60 http://www.prwebpodcast.com A Top 30 Stream of AAUW-Illinois Press Releases (in OGG format) via PRWeb podEditor@emediawire.com (PRWeb) podMaster@emediawire.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:46:19 -0800 AAUW-Illinois http://www.prweb.com/prwebrss.gif 130 49 http://prwebpodcast.com Copyright PRWeb International, Inc. en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A Top 30 Stream of AAUW-Illinois Press Releases (in OGG format) via PRWeb A Top 30 Stream of AAUW-Illinois Press Releases (in OGG format) via PRWeb podEditor@emediawire.com PR Web PRWeb no http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb489011.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb489011.htm When Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed HB 5243 naming December 10 "Jane Addams Day" in Illinois, he brought to fruition two years of dedicated work by Dongola (IL) Unit School teacher Cindy Vines and an eager team of eighth-graders. Their project received a major boost when Lelia Marvin, President of the AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch entered the loop. HB5243 takes effect January 1, 2007, making December 10, 2007 the first "official" commemorative day. According to Jan Lisa Huttner, Director of International Relations for AAUW-Illinois, "our goal is to make sure everyone knows to mark December 10, 2007 on their calendars right away; great things will happen in Illinois on that date!" [PRWeb Dec 10, 2006] http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb489011.htm Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:44:26 -0800 podcrew@extrahoop.com http://www.aauw-il.org), applauds Governor Rod Blagojevich's decision to name December 10 "Jane Addams Day" in Illinois. On May 21, 2006, Blagojevich signed legislation (effective January 1, 2007) making December 10, 2007 one of the first days commemorating a woman in the entire United States. When Blagojevich signed HB 5243, he brought to fruition two years of dedicated work by Dongola (IL) Unit School teacher Cindy Vines and her team of five students (John Cauble, Katie Forcht, Brittany Lannom, Jennifer Medlin, and Chayse Swink). It all started when Ms. Vines asked students in her eighth-grade social studies class to "do a project that would make a difference." The five students decided their goal was to advocate for a state holiday honoring Addams after discovering that there were no state or national holidays honoring women anywhere in the United States. After months of effort, but little concrete progress to show for it, Lelia Marvin, President of the AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch, suggested that they call District #115 Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro). According to Vines, Marvin told her: "I've worked with Mike and I know we can trust him. If he doesn't think we can get this done, he'll tell us so." On January 9, 2006, Ms. Medlin, Ms. Marvin, and Ms. Vines met with Representative Bost in his Carbondale office. Impressed with their enthusiasm as well as their compelling case, Rep. Bost agreed to support their project. When the Spring '06 legislative session began one week later, Rep. Bost called on House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, leading Currie to introduce HB 5243 on January 27. On April 12, after having passed in both the House and the Senate under the watchful eye of AAUW-Illinois lobbyist Paula Johnson Purdue, HB 5243 was sent up to the governor's desk for his signature. Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860. She is best known as the founder of Hull House, offering women the opportunity to become agents for social, political, educational, and economic change in their own lives and in the lives of others as well. On December 10, 1931, Addams became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace, honoring her work as the leader of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In awarding her the Prize, Halvdan Koht declared Addams to be "the leading woman in the nation, one might almost say its leading citizen." Additionally, Addams was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She fought to stop child labor and was active in the suffrage and pacifist movements. Addams died in Chicago on May 21, 1935. As soon as they heard about the Dongola students' project, multiple AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch members (including Public Policy Chair Olga Weidner and Professor Joan McDermott, Director of SIU-Carbondale's Women's Studies program) were quick to provide encouragement and support. Jane Addams was a founding member of the AAUW Chicago (IL) Branch in 1889, a fact well known in Carbondale (where a monograph prepared by Chicago Branch members in 1976 was part of the background kit). "I used it in teaching my high school American History classes," said branch member Bonnie Heidinger, "and Cindy Vines told me it was one of the best sources she had on... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb489011.htm]]> Jennifer Urish AAUW-Illinois Applauds New State Day Honoring Jane Addams: Carbondale Branch Members Instrumental in Lobbying State Legislature http://www.aauw-il.org), applauds Governor Rod Blagojevich's decision to name December 10 "Jane Addams Day" in Illinois. On May 21, 2006, Blagojevich signed legislation (effective January 1, 2007) making December 10, 2007 one of the first days commemorating a woman in the entire United States. When Blagojevich signed HB 5243, he brought to fruition two years of dedicated work by Dongola (IL) Unit School teacher Cindy Vines and her team of five students (John Cauble, Katie Forcht, Brittany Lannom, Jennifer Medlin, and Chayse Swink). It all started when Ms. Vines asked students in her eighth-grade social studies class to "do a project that would make a difference." The five students decided their goal was to advocate for a state holiday honoring Addams after discovering that there were no state or national holidays honoring women anywhere in the United States. After months of effort, but little concrete progress to show for it, Lelia Marvin, President of the AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch, suggested that they call District #115 Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro). According to Vines, Marvin told her: "I've worked with Mike and I know we can trust him. If he doesn't think we can get this done, he'll tell us so." On January 9, 2006, Ms. Medlin, Ms. Marvin, and Ms. Vines met with Representative Bost in his Carbondale office. Impressed with their enthusiasm as well as their compelling case, Rep. Bost agreed to support their project. When the Spring '06 legislative session began one week later, Rep. Bost called on House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, leading Currie to introduce HB 5243 on January 27. On April 12, after having passed in both the House and the Senate under the watchful eye of AAUW-Illinois lobbyist Paula Johnson Purdue, HB 5243 was sent up to the governor's desk for his signature. Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860. She is best known as the founder of Hull House, offering women the opportunity to become agents for social, political, educational, and economic change in their own lives and in the lives of others as well. On December 10, 1931, Addams became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace, honoring her work as the leader of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In awarding her the Prize, Halvdan Koht declared Addams to be "the leading woman in the nation, one might almost say its leading citizen." Additionally, Addams was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She fought to stop child labor and was active in the suffrage and pacifist movements. Addams died in Chicago on May 21, 1935. As soon as they heard about the Dongola students' project, multiple AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch members (including Public Policy Chair Olga Weidner and Professor Joan McDermott, Director of SIU-Carbondale's Women's Studies program) were quick to provide encouragement and support. Jane Addams was a founding member of the AAUW Chicago (IL) Branch in 1889, a fact well known in Carbondale (where a monograph prepared by Chicago Branch members in 1976 was part of the background kit). "I used it in teaching my high school American History classes," said branch member Bonnie Heidinger, "and Cindy Vines told me it was one of the best sources she had on... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb489011.htm]]> 00:15:00 no