We've moved!

For all our followers of the CA Online Branch's blog (aka "Branch Discussion Forum"), we have moved the blog to our new branch website.  Our book group's separate blog will also now be incorporated into this site, so that all the branch activities and postings can be found at the same website.

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April 17th is Coming

       How is your branch going to "celebrate" Equal Pay Day on April 17th?   I hope in some big way.  It's shocking that women still get paid on average 77 cents for every dollar a man makes.  Comment on what your branch is planning to do that day.

       State by state statistics on the averages  that women are paid is now listed.  California is third from the top with 84% -- but still not good enough.  We must still keep up the pressure to get the Fair Wage Act passed.

International Anti-Street Harassment Week

As International Anti-Street Harassment week (March 18-24) comes to a close, it's worth sharing a video that features men calling out other men for harassing language and behavior. Let's hope lots of men see this and catch on that MEN speaking out is part of the solution.

Items of interest

I am not a great blog cruiser but occasionally I do peek at a few . When I do there is always something of interest and I ask myself why I do not do this more often. So here are two of the more recent posts that caught my eye.

Our online branch is just finishing up a very spirited discussion about Bullying and especially cyberbullying. This lead me to thinking about forms of harassment that we deal with on a regular basis not only at school, on the internet but when walking down the street. This post "Meet Us On The Street :March 18-24" was on the AAUW Blog on March 15, it is about street harassment and I am sure that most of us have encountered it at one time or another.

The Supreme Court has been in the news lately as they are preparing to hear arguments about our new national health care law. There is much at stake here especially for women. I was checking out the NWLC( NationalWomen's Law Center) Blog when I found this very interesting post about women in the federal judiciary. It references a recently released White House infographic on President Obama's judicial nominees. There is good news and bad news here. There is more diversity on the bench but still many nominations are held up in the Legislature.

Have you seen anything worth sharing lately?