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Join us for a journey on the new Remarkable Women Legacy Trail!
On Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, the California Museum launched the new Remarkable Women Legacy Trail. The Legacy Trails highlight points throughout California that make our state truly unique. Go to http://www. californiamuseum. org/trails/ and join us for a journey!.
Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama!
We hope that you excercised your right to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Now, please join The Women's Conference in congratulating Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America. Find on this post a YouTube video of his election night speech and a link to the transcript. President-elect Obama addressed the crowd on election night and said, "Change happens -- change happens because the American people demand it, because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time.
Empower through your Vote today!
Let's remember that the struggle for women's voting rights in America lasted for144 years and 94 years for African Americans. Let's not take our rights and freedom for granted! Provided on this post are links to resources about voting. Also, watch a video from KCAL-9 on the differences of political opinions in the California Governor and First Lady household.
Empowering live blogger video of conversation featuring Michael J. Fox, Russell Simmons
On the day of The Women's Conference, many empowering conversations happen at the same time. This year, the conference created a team of volunteer bloggers to cover the breakout sessions live from the audience level. What was captured was an authentic perspective of once-in-a-lifetime conversations full of insight and inspiration. You can view a video shot by live blogger Christina Gagnier of the extroaordinary presentation, "Men We Love Who Use Their Voices. " During the session, one of our other live blogger Calley Nye wrote, "[Michael J.
Keep Going for Freedom
On August 26, 1920, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification of the 19th Amendment officially announcing women's right to vote. Now, 88 years later, discussions about women and the political process continue to resonate amidst the impending presidential election. When I began writing this blog post last night, the first woman to ever gain a majority party nomination for president, Senator Hillary Clinton, was onstage at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. “My mother was born before women could vote. My daughter got to vote for her mother for president," Senator Clinton said.
The Olympics, Olympians and one Mommy Blogger
The Los Angeles Times showcases a handful of Southern Californian athletes competing in the Beijing 2008 Olympics through a series of beautiful posters that you can download from a widget on their Olympics blog. The majority of the Olympians featured are women (although they do have one of Kobe Bryant). Official media coverage of the games in China are thorough and aplenty, but what's most interesting is the chatter among female bloggers whose comments more often than not offer a personalized take on the female Olympian.
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