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When You Lead Change, It Changes You

By On September 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Change, Gender Issues, stereotypes

In the summer of 1997, a few years before our daughter was born, my husband David and I went with some friends to the game that launched the Women’s National Basketball Association. The Los Angeles Sparks were playing the New York Liberty at the Great Western Forum, the arena where the legendary Lakers played. […]

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Title IX and My Jump Shot: More Powerful Together

By On June 18, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Current News & Events, Education, Gender Issues, stereotypes, Uncategorized

I grew up in a small town in Minnesota in the 1970’s, the oldest of three girls. My father was an athlete in college, so I played ball from the time I could walk. Although Title IX passed in 1972 when I was four years old, it didn’t matter much to me at first […]

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