International Women's Day is on March 8. If you know of an organization planning an event in honor of the day, please contact Laurie Baird of the Global Fund for Women. Phone: 650-853-8305 E-mail: laurie@globalfundforwomen.org.
Assemblymember Sheila Kuehl will be the keynote speaker at this annual Pro-Choice Brunch.
This is a community conference for everyone interested in self-enrichment through cultural diversity, in becoming more aware of present-day discrimination, and in practicing skills that promote mutual respect and greater cooperation. The program will feature keynote speaker Aileen Hernandez, a slide show exploring women's roles in Santa Clara Valley, the PBS Frontline documentary, "True Colors," and various panels, workshops, displays, entertainment, and small group discussions.
Presenters are Deborah Farag and Mary Ellen Mort. The program will help attendees find and make use of information relevant to their job search and personal decision making. Participants will be qualified to use the Career Action Network, the informational interviewing database of the Career Action Center.
Aikya Param of Berkeley, California, publishes a monthly report called "Women and Money," which deals with economic justice and empowerment issues and is one year old this February. There is a listserve as well, called womenandmoney-L, and she will send out free featured articles via e-mail monthly by request. For more information, check out the web site http://www2.netcom.com/~aikya/womenandmoney.html or contact her at aikya@ix.netcom.com.
Since the publication aims to raise economic consciousness and promote prosperity for women and their families, it treats both entrepreneurship and labor unions sympathetically. Says Maia Penfold, "What you're doing is showing us how we can become more aware and work to empower one another and empower one another, instead of developing hostile attitudes."
Members of the Palo Alto chapter of the Association for Women in Science are available to serve as guest speakers in your science classroom. For more information, contact Patty Kaspar, 408-395-3943. For more information about the chapter, check out the web site http://www.wenet.net/~awis/.
This online update, published weekly in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, covers events, resources, and information related to follow-up to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women and the issues covered in the Platform for Action document. You are encouraged to send in information and news to Judy Kramer at jahkramer@aol.com. Past updates are available on the web at http://womenswork.org/beijing-sf/