THOUSAND OAKS, CA. - A Title IX forum at California Lutheran University will feature a panel discussion and the presentation of research on Conejo Valley high schools’ compliance with the law.

Know the Score: Title IX Community Forum will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in Overton Hall on the Thousand Oaks campus.

Olympic softball medalist Jessica Mendoza, who attended Camarillo High School, and UCLA/Wimbledon tennis great Barbara Gerken Kuhl are two of the panelists who will discuss the 1972 federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in educational institutions. CLU volleyball standout Casy McWhirk, Thousand Oaks High School Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Mary Ziegler and Newbury Park High School Varsity Basketball Coach Darren Burge will also participate.

Attorney Elizabeth Kristen, who specializes in Title IX compliance issues for California high school athletes, will moderate the discussion on the impact of Title IX on education and in providing opportunities for students. Kristen is director of the Gender Equity Program and the Title IX K-12 Equality Project at the Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center in San Francisco. An active member of the Hayward-Castro Valley branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), she has been working with the organization to implement Know the Score, a program to improve Title IX compliance in communities.

The Thousand Oaks branch of AAUW will present its findings from a six-month Title IX compliance study of the three CVUSD high schools at the forum.

The forum is open to the public, and students in seventh grade through college and their parents are encouraged to attend. Door prizes will be awarded.

CLU’s Center for Equality and Justice and the Thousand Oaks branch of AAUW are sponsoring the free forum.

Overton Hall is located south of Memorial Parkway near Regent Avenue.

For more information, contact Greg Freeland at freeland@callutheran.edu or Sally Hibbitts at sjhibbitts@aol.com or (805) 750-3119.