WAGE We Advocate Gender Equity
Fall Meeting

Saturday, November 5, 2005, Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Malcolm X Library
5148 Market St., San Diego, CA 92114

Noon:
Luncheon Featuring Guest Speaker
KIM SALTER, President, CA-NOW
“Going Beyond Struggle to Victory”

1 p.m.:
Case Demonstration Featuring
Civil Rights Attorneys
ANNE WEILLS & DAN SIEGEL
“Sex Discrimination on Trial”

EVENT IS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Lunch Buffet Available @ $20/person (with reservation by October 24th—see forms below)

For more information or to co-sponsor, call (619) 582-5383 or email: Themorgangirl@aol.com

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Sex Discrimination ‘on Trial’ at WAGE Forum

San Diego, CA. California NOW and WAGE (We Advocate Gender Equity) join forces to put sex discrimination on trial at the WAGE annual fall meeting at the Malcolm X Library, noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, November 5, 2005.

The forum will feature a luncheon presentation, “Going Beyond Struggle to Victory,” by California NOW President Dr. Kimberly Salter. Salter, leader of the largest state feminist organization in the country, will address the slow but incremental progress women are making in the paid labor force.

A mock trial featuring prominent Oakland civil rights attorneys Anne Weills and Dan Siegel will follow the luncheon. Weills and Siegel will dramatically render opposing arguments from a real case involving claims of pay inequity, tenure denial, and sexual harassment at a well-known university.

The afternoon will conclude with a Press Conference led by Weills, Siegel, Salter and representatives from other participating organizations.

Dr. Salter is an organizational psychologist who works with individuals and organizations to assist them in having healthy relationships and effective communication in their personal and professional lives. A long-time feminist activist, Salter was elected president of the National Organization of Women-California in July 2005.

Attorneys Weills and Siegel are widely known for their active commitment to social justice and educational equity. They have represented many successful clients in academic discrimination cases, including UC-Berkeley Professor Jenny Harrison, whose successful case led to the formation of WAGE in 1993 (for further information about WAGE, see: http://www.wage.org.).

“WAGE is pleased to bring such strong social justice advocates together to examine ways to truly achieve gender equity in academia and other work environments,” says WAGE Co-Chair Pat Washington. “Participants will learn strategies to help them navigate their own work experiences.”

Attendees may bring a bag lunch. However, a luncheon buffet is available for $20 per person with advance reservation. Checks for the luncheon buffet should be made payable to WAGE and mailed by October 24, 2005 to Pat Washington, 4537 Alamo Drive, San Diego, CA 92115.

The Malcolm X Library is located at 5148 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92114. All Malcolm X Library events are free and open to the public.

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