Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX — which prohibited prohibited sex-based discrimination in federally funded educational programs — + more in the latest weekend reading on women's representation:
in the Sierra Club Magazine about the many women running for office in the U.S. on a climate action platform—but given the limitations of our current voting system, it will be hard to match the success of our friends in Australia:
In case you haven’t noticed, there are some kick-ass women running for office this year. Take Vermont state senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale, who wrote the state’s first environmental justice bill. If she wins her bid for the US House of Representatives, she’ll be the first woman of color to represent Vermont. Or look at Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to serve as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, now running for a seat in the US Senate.
Beasley is one of the women of color running for US House and Senate seats being supported through the LCV Victory Fund. “We’re getting involved in these primaries because electing more pro-environment women of color is good for people and the planet – we desperately need Congress to be more representative of the electorate,” said Megan Jacobs, LCV Victory Fund senior national campaigns director, in a press release.
If we want to make progress on protecting the environment and public health, we should help elect more women to public office, and support them during their tenure, argues Rachel’s Action Network, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering pro-environment women to take political action.Rob Richie, Anna Richie, Lucas Richie, Becca Richie and our distracted puppy at the Haverford commencement. class of 2020 graduated in person this last weekend and it was a joy to see.
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