October 27, 2021 Dinner Meeting and MCLE Presentation

President Abram “Abe” Feuerstein began the meeting by welcoming all Inn members to the meeting, which was held indoors at the Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside, CA. All members are welcome to attend in person or virtually. If the meeting cannot be held outdoors, Inn members may choose to leave the meeting. Unfortunately, due to restrictions with the club, the Inn doesn’t find out where we will be seated until the day of the meeting.

Team Billie Jean King provided Sugar Daddy candies and Charles Schultz’ “Peanuts” button that said “Speak Out!”

Team Billie Jean King began with an introduction of its members: Hon. Irma Asberry, Abram Feuerstein, Elisabeth Lord, Matthew Forsse, Marlene Allen Murray, Ryan Miller, Andrew Byrd, and Daniel Shahidzadeh.

Title IX (37 Words that Changed Everything) was introduced by Elisabeth Lord and Ryan Miller. The impact of the law was shown to the audience. Daniel Shahidzadeh provided a brief biography of Billie Jean King shortly before Hon. Irma Asberry and Abram Feuerstein performed a skit modeled after the rivalry of Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs at their “Battle of the Sexes Press Conference.” Marlene Allen Murray provided a summary of the seminal cases of Title IX. Ryan Miller and Andrew Byrd spoke about the application of Title IX in schools and various lawsuits that arose out of it.

Guest speakers Wesley Mallette (UCR Interim Director of Athletics), Kiersten Boyce (UCR Chief Compliance Officer), Joshua Smith (Assistant Athletics Director, Compliance), Michelle Almazan (Assistant Athletics Director, Student-Athlete Services; Interim Senior Woman Administrator) spoke about the effects of Title IX in the university setting.

This Peanuts Comic was originally released on September 29, 1979.

At the conclusion of the presentation, Inn members were invited to score the presentation, from a ranking of 1 (worst) to 5 (best). The team and winning presentation will be announced at the September 2022 Orientation Meeting.

A copy of the team’s PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded here.