Southern California Fall Meeting
Saturday, December 2, 2000
10 a.m.
LAX Hilton
5711 W. Century Blvd
Treasurer's Reminder
The calendar year is closing and with it the end of the membership year. If you
are among those who have not paid your dues for 2000 we would appreciate it so
much is you would. Annual dues are $35. A new calendar and membership year
begins on January 1, 2001. It would be a great help to WAGE is dues could be
paid promptly for the coming membership year.
Welcome to Newsletter #14 By Marjorie Mosier, M.D.,
Co-Coordinator
As the first academic year of the new century begins, we ask: Where is the level
playing field women have been promised? Where,
for that matter, are the women in the ranks of those with job security,
administrative responsibility and power? Why are the actual
salaries still so out of balance between the sexes? What is the role of WAGE in
effecting positive change within the
university?
WAGE was formed around these issues, out of deep concern that improvement
was not likely to occur spontaneously. We
believe that numbers of people with the common desire to see change take place
could work together more effectively than singly.
WAGE has been responsible for some successes and has played a role in others. It
has supported individuals with serious
grievances against the University of California and other institutions, brought
the issues before the public, and asked the legislature
to focus on hiring and salary injustices.
But individual successes, however many, do not change the system. To do
that, there must be a groundswell of pressure to
change, from the bottom to the top. Those who have had success in an individual
struggle with the university should not, then,
walk away from the effort. Those individuals are among the most valuable to the
goals of WAGE because they have the most
experience, and sometimes remain within the system where they can be most
effective. WAGE needs their active and continued
participation in the organization.
A second group of individuals is needed for the effort to prevail. All of
us must help WAGE become well known to
undergraduate and graduate students, fellows, interns, staff, and faculty
members. Each of us must distribute information about the
goals of WAGE and what we can offer those suffering unjust treatment or
inappropriate behavior of supervisors. Let at least one
other person in your environment know, this week, that WAGE is ready to listen,
to advise, to support, to guide, and to share
triumph and failure. Better yet, give them a membership form. If each person
makes a small effort, we will grow in numbers and
strength and hasten the pace of positive change in the new century.
University of Arkansas Professor Files SuitSource: Fayetteville Morning News, 11/7/2000
Linda Schilcher, a former associate professor at the University of Arkansas, has
filed suit in June claiming gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and
harassment on the basis of race, color, and national origin. Her suit names the
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees as well as specific university
officials.
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