In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Title IX, UH Maui College and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Maui Branch presents Fierce and Fearless: Book Discussion on the first biography of Maui-born and raised Congresswoman Patsy Mink, the champion of Title IX legislation which gave equal rights to women in federally-funded educational programs. Co-author Judy Wu will lead the discussion in-person with Patsy Mink’s daughter Gwendolyn Mink livestreaming.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 expanded opportunities for women and girls in sports and in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields and improved protection for pregnant and parenting students in our community. We will discuss the efforts of Patsy Mink as she fought to enact Title IX and presently, the need to strengthen and vigorously enforce all aspects of Title IX to protect students’ civil rights to ensure inclusive, empowering, intergenerational and intersectional equality for all people living in Maui Nui and beyond.
“Every girl in little League, every woman playing college sports, and every parent - including Michelle and myself - who watches their daughter on a field or in the classroom is forever grateful to the late Patsy Takemoto Mink.” - President Barack Obama, on posthumously awarding Mink the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014