{"id":155874,"date":"2022-03-01T11:41:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=155874"},"modified":"2022-03-01T13:20:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T23:20:04","slug":"uh-50-years-title-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/03\/01\/uh-50-years-title-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> celebrates 50 years of Title IX<\/abbr> with film screenings, panel discussions, more"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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To honor the 50th anniversary of Title IX<\/abbr>, and its co-author and advocate, University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> alumna Patsy Takemoto Mink<\/strong>, 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> is conducting a series of programs throughout spring 2022<\/a>. The programs will celebrate, critique and challenge us to think about the importance of Title IX<\/abbr> and its legacy through film screenings, panel discussions, and conversations with leading experts and advocates.<\/p>\n

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“The 50th anniversary of this landmark legislation, championed by Hawaiʻi\u2019s<\/span> own Patsy Mink, marks decades of hard-fought progress for girls and women in classrooms, on the court, and in leadership positions across the country,” said Jennifer Rose<\/strong>, director for the 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Office of Institutional Equity<\/a>. “Over the last half century, Title IX<\/abbr> has had incredible impacts on the ways that society at large not only treats girls in education, but approaches and condemns sexual harassment and sexual violence more broadly.”<\/p>\n

To honor Mink\u2019s profound and successful efforts to bring gender equity to education, Congress renamed Title IX<\/abbr> as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act. The act states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”<\/p>\n

Give a gift to the Patsy Mink Endowed Chair.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With these words, and despite significant resistance, the Maui-born Mink changed the United States. This law transformed U.S. schools and universities by prohibiting educational institutions from receiving federal funds if they discriminated on the basis of gender in admissions, recruitment, financial aid, housing and athletics.<\/p>\n

“From its inception, Hawaiʻi<\/span> has been at the forefront of Title IX<\/abbr>,” said Troy Andrade<\/strong>, an associate law professor at 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a>. “糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> alumna Patsy Takemoto Mink—now the namesake of Title IX<\/abbr>—was a co-author of the law and was its fiercest protector in Congress. Mink’s own barrier-breaking story and her persistence are so important for those in our community to remember as we carry forth her legacy of equity, opportunity and justice.”<\/p>\n

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Mink shaking hands with Lyndon B. Johnson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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