The new PBS documentary, MAKERS, premiered on Tuesday evening, and we are very excited that it features a number of AAUW fellows! You can check out the full video online.
Adelante! March Book Club Selection
Women’s History Month 
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Rebecca Skloot
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor, Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells — taken without her knowledge — became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today even though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons — as much as 100 Empire State buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells and Lacks’ small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia — a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo — to East Baltimore, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.
Available in print, Kindle, NOOK Book, and audiobook formats.
Great Decisions 2013 Topic 5
The Intervention Calculation
The “responsibility to protect” doctrine has become central to modern humanitarian intervention. When should the international community intervene? Why did the West rush to intervene in Libya but not Syria?
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 Featuring Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense |
National Girls and Women in Sports Day February 6, 2013
Girls in Sports an Investment in the Future
Click to see the National Girls and Women in Sports Day Poster NGWSD-2013-poster-new-2
How did you do on the Title IX quiz?
Great Decisions 2013 Topic 6
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Graduating to a Pay Gap?
The Graduating to a Pay Gap panel discussion, which was live streamed from AAUW headquarters, wowed more than 300 watch parties across the country, including branches, college campuses, and individuals, last November. The lively discussion focused on the issues that young women face in pursuit of equal pay as they enter the workforce after college graduation. You can watch the entire event on our website. Use it to show members why AAUW is necessary in every community.
Meet American Fellows
| Current American Fellow Featured in TEDxWomen This year’s TEDxWomen Talks featured Jessica Pabón, an innovative scholar on women, hip hop, and graffiti art. Pabón is currently pursuing her doctorate in the Performance Studies Department at New York University, specializing in transnational feminisms, Latina/o and Africana studies, queer studies, and visual art and performance. |
| Fellowships and Grants Director Featured on Chick History Chick History is telling the stories of 52 women, not through names and dates in textbooks, but through the voices of contemporary women, one per week throughout 2012. Check out Gloria Blackwell’s podcast about Henrietta Lacks on the #HerStory website. |
Bully: An Action Plan for Teachers, Parents and Communities
Ms. Lowen and fellow editor Lee Hirsch go beyond their acclaimed documentary film and present personal stories and essays from anti-bullying activists and experts on how to stop the epidemic of bullying in the U.S. Ms. Lowen talks with anti-bullying advocate and the Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Donna Lieberman.
Past Airings on Book TV (CSPAN 2)
- Saturday, December 15th at 8pm (MT)
- Sunday, December 16th at 7pm (MT)
- Sunday, December 16th at 10pm (MT)
- Monday, December 17th at 1am (MT)
- Sunday, December 23rd at 10am (MT)
Video Stream at https://www.booktv.org/
type “bully” into search bar and click.
Title IX Suit Paves Way for Fairer Treatment of Girls’ Sports in Indiana
The LAF-supported case
Parker v. Indiana High School Athletic Association settled last month, ending Amber Parker and Tammy Hurley’s fight for fairer scheduling of the varsity girls’ basketball games in Franklin County, Indiana, on behalf of their daughters.
Parker alleged violations of Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution due to a disparity in the scheduling of boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball games. The suit argued that almost all the boys’ games were played in prime time — on Friday and Saturday nights — compared with only about half of the girls’ games. The plaintiffs said that the scheduling unfairly placed academic burdens on the girls, who competed on school nights, were deprived of crowd support, and were made to feel like second-class athletes.
The settlement was approved by the U.S. District Court for Southern Indiana and requires progressive improvements in scheduling girls’ varsity basketball games through 2017.
Global Issues for Women
PBS Special Presentation of Independent Lens October 1-2, 2012
KNME (Albuquerque Oct. 1 and 2 8-10 PM)
KENW (Portales Oct. 1 and 2 8-10 PM)
Premier of “Half the Sky–Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide”
Filmed in 10 countries, this film looks at sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality.
Watch the film at home and then share your thoughts and opinions about this documentary. Go to http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/
for more information about the documentary and the authors.