Last week, the University of California and former UC Davis female student wrestlers Arezou Mansourian, Christine Ng, and Lauren Mancuso announced that they had reached an agreement to settle their lawsuit against the university. The plaintiffs originally filed suit in 2003, and in August 2011, the U.S. District Court for Eastern California found that the [...]
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Friday Night Lights — Not Just for Boys’ High School Sports!
Posted in Equity in the News, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged AAUW, basketball, Franklin County High School, Judge John Tinder, Legal Advocacy Fund, Parker v. Franklin County Community School Corporation, Title IX on February 7, 2012, | 1 Comment »
“A packed gymnasium, cheerleaders rallying the fans, the crowd on their feet supporting their team, and the pep band playing the school song: These are all things you might expect to see at an Indiana high school basketball game on a Friday night. The crowd becomes part of the game; they provide motivation, support, and [...]
2012 Day of Service
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Action Fund, Campus Action Projects, Community Action Grant, Day of Service, international projects grant, Legal Advocacy Fund, Martin Luther King Jr. United We Serve, Members, Obama, tradition, Two Minute Activist, volunteer on January 16, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
As the youngest of four, my kitchen assignment was usually putting away the dishes. My cooking experience had been short-lived as I would forget to put the water in with whatever frozen vegetable I was supposed to cook and the smell of burning would ultimately spoil the entire meal. It was at the hands of [...]
Alabama Branch Sponsors $tart $mart Workshop
Posted in Women & Economic Security, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Educational Programs, Sexism, tagged salary negotiation, gender gap, The WAGE project, Legal Advocacy Fund, $tart $mart, lifetime earnings, University of Alabama, Campus Outreach Grant, University of Alabama Huntsville on December 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Research shows that the typical American woman misses out on $1 million in earnings over her lifetime because she lacks salary negotiation skills. The $tart $mart workshops address the gender gap in U.S. wages as well as skills and tactics for negotiating salaries. The program is the result of a partnership between AAUW and the [...]
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