By Angelica Ramos This letter is in response to an article by the San Jose Mercury News titled “San Jose mayor and council race money pouring in — what did everyone raise?“ Dear Editor: What About the Women? I was disappointed that Mr. Rosenberg’s article on San José campaign finance (Feb. 2) failed to discuss the significant …
SVYD-Women’s Leadership Committee November Meeting Wednesday, November 6th at 7pm at the Fairmont in San Jose Download PDF Recap-‘Voices from the Trenches’ What Can Change: Next time we should try not to conflict with other events. Suggested for 2014 (Election Year): March & August to avoid conflicts. What Went Well: Great speakers Timely, on …
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By Melanie Berringer Women are not seen as leaders in our society. After all women still make up only twenty percent of Congress and three percent of management in Fortune 500 companies. One sector where the management issue is especially stark is in non-profits. Women make up seventy percent of the workforce in non-profits, but they …
By Alex Wara For the past decades women have always been told that they were not allowed to do something in society. We were told that we were not equal, so women marched at Seneca Falls. We were told that we were not allowed to make choices about our own bodies, so we took our …