Women’s History Month: our Gender Action Plan

Indigenous perspectives on women’s history

On the Tuesday edition of the ICT Newscast, we learn the latest from the “Not Invisible Act Commission.” Plus, a look at Women’s History Month through an Indigenous lens. It’s March Madness. The co-founder of NDN sports tells us which Native stars to followWomen’s History Month can carry different perspectives across Indigenous communities. Chris Finley is an assistant professor of American and ethnic studies at the University of Southern Califo…

Diversify Your Bookshelf: Women’s History Month edition

By Willow Symonds Staff Writer Diversify Your Bookshelf introduces readers to books written from marginalized perspectives, including racial minorities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled individuals, and more. March is Women’s History Month, so here are some good non-fiction books celebrating female empowerment. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall (2020) “One […] The post Diversify Your Bookshelf: Women’s History Mo…

Women’s History Month: our Gender Action Plan

With Women’s History Month underway, we wanted to post today about our Gender Action Plan (GAP) that was approved by the Metro Board of Directors last fall. The plan’s goal is simple: make riding Metro a better experience for women riders.   The GAP is a direct response to our How Women Travel study in 2019 that found that our system could better meet women’s needs in a myriad of ways.   That study, in fact, was prescient: the percentage of wome…