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Shelby Knox and Feminists Now

Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 6, 2011, | 3 Comments »

Shelby Knox, one of the keynote speakers at this year’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL), inspired a room of more than 500 women last Friday morning when she spoke about her experiences with sex education and activism. After a hilarious performance by feminist comedian Lucé Tomlin-Brenner, AAUW’s Executive Director Linda Hallman introduced [...]

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Report: Senate Keeps Women and Minorities off of Federal Benches

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , on June 2, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Earlier this week, the advocacy group People for the American Way released a report on the Senate’s record of blocking President Barack Obama’s judicial nominations. The report reached a shocking conclusion: Since President Obama took office, every district court nominee with party-line opposition from Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans has been a woman or person of [...]

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