#TakeActionTuesday: Women’s sports are on 🔥 and we are seeing tremendous investments start to pay out across the women’s sports landscape, such as Kansas City Current unveiling the first women’s soccer specific stadium, sellout crowds for the PWHL, all five power conferences saw new highs in women’s basketball tournament attendance and viewership, and so much more!
All of this progress reminds us that, thanks to #TitleIX, the lifelong benefits of sport that girls and women have had access to through for the last 51 years are now being seen across the women’s sports ecosystem. The opportunities created by Title IX at the K-12 and collegiate levels has changed the game for girls and women in sports and allowed for greater access to equal promotion, facilities, coaching and more! This historic law has allowed us to witness the incredible rise of this new generation of athletes, like 16-year-old Alex Pfeiffer, the youngest goal scorer in National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) history, and for athletes throughout the country to envision a path they can follow to professional sports and beyond. As Billie Jean King says, “you have to see it to be it!”
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Your Turn: But we know that for all the progress, we’re not done yet!
1. Significant gaps in access and opportunity persist for girls and women in school sports. Speak with your members of Congress about the need for adequate funding for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education, which will enable OCR to strengthen and expand its efforts to fully enforce Title IX.
2. Girls and women of color, individuals with disability and LGBTQ+ youth, participate in school sport at lower levels and face greater barriers to participation. Learn more about the intersectionality of sports and identity with our Title IX 50th Anniversary Town Hall series available for free on our YouTube channel!
3. Ask the administration in your school to bring in a Title IX expert to speak to your athletic department to learn more about your rights and what the law means for your athletic program.
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1moThank you! This sounds amazing, have encouraged my daughter to apply! 🤞🏾