Rachael Stuhr, 18, came to the rally from Houston with her mother – a
veteran of the women's rights battles of yesteryear – and left with a
greater understanding of the need for younger women to get involved,
she said
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By Kate Alexander
Austin American-Statesman, Texas (MCT)
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AUSTIN, TX (Saturday, April 29) – Thirty-five years ago, Ann Merritt was one of the 20,000 people at the National Women's Conference in Houston for the glory days of the women's rights movement.
On Saturday, the 75-year-old Merritt came to a rally at the Texas Capitol to protest what she said is the erosion of those hard-fought rights in recent years.
"We were asleep at the switch," said Merritt, who lives in Wimberley.
And
the recent political fights over funding for Planned Parenthood,
women's access to contraception and new restrictions on abortion have
been a "wake-up call to women," Merritt added.
The rally drew,
according to law enforcement estimates, about 1,500 people to the south
steps of the Capitol with the aim of reigniting a political movement.
United Against the War on Women events were held Saturday in almost
every state and Washington, organizers said.
Leaders say Texas isn't educating a modern workforce
San Antonio Express-News | By Jennifer R. Lloyd (Friday April 28) – Asked whether Texas is appropriately educating enough future professionals to meet workforce needs, some speakers at the Texas Lyceum on Friday responded with a resounding “no.”
The Texas Lyceum, a nonprofit organization aimed at addressing big-picture issues, gathered about 75 opinion leaders in downtown San Antonio this week to troubleshoot the question “Education, the Workforce and our Economy: Is Texas on a Path to Prosperity or Peril?”
“The state of the state is dire, and it surprises me that more people among the leadership of the state ... aren't urgently concerned about it,” said panelist Kay McClenney, director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. “Texas is leading the way in precisely the wrong direction.”
McClenney pointed to America's shrinking middle class as an example of that direction. She said a large percentage of the jobs that will be available in Texas in future years will require a post-secondary credential. “That gap in terms of our preparation of (future workers) and what the state will need is growing wider, not narrower,” McClenney said.
San Antonio Express-News | By Jennifer R. Lloyd (Friday April 28) – Asked whether Texas is appropriately educating enough future professionals to meet workforce needs, some speakers at the Texas Lyceum on Friday responded with a resounding “no.”
The Texas Lyceum, a nonprofit organization aimed at addressing big-picture issues, gathered about 75 opinion leaders in downtown San Antonio this week to troubleshoot the question “Education, the Workforce and our Economy: Is Texas on a Path to Prosperity or Peril?”
“The state of the state is dire, and it surprises me that more people among the leadership of the state ... aren't urgently concerned about it,” said panelist Kay McClenney, director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. “Texas is leading the way in precisely the wrong direction.”
McClenney pointed to America's shrinking middle class as an example of that direction. She said a large percentage of the jobs that will be available in Texas in future years will require a post-secondary credential. “That gap in terms of our preparation of (future workers) and what the state will need is growing wider, not narrower,” McClenney said.
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