Subject: Tomorrow
From: "Ashley Wheeland, DU Law Grad, 2010" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:50:47 -0500 (CDT)

ProgressNow Colorado Education

Dear Friend,

Thank you for signing the letter in support of University of Denver
School of Law professor Lucy Marsh and her fight for pay equity at DU.

Tomorrow I will be joined by a group of DU alumni as I present the
letter below to the Office of the Provost calling for the University
of Denver to provide an plan for how it intends to respond to wage
discrimination. I will also present the Provost with the signers of
our petition in support of Lucy Marsh and her fight against wage
discrimination. Over 1,700 people have signed on and asked that their
voices be heard.

Please join me tomorrow. Wage discrimination is about numbers and I
would like to be joined by a number of you tomorrow as we deliver this
letter and petition.

We will meet in front of the building at 8:45 am on Thursday, August
22nd. Here is the address:

Office of the Provost
Mary Reed Building, Renaissance Room
2199 S. University Blvd.
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: 303-871-2966

If you plan to join me, please email me and let me know. (email:
[email-masked])

Thank you,

Ashley Wheeland
University of Denver School of Law, 2010

PS. Here is the letter we will deliver (click here to download as a
.PDF):

http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/R?i=nnpKzuOakgA8y75IVSWqiw

August 22, 2013

Robert Coombe, Chancellor
Gregg Kvistad, Provost
University of Denver
2199 S. University Blvd.
Denver, CO 80208

Dear Chancellor Coombe and Provost Kvistad:

We, the undersigned, represent more than 200 University of Denver (DU)
students and alumni who demand that you take action in response to the
pay discrimination charge recently filed with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission by Sturm College of Law (Law School) Professor
Lucy Marsh.

As a respected Colorado institution that describes itself as a
"private university dedicated to the public good," we
believe that DU should practice fairness, especially in the treatment
of its own employees.  

We want our school and alma mater to stand up for its mission. We are
concerned we are now associated with a University that cannot, or will
not, ensure that its female faculty members receive equal pay for
equal work. We need to know that the principles DU claims to stand for
include fair treatment for all.

Our concerns about wage discrimination at DU are not just about one
professor. The University has the responsibility to ensure that all
faculty members and employees at the Law School are compensated
equitably. In this regard, we are disturbed that even though the Law
School is aware that female law full professors, including Professor
Marsh, are paid less than their male counterparts, it has not
corrected this inequity.  And we were especially dismayed to see
that in a December 2012 memorandum on faculty pay, the Law School
admitted that recent faculty raises were implemented "without
regard to trying to correct potential inequities."

This is unacceptable.

We believe DU must take action in response to Professor Marsh's
charge. The University must evaluate its pay practices to identify
gender-based wage disparities system-wide, and eliminate the
institutional barriers and practices that contribute to them wherever
they exist. We ask DU provide a plan for how it intends to respond to
wage discrimination as soon as possible.

It is time for the University to do the right thing for the public
good, and make equal pay a priority.

Sincerely,

Ashley Wheeland and the undersigned University of Denver students and
alumni

© 2005-2011 ProgressNow Colorado Education. All rights reserved.

You received this mailing because you either subscribed to the
ProgressNowColorado.org mailing list, or were referred by another
user.

This email was sent to: [email-masked]

Unsubscribe: http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/CO?i=motcwYOO2UdmSWUgqpdcXeJHHtUbXmMO&cid=1182
View Message as a Web Page: http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/R?i=aFwueCJPUJTtyusfrxnwJw
Tell a Friend: http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/R?i=_yFznNtMQNqZ-IJdE4LNLw