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WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY: CELEBRATING WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE IN ALL 50 STATES
THE WOMEN'S INTERCULTURAL NETWORK (WIN)
AND THE CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S AGENDA (CAWA)
INVITE YOU TO A CALL TO ACTION : VOTER RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
ON WOMEN'S EQUALITY EVE AND DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO with emcee Rose Aguilar, KALW Talk Show Host and other special guests. (see panelists, honorees and possible keynoters below) Keep going ..
WHAT: A PROVOCATIVE DAY OF CONVERSATION, NETWORKING, CAWA BRIEFING AND MEDIA 'PRACTICE' WITH ROSE AGUILAR PLUS GREAT FOOD AND NETWORKING!
WHEN: SUNDAY, August 26th at 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
WHERE: AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS & CULTURE COMPLEX, HALL OF CULTURE, 762 FULTON ST, SAN FRANCISCO.
Join with key leaders of California networks, commissions, organizations, media, legislature and corporate partners
to honor California's committed and courageous activists and legislators on priorities of Health and Social Justice and, consistent with this United Nations Year of Rural and Indigenous Women, we will welcome farmworker sisters and young activists from the central valley and indigenous tribal sisters from northern California.
for a topical panel and forum on our theme of VOTER RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES - challenges and barriers for the November elections.
Rose Aguilar's award winning workshop : "Women, Speak Out! Use Your Voice" Workshop - learn and practice op ed, talk radio and other media skills.
WHO: Rose Aguilar, Emcee and Host of Your Talk Radio, KALW, 91.7 FM Radio
Sunday: Honoring Congresswoman Lynne Woolsey, US House of Representatives, 6th District, Retiring January, 2013
VOTER RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES PANEL:
Tiffany Mok,American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Retired, Proyecto Campesino
Marily Mondejar Filipina Women's Network and Chair, Friends of the SF Commission on Women
Patricia McGovern, President of the Board, SF League of Women Voters
2012 AWARDEES:
Hon. Lynne Woolsey, Congresswoman, 6th District,
Retiring Jan. 2013
Roma Guy, CAWA Health Policy Chair,1996 - 2012, Chair,
State Health Access.
Graciela Martinez, American Friends Service Committee
(Ret.) Proyecto Campesino
Carol Norberg, Veteran Feminist Activist and Angel,
JEDI KNIGHT AWARD, 2012,:
Hon. Tom Ammiano , CA State Assembly13th District (invited)
SPEAKERS, PANEL AND AWARDS WILL BE FILMED AND POD CAST.
WHY:
1. To inform Californians about voter education, barriers,
suppression and voter responsibilities.
2. To support movement building and engagement of rural
and indigenous women.
3. To learn and practice effective media skills.
For updates on program and special guests follow us on Facebook ,Twitter and Weblog.
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LocationAfrican American Art & Culture Complex (View)
762 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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