The War on Women and the Battle to Save CalWORKS

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Date:

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Time:

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Event Type:

Panel Discussion

Organizer/Author:

Merle Woo

Email:

baradicalwomen [at] earthlink.net

Phone:

415-864-1278

Address:

New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisc

Location Details:

New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street, San Francisco

San Francisco: Public Forum

The War on Women and the Battle to Save CalWORKs.

In two years in office, Governor Jerry Brown has drastically cut CalWORKS, a welfare program for poor parents, mostly women of color. A panel of speakers strategizes how to rescind these budget reductions and build a movement to fight all social service cuts. Thursday, July 26, 7:00pm. New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., SF. Door donation $2-5. Snacks and childcare available. For more information, call 415-864-1278 or email BAradicalwomen [at] earthlink.net. Wheelchair accessible. Sponsored by Sisters United Front for Survival, a project of Radical Women.

For more information: http://www.radicalwomen.org

Added to the calendar on Tue, Jul 3, 2012 4:15PM

§Panel of Speakers

by Luma Nichol (baradicalwomen [at] earthlink.net)

Thu, Jul 19, 2012 2:58PM

Speakers on the panel are confirmed!

--Tiny, member of the welfareQUEEN's project, Co-editor Poor Magazine/Poor News Network/Prensa POBRE, revolutionary journalist & poet

--Christina López, Seattle's Sisters Organize for Survival co-founder, & Freedom Socialist Party Vice-Presidential candidate

--Latania Williams, mother denied CalWORKS due to resolved drug misdemeanor

-- Amy Gray, Sisters United Front for Survival Coordinator, queer mom, public worker and Radical Women leader

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