Kristen Galles spoke to the NCCU Women’s Law Caucus on her experiences as a Title IX attorney and related topics. Read a summary of the talk, see pictures, find links to handouts, and learn how to join AAUW on the NCCU campus.
Participate in an online giving challenge. Donate to VGIF to improve the health, nutrition, physical security, and economic stability of women and children in developing countries.
To learn more about the Agenda Assemblies, a powerful program for women to raise their voices on issues of public concern, watch this six minute video:
On Thursday, January 17, AAUW Director of Research Catherine Hill and LAF suppoted plaintiff Janet Conney were interviewed on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams as part of a series “The Truth About Boys and Girls.” If you missed the broadcast, you can see it from the web:
LAF supported plaintiff to be interviewed on Thursday evening’s NBC news.
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.
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.