Packed into a buzzing meeting room in the Dirksen Senate building, I took a long look around. As a summer intern at AAUW, I was thrilled to be at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing addressing the impact of the Wal-Mart v. Dukes Supreme Court decision — a case throughout which AAUW has remained a strong [...]
Posts Tagged ‘diversity’
NCCWSL Workshop Roundup
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged diversity, F-word, feminism, George Washington University, Hey Shorty, leadership, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, NASPA, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, Street Harassmant, Undergraduate Fellows Program on June 9, 2011, | 1 Comment »
During last week’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, students learned about opportunities in different professional fields, attended workshops that provided helpful skill-building tools, and took part in seminars that allowed them to share their experiences with leadership, street harassment, planning their futures, and balancing family and school. The workshop topics were as diverse [...]
Rape Isn’t a Game
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged diversity, RAINN, rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, video games on June 10, 2009, | 14 Comments »
When I was teaching high school in California five years ago, we took about 90 students on a weekend retreat to address issues of diversity. One night the boys and girls were taken into two separate rooms and asked to list all the negative messages they had ever heard about the opposite sex. After a [...]
Open Thread: Nominating a Supreme Court Justice
Posted in Voter Education, tagged diversity, First 100 Days, Hillary Clinton, Justice, Justive Souter, Sarah Palin, SCOTUS, Supreme Court on May 6, 2009, | 5 Comments »
In light of Justice Souter’s recent announcement that he is stepping down from the U.S. Supreme Court in June, my colleagues and I were joining with the pundits in pondering who his replacement might be. Many are speculating that President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee will likely be a woman to fill the space left [...]

