Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate

Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate

Danielle Jackson is the Online Outreach Associate for the National Women's Law Center. She is responsible for maintaining the NWLC's social media and blog presence. Prior to joining the NWLC, she served as the New Media Assistant at EMILY's List, after graduating from Syracuse University with a B.A. in Political Science. While not at work, Ms. Jackson enjoys rooting on her favorite Syracuse Orange and Philadelphia sports teams, listening to music and concert going, and trying to get her friends as riled up about politics as she is.

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Your Pager is Going Off. It Says to Help Close the #WageGap.

Posted by Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate | Posted on: April 13, 2012 at 04:59 pm

Ah, April. That time of year when spring finally arrives and the wage paid to the typical female worker finally catches up to what the typical man was paid the previous year.

Let’s be real: unlike nicer weather and other hallmarks of spring, the wage gap pretty much, well, sucks. And while spring comes and goes, the wage gap has been with us forever, and has only closed by 16 cents since 1960. At that rate, the wage gap will take about eighty more years to close.

Every year we rally around a day that’s been stuck in April for some time now to “celebrate” women’s earnings catching up to men’s. This year, Equal Pay Day falls on April 17.

But really, there’s not much to celebrate. And that’s doubly true for women of color, whose Equal Pay Day falls even later in the year.

As one of NWLC’s online people, I’ve been helping put together some online equal pay efforts to drum up support for the need to close the wage gap. And in addition to our annual Blog for Equal Pay Day blog carnival (which you can still sign up to participate in, if you’re a blogger!) we’re trying a new medium this year: Twitter.

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NWLC in the News: April 4 – April 11

Posted by Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate | Posted on: April 11, 2012 at 10:34 am

 Check out these mentions of NWLC in the news over the past week!

April 6

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NWLC’s Weekly Roundup: April 2 – 6

Posted by Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate | Posted on: April 06, 2012 at 05:26 pm

Welcome to NWLC’s first weekly roundup for April. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, so I thought I’d kick things off by sharing a few ideas of how you can support victim of sexual assault and help raise awareness during the month. Also this week: our latest infographic, some lady athletes making history, and more.

All throughout April, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center will be providing resources and ways to get involved with Sexual Assault Awareness Month, or SAAM for short. The 2012 SAAM Day of Action passed us already (it was this past Tuesday, April 3), but you can see what other current campaigns are in the works here, including Tweet About It! Tuesdays every Tuesday in April at 2pm ET. SAAM activists from around the country will be using the hashtag #Tweetaboutit for these weekly chats, in addition to #SAAM and #SAAM2012.

You can also check out Take Back The Night’s calendar to see if there will be a TBTN event in your community in the coming weeks.

What do tax breaks for millionaires really cost?

Yesterday we published a new infographic detailing what tax breaks for millionaires cost. The

 average tax cut per millionaire in 2012 – $143,000 – could help support a number of programs, like Head Start or Pell Grants. Want to learn more? Check out the graphic – it opens in full size if you click on it.

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Join our April 17 Blog Carnival to Mark Equal Pay Day

Posted by Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate | Posted on: April 04, 2012 at 11:59 am

We’re gearing up for another blog carnival that’s just around the corner – our annual Blog for Equal Pay Day! We’ll be partnering with MomsRising this year to spread the message far and wide, but to do that we need some help from you!

If you’re a blogger, we’d like for you to join us in writing a blog post (or more, if you’re so inspired!) discussing equal pay and the wage gap. Today, women make just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes — that's an average of $10,622 in lost wages every year. For many women and their families, ending the wage gap would buy a year's supply of groceries, three months of child care, or six months of health insurance. It's time to stop discounting women's voices and paychecks.

HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO: Participate in our blog carnival by submitting a blog post! Focus your blog post on policy analysis, personal experiences, reports, graphs and more – the choice is up to you. Here are some ideas to get you thinking about your blog post:

  • Interview your grandmother or other older relatives about their struggle to earn equal pay for equal work.  You can also write about your own struggle.
  • If you earn minimum wage (or used to make minimum wage), tell us what it would mean for your family if the minimum wage or tipped minimum wage was increased.
  • Share your hopes about equal pay for the future; or tell us what kinds of policy you’d like advanced on this issue.
  • Write a letter to your daughter, granddaughter or any other younger women in your life about the importance of fighting for equal pay for equal work.

Both NWLC and MomsRising will collect and publish the blog posts into one spectacular blog carnival, and we’ll keep the carnival going on Facebook and on Twitter with the hashtag #fairpay.

Want more info on how to participate? See our full participation guide – including how and when to submit your post – after the jump. Still have questions? Just shoot them to me in an email at djackson@nwlc.org!

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NWLC in the News: March 28 – April 4

Posted by Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate | Posted on: April 04, 2012 at 11:26 am

Check out these mentions of NWLC in the news over the past week!

March 28

‘Obamacare’ spells more health equality, Central Florida Future
4 Ways the Healthcare Decision Will Change Women’s Lives, BuzzFeed
Do Women Pay More for Health Insurance than Men?, BlogHer

March 29

Judge Rejects Challenge to High Schools’ Title IX, Courthouse News Service

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