THE DIVERSITY DIGEST
MARCH 2015 ISSUE
UAW-FORD NATIONAL PROGRAMS CENTER
National Women’s History Month
The public celebration of women's history in
this country began in 1978 as "Women's
History
Week"
in
Sonoma
County,
California. The week including March 8,
International Women's Day, was selected.
In 1981, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and
Representative Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) co
-sponsored a joint Congressional resolution
proclaiming a national Women's History
Week. In 1987, Congress expanded the
celebration to a month, and March was
declared Women's History Month.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womensintro1.html
Youngest Ever
Nobel Prize Winner
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai is pictured
delivering a speech in Oslo, December 10, 2014.
Malala Yousafzai, 17 years old, of
Pakistan, is the youngest-ever Nobel
winner. She received the Nobel Peace
Prize for risking
her life to fight for
efforts to protect children from slavery,
extremism and child labor.
http://nypost.com/2014/12/10/malala-yousafzai-is
-youngest-person-to-win-nobel-peace-prize/
“I do know one thing about
me: I don't measure myself
by others' expectations or let
others define my worth.” -Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Maria Sotomayor born June 25,
1954 is an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States, serving since
August 2009. She is the 111th appointment
to the Court, has the distinction of being its
first justice of Hispanic heritage, its third
female justice, and its twelfth Roman
Catholic justice.
Watchword: Equality
The state or quality of being equal; correspondence in
quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting
equality of opportunity in the workplace.
If you want to learn more about what is going on in the Equality and Diversity Program, please visit the website at:
www.uawford.org or www.uawfordcommunity.org
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