Meet Lt. Dan Choi, a Korean Southern Baptist who graduated from West Point Military Academy. He is an Iraq war veteran and one of only eight soldiers in his class to major in Arabic. In March, Choi disclosed on the Rachel Maddow Show that he was gay. He was subsequently sent a discharge letter from [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Lt. Dan Choi: The Hypocrisy behind Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged Don't Ask Don't Tell, gay, lesbian, Lt. Dan Choi, sexual orientation, women in the military on October 20, 2009, | 2 Comments »
A Woman’s Nation Requires Work-Life Balance
Posted in A Women's Nation, Equity in the News, Women and Work, tagged awn, family-friendly workplace, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, womansnation, Work-Life Balence on October 19, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
In the early 1960s, Bob Dylan had a lot of questions on his mind, questions that didn’t seem to have any answers. He wanted to know how many roads a man must walk down, before he can be called a man. He wondered how many times cannon balls must fly, before they’re forever banned. And [...]
Meet Shevon Harvey: Professor, Researcher, Advocate
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Women's Health, tagged Career Development Grants, Fellowships and Grants, grants and awards, Public Health, Shevon Harvey on October 16, 2009, | 2 Comments »
The issue of health care reform is being debated in living rooms, Congressional offices, and at watercoolers around the country. Currently, both the House and Senate are continuing to seek out a way to meld together all the different versions of the bills into one that might get enough support to pass. Shevon Harvey, a [...]
Women as Breadwinners
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged awn, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, womansnation, women in the workplace on October 16, 2009, | 1 Comment »
One of my favorite episodes of the Brady Bunch is the one where Mike and Carol swap their traditional parenting roles. Mike spends an afternoon cooking with Marcia, Jan, and Cindy, while Carol runs baseball practice for Greg, Peter, and Bobby. Despite their best efforts, both fail spectacularly. Mike makes a mockery of himself in [...]
Does a Woman’s Nation Change Anything?
Posted in A Women's Nation, Equity in the News, Women & Economic Security, Women's Health, tagged awn, CARE, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, womansnation, women in the workplace, working moms, workplace on October 16, 2009, | 2 Comments »
“I think women should stay at home where they belong. It’s a proven fact that when the women went to work the family started to fail.” Seriously?! Sounds like a statement from Mad Men, the modern television drama series set in the 1960s or at least a quote from the 1970s, doesn’t it? But I [...]
AAUW Helps the Environment through Fellowships and Grants
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged #BAD09, Blog Action Day, Cascade Sorte, climate change, Elaine Hale, Fellowships and Grants, Josan Feathers, Procilla Viana on October 15, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Since 1888, AAUW has helped more than 10,000 women from over 130 countries pursue higher education and make a difference in their communities. For the 2009–10 academic year alone, AAUW awarded more than $3 million in fellowships and grants to 200 women. Women like 2009–10 American Fellow Cascade Sorte and 2009–10 International Fellow Priscilla Viana [...]
Advancing the Clean Coal Agenda by Forging AAUW’s Name
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged #BAD09, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, AstroTurf, Blog Action Day, Clean Coal, climate change, Lobby, lobbyist, Markey (D-MA), Setting the record Straight on October 15, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW learned in early August through news reports that our name was being forged in letters to Congressional representatives. These letters were meant to appear to be written from members of organizations comprising grassroots networks. In AAUW’s case, the letter (PDF) was sent from a Charlottesville, Virginia, branch, which is not even in existence. Furthermore, [...]
No One Is Going to Call on You
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, tagged Beijing World Conference on Women, Campaign College, Catalyst, leadership, Leadership Programs, Linda Tarr-Whelan, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Sen. Mary Landrieu on October 12, 2009, | 4 Comments »
Last week, I attended a Capitol Hill briefing on Linda Tarr-Whelan’s new book, Women Lead the Way. The book and the briefing both elicited conversations about the crucial role women’s leadership plays in quantifiable positive change and how we can bring more women to the tables of power. According to Catalyst, an independent research organization, [...]
AAUW Member Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged Carol Greider, Marie Curie, Nobel Prize, STEM, Telomerase on October 12, 2009, | 7 Comments »
Sitting at my desk here at AAUW, I can see a framed photograph and handwritten thank-you note from Marie Curie, dated 1920, in which she expresses her gratitude for AAUW’s support of her groundbreaking research on radium. It serves as an inspiration and a reminder as to why it is so important to continue to [...]
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