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Write your legislators encouraging them to support gender equity in sports. It'll only take two minutes! More >

Gather names of people that share your values, such as sports, gender equity and fairness.

Add people committed to equality including parents, former and current athletes, coaches and members of the administration.

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Special Interests/Skills

Sample Entry

Erica F.

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Graphic designer, former HS basketball player, parent of 11^th-grade daughter playing JV basketball, son on varsity boys’ basketball team

Show your new “teammates” the Grade Your School report card, Play Fair: A Title IX Playbook for Victory and any other information you have gathered. Find out if anyone else has any information to share that would help. Add to the Gather Your Facts chart from Step 2. Encourage your teammates to go online and grade their schools as well.

a. Provide snacks/lunch/dinner and have teammates talk over Title IX as you bounce ideas around. Food and the informality are good conversation starters.
b. Different people may have varied connections within or outside the school that may be helpful.

Being on a team also means you can divide duties, like playing different positions. Maybe someone has time during the day to get signatures for a petition, while someone else knows a lawyer that would provide advice.

Having a large, yet manageable size group matters. Your school administration may be more likely to fix the problem with pressure from lots of local people, anxious about media coverage or outsiders.