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We’d love to get to know you!

We invite you be a part of our community of American women living in Europe.

If you’ve come to our website from either our Facebook or Instagram accounts, we are happy you are here!
We’d love for you to learn more about us! Perhaps by attending one of our free upcoming events.

As a non-member, you are invited to attend two of AAWE’s free events before becoming a member. To benefit from this offer, please email Rosemary Cheylus, our Membership Chair, explaining that you are interested in AAWE and are interested in attending an event.

Click the toggle below to see a list of our current activities.

Visit our Join Us page to join AAWE today!

Please contact our Membership Chair, Rosemary Cheylus at membership@aaweparis.org with any questions you have and to learn more about AAWE.

Click the +’s to Learn About All Our Member Benefits.

Balancing Bicultural Lives

  • Quarterly AAWE News magazine with club news, photos from events, profiles of members, and all the details on happenings in the club.
  • Weekly emails with upcoming event announcements.
  • Guest speakers and resources on: filing US taxes, citizenship for children born in France, US voting, financial planning, applying for French nationality, bilingualism and biculturalism.
  • Members-only website with resources for living a bicultural life in France.
  • Networking opportunities with the authors of AAWE’s book: Vital Issues: How to Survive Officialdom While Living in France.
  • Divorce Support Groups, Bereavement support.
  • Professional skill-building workshops and guest speakers; plus volunteering opportunities on Global Issues and topics related to the United Nations through FAWCO.
  • Professional networking in in-person events and the private AAWE LinkedIn Group; plus international networking through FAWCO events and its Facebook Group.

Family and Educational Resources

  • American holiday celebrations for children: annual Halloween parties and visits with Santa.
  • Education resources for parents and students: a bi-annual “What School is Right for My Child” Fair that highlights bilingual education options, and an annual University Fair.
  • Academic awards for AAWE members and their children : www.aaweparis.org/awards and www.fawcofoundation.org
  • In-house library of college prep workbooks and information on summer camps and programs in the US.
  • Youth programs through your FAWCO membership *see the Introduction to FAWCO.
  • Networking opportunities with the authors of AAWE’s books on education: AAWE Guide to Education in France; Beyond the Bac: Higher Education in France and Abroad.

Fun and Social Events | Giving Back to the Community

  • Cocktails, annual all-member parties and a holiday market.
  • Running teams: La Parisienne (in September) and Les Rochambelles (in Caen in June).
  • Book club, writing group, film club, cultural tours, bridge lessons.
  • Younger Wonders group (members under 50) with evening and weekend gatherings.
  • BBX Sisterhood group gathers “members in the middle” (born 1955-75 approx.).
  • Guest speakers or workshops on (for ex.) health, wine, gastronomy, culture, menopause, sexology…
  • Monthly Saturday morning Coffee Meetups and regular weekday Happy Hours.
  • Seniors group: lunches, caroling, social events, bridge games, workshops on using social media and the internet and a bi-annual Retire and Thrive Fair
  • Handicrafts groups: making American-style homemade crafts.
  • Volunteer opportunities with local charities, church meal program, refugees…

Plus!

  • Member discounts for American Library in Paris, Amis du Louvre, Carte Sésame and other local businesses.
  • Free FAWCO Membership (please see the back of the Book Order Form for benefits).

And, most importantly, lifelong friendships!

Join Us!
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Join our vibrant community and enrich your life while living in France.  AAWE is a vast network through which you can make friends who support each other through thick and thin as well as gain tips & knowledge about living overseas.

Close to 500 unique members are ready to help you find your peeps in AAWE. We have 60 years and three generations of experience making connections and friendships for life!

We’d love for you to be a part of our bicultural community of American women living primarily in France and also in Europe and around the world!

What’s so special about AAWE? Our members say it best!

AAWE Members meeting informally
I joined AAWE for support at a difficult time in my life. I remain a member because I found not only friends, but people who I can do projects with to make a difference in my community and in the world. -Clara
AAWE Members Golfing
I love AAWE for the dynamic and open atmosphere, variety of activities, and shared spirit of sisterhood. -Lorie
AAWE thinks of those things unique to our situation that I don't realize are important--until they are! - Michelle
It helped make Paris "home", this supportive and nurturing lifeline of amazing, diverse, fun, interesting and fantastic women. I've made strong lifetime friendships through AAWE... it's a warm and open community, within which (together with the US Girl Scouts and the American Library in Paris) my 2 and 3 year old daughters grew into beautifully spirited young women now 18 and 20 - where they were able to enjoy their American heritage, culture and values alongside other Franco American "kids", including understanding their citizenship rights and responsibilities...
- Deyi
AAWE is a family: there are aunts and cousins and sisters. And their support and encouragement have been such a boost over the years as I adapted to the French culture, job market, and lifestyle. It's been such a relief to be able to ask questions of other women who have faced similar challenges. In AAWE I've developed great friendships with smart, fun English-speaking women who are also living permanently in France.
It’s always been such a warm welcoming place where we learn from and support each other, build firm friendships for life .
-Deyi  
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