Our Legacy

Candice Jackson is an attorney who served as the head of the Office for Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel in the US Department of Education. Candice explains how women can fight back to preserve the original intent Title IX.

Kara Dansky is an attorney, public speaker, writer and consultant who is committed to protecting the rights, privacy, and safety of the women and girls on the basis of sex in law and throughout society. In this talk, Kara teaches about two of the women behind the creation of Title IX, Patsey Takemoto Mink and Edith Green.

Corinna Cohn spoke at the ICONS Monthly Webinar on December 1st, 2022. Corinna writes about life having undergone the process of gender transition as a teenager in the 1990s and co-hosts the Heterodorx podcast. Corinna’s writing has appeared in Quillette and the Washington Post. Corinna will speak about testifying before the Indiana Legislature in support of HB 1041, a bill that prohibits males from competing in girl’s sports. Corinna's podcast can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6x0qltBVjw3f09fmq5n3m9

Candice Jackson is a partner with the law firm Jackson Bone LLP, launched in 2022 to fight for the sex-based rights of girls and women. Candice served as the head of the Office for Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel in the US Department of Education, where she spearheaded the nation’s first Title IX regulations addressing campus sexual harassment and assault.

Mara Yamauchi is a two-time Olympian, Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, and the UK's third fastest female marathon runner ever. In 2009, she finished second in the London Marathon and was ranked second in the world in women's road running. She has also competed in 5 World Championships, 2 European Championships, and won the England National Cross Country Championships in 1998. Alongside Sharron Davies, Victoria Hood and other female athletes, Mara speaks up in defense of women's sport in the UK.

Lauren Bondly clearly articulates why women need a protected category in sports and deserve to be treated fairly. Lauren is an Age-Group National Champion and National Team member and is beginning to organize the ICONS Triathlon organization.

Dr Linda Blade is a Canadian and NCAA Track & Field All American, a Canadian rep to the International Consortium on Female Sport and the President of Athletics Alberta. She has 25 years of coaching experience across over 15 sports. In this presentation she shares the evolution of sports policy that has allowed males to compete in female sport. She also discusses the approaches that have been used to verify the eligibility for the women's category as well as how we should approach it going forward.

Personal story of Benita Fitzgerald Mosley and her reflections on fair competition and the future of women's sports. Benita is an Olympic Gold Medalist in the 100m hurdles, a two-time Olympian and has held numerous prestigious positions including serving as president of the Women's Sports Foundation and Marketing Director for the Atlanta Olympics.