[women-rights] 10-30-02-ACLU Action Update: Support Gender Equity in Education!

TO: ACLU Action Network Members
FR: Angela Colaiuta, National Field Organizer
DT: 10-30-02

  1) Support Gender Equity in Education: Protect Title IX!

In an action that many fear is designed to undo the great strides women 
have made in athletics, the Bush Administration has appointed a commission 
to consider possible changes to landmark legislation designed 30 years ago 
to end gender discrimination in sports and education.

The Bush Administration's new commission is now traveling around the 
country listening to public feedback about Title IX, a groundbreaking 1972 
law that bars sex discrimination in educational institutions. Title IX 
applies to educational institutions that receive any federal funds - 
whether public or private, including private colleges that receive federal 
funding through federal financial aide programs used by their students.

Unfortunately, the commission is receiving many baseless complaints that 
Title IX harms men's athletics. It must hear more from people like the 
athletic director of the University of North Carolina who told the 
commission that "too much progress has been made toward gender equity in 
sports -- and too much remains to be done -- to give up on Title IX now."

Take Action! You can learn more and send a FREE FAX to the Commission 
urging them to oppose any changes to Title IX from our action alert at:

http://www.aclu.org/WomensRights/WomensRights.cfm?ID=11109&c=172