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Comments on the proposed changes to Title IX from the Department of Education and the Biden Administration are due by May 15th. Kim Jones and Marshi Smith share policy information and details on how you can make comments. Registration for the upcoming ICONS Conference in Denver, Colorado July 21st through 23rd is now open!
We welcome two mothers of female rowers who share the experience of watching their teenage daughters forced to compete, change and travel with a male rower.
Candice Jackson is an attorney who served as the head of the Office for Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel in the US Department of Education. Candice explains how women can fight back to preserve the original intent Title IX.
Kara Dansky is an attorney, public speaker, writer and consultant who is committed to protecting the rights, privacy, and safety of the women and girls on the basis of sex in law and throughout society. In this talk, Kara teaches about two of the women behind the creation of Title IX, Patsey Takemoto Mink and Edith Green.
Corinna Cohn spoke at the ICONS Monthly Webinar on December 1st, 2022. Corinna writes about life having undergone the process of gender transition as a teenager in the 1990s and co-hosts the Heterodorx podcast. Corinna’s writing has appeared in Quillette and the Washington Post. Corinna will speak about testifying before the Indiana Legislature in support of HB 1041, a bill that prohibits males from competing in girl’s sports. Corinna's podcast can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6x0qltBVjw3f09fmq5n3m9
Candice Jackson is a partner with the law firm Jackson Bone LLP, launched in 2022 to fight for the sex-based rights of girls and women. Candice served as the head of the Office for Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel in the US Department of Education, where she spearheaded the nation’s first Title IX regulations addressing campus sexual harassment and assault.
Mara Yamauchi is a two-time Olympian, Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, and the UK's third fastest female marathon runner ever. In 2009, she finished second in the London Marathon and was ranked second in the world in women's road running. She has also competed in 5 World Championships, 2 European Championships, and won the England National Cross Country Championships in 1998. Alongside Sharron Davies, Victoria Hood and other female athletes, Mara speaks up in defense of women's sport in the UK.
Lauren Bondly clearly articulates why women need a protected category in sports and deserve to be treated fairly. Lauren is an Age-Group National Champion and National Team member and is beginning to organize the ICONS Triathlon organization.
Dr Linda Blade is a Canadian and NCAA Track & Field All American, a Canadian rep to the International Consortium on Female Sport and the President of Athletics Alberta. She has 25 years of coaching experience across over 15 sports. In this presentation she shares the evolution of sports policy that has allowed males to compete in female sport. She also discusses the approaches that have been used to verify the eligibility for the women's category as well as how we should approach it going forward.
The Biden administration has proposed to remove the protections of Title IX for women from sex-based discrimination. In this episode we hear from legal expert Jennifer Braceras, JD and Olympian Dr. Mary O'Connor sharing the legendary Title IX tale of women needing to strip in front of their AD in order to get basic accommodations. We discuss the history and impacts of Title IX, the devastating changes being proposed, the need for women to see female champions and ultimately receive fair treatment from their institutions and government.