Students, You Can Make a Difference!

Are you a girl whose team is treated worse than the boys' teams? For example, do you have to wear old uniforms or use old equipment when the boys get replacements? Does your team practice or play on fields or in gyms that are not as good as the boys'? Does your school not publicize your games in the same way it does for the boys'?

Are there not enough opportunities for girls to play sports at your school?

If so, you can do something. Here are just a few ideas:

• Use the resources of this website to check out your school and identify where there are Title IX problems.
• Talk to your parents.
• Ask your coach if he or she can help.
• Find out who the Title IX Coordinator at your school is and talk to that person.
• Take your friends and go to talk to the principal.
• Contact organizations like those listed on this site and ask for help.
• Write a letter to the editor or to your school newspaper.
• Start a petition drive or hold a rally in support of girls' sports.
• Get a reporter interested in writing a story about the problem.
• Speak up at a local school board meeting.
• File a complaint with the Office For Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education to protest the inequities.
• Talk to an attorney about your right to proceed in court.

To get started, click here