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Posted in AAUW research, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2011, | 1 Comment »

When I was in seventh grade, I spent my time thinking about school work, my friends, and my after-school activities. I did not give much consideration to my body and how it was developing. This all changed on the day that 40 of my female classmates and I will never forget. Two boys (who were [...]

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A Letter to the “Super Committee”

Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2011, | 1 Comment »

Dear super committee, How are you? I ask because, although you’ve been tasked with finding a way to trim the federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade, you haven’t been that public about what you’ve been up to. So I thought I’d check in and offer some ideas. Super committee, we [...]

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Social Security across the Generations

Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2011, | 3 Comments »

In the few months I’ve been participating in the AAUW Action Fund Lobby Corps, we’ve twice lobbied members of Congress to support bills that heighten the solvency of the Social Security system and ensure that it is not lumped into the deficit debate. Both times, congressional staff members have commented on my age and asked [...]

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An Open Letter to Anita Hill

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , on October 21, 2011, | 1 Comment »

Dear Professor Hill, When I told friends about my weekend trip to New York to attend the conference in your honor — Sex, Power, and Speaking Truth: Anita Hill 20 Years Later — many of them did not know who you were. And who can blame them? Many of us were just 3 years old, [...]

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Watch the Anita Hill Summit Live October 15

Posted in AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 14, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Twenty years ago this week, Professor Anita Hill testified about sexual harassment before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings for then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas. Hill used to work for Thomas and felt it was her duty to share her experiences of sexual harassment in her workplace. In the end, Thomas was [...]

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Work to End Campus Sexual Assault and Violence

Posted in A Women's Nation, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 16, 2011, | 1 Comment »

In a video released on the 17th anniversary of the Violence against Women Act, Vice President Joe Biden calls for renewed efforts to prevent dating violence and sexual assault against teens and college students. “Speak up and act and make it clear that violence against women will not be tolerated at your school, on your [...]

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Our Crowdsourced Government

Posted in Equity in the News, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Have you ever looked at the plans and proposals put forth by your elected officials and said, “I could do better”? (If you’re an AAUW member, I bet you have!) Well, it seems Congress and the White House might agree with you, and they’re trying to make it easier for you to contribute to overcoming [...]

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Why Women Should Care about the President’s Jobs Speech

Posted in A Women's Nation, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on September 2, 2011, | 1 Comment »

Next Thursday, September 8, President Barack Obama will give what’s being touted as a major speech that will pressure the so-called debt “super committee” to focus on job creation and tackling the nation’s high unemployment rate, which stood at 9.1 percent in July 2011. While the speech is of interest to all Americans, it’s particularly [...]

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Women’s Equality Day through a Brown Lens

Posted in A Women's Nation, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 26, 2011, | 4 Comments »

Women’s Equality Day commemorates passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which grants all women the right to vote. Growing up in the D.C. metro area, I wasn’t interested in politics. But I do remember my great-grandmother, grandparents, and parents taking me with them to the polls. We stood in line, which seemed [...]

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Your AAUW Dialog Summer Reading List

Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 20, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Summer is drawing to a close, so the AAUW blog has decided to take some time to just sit back, relax, and have a long weekend. In our absence, why not check out one of our most popular recent posts or  the top posts from the past year that you might have missed? Enjoy! Dancin’ [...]

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