As a member of AAUW’s National Student Advisory Council, I am responsible for helping with a campus program focused on women’s equity, so I decided to help with the national Equal Pay Day event on my campus in Hawaii. The Women’s Center had hosted the event in previous years, but when I met with the [...]
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My Journey Toward “Keeping the Change”
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged I am the Face of Pay Equity, Keep the Change, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, SAC, Student Advisory Council on May 8, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
On Lincoln, AAUW, and Economic Recovery
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged economic recovery, economic stimulus, economy, Keep the Change, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, tax credit on February 13, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
The following is excerpted from a letter I sent to AAUW Action Network members. The complete letter including details about AAUW’s role in promoting another form of economic stimulus – pay equity – may be found on the AAUW website. Dear AAUW Friends: Today I was honored to attend the national ceremony celebrating President Abraham Lincoln’s [...]
Cinderella’s Journey
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Keep the Change, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, pay gap, Paycheck Fairness Act on January 28, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
As a young girl, I used to watch Cinderella lose her glass slipper, find Prince Charming, and live happily ever after. How often does that happen in real life? Instead of a glass slipper, women ascend up the staircase only to hit the glass ceiling. The glass ceiling is a term I learned about in [...]
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