Deborah Larkin speaks on Title IX

Deborah Slaner Larkin, an advocate for Title IX and girl's participation in sports, will speak on "Why Does Social Justice Take So Long? The Trials of Title IX" on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. in Reamer Campus Center Auditorium at Union College.

Her talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Women's Studies program at Union.

Larkin served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports from 1994 to 2002, where she chaired a national task force on girls and minorities in sports. She is the author of a national research study titled "On the Benefits of Sports and Physical Activity for Girls." She is also past executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation.

For more information, call 388-6423.