So your school athletic program 19 unfair to women What are you going to do about it?

Now's the time to start exerting pres sure where it counts most; on wchool idmitastrators and athletic departments

We asked successful troublemakers across the country to help us prepare this action list of strategies that have pait of for them

1. The Mighty Facts

Dg up all the facts you possibly can about your school chletic budget and its policies regarding hring and decis sion-making in physical education and athletics. At a tax-supported school this informati is open to the public don't accept the runaround reply that its confidential. Once you've got the facts, bring them to the the attent of everyone who'd like to supe 3 up. graded women's sports program Use be facts to organize your ackers.

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3. The Buddy System

Make friends, then inRence prope Get to know people within the sy tent. px ticularly people in the athletic expartment and the principal for deap of students or president of the college or amversity) If you appear to be an ^lly-and in a way, you are -your suggestions for in proven ents will offer them ways to deal with all the complaints they've been getting Manwhile, make sure they receive a steady flow of cempl277%

4. Spread the Message

Tell everybod what's wrong e nerally civic groups with an interest in elu ation. And particul, rly the PTA, if yours is shoul, or the alumni women of Yours 19 a cofinge or university Spork at the meetings, mext with their offwrite for the new-letters They may not APTEC. with send In fact, may completely d agree with yous dem d

but they'll become ware you mean business

5. Get 'Em Where It Hurts Go over the heads it voir school ad mua trafíor by contacting members of

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6. Behind Every Man

Though much maligned in hotun and in Ire, cult wives can be very helpful if you find them smp, thetic you!

CAUSE Cativite them. Tell them abou your problems, your plans, your die ims They stantly meet a lot of her ups and can be very influential.

7. The Mighty Pen

at vonar hon. Contact them when you ve all the fats indicating a pervasse PATR fenfair treatment toward girls Tens athletics Do not conta⚫ the press until you can fully back up yOU Tax supported institution are teafal of legislators finding out new the mey is really being spent Privite stitutions are no less concerned about parents - who foot thur bills- finding it. Bad publicity scares any institution, pable of private. (For a full guide to making publicity work for you, see cur S.grals department next month.)

9. The Right to Petition

If you've got community suppert, circu late a petition calling for changes in the girls and women's athletics program. gather hundreds of signatures and present it to the chairman of the trustees, the mayor, the governor. HEW. the Justice Department, the president of the school beard, the principal, the head of the athlet department--B many crds as apply in your case. It's bound to make your opponents nervous to see You've got all those perple behind you

10. Let Your Fingers

Do the Walking

Ph.oc your school to let them know what ought to be done Not past ce; fie wo tho switchboard for an entice day Ore reach ne in Caller good be poly and direct, mesking, strightfur སྙན...སྨག』 statements of demands wither potless, fafico, ftempting to en Lite 2 forget of the hero in pol the team the coach, the athletic directory In engine nation A phone in Can be the same kind of attesturgettes as a fire under a bolky mule

11. Don't Gripe,

Demonstrate

Against the Middle

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