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Plan Ahead For The 2010 Vacation, Dinner & Entertainment Auction
The 2010 auction donation letter is available for download. Please print a few copies to take along on your travels. If you are visiting hotels or special tourist sites on vacation this summer, please submit a letter and ask that they consider donating a certificate for next year. Every contact will help! Thanks, Co-chairs Nancy, Carolyn and Jan.
The winner of the 2008-2009 Lansdale Branch 50/50 Raffle is Betsy Manzinger from Glenside, PA. The winner will also be notified by phone.
Branch Member Wins National Art Contest
Janice Arrowsmith is one of six winners in the nationwide art contest held by AAUW. After evaluating more than 200 entries and submitting thousands of votes, AAUW members chose the winners of the 2009 Note Card Design Contest. The winners will have their art showcased to thousands of their peers when the cards are mailed to all members in April. Janice's entry, "Burst of Bounty," is a photocollage of her needle-crafted designs of Japanese-style temari balls. Other winners are from New Mexico, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Florida.
Stop Maternal Profiling in Pennsylvania
This March as we begin Women’s History Month, I reflect back on how grateful I am for the women who have fought for our rights over the years especially those who fought for the right for women to vote. The right to vote gave us a voice, a very powerful voice that I hope we continue to use to seek justice for women today.
2009 begins the 15th year that I have been trying to get legislation passed to amend the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to prohibit employers from asking job applicants about their marital and familial status during job interviews. Obtaining this personal information creates employment discrimination against a woman who has or will have children which appropriately describes the term MATERNAL PROFILING.
During this Women’s History Month, I have renewed hope that we will obtain for women the right to interview for jobs with the dignity and respect we deserve. I believe that we will succeed in eliminating this legal form of discrimination which is sanctioned by archaic laws.
I am writing to you today to ask if you would send a personal note of thanks and appreciation to Representative Craig Dally and Senator Jane Orie. These two individuals have introduced bills for the last 5 legislative sessions to amend the PHRA to prohibit employment discrimination based on marital/familial status (HB280 & SB280). I know that your note of thanks will go a long way in showing both Rep. Dally and Sen. Orie our appreciation for their dedication to this cause and show them how much this legislation means to all women and families of Pennsylvania.
We can make history right here in Pennsylvania and make changes to the law that will benefit us and our families. Let us do so in tribute to the women before us who fought for and gave us the rights we have today.
Thank you,
Kiki Peppard
kpeppard@ptd.net
Representative Craig Dally - introduced HB280
cdally@pahousegop.com
354 West Moorestown Road
Nazareth, PA 18064
Phone: 610-746-2100
Fax: 610-746-3803
Senator Jane Orie – introduced SB280
jorie@pasen.gov
La Casa Blanca Building Suite 105
9400 McKnight Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Phone: 412-630-9466
Fax: 412-635-2199
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