Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Fellowships, Grants & Awards, Social Justice, Women and Civil Rights, tagged advocacy, affirmative action, coretta scott king, discrimination, feminism, martin luther king, mlk, politics, race, racism, Scholarships, Sexism, Speaking Out for Justice on April 4, 2008, | 6 Comments »
What powerful images the words “I have a dream” bring to mind as the nation honors the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 40th anniversary of his assassination. I found my emotions immediately surfacing as I listened to his speech. How far we have come since then, how far we still [...]
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Record levels in pregnancy-discrimination complaints to regulators suggests more women are speaking up about suspected workplace bias.
A federal judge has ruled that leaders of a prominent Southern Baptist seminary who believe women are biblically forbidden from teaching men were within their rights when they told a female professor to leave.
Surveys abound showing that women in academe [...]
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This past weekend, AAUW of Colorado held their annual Public Policy Day, an event that is 30+ years strong. Titled “AAUW + Public Policy Issues = Advocacy & Action,” the event featured David Skaggs, executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education and a former member of Congress. I presented a workshop on running [...]
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Posted in Social Justice, Students and Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged AAUW, American Association of University Women on February 6, 2008, | 7 Comments »
When the American Association of University Women (AAUW) formed in the 1880s, one of its first accomplishments was a research project disproving the widely held belief that higher education adversely affected the health of women college students. Today AAUW continues to lead the nation through advocacy, education, and research to remove barriers faced by [...]
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