Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating the Success of Militant Protest

• Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating the Success of Militant Protest Posted: 26 Aug 2015 10:26 AM PDT The argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuable argument in modern politics.--Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst  By Doug Porter  Women’s Equality Day (August 26th) marks anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote. There are observances this week in San Diego, including a re-enactment of an early-century Suffrage march in Balboa Park. Organizations including the League of Women Voters, the United Nations Women's Equity Council, the Older Women's League and others, will join members and supporters of the Women's Museum at 5pm for a Rally on Thursday, (Aug 27th) at the Kate Sessions Statue, at the 6th Avenue end of the Cabrillo Bridge, followed by a parade across the bridge info the Organ Pavilion where the last free concert of the summer will be held at 6:30pm. While this commemoration will be celebratory in nature, it’s important to remember, as Frederick Douglass once said, “Power never concedes nothing without a demand.” In many sanitized versions of US history, the struggle leading up to that victory is depicted as controversial only because women left their roles as wives and house-makers to protest. The reality of what transpired is considerably different.   [Read more...] shared from San Diego Free Press Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating the Success of Militant Protest Posted: 26 Aug 2015 10:26 AM PDT The argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuable argument in modern politics.--Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst By Doug Porter Women’s Equality Day (August 26th) marks anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote. There are observances this week in San Diego, including a re-enactment of an early-century Suffrage march in Balboa Park. Organizations including the League of Women Voters, the United Nations Women's Equity Council, the Older Women's League and others, will join members and supporters of the Women's Museum at 5pm for a Rally on Thursday, (Aug 27th) at the Kate Sessions Statue, at the 6th Avenue end of the Cabrillo Bridge, followed by a parade across the bridge info the Organ Pavilion where the last free concert of the summer will be held at 6:30pm. While this commemoration will be celebratory in nature, it’s important to remember, as Frederick Douglass once said, “Power never concedes nothing without a demand.” In many sanitized versions of US history, the struggle leading up to that victory is depicted as controversial only because women left their roles as wives and house-makers to protest. The reality of what transpired is considerably different.   [Read more...]

  But First … Posted: 26 Aug 2015 04:38 AM PDT Living with ADHD in a distractive world By Jeeni Criscenzo I was surprised at the number of comments made to a recent post I put on Facebook about Attention Deficient Disorder with a photo of my desk that included such strange things as a small brown egg and a ½” diamond drill bit. It seems that my incessant state of distraction is a common problem in people my age (aka Seniors). One person informed me that there is such a thing as Age-Activation Attention Deficit Disorder - AAADD ! Another linked to a comical video about a woman who went from one task to another without getting anything accomplished. I didn’t laugh. When you have spent your life dealing with an inability to focus alternating with hyper-focusing, both to the detriment of yourself and everyone around you, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) isn’t very funny.   [Read more...]

  Nail Salon Workplaces Need A Touch Up Posted: 26 Aug 2015 04:37 AM PDT By Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Today I am convening an informational hearing in the Capitol as Chair of the Select Committee on Women in the Workplace, bringing together stakeholders to discuss the challenges faced in the industry and to hear personal testimony from nail salon workers. I’m encouraged to be joined by the Chairs of four other Assembly Committees and other legislators to begin the collaborative process we need to achieve the change these workers need. Recent in-depth coverage in the New York Times revealed shocking, systematic abuse going on right under the noses of thousands of nail salon customers every day. The reports found employees living in squalor and isolation, underpaid or completely unpaid, and ravaged by health problems possibly connected to chemicals they handle on the job. It echoed and expanded upon reporting done recently in California, drawing new attention to deeply troubling working conditions in the nail salon industry across the country. Today’s hearing is an important start to ensure that the employees of these salons are effectively covered by California’s workplace safety and wage and hour laws. These laws should guarantee all workers fair treatment and safe working conditions, and it’s our responsibility to make sure they work.   [Read more...]

  Women Lowriders in San Diego County: Marisa Rosales and The Hudson Posted: 26 Aug 2015 04:31 AM PDT By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass Lowriding is an art that also pushes car technology to the limits. Car Clubs members are like family and lowriders spend decades restoring cars to exactly how they looked and rode in the 1960s and 1970s. Are there problems in the lowriding community? Yes, but probably not the ones you think. Lowriders, with their images of voluptuous girls on the front hoods, still remains a manly art form. Yes, nowadays diverse males from all ethnic and socio-economic groups join together in these car clubs, but they are still predominantly male. In San Diego County, Mayra Nuñez explains there are about seven women lowriders total, each in different car clubs.   [Read more...]

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