Equal Rights Advocates January 2011 Newsletter
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Open House
Join us to celebrate the second year at our new location! Enjoy delicious food and wine, meet the ERA staff and learn more about our work.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
180 Howard Street, Suite 300, San Francisco
BART/Muni Embarcadero
Please RSVP by January 10th
to smoyer@equalrights.org or 415-621-0672
Female Wrestlers Score Another Victory in Federal Court
Former UC Davis wrestlers Arezou Mansourian, Chris Ng, and Lauren Mancuso celebrated another victory in their case challenging the failure of UCD to provide women equal athletic opportunities.
On December 8, 2010, a Sacramento federal judge denied motions by four top university officials who claimed that there were entitled to qualified immunity from suit because their acts purportedly did not violate constitutional rights. ERA Managing Attorney Noreen Farrell applauded the decision, which affirms that that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits sex discrimination and clearly did so at the time of the alleged discriminatory conduct in this case.
Noting evidence submitted by Plaintiffs that the individual defendants were aware of the athletic department’s gender equity failings and their callous indifference to it, the Court has ruled that a jury must decide whether these individual defendants violated the constitutional rights of the women wrestlers. Trial against the Regents of the University of California and the individual defendants, including the former chancellor and current athletic director, is scheduled for April 2011.
ERA’s co-counsel on the case include The Sturdevant Law Firm, Duckworth Peters Lebowitz Olivier LLP, and Equity Legal.
Read more about the case:
The Sacramento Bee
ERA Website
Arcelia Hurtado to speak at Harvard Women's Law Association
Executive Director Arcelia Hurtado was invited by the Harvard Women’s Law Association to speak at their Fifth Annual Conference. The conference entitled “This is What Equality Looks Like: The World We Want for Women and Girls” will be held on Friday February 11, 2011 at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA.
On Thursday, January 13, 2011, the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities will hold a public hearing at San Francisco City Hall. Executive Director Arcelia Hurtado was invited to give testimony at the hearing.
The purpose of the hearing is to provide the Commission with testimony, comments and recommendations to assist the Commission in identifying the significant legal issues affecting Latinas and Latinos in the United States, and in developing recommendations for solutions to the problems faced by the growing Latino U.S. population.
The hearing will be shown via live web-stream. Please visit their website for further information.
ERA Welcomes Janet Crossley
Janet Crossley joins ERA as the Director of Finance and Administration. Janet has over 20 years of experience in her field, holds an MBA, and has worked in several non-profit organizations in California and Hawaii.
2011 Working Families Policy Summit Making the System Work for Working Families
Join ERA at the 2011 California Working Families Policy Summit hosted by the California Center for Research on Women and Families. The event will take place on January 12, 2011 at the Sacramento Convention Center.
The event features luncheon keynote speaker incoming State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones.
ERA will be participating in The Board Match, a job-fair style event featuring over 120 Bay Area nonprofits. Members of the ERA staff and board will be on hand to talk to interested candidates about serving on the board of directors.
DATE: Tuesday, January 11, 2011
TIME: 4:00 – 7:00 pm
PLACE: Moscone West, San Francisco
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Update
ERA Stands Strong Behind the Wal‐Mart Sex Discrimination Class Action Plaintiffs
Read the Press Release
ERA in the News
Daily Beast Women's Radio
WOW-FM The New Agenda
