MICHIGAN GENDER EQUITY TEAM (M GET) founded 1999
A Michigan domestic nonprofit corporation
4045-23 rd Street , Wyandotte , Michigan 48192-6902
http://mi-gender-equity.com

March 31, 2005

Mission :

The M ichigan G ender E quity T eam, also known as M GET, is a registered Michigan domestic nonprofit corporation (Articles of Incorporation), working with like minded organizations, as a catalyst to achieving gender equity, at home, at school and at work.

Philosophy :

Gender equity means an equal chance at learning for females and males, with open options to learn subjects and prepare for future education, jobs, and careers without expectations based on gender. Equal encouragement for both genders to develop, achieve, and learn is essential to equitable treatment of female and male students.

In order for the Philosophy Statement to be achieved, the following educational concepts must be embraced by educators, parents and community members.

· Gender equity is an attitude and commitment.

· Gender equity-focused resources are abundant and readily accessible.

· Gender equity is not an add-on, but a basic educational approach.

· Support services, supplementing gender fair instruction, are necessary to ensure equal access by all students.

· Gender equity is an achievable goal.

(Adapted from information in the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory Equity Center web site in "The Fourth R: Responsibility--Ensuring Educational Excellence through Equity and Effective School Practices" area with permission. Portland , OR : Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory on May 1, 1999.)

Initiatives :

Projects for implementation:

· Review of K-12 programs through Michigan Department of Education, to identify and eliminate gender discrimination and to open closed opportunity doors for both genders.

· Achieve agreement and implementation of a meaningful measuring of gender equity in the curricular area, using desegregated MEAP scores and school improvement goals, to remedy problem areas and in extra-curricular areas by tools yet to be developed.

· Achieve increased awareness of gender fair education in Career and Technical Education (CTE) through the four areas of activity: gender equity, single parenting, life management and the Office of Civil Rights.

· Achieve more equitable representations of the current and historical contributions of women, in school texts and other instructural materials.

Propose Projects :

If you are a funding agency with a project idea related to the M GET mission that you want to see acted on or an activist group, which wants to seek out other activists to collaborate with, please contact us to see how we might help you! Fitting project ideas can be posted on the M GET web site's “Newsletter” and the idea can be described in and sent by e-mail to representatives of most Michigan gender equity activists.