Celebrating our AWEsome Achievements in 2020
At the AWE AGM 2020, members revisited some of the many AWE successes and achievements over a challenging year.
Here is a snapshot:
- Invitation to and participation in the UNDRR Asia-Pacific Forum in Brisbane in November 2019
- Vic AWE Chapter end of year dinner in Melbourne with guests Elizabeth and Jolie from New Zealand AWE Chapter
- NSW AWE Chapter monthly Friday networking including site visits and guest speakers and end of year meeting and drinks in Sydney in December 2019
- AWE presentation at ANZDMC conference in Brisbane
- Monthly member newsletters
- Mentoring program commenced
- AWE Speaking engagements by members of the AWE committee including at the Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA), Loneliness Dialogue, SES Sunbury Unit – Women’s Day, Grampians Health, guest speaker at IWD events
- WA AWE Chapter Leads and Advisory group breakfast in Perth
- Invitation to ELCA National Climate and Emergency Summit and signatory to recommendations to Commonwealth Government including full page ad in the weekend newspaper with AWE logo
- AWE Scholarships program commenced
- Ongoing activity and networking on social media including posting our recordings of events on our private AWE You Tube channel
- AWE Conversation Series – delivered 6 events featuring prominent women from within our AWE network and our close friends
- Other events included – virtual Pool Party, regional drinks, virtual drinks during COVID
- Monthly Mindfulness and Breath Work sessions
- Partnered with ESF at IWD event at AAMI Park followed by joining almost record making crowd at MCG to watch the final of the International Women’s T20 cricket
- Building relationships with other women’s groups around the world
- Partnered with HAG and HWN on IWD 2020 for special forum on diversity in disasters and the role of women’s networks
- AWE Committee and Chapter Leads Planning sessions
- Go Fund Me campaign raised $3,500
- 2nd Member Survey
- Over 1300 Members
