Wonderful and timely news! This morning the House of Representatives approved the Senate-passed Violence Against Women Act  (VAWA) reauthorization that protects ALL victims and INCLUDES critical campus safety protections!  The vote was 286 to 138 against (all Republicans).  If you used AAUW’s Action Network to speak up on behalf of passing the Senate version of the bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), you have received an email of thanks from AAUW’s Public Policy Director, Lisa Maatz.

It has been a long, two year path to getting this important legislation passed. Passing the VAWA reauthorization has been a policy priority for AAUW, so this is a time to celebrate. To all of you who made your voices heard, THANK YOU! And to anyone not yet signed up for AAUW’s Two-Minute Activist, we urge you to do so. Working together, we can make a difference.