F-A-A-D Feminists Against Academic Discrimination

Feminists Against Academic Discrimination (F.A.A.D.) helps women faculty, especially those associated with women's studies programs and departments, who are subjected to different types of academic discrimination, including but not limited to discrimination on the basis of sex/gender, race/ethnicity, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation.

Please support F.A.A.D. assistance to women faculty who experience academic discrimination by making a (tax deductible) donation. Donations can be sent to the Treasurer (name and address given in the Legal Fund page). Thank you!

The 26th Anniversary F.A.A.D. Fund Raising Dinner took place June 28, 2007
in St. Charles, Illinois,the site of the NWSA Conference. Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky, UNESCO Chair of Mathematics and Economics and Prof. of Statistics at Columbia University-New York (standing) was the guest speaker and recipient of the "SPEAKING OUT FOR JUSTICE" Award for her struggle to help women faculty gain equity at her institution. A big heartfelt thank you to all those who made donations before, during, and after the dinner.

2008 / 2009 NEWS

F.A.A.D. had two successful sessions at the 2008 NWSA Conference in Cincinatti, Ohio:
1) "Resisting Discrimination in the Academic Workplace: Political, Cultural and Legal Perspectives." Presenters: Prof. & Attorney Martha West(Univ. of California at Davis), Dr. Rebecca Ropers-Huilman (Univ. of Minnesota).
2) "Gender Equality in the U.S., Europe, Middle East, Latin America: Political, Cultural, and Legal Perspectives." Presenters: Dr. Minoo Derayeh(York Univ., Canada), Dr. Tania Ramalho (Oswego State Univ. of New York), Dr. Ines Shaw (SUNY Nassau Community College).

F.A.A.D. also held an NWSA-sponsored conference session, "Women's Inequalities in Higher Education: Global Perspectives," at the World Conference of Women /Mundo de Mujeres 08 conference session in Madrid, Spain, in July. Ines Shaw and Tonia St. Germain presented and co-facilitated the session.

The 2009 NWSA Conference will be Nov 12-15 in Atlanta,Georgia. F.A.A.D. will be submitting proposals.

Please visit this site again for future announcements!

"As academic feminists, we are getting too caught up in competition for academic success to pay attention to the basic rights of women on our campuses. Each of us, no matter how successful we have become professionally, must always reach back to help other women advance as far as we have."

- Annis Pratt