Edition 13, 10/31/15

Dear Feminist Friends and Allies,

Would you like to get paid what you are worth?  To see the wage gap between men and women closed in your personal career field?  In your lifetime?  Then you will want to sign up for this FREE one evening $TART $MART course!   In just two hours you will learn practical skills for negotiating a reasonable salary and benefits. Learn how to aim high yet be realistic!  What’s important?  How do you make the ask effectively?  For more information on course content, highlight and right click to open this hyperlink: http://www.wageproject.org/files/WhatIs$tart$martWorkshop.php

The next $TART $MART course will offered at Eastern Michigan University’s Halle Library Auditorium on November 19 from 7-9 pm.  Class size is limited to 40, so register early!  Participants MUST register in advance.  There can be no “walk-ins”.  Here is the registration link for the program:  http://goo.gl/forms/jbKClnXVu2

Parking for the Halle Library is most convenient in Lot D4 on the EMU parking map, and will also be FREE!   Thank you to AAUW for covering the cost of parking passes for attendees.   Follow the link if you need a map of the campus (The library is building 12):  https://www.emich.edu/parking/documents/parking_map.pdf

Light refreshments will be provided by your Washtenaw NOW Chapter!  Please call the staff at the Women’s Resource Center at  734-487-4282 if you have any questions.  This is the opportunity of a lifetime to level the playing field and earn the salary you deserve, and it’s all free!  See you there!

Cheryl Farmer MD, President

Washtenaw NOW