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NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS AND HEARING in Choike, et al. v. Slippery Rock University

The parties to a Title IX class action lawsuit between female student-athletes and Slippery Rock University have reached agreement on amendments to a two-year-old settlement over gender equity in the University’s athletics program.  The amendments include a host of improvements for women’s varsity athletics at Slippery Rock, a state university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.  On December 21, 2009, U.S. District Judge Donetta Ambrose preliminarily approved the proposed amendments to the settlement agreement, and scheduled a hearing on February 16, 2010, for final court approval.  For information on the details of the settlement and hearing, please follow this link to the NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS AND HEARING.

Stay Strong, Play On: National Girls and Women in Sports Day Highlights

Terry Fromson, Managing Attorney for the WLP, spoke at a press conference held in the Capitol Rotunda on February 3rd, where Senator Mary Jo White (R-Venango) and Representative Tim Briggs (D-Montgomery) recognized the occasion as National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The two lawmakers have introduced legislation in their respective chambers that would help schools, parents and student athletes address gender inequities that persist in Pennsylvania’s high school athletic programs. SB890 and HB2061 would require Pennsylvania’s schools to annually compile and disclose information about participation and treatment of athletic programs for grades 7 through 12. Take Action to support this legislation.

PA Senate Bill 1074 to Ban Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners

The Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed SB 1074, the Healthy Birth for Incarcerated Women Act on January 26, and it has moved to the floor of the Senate for first consideration. Please contact your Senator and ask that they vote for
SB 1074. Learn more here.

Radio Times Podcast on Rising Domestic Homicides in Philadelphia

On January 19th, the WLP's Executive Director, Carol Tracy, appeared on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane to discuss the rising rate of domestic homicides in Philadelphia. Police Deputy Commissioner Patricia Giorgio-Fox, and Paul Bukovec, Director of Menergy, were also part of the panel discussing police response and new strategies (listen to Podcast). According to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer (12/29/2009), there was a 67 percent increase in domestic homicides in 2009 in the City of Philadelphia when compared to 2008 (21 domestic homicides in 2008 and 35 were recorded in 2009).

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