Recent media reports have suggested that the White House, along with congressional leaders from both parties, might consider proposing cuts to Social Security benefits. While we hope the reports are untrue, this is the right moment to tell President Obama and our political leaders to leave Social Security alone. Social Security must not be a [...]
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The White House Rocks a Cool Science Fair
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Adam Savage, Bill Nye, GEMS Club, Girl Scouts, Jaime Hyneman, National Girls Collaborative Project, President Obama, science fair, Tech Trek, USA Science & Engineering Fair, White House on October 21, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Tired of nagging your kids about their science projects? Tell them that, these days, science is cooler than ever. President Barack Obama hosted a national science fair at the White House earlier this week, showcasing some of the nation’s brightest and most talented youth. Winners of prestigious science and engineering competitions came from all over [...]
Front Row and Center: The Helen Thomas Vacancy
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged Helen Thomas, journalism, media, news, politics, White House on June 7, 2010, | 5 Comments »
Headline news today: “An End for Helen Thomas and the Helen Thomas Rules.” Wow. Millions are discussing the controversial comments that led to her retirement, but how many will think about the implications of the absence of a woman sitting in the front row, center seat, of the White House briefing room? The White House [...]
At the White House for International Women’s Day
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's History Month, tagged #BlogforIWD, AAUW, Dorothy Height, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Girl Scouts, International Women's Day, IWD, Lilly Ledbetter, madeleine albright, Michelle Obama, Paycheck Fairness Act, President Obama, White House on March 9, 2010, | 11 Comments »
I had the honor of representing AAUW at the International Women’s Day reception at the White House yesterday, along with my colleague Kate Farrar. A beautiful, sunny day, we walked to the southeastern gate and chatted with amazing women as about 250 of us waited in line. The Marine Band met us as we entered [...]
Women Deserve Better than the Status Quo
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged Health-care, healthcare, lobby corps, Michelle Obama, wage gap, White House on November 19, 2009, | 3 Comments »
Several AAUW Lobby Corps members in the Washington, D.C. area had the opportunity to attend a White House event on health care and older women last week, and I accompanied them to take photographs. It was my first visit to the White House, and I was really excited! We went through the security checkpoint, then [...]
Pay Equity in the Obama White House
Posted in Women and Work, tagged economic security, jobs, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, news, Obama, pay equity, salary, White House, workplace on July 8, 2009, | 5 Comments »
On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed his first bill into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Noting that women make just 78 cents for every dollar men earn and “women of color, even less,” the president said that the Ledbetter Act would establish that There are no second-class citizens in our workplaces [...]
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