Notes from FairerScience.Org
Again, playing catchup from October …
Here are a couple of links to items at fairerscience.org:
What can men do to help women stay in science, Interactive Physics Simulations
Nancy
NGCP Newsletters
See http://ngcproject.org/resources/newsletter.html for the October and November newsletters.
Take action — support the Gender Bias Elimination Act (H.R. 3514).
A recent National Academies report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, found that women repeatedly face biases in academia in the science fields, and that these barriers to success discourage them from careers in these areas. In response to this report, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) recently introduced the Gender Bias Elimination Act (H.R. 3514).
Learn more and contact your representative
Raleigh/Wake County Meeting on the National Girls Collaborative Project
Dr. Sharon Schulze of the Science House, the state’s lead organization for the National Girls Collaborative Project, spoke to AAUW Raleigh/Wake County on Tuesday. You can find her slides and additional resources at
http://rwc.aauwnc.org/2007/11/125/
AAUW News
Updates from AAUW
e-newsletter #5, October 31
AAUW NC News Sept. 29 – October 31, 2007
Notes from tech session (Friday, Oct. 19)
On Friday afternoon at the AAUW NC 2007 Fall meeting, Nancy gave a tour of the new www.aauw.org and the about to be launched www.aauwnc.org. Here are a few key comments and additional resources.
Info for attendees at the Duke Funding Workshop
Here’s information discussed at a Funding Workshop at Duke on October 31.
Info for NC Conference for Women attendees
Here are the highlights of the messages we delivered from the booth at the NC Conference for Women in Charlotte on Oct. 30.
Justice 4 All
Posted by Diversity Chair Queen Thompson to the AAUW NC e-mail list, and discussed by her at the AAUW NC Fall meeting, Oct. 20.
Please contact Queen for more information or reply to her post on the e-mail list to start a discussion.