"It's the summer of 1959 at the foot of Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends. But Jackie is white, and Thomas is Black -- and Jackie quickly learns their growing friendship won't be easy. North Carolina is the focus of the growing civil rights movement, and through his friendship with Thomas,...

"From gender expert and professional facilitator Kate Mangino comes Equal Partners, an informed guide about how we can all collectively work to undo harmful gender norms and create greater household equity. As American society shut down due to Covid, millions of women had to leave their jobs to take on full-time childcare. As the country opens back up, women continue to struggle to balance the demands of work and home life. Kate Mangino, a professional...

"When the Equal Rights Amendment was first passed by Congress in 1972, Richard Nixon was president and All in the Family's Archie Bunker was telling his feisty wife Edith to stifle it. Over the course of the next ten years, an initial wave of enthusiasm led to ratification of the ERA by thirty-five states, just three short of the thirty-eight states needed by the 1982 deadline. Many of the arguments against the ERA that historically stood in the way...

“Touching and funny” short fiction about family, estrangement, and dislocation from the award-winning author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself  (Elizabeth McCracken, author of Bowlaway).
 
Featuring “stories about the touchy relationships between parents and children and the necessary pain of letting go—both for parents with children who are becoming adults and for...

Join us on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure as 30 female soccer players from 24 different countries summit Mount Kilimanjaro and descend into the Dead Sea, to play the highest and lowest elevation soccer matches ever played. With their powerful backstories woven in, we watch as these courageous women band together to play the most challenging games of their lives. Striving to spread awareness for gender equality, these women fight to set a new Guinness...

A video from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films. Equal Chances - an initiative of the Cerebral Palsy Association of WA Ltd, produced by Edith Cowan University. This program shows children with cerebral palsy participating in school life with their peers and teachers. It discusses the causes and types of cerebral palsy and demonstrates how teachers and therapists work together to achieve positive outcomes. "Equal Chances" is about children...

Singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett regaled audiences for over five decades with songs about the faces and places from his lifelong journey along the road less traveled. His upcoming album Equal Strain On All Parts is a new chapter in that story as a playful and heartfelt gift to his dedicated fans. Inspired by his grandfather's description of a good nap, the album features some well-known friends, including Paul McCartney, Emmylou Harris, Angelique Kidjo,...

The American Declaration of Independence notes that "all men are created equal," and many modern societies have tried to live up to this precept. Legislation has been passed in many countries that is intended to ensure equal opportunities for all, regardless of race or ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, age, disability, or any other distinguishing characteristic. This book explores the fundamental questions related to discrimination, including...

At nearly 200 colleges you can be kicked out for being gay. A group of 33 young activists set out on a cross-country tour to confront anti-gay policies at conservative colleges. They face a daily onslaught of abuse, harassment and arrest.