Advocacy & Action

  • public policy fall update

    The Advocacy/Public Policy Group interest Group meets in person or online as needed. Projects include:

    - Voter education/advocacy on nonpartisan issues consistent with our AAUW mission values

    - Voter outreach/Get out the Vote efforts

    - Collaborating with the League of Women Voters in Jefferson County

    - Providing information and support for participation in demonstrations for which AAUW is an official partner

    - Lobby Day and lobbying meetings with WA state legislators concerning legislation consistent with our mission values

    For more information, email publicpolicy@aauwpt.org

  • voter education & outreach

    Equal Pay Day this year is on March 4, 2026.  This day means that the average women must work 365 days plus another 83 days to earn as much as the average man earns in 365 days. In the past 25 years, the pay gap has only improved by about 8%.

    Check out AAUW’s annual study The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap.

    The Paycheck Fairness Act is just one of the many priorities of AAUW’s focus. See the full list of AAUW’s 2025 - 2027 Public Policy and Priorities.

  • lobby day

    Lobby Day usually occurs in January. The 2026 Lobby Day recording and handouts can be viewed on the AAUW State Advocacy webpage.

Washington State Bills that AAUW WA Supports:

2026 AAUW-WA Priority Bills 

Sign up for the Two Minute Activist. Get top of the moment information on congressional bills affecting women so you can take specific action and help move this advocacy forward.

Actions you can take:

Educate yourself : The Washington State Legislature maintains a powerful and user friendly website. Here you can find your state representatives and senators and learn how to contact them. You can look up information on bills currently being considered when the legislature is in session. You can post comments and your pro or con opinion on bills being discussed in committee hearings and voted on by the legislature. https://leg.wa.gov

Ask to meet with law makers (in-person or virtually) to advocate for issues you care about as an AAUW member. Take any meeting time they offer. Speaking just with their Aides is just fine.

If you can’t set up a meeting, you can email law makers with a list of bills AAUW is supporting and key talking points.

Follow-up periodically, for example, thank them for voting for a bill if they did, or for sponsoring a new bill on AAUW’s list or that you like.