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Truth To Power Speeches

by WMSLO | January 24, 2019 | News, TTP Speakers & Performers | 1 Comment

***In order of appearance WELCOME BY DAWN ADDIS Good Morning San Luis Obispo! Are you ready? Lemme hear you say Truth! Lemme hear you say Power! Before I start let me introduce the organizers - Dawn Addis, Andrea Chmelik, Jen Ford, Pat Harris, Terry Parry, and new...

Women’s March SLO Responds to the Women’s March Inc. Controversy

by WMSLO | January 16, 2019 | News | 2 Comments

***This viewpoint originally appeared in SLO Tribune on January 10, 2019*** In light of important questions about the Women’s March movement, Women’s March San Luis Obispo (WMSLO) organizers want to directly address the situation and share the focus of our local...

Women’s March California Statement on Women’s March Movement

by WMSLO | January 6, 2019 | News, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Women’s March California and Women’s March Inc. are separate organizations that arose from a shared grassroots movement sparked by the presidential election of 2016. Women’s March California is a 501c3 with thirteen chapters. Women’s March California does not share...

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Women's March San Luis Obispo

16 hours ago

“In an extraordinary exchange during this week’s board meeting, the newly elected sheriff ran into an unusually stiff wall of resistance as the female supervisors upbraided him over a decision to reinstate a male deputy who had been fired amid allegations that he abused and stalked an ex-girlfriend.” ... See MoreSee Less

With women in a supermajority, L.A. County supervisors are no longer the ‘little kings’

latimes.com

New Sheriff Alex Villanueva was challenged for reinstating a deputy accused of domestic violence at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, four of whose five members are women.

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Women's March San Luis Obispo

21 hours ago

Canzona Women's Ensemble 'Raising Our Voices Concert' is coming up on March 3rd! The spring concert has at its centerpiece the co-commissioned piece My People are Rising set to a poem by Syrian-American poet Mohja Kahf about the conflict in Syria. The concert will be balanced with other pieces expressing resilience, including Chapo Pou Fanm (Hats Off to Women), A Blessing of Cranes and Rise Up. This uplifting concert will feature violinist Brynn Albanese of Café Musique fame as well as Arab percussionist Keeth CrowHawk. The concert also features Vivace from the Central Coast Youth Chorus, directed by Melody Svennungsen.
Get tickets at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3565168 ... See MoreSee Less

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Women's March San Luis Obispo

3 days ago

“In California, hate crimes increased more than 17%, to 1,095, while Los Angeles showed a 16% jump, to 263. Race-driven crimes were the most common in the state, followed by attacks on sexual orientation and religion.” ... See MoreSee Less

Hate crimes in L.A. highest in 10 years, with LGBTQ and African Americans most targeted

latimes.com

Last year, Los Angeles tallied 289 hate crimes, compared with 256 in 2017, according to a report by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino.

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Women's March San Luis Obispo

4 days ago

Text “resist” to 50409 and speak truth to power! Contact your representatives and tell them that the border wall national emergency is an abuse of power by the president. If we all raise our voices, we will be heard. We must stand up for what is right, and encourage our leaders to do so as well. #truthtopower #hearourvoice
(PS: Let us remain respectful in our comments and direct our energy toward action.) ... See MoreSee Less

Trump Declares National Emergency To Help Fund Southern Border Wall

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Almost-certain legal challenges and likely pushback from some within his own party await the president in the next phase of the ongoing national political battle over border security and immigration.

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Women's March San Luis Obispo

4 days ago

“Charlotta Bass was not a woman who’d let fear get in her way. As editor and owner of the now-defunct California Eagle from 1912 to 1951, Bass was dedicated to the advancement of black and brown people, as well as workers of all races. This dedication would lead her into battles with many powerful foes. “Mrs. Bass, one of these days you are going to get me killed,” her husband and co-editor, Joseph Bass, would often say.

“Mr. Bass, it will be in a good cause,” she’d reply.” ... See MoreSee Less

A Look Back at When a Black, Female Newspaper Editor Took on the KKK in L.A. Los Angeles Magazine

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Charlotta Bass was a fearless pioneer who changed the city

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