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Title IX Recognized by ESPN & Brittney Griner at ESPY Awards

By Willie Roberson, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern If you had a chance to watch the 20th ESPY Awards on ESPN last night, you couldn’t have missed women’s basketball phenom Brittney Griner accept two major awards. During … Continue reading

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Celebrating 40 Years of Title IX Successes

By Jaimie Woo, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern In commemoration of Title IX’s 40th anniversary, Sen. Tom Harkin, D. Iowa, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, recognized four distinguished women who have made … Continue reading

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Title IX at 39: Ensuring Equality for Women in Sports & Education

By Jenna Chai, a summer intern Today marks the 39th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments, the federal statute prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded schools. This anniversary not only serves as a day to commemorate the decades-old … Continue reading

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Major League Baseball Players on the Legacy of Jackie Robinson

Today Major League Baseball is honoring the anniversary of the day — April 15, 1947 — Robinson broke the color line and began the integration of professional sports in the United States. Continue reading

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