Conversation with the state Title IX Coordinator
When you speak with your state’s Title IX coordinator, begin by reviewing all the steps you have covered. While this review may be tiresome, every individual needs to know that this is not the first time you are reaching out. Each person is a step in the progress you have made, and will continue to make, on behalf of Title IX and fairness.
Example: Opening Statement to the State Title IX Coordinator
“Hi, I am connecting with you because I have not received the proper guidance from others regarding Title IX issues at this university. I believe that we do not provide [and this is where you define and describe the problem on your campus] adequate funding and equitable facilities to the women’s program when compared with the men’s and that could be a Title IX violation.
I have witnessed the small, cramped locker room that many of the women’s teams must share, while both the men’s football and basketball teams have a spacious, newly furnished and technology-filled locker room, including a refrigerator with cold beverages and a Whirlpool. The men’s teams also have a new workout facility with upscale equipment, while the women have to use an older facility with rusting apparatus. Additionally, some women’s teams travel in vans (being told that “dollars are tight”), while the men’s teams travel on charter buses and even fly to some away games.
I do not believe this treatment is fair and believe something needs to be done about it. Therefore, I am bringing this situation to light, hoping that when the school knows the program discrepancies, we can fix them. How might you typically be available to assist me? What leverage might you have that could most easily and effectively make the difference? What are the next steps I could make and how will you assist me?”
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