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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
Concord Hospital Workers Stage Two-Day Strike 
On Aug. 28 and Aug. 29, hospital workers at John Muir Medical Center's Concord Campus (formerly Mt. Diablo) went on strike, urging the management to come back to the bargaining table. Without a contract since October, members of the 450-strong union (part of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers' 140,000 members in the Western U.S.), have been struggling to prevent the profit-oriented John Muir management from cutting back their families' healthcare packages. Other issues of concern include the need...
Posted: Thu, Aug 31, 2006 5:32am PDT
suffragist parade in sacramento It's been 93 years since women received the right to vote in 1913, but hundreds of people marched to the State Capitol on Saturday morning to address issues affecting women locally and world-wide....
Posted: Sun, Aug 27, 2006 10:14am PDT
Photos and Audio from Sistahs Steppin in Pride 
This reporter is sorry to report that she woke up at the time the march began, and thusly missed the first two hours of Sistahs Steppin' in Pride 2006. But I did make it to the festival in Snow Park....
Posted: Sun, Aug 27, 2006 12:39am PDT
Women's Equality Day Commemorative Parade on August 26 Don't miss the Women's Equality Day Commemorative Parade on Saturday starting at 9:30 am at Southside Park in Sacramento....
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 4:25pm PDT
We women demand that we use our power for justice 
We women demand that we use our power for justice. 3 minute video...
Posted: Mon, Aug 21, 2006 9:43am PDT
Central Valley Women’s Equality Day March and Rally 
Several hundred women from throughout the Central Valley rallied to empower women and to get women to vote in the November 2006 elections. The event started with a march, led by Dolores Huerta, in downtown Fresno. The march concluded at the Free Speech area on the Fulton Mall where participants heard a series of speakers.
Organizers for the march and rally included:
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
National Women’s Political Caucus
Fresn...
Posted: Sat, Aug 19, 2006 4:41pm PDT
Saturday Night Vigil for Abeer Hamza - Berkeley 
On Saturday, August 19th, a candlelight vigil will be held at Willard Park in Berkeley (Derby Way east of Telegraph Ave) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for Abeer Hamza, a young Iraqi girl raped and killed along with her family in mid-March by U.S. occupation forces in Iraq. August 19, 2006 would have been Abeer's 15th birthday. In early July, four U.S. soldiers and one ex-soldier were charged with these crimes....
Event Date: Sat, Aug 19, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:53pm PDT
Fourth of July at CCWF Once a year, we grudgingly get one grilled soy burger and one weiner on a bun. Once a year, we get a small wedge of watermelon on the state's dime and the guards complain that it's "too much."...
Posted: Mon, Aug 14, 2006 6:49pm PDT
85 Days to Stop Prop 85 Prop 85 would amend our
state constitution to prohibit young women from obtaining
abortion care without government-mandated parental notification.
With only 85 days to "re-defeat" Prop 85, there's no time to
waste....
Posted: Mon, Aug 14, 2006 10:52am PDT
Jewish Women In San Francisco Take Stand Against War In Lebanon 
A large portion of the US Jewish community in the United States is opposed to war. While many of the right-wing groups that pretend to speak for all of us try to portray the US Jewish community as being supportive of the war in Lebanon, they do not speak for the majority of us.
At the August 12th anti-war protest in San Francisco, Women in Black carried antiwar signs and many others in the crowd held signs making it clear that they were Jewish and opposed Israel's actions....
Posted: Sun, Aug 13, 2006 12:46pm PDT
Sistahs Steppin' in Pride: Femmes & Films & Fundraisers, oh my! Hello friends! I hope you're taking your vitamins,
because Sistahs Steppin' in Pride will keep you BUSY this month. Read on
and please spread the word!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 10, 2006 11:36pm PDT
8/11-13: Femme2006 Conference in SF The Femme2006: Conversations & Explorations Conference
will also feature three power femme keynote speakers and
an amazing art gallery show!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 10, 2006 8:23am PDT
Who Are We to Judge? 
Ever wonder what life is like inside the California Prison System? Here is a first hand account of the horrors of what is like in the Chowchilla prison for women, located in the Central Valley....
Posted: Wed, Aug 9, 2006 12:33pm PDT
SCPD Meeting With Seabright Neighbors About Recent Sexual Assaults (audio/mpeg 14.5MB) Audio and analysis of an August 3 meeting with SCPD and Seabright residents, to address a recent string of violent, sexual assaults in the neighborhood. At the meeting, police announced the arrest of a suspect in one of the sexual assaults....
Posted: Mon, Aug 7, 2006 1:20pm PDT
8/26: Just around the corner: Sistahs Steppin’ in Pride 
*March:* Gather at the Lake Merritt pillars at 11 a.m. and march at noon. Bring your
friends, your drum (or borrow one of ours), and join us as we fill the streets with our
voices and merry-making!
*Festival:* The free celebration continues from 1 to 6 p.m. in Snow Park's Sistah Village
(Harrison between 19th & 20th Streets)....
Posted: Sun, Aug 6, 2006 9:15pm PDT
LAST CHANCE to save AJR36, Bring Home our CA National Guard from Iraq EMERGENCY National Guard Working Group meeting at the CodePINK office, East Bay, 1248 Solano Ave., Albany 94706...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 9, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Aug 6, 2006 5:03pm PDT
13th Annual WOC Film and Arts Fest at UCSC Aug 3 - 6 
The theme of this year's Women of Color Film Festival, Regenerations, draws inspiration from the number 13 in the Mayan calendar, which symbolizes transformation, movement, and change. This event builds upon the tremendous history established by previous film festivals to bring emerging and well-established filmmakers, artists, media activists and community members to our campus. As the longest running festival of its kind, the UCSC Women of Color Film and Video Festival has sparked dialogue ...
Posted: Thu, Aug 3, 2006 12:57pm PDT
Seabright attack flyer The following flyer was posted in the Seabright neighborhood, detailing the attack that the woman survived. The flyer has been torn down, possibly by the police, as it challenges conventional responses to violence against women: "ATTACK"
On Thursday, July 20, around 10:15pm, I was attacked on Cayuga between Logan and Idaho. A man in his early 30's with short (buzzed) dark hair, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt knocked me to ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 27, 2006 4:51pm PDT
Women's Community Clinic Seeks Volunteers for Fall 2006 The Women's Community Clinic is currently recruiting for our FALL 2006 volunteer training. Join an awesome, dedicated group of volunteers and be a part of providing free, quality healthcare for women, by women!...
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 12:31pm PDT
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