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Title IX: Not Entitled IX
Thursday, June 2, 12:30pm (EST)
1972 did not see adoption of the ERA, but it did see passage of Title IX of the Higher Education Act. On the 50th Anniversary of this historic legislation, we will be joined by Jay Berman ‘59 and Marxe School Professor Sonia Jarvis.
Jay Berman, Indiana Senator Bayh’s Chief of Staff drafted the Title IX legislation. Two years later, Sonia Jarvis, Stanford women’s varsity basketball player visited the Athletic Director, weekly, asking for access to a regulation sized court, same as the men’s team. Mr. Berman and Professor Jarvis will be in conversation about the politics underlying the passage of Title IX; what it accomplished; and how much further we must go to ensure that “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
This is an online event, registration is required to attend.
Speaker
Jay Berman is a 1959 graduate of Baruch College, City College of New York. He received his Master’s Degree from Northwestern University and did his Ph.D work at the University of Pittsburgh.
He was a University Scholar at Northwestern and a graduate teaching assistant and university fellowship student at Pittsburgh. In addition, he won a post graduate Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
From 1965 to 1977, he worked in the office of US Senator Birch Bayh, starting as a legislative assistant, staff director of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and in 1973 he became Chief of Staff to Senator Bayh. During his tenure he worked on both the 25th and 26th Amendments to the Constitution, the passage of Title IX, the Copyright Act of 1976, and the defeat of two Nixon nominees to the Supreme Court.
From 1977 to 1986, he was Vice President of Public Policy for Warner Communications, representing the media company and its film and music interests both in the US and worldwide.
In 1987, he became President and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and in 1989 was named Chairman and CEO. While at RIAA, he was responsible for negotiating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and for provisions to protect American intellectual property rights abroad (Special 301). He also helped create Sound Exchange.
In 1999, he took a leave of absence and worked for President Clinton as Special Counsel for Trade. In 2000, he moved to London to become Chairman and CEO of IFPI, representing the record companies worldwide. He served in that capacity until 2007. He is a Trustee of the Baruch College Fund and Chairman of its Development Committee.
In Conversation With
Sonia Jarvis, J.D.
Distinguished Lecturer, Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
Professor Jarvis is an accomplished scholar whose research and teaching focuses on race, politics, and the media. She has written several book chapters and papers, and is currently awaiting publication of a book she co-wrote with Professors Waisanen and Nicole Gordon entitled “States of Confusion: How Our Voter ID Laws Fail Democracy and What to Do About It” (Forthcoming Fall 2022, NYU Press). She is an active member of several professional associations and academic organizations. In addition to her scholastic work, she has served in a number of administrative positions, including most notably as the executive director of the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation, Inc. A frequent commentator on public issues, she has been interviewed by almost every major media outlet in the country, such as National Public Radio, the Washington Post, and CNN. She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on media politics, and she brings a wealth of practical and theoretical knowledge to the courses she teaches at Baruch.
She graduated with a JD from Yale University.
