Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 01:20:06 -0500 (EST) TO: Beijing Conference Action and Resource Network FROM: Judy Kramer , 415-494-3222 The Beijing Conference Action and Resource Network (BCARN) is an informal network in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The goal is to link women and men interested in follow-up to the UN 4th World Conference on Women and the issues in the Platform for Action so that our work can be more effective. After a hiatus of seven months, the newsletter update, providing information about relevant events, resources, and news, is being reborn on e-mail. No printing, no folding, no postage :-) Soon, the update will be a more formal mail list. There is even a women's clearinghouse web page being created by a team of women active in the community and in the corporate world. When that site is ready, this update will be obsolete. For now, I will be sending out items the usual e-mail way, using a "blind" system so that you won't have to scroll through the 135+ addressees to get to the information. I'll try to keep the messages succinct and coming no more than once a week so that you are not overloaded. This is an experiment! Please send me comments and suggestions. If you don't want the regular mailings, let me know. If you know someone to add, or if you have an event or item to be posted, send it in to me. BCARN UPDATE #1 This first update describes six events. Please share the information with your own networks and organizations. ***The study/action series "Gender Justice: Women's Rights are Human Rights," based on the Beijing Platform for Action, is designed to help bring the goals and achievements of the UN Fourth World Conference on Women home. Three workshops are offered this spring. * 1) Berkeley Saturdays, March 1 & March 15, 9:30 am-4 pm Center for Women and Religion, Berkeley Contact: Liz Fisher, 510-548-1619 Liz is the co-creator of the workshop series and the excellent workbook. * 2) Sunnyvale Mondays, March 17-June 2, 7:30-9:30 pm Congregational Community Church, Sunnyvale, at the corner of Remington and Bernardo Sponsored by Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Sunnyvale Fee: $15. Everyone welcome Contact: Betty Ortez, 408-736-4816 * 3) San Jose Thursdays, April 3--May 8, 7 to 9 pm St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 530 South 14th Street, San Jose Workbooks are $15. REGISTER BY MARCH 20. Facilitated by Rev. Sherron Courneen, 408-294-4564 (church), 408-287-8605 (parsonage) *** 4) Economic Opportunity and Women's Human Rights--Stanford Saturday, March 22, 1 to 5 pm, Registration 12:15 pm History Corner at Stanford University, Bldg. 200 Sponsored by Global Fund for Women and Stanford Program for Feminist Studies Fee: $35. Staff of human rights groups and students, $10. Contact: Global Fund for Women, 415-853-8305 In this afternoon of study and discussion, activists, Global Fund grantees, anthropologists, and economists will address such topics as the feminization of poverty, failure of international development to address the basic needs of women, successful programs, and possible solutions to poverty among women. Proceeds will benefit Global Fund grantees. *** 5) Women's Leadership Conference--Oakland "Women's Leadership Today: Linking Generations and Cultures Through Action" Saturday, April 5 Mills College, Oakland Sponsored by the Mills College Women's Leadership Institute Fee: $50 includes box lunch. Register by March 21. Special rates for students. Contact: Roxi Sater, 510-430-2019, This second annual follow-up to the UN Women's Conference will highlight global, national, and local models of leadership through workshops, panels, and formal and informal activities. It will also move forward the Platform for Action and the California Women's Agenda. *** 6) Professional & Businesswoman's Conference--San Jose "Reaching for the Future: Power, Partnership, and Possibility" Thursday, May 29, 9 am-6:30 pm San Jose Convention Center Fee: $125. Sold out 7 weeks in advance in 1996. Bus service from San Francisco or San Ramon, $20. Contact: 415-548-2424 Designed to support women with information, contacts, action forums, new perspectives, and strategies for success. Keynoters: Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison, Political Campaign Advisors Mary Matalin & James Carville