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When is Equal Pay Day for social sector leaders in your state?

Candid

Equal Pay Day is a symbolic day created by the National Committee on Pay Equity to increase awareness about the gender wage gap. Specifically, this day marks how far into the year a woman must work to receive the same wage that a man received the previous year. This year, U.S. Equal Pay Day landed on March 15, meaning that women in the U.S.

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ASAE Cites Discrimination, Business Impact in Testimony Opposing Texas Bill

Associations Now

As a Texas Senate committee considered a proposed “bathroom bill” in a Tuesday hearing, ASAE submitted written testimony opposing SB 6, saying the measure discriminates against members of the LGBT community and is bad for business.

Texas 68
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Association Subculture: DIY - "Makes Me Think Of" Creativity Exercise

Association Subculture

This can be used when you are stuck, when you feel like consciously daydreaming, or as an ice-breaker exercise with boards, committees or staff. Heres one Ive picked up along the way and its really simple. I didnt invent it and Im not sure who did. Pick a word. Put three to five minutes on a timer.

Arkansas 100
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Advocating for a Better Legislative Flow

Association Adviser

GTM: The Beaver (Arkansas) Water District has put in a rate increase for source water protection through landscape protection. Supporting the technical advisory group are issue-specific committees. They can start on an issue-specific committee and grow from there. Technology makes those meetings a lot easier.

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Association Blasts Medicare for Paying Unlicensed Prosthetics Providers

Associations Now

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics reports that 15 states currently have certification laws: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.

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Resident files suit over ban on white fences in Bella Vista (AR)

Community Associations Network

Bella Vista resident Jim Parsons has waged a protest for weeks against the Bella Vista Architectural Control Committee’s decision to ban white fences. Read the entire article……………………………… Little appears tranquil behind the white fences in Bella Vista.

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Bold idea? This association got rid of its annual conference

Association Success

When John Bridges took over the Arkansas State Employees Association as executive director about two years ago, he had big ideas. Every bill died in the committee meetings, Bridges said, and they never even needed their annual conference to make it happen.