A buzz was in the air all day Thursday. It wasn’t just that it was the last day of the convention. It wasn’t just that it was the night that the candidate would officially accept the nomination. It was an historic day in many ways that, regardless of your political stripes, you couldn’t help but [...]
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Meet Jane Chen: Co-Creator of Low-Cost Infant Incubators
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged Embrace Global, Fellowships, Following the Fellows, healthcare, incubator, infant mortality, Jane Chen, Selected Professions Fellow, underdeveloped countries on August 29, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Jane Chen’s words of advice to women reading this “Following the Fellows” series are, “Follow your passions, and dare to dream to change the world.” This advice might sound hollow coming from some, but from Jane Chen, 2007–08 Selected Professions Fellow, it rings true. Jane graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Pomona College, [...]
College Students — This Is for You
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged blogging, campus, Campus Action Projects, CAP, leadership, NCCWSL, SAC, Student Advisory Council, student conference, student leaders on August 28, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
When I was in college, I didn’t look for leadership opportunities beyond what was offered on my campus, but I wish I had, especially when I joined AAUW’s staff and learned about two of AAUW’s outstanding student programs I had missed out on. Applications for AAUW’s Student Advisory Council and Campus Action Projects are now [...]
Where the Cool Kids Go
Posted in Voter Education, tagged congress, DNC, dnc2008 on August 27, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
It’s lunchtime in Denver, and all the cool kids head to one place to mix, mingle, and nosh — the 16th Street pedestrian mall. The happening corridor runs at least a dozen city blocks, and the only wheeled vehicles allowed are the free buses — manna from heaven for a convention-goer’s aching feet — and [...]
Women’s Equality Day @ Convention
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Democratic National Convention, DNC, dnc2008, EMILY's List, Hillary Clinton, Lilly Ledbetter, media, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, Sexism, suffrage, Voto Latino, Women's Caucus, Women's Equality Day, women’s rights on August 27, 2008, | 4 Comments »
While Tuesday was not designated “women’s issues day” at the Democratic National Convention, it certainly felt like it — which seems appropriate, given that the day also marked the anniversary of women’s suffrage in America. For the first time ever, the majority of delegates are women: 51 percent. That’s a big jump since the last [...]
Education Olympics
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, tagged achievement gap, bachelor's degree, Education Olympics, gold medal, graduation, mathematics, Olympic Games, science, standardized tests, test scores on August 27, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
All this recent talk of Olympic gold medals and international competition has stirred my patriotic streak. I hope you caught the bug as well. But cheering got me thinking — where does the United States stack up in other competitions? I stumbled across the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Education Olympics today and was struck by [...]
Tales of the Olympics
Posted in Title IX, Women and Work, tagged athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, Beijing, Dara Torres, gender pay gap, gymnastics, Michael Phelps, Olympic Games, running, swimming, Title IX on August 26, 2008, | 4 Comments »
I wanted to write a piece about women in the Olympics and found myself moved by stories that weren’t necessarily about medal winners at all. Here are some Olympic tales that moved my heart. Do you have any others to share? While I loved watching the opening ceremonies and enjoyed the beautiful views of China [...]
Equalitea, Trains, and Teddy Kennedy
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Democratic National Convention, DNC, dnc2008, Edward Kennedy, Michelle Obama, presidential election, Public Policy, Women's Equality Day on August 26, 2008, | 4 Comments »
The rest of Monday, the first official day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, sped by. After a brief visit to the Seniors Caucus in the early afternoon — women’s economic security across the lifespan and healthcare reform have long been fixtures in AAUW’s member-adopted Public Policy Program and are key priorities of the caucus [...]
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