On Monday, January 14, the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund case, Jennings v. UNC-CH was settled. The university agreed to pay former soccer player Melissa Jennings $385,000 and the coach Anson Dorrance issued an apology to all players.
For details on the case see the January 15 article in the Raleigh News and Observer.
For the summary from AAUW, see www.aauw.org/laf.
Info on AAUW doings in the Jacksonville region.
The Women’s Law Caucus of NC Central University and AAUW North Carolina will host a January 22, 2008 talk by Kristen Galles, a DC attorney with national expertise in Title IX, who serves on the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund Attorney Advisory Committee.
Request for feedback on the Tar Heel News as we migrate to a new editorial board.
Request for feedback on the Young Advocates Toolkit Project.
Once again, I’m a bit behind in posting a summary of the NGCP e-newsletter: see ngcproject.org/resources/newsletter.html.
Here are highlights from December and January issues.
One more link to good information on RSS – Really Simple Syndication. Watch for this abbreviation on sites that you visit.
Message sent in USMail to the branch presidents.
A link to resource kits that can be downloaded and which will provide important programming ideas.
Thank you for playing an integral role in AAUW’s success in moving the mission forward this year. Your advocacy and that of tens of thousands of others in our nationwide network of e-activists has helped AAUW make an impact on public policy issues throughout 2007. The growing power and reach of Action Network can claim some impressive achievements. Just consider that over the past year, together, we have:
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