The branch committees focusing on community service projects are: Start Smart and Tech Trek.
Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshops
Members Diane Rawicz & Rebecca D’Harlingue Conducting a Start Smart Workshop
During covid, this program became available online. A free version of Start Smart can be taken at your own pace, at: https://courses.aauw.org/learn
The gender pay gap starts just one year out of college with women making 82 cents to a man’s dollar — and this disadvantage only worsens over time. That’s why it’s crucial to establish a fair package of salary & benefits from the start.
This 2-hour workshop provides young women with the skills & confidence they need to successfully negotiate their salary & benefits at the beginning of their careers.
Our branch offered this program on a regular basis at local college campuses, with students from Dominican University, Mills College, Laney College and Cal Maritime among those who have completed the Start Smart workshop.
Students at a Start Smart Workshop
Tech Trek – Student STEM Camp
Since 1998, each year our branch has awarded scholarships to girls attending middle school to a week-long STEM summer camp at Stanford, UC Davis or Sonoma State University. For the several past years, we’ve sent 12 girls to Tech Trek camp every year at Sonoma State University in June.
Due to covid, this program went online in 2021. Since 2023, we once again provide the full experience of the week-long STEM camp.
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For more information about this program, visit the Tech Trek page.
You can also learn more here, about the activities at a recent session of the camp held at Sonoma State University. from one of the camp ‘dorm moms,’
To ask about Tech Trek volunteer opportunities with our branch, email Nancy Adams.