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Former Texas Governor Ann Richards Dies at 73
Former Texas Governor Ann Richards died Wednesday night after a six-month battle with cancer. She was 73 years old. Under the banner of promoting a "New Texas," Richards appointed more women and more minorities to state posts than any of her predecessors. We play an address by Richards speaking in 2004 and speak about her life with veteran Texas lawyer Sissy Farenthold....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:37am PDT
MadCat Women's International Film Festival: "Maquilapolis"
Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand Avenue
Oakland...
Event Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 10:45pm PDT
Women And Rape In 21st Century Pakistan
Women's rights and basic well being continue to be disregarded. This has continues to be the case since The U.S. began shipping weapons to them in 1979 with no strings attached. Armaments destined for the Mujuhaddin which evolved into the Taliban and Al Qaeda....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 11:38am PDT
Sept. 15 Solidarity Demonstration in Support of Rape Victim
Sept. 15, 2006 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Members of the Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES) and Women for Genuine Security (WGS) will lay in symbolic protest around the Dewey Statue in Union Square Park, San Francisco in support of Filipina raped by US Marines at the former US military base....
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 4:09pm PDT
Exotic Dancers Struggle For Their Rights (audio/mpeg 18.5MB)
Part One of a series detailing the history of dancer's struggles against worksite labor and criminal violations that include sexual assault and coerced prostitution....
Posted: Mon, Sep 11, 2006 11:50pm PDT
No on 85 Rally
Back steps of the State Building in San Francisco (455 Golden Gate Ave.) - on McAllister...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 9:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 11, 2006 4:25pm PDT
Politics of Vulvic Symbology/TRAVELLING VULVA MUSEUM COMING TO TOWN!
The Travelling VULVA MUSEUM Exhibit and Speaker Series is coming to town!
* Learn about Vulvas in Art, History, and Mythology
* Explore Political and Religious Vulvic Relations
* View a rich collection of vulvic items including 3 different designers' vulvic prayer flags, vulvic jewelry, vulvic postcards, zines, pillows, religious/ritual items, and more!...
Posted: Sun, Sep 10, 2006 9:53pm PDT
September 21 Talk on Marxism and Feminism
The Green Room of the Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St., Sac....
Event Date: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Sep 10, 2006 10:58am PDT
23rd Annual Womyn's Spiral Dance
Orinda Masonic Temple, 9 Altarinda Road, Orinda, CA...
Event Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 10:01pm PDT
Give Peace a Vote
With elections coming up in just two months, it's time for us to turn this anti-war
sentiment into a powerful voter bloc. Let's take the message that Connecticut voters
sent to Joe Lieberman and send it all over the country: We will not vote for
candidates who support George Bush's lies and George Bush's war!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 4:17pm PDT
reading from Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
Modern Times Books, 888 Valencia St., San Francisco...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 11:47am PDT
reading from Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
Cody's 4th Street, 1730 4th St, Berkeley...
Event Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 11:45am PDT
Voice of New Generation: A Young Zimbabwean Woman Talks about Her Experiences and Her Fut
The Women’s Building, 3453 18th Street, San Francisco. For directions go to http://www.womensbuilding.org/public/about/contact.html...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 10:12am PDT
BCA E-Alert September 2006
1. NEW AT BCA: August/September Newsletter Now Online; 2005 Annual Report Now Online
2. IN THE NEWS: Governor of California to Veto Universal Health Care; BCA Guide for
Newly Diagnosed Women Highlighted in AARP Magazine; Understanding Metastasis; High
Cost of Chemotherapy
3. TAKE ACTION: Register to Vote
4. SAVE THE DATE: Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers' Third Annual
Symposium, November 2-3, Berkeley, CA; San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December
14-17, San Anto...
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 12:30pm PDT
Karaoke for Choice to defeat Prop. 85
Deep, 2030 H street (on the corner of H and 21st)...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 11:32am PDT
Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler BITCHfest: Ten Years of Bitch Magazine
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia St.
San Francisco...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 6, 2006 5:29pm PDT
Sex Selection in India Dodges Existing Laws
The unholy spectre of illegal sex selection to prevent or destroy female offspring - at the pre-conception stage or the pre-natal - just doesn't seem to stop. Even as the country is battling to remedy its skewed sex ratio, newer onslaughts are afoot through technology driven procedures available in cyberspace; the warped Indian brain is quick to learn and adapt with ulterior aims....
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 7:34am PDT
Vigil for Woman Who Was SET ON FIRE in Oakland
>> Monday, 7:30 at 44th and Shafter
>> Candlelight vigil to honor this woman¹s tragedy...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 4, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 4, 2006 6:29pm PDT
LIP: An all grrrl MC Battle Returns!
House of Stormz Studios::
1439 105th Ave.@ International Blvd (E.14th Street)...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 10:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 2, 2006 12:23pm PDT
BTL:FDA Approves OTC Sale of Morning-After Pill Decision excludes women under18
Interview with Ted Miller, communications director for NARAL ProChoice America, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sat, Sep 2, 2006 4:38am PDT