{"id":161176,"date":"2022-06-23T14:10:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T00:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=161176"},"modified":"2024-03-05T16:22:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T02:22:19","slug":"title-ix-50-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/title-ix-50-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Title <abbr>IX<\/abbr> 50th anniversary, Patsy Mink, recognized with lei ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_53573\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wQB3FzUaTbg?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Title IX 50th anniversary, Patsy Mink, recognized with lei ceremony\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>A commemorative lei ceremony was held June 23, 2022 at the <strong>Patsy Takemoto Mink<\/strong> monument outside the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Library to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark Title <abbr title=\"roman numeral nine\">IX<\/abbr> legislation that Mink championed. Representatives from three branches of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> state government and sponsoring agencies paid tribute to Mink&#8217;s groundbreaking legislation that has impacted millions of women since it was passed in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> was represented by <strong>Jennifer Rose<\/strong>, director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/titleix\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Office of Institutional Equity<\/a>, and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Vice President for Administration <strong>Jan Gouveia<\/strong>, who presented a lei on behalf of the university.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_161186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161186\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"woman speaking\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-161186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rose speaking.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"group photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-161188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;This event is critical for higher education because, as the speakers have indicated, Title <abbr>IX<\/abbr> is not just about athletics&#8212;it is about STEM, admissions, career and technical education, it is about transgender students having access,&rdquo; said Rose. &ldquo;If you think about Patsy\u2019s biggest barrier and her impetus for becoming a legislator was because she couldn\u2019t get into medical school. So I think the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> being the place where Patsy graduated, being one of our most distinguished alumna, is pretty significant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lei ceremony honored Mink\u2019s profound and successful efforts to bring gender equity to education. Congress renamed Title <abbr>IX<\/abbr> as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act. It states, &ldquo;No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Title <abbr>IX<\/abbr> transformed U.S. schools and universities by prohibiting educational institutions from receiving federal funds if they discriminated on the basis of gender in admissions, recruitment, financial aid, housing and athletics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is my hope that the underlying values of equity, inclusion and justice championed within the spirit and intent of Title <abbr>IX<\/abbr> will bring about long-lasting change and a culture shift toward a future at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> free from all forms of sex discrimination while ensuring and celebrating equal opportunity and access to education for all,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/marking-50-years-of-title-ix\/\">See Lassner\u2019s full message.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Continuing Mink\u2019s legacy<\/h2>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_161187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161187\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"statue with lei\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-161187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-4-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patsy T. Mink monument.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_161185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161185\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"woman speaking\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-161185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/system-title-ix-ceremony-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Associate Justice McKenna speaking.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The program featured speakers representing the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government with First Lady Dawn Ige, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Supreme Court Associate Justice <strong>Sabrina McKenna<\/strong> and State Sen. Rosalyn Baker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is really important for the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> to recognize that Patsy Takemoto Mink, the major sponsor and co-author of Title <abbr>IX<\/abbr> is from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii,\">Â鶹´«Ã½,<\/span> she is a local girl,&rdquo; said McKenna, who is also a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumna and former student-athlete. &ldquo;The first woman of color elected to Congress was from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and is a University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> graduate. We must not forget that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <abbr>UH<\/abbr> News story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/03\/01\/uh-50-years-title-ix\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> celebrates 50 years of Title <abbr>IX<\/abbr> with film screenings, panel discussions, more<\/a>, March 1, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each lei presented during the formal program had some significance to Mink or Title <abbr>IX<\/abbr>. Mink\u2019s monument was adorned with a maile lei, kukui nut lei, cigar lei, plumeria lei, among others. The lei were donated by State Rep. Della Au-Bellati and the Women&#8217;s Legislative Caucus (<abbr>WLC<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p>Sponsoring agencies of the event included: <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Women Lawyers, <abbr>WLC<\/abbr> and the Zonta Club. A reception in the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Library courtyard followed the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Read other <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/office-of-institutional-equity\/\">Office of Institutional Equity<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/title-ix\/\">Title <abbr>IX<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mink\u2019s groundbreaking legislation has impacted millions of women since it was passed in 1972.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[154,1062,865,947,1626],"class_list":["post-161176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-law","tag-office-of-institutional-equity","tag-title-ix","tag-uh-system","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161176"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161340,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161176\/revisions\/161340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}