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League News
Christina Romer's
Luncheon Talk
Our 12th Annual Luncheon
speaker, Christina Romer, has kindly posted an online written version of the
talk she presented, and given us permission to link to it so that anybody who
missed it, or would like to review it, may read the linked file. To do so,
click here.
Suffrage Centennial
Proclamation
On March 8, 2011, the Berkeley
City Council proclaimed March Women's History Month in honor of the centennial
of women's suffrage in CA.
View the
proclamation.
Annual Meeting 2011
Journalist Peter Schrag spoke on
How We Made the Mess, and How We Might Fix It!. You may listen to an MP3
audio recording of his talk (58 minutes) by clicking on
this link. To read about the meeting as a whole, click on
this link.
Health Care
Discussion
Our League Health Care Committee
made a public presentation titled, Where Are We Now? What Do We Need?
on April 27 at the North Berkeley Senior Center. If you were unable to make
the event, you may see the slide presentation by clicking on
this link.
Open Government
Statement
The following memo was presented
at the February 15, 2011 meeting of the Berkeley City Council.
Read the memo.
You will find a link to the proposed ordinance at:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Content
Display.aspx?id=62874
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As part of our continuing celebration, join us
on April 18 at Berkeley
City College,
2050 Center Street,
for an afternoon of panel discussions, a film
and an informal closing reception from
12:15 to 6 pm in the atrium and auditorium.
This event will be free, open to all and wheelchair accessible. Ask questions
and meet the past and present elected women for informal conversations at the
closing reception. The schedule includes: a new film by Martha Wheelock, "California
Women Win the Vote," a welcome by Berkeley City College President Betty
Inclan; "Occupy the Voting Booth," a panel discussion from 1:45-3:30 pm
on how to increase registration and voting among young people and
under-represented groups. Speakers will include the presidents of the California
League of Women Voters Jennifer Waggoner, and of the American Association of
University Women, Gloria Taylor, and the Alameda County Deputy Registrar of
Voters Cynthia Cornejo, as well as several students from the BCC Civic
Engagement Club.
View the flyer for this event
by
clicking here
Resources to study the suffrage
campaign are available at
http://lwvbae.org/CASuffrageCentennialTeachingResources.htm
The Bancroft Library's Suffrage
Centennial Exhibit, California Women and the Vote, is now online. View it
here:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/suffrage/index.html
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