note: SignUpGenius links will be provided as they become available.
Members will find more information about programs on the Tuesday Programs page and in the 990 News. Zoom links are on the Tuesday Programs page.
Leslie regularly sends out the information for our members-only, password-protected website pages. If you have questions, please contact JoAnne at webmaster@aauwstpaul.org
Upcoming Tuesday Programs
May 6, 2025 – ANNUAL MEETING – Details TBA
Special Events
Click HERE to open a printable flyer to share with family, friends, and neighbors.
AAUW Lobby Day with LWV!
Minnesota Capitol Rotunda
April 28 – 2-4 PM
It will be great to get a good turn out from our Branch. Michelle Witte, LWV Executive Director, and Kelsey Waits, AAUW MN President, will both be speaking at the event to represent their organizations. Here is the Facebook event page, here is the agenda for the event , and here is a site to RSVP for individuals who aren’t on Facebook. Hopefully we’ll have a HUGE turnout!
AAUW THEATRE EXCURSION
AAUW St. Paul has tickets to see:
Date: May 22, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Place: Minnesota History Theatre
Price: $30
Money required by April 15, 2025
AAUW St. Paul has 30 tickets reserved for the matinee performance on May 22.
Join your AAUW friends for a morning of fine, locally-sourced theatre.
Details HERE.
Evening Programs
No Evening Programs scheduled at this time.
Events of Interest
Periodically, we will share information on AAUW mission-focused, non-partisan, events in our area. These are not sponsored by AAUW. If you are a member and know of an event other members may have an interest in, email Leslie Sworsky.