Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate

Are you ready? The 40th anniversary of Title IX is coming up fast, and we hope you’ll join us in commemorating the occasion! Forty years of breaking down barriers for women and girls is a spectacular achievement, and we want to mark this milestone and launch Title IX forward into its next 40 years and beyond. But we need your help!

Please join NWLC on Thursday, June 21 for a blog carnival to honor 40 years of Title IX! Whether you want to blog about the intricacies of the law or talk about a personal experience relating to it, we want to hear your story.

HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO: Participating in our blog carnival is easy! All you need to do is write a blog post (or more than one, if you’re so inclined!) reflecting on the importance of Title IX and let us know about it. Need some ideas to get your started writing? Maybe you could:

• Share a story about you, your daughter, your niece, your cousin, or any girl you know who’s benefitted from Title IX in the classroom or on the playing field!
• Did your mother, grandmother, aunt, or a family friend have trouble finding equal opportunity in her school before Title IX? Interview her and share her story – or if you went through any of these struggles, share your own story.
• Or, blog about what advancements you hope will come in the future thanks to Title IX.

And remember: Title IX is about more than sports. Do you have a story about the science and technology fields, about school bullying and harassment, or about pregnant and/or parenting students? Title IX reaches all those issues – and we want to hear those stories, too!