Fifty/Fifty Leadership

Now through August 6th
A special women's art exhibition O rganized by the Southern California Women's Caucus for Art This exhibit showcases the work of 20 Los Angeles women artists*

SCWCA Gallery at The Brewery Art Colony, 2100 N. Main Street, A-5, Los Angeles, CA 90031

CURATOR'S STATEMENT: *Each work chosen represents a personal aspect of the artist; a clear representation of the personal risk they each take in creating their art; letting own their guard; exposing themselves to the viewer; allowing themselves to share themselves with the observer. Each artwork chosen represents an aspect, a part, of the definition of

what it is to be woman; whether through humor and self-analysis, domesticity, motherhood or pregnancy, love, loss and relationships, or as citizen of the world; the definition of woman is exhibited here. Not only is the person exposed, but, in many cases, she is up close and personal, subtle and forceful, revealing and pious, peaceful and angry;

*ARTISTS:* Victoria Taylor Alvarez, Yvonne Beatty, Joanne Beaule-Ruggles, Janice DeLoof, Diane Destiny, Hadiya Finley, Cynthia Friedlob, Myra Gantman, Sophia Gasparian, Diana Hobstetter, Noreen Larinde, Linda Lundell, Barbara Margolies, Penny McElroy, Michele Ogilvie, Marge Rheuban, Launa D. Romoff, Cindy Rinne, Gabriela Sincich, France White

Sunday, July 9, 11:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Open Studio Tour 2006
Celebrate visual arts and artists in Glendale. Visit artist studios and galleries throughout the city at your own pace. 70 artists exhibiting in 32 locations throughout the City. Maps - and Starbucks Coffee - are available from Vickie McConnell of Fast Frame - one of the 32 locations - at 112 N. Brand Blvd. For more information call 818-545-0044

July 10th - August 18th - Monday-Friday, 12:00-6:00 p.m.
Girls Empowerment Camp - Ages 6-12
The YWCA of Pasadena is offering this program:
$250 six weeks or $50 per week
Not only is this the lowest price around for a Pasadena summer day camp, it's also one of the best opportunities for your daughter to build her dreams, skills, and confidence.

This day camp for girls ages 6 to 12 focuses on building self-esteem, forming friendships, learning new skills, exploring new ideas, and allowing girls to dream big! The group will be kept small to ensure plenty of individual attention.

Each week, camp participants will explore a new theme, incorporating project-based learning in a safe, fun, all-girl environment-with plenty of field trips and hands-on activities. Camp will start and end each day at the YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley, located at 1200 N. Fair Oaks Avenue. Transportation to/from home may be possible for campers whose parents are unable to provide a ride.

Girls may register for individual weeks, or for the full six-week session. There is a $50 discount for registering for all six weeks.

Weekly Themes:
Week One (July 10 through July 14): Writing
Week Two (July 17 through July 21): Mathematics
Week Three (July 24 through July 28): Science
Week Four (July 31 through August 4): Studio Arts
Week Five (August 7 through August 11): Performing Arts
Week Six (August 14 through August 18): Culinary Arts

For further details, contact Shonnda Smith or Jasmine Guerrero at (626) 296-8433

Thursday, July 27th, 7:00 p.m.
Now That She's Gone
United Nations Association Foothill Chapter presents A one-woman show written and performed by Ellen Snortland. Gloria Steinem says, "Ellen Snortland's one woman play is what good theater is all about. Her funny and tragic, particular and universal story sends us home with a better understanding of our own."

Throop Memorial Unitarian Church, 300 So. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena. General admission $25. UNA Members: $15; Students, seniors and limited income $10.

Upgrade Your Resume - Join a Board!
Two organizations are looking for Board members. It is a great way to hone your leadership skills, be involved, meet some new people and make a difference. Whatever your skills and abilities, they are needed by non-profit organizations who depend on volunteers. If neither of the following two organizations inspire you to action, then look around for one that does and feel good about doing good.

Program for Torture Victims
Their name says it all. People from around the world are being helped by this group. They provide medical, psychological and case management services to survivors of torture. For more information visit their website at www.ptvla.org . If you are interested, call or email Andrea Gall Schmitt at (213) 747-4944 schmitt@ptvla.org

Dogs, Horses, Gerbils, Snakes...
Whatever animal is your pet, you probably have a picture of your lovely friend. If you want it framed by someone who is passionate about animals, go visit Vickie McConnell at Fast Frame of Glendale at 112 N. Brand Boulevard (between Wilson and Broadway) . She will help you create a beautiful picture for your home. Oh, and you can bring your dog to the store too! For more information call Vickie at 818-545-0044 or email her at vickieff183@sbcglobal.net

Some women feel they have to accept whatever type of man comes their way. They look at the appearance of a person and think, if it looks good it must be good - only to find out down the line that they never took the time to get to know the person. Some women's problems run deeper than choosing the wrong men. Many have little or no self-respect, and very little self-esteem. But that doesn't have to be the case.

"How To Get Over Him and Learn From Your Mistakes: A Survival Guide" covers relationship break ups and recommends safe dating guidelines. Author Denician Angeleia reaches out to teen girls and women who keep running into the same bad relationship issues.

"I want young women to know love doesn't make you feel miserable," she says. "In order for you to make the right decision when it comes to dating, you must first know exactly what it is you want in a mate. You have to be able to understand the warning signals of Mr. Wrong, and you must trust your instincts."

Angeleia's guide is a quick read for the busy woman. It contains dating dos and don'ts, poetic lessons, and thought-provoking correlations with some biblical references. "Ultimately, I want my readers to gain insight in knowing they don't have to settle for less than Mr. Right," says Angeleia. "How To Get Over Him and Learn From Your Mistakes" is available at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, booksamillion.com, and iuniverse.com.

Glendale Commission on the Status of Women
On Tuesday, June 13 th , Board members of Fifty/Fifty Leadership and other supporters of the Glendale Women's Commission went to Glendale City Council to speak on behalf of the Commission. Because Mayor Weaver decided to change the sequence of the agenda around, some of those people had to leave, including the reporter from the Daily News who was there to hear us. Nonethless there have been two articles written by columnist and supporter Ellen Snortland in the Pasadena Weekly. Click on the links below to read her columns:

Several people sent letters to the City Council and to the Glendale News Press. The letter from Terry Bailey, a supporter, artist and professor was printed the same day an article was written. Terry Bailey had this to say to us, however:

"It is really important if you have some more people to write to the News Press that you encourage them to do so. I've worked with them for ten years and know the routine. When they give you an article and an op-ed and a "what do you think, send your comments to News Press" box all on the same day, that is HUGE. The editor is trying to encourage public discussion. In fact, when I spoke to them, they told me that they thought it was very important as a subject. If no one picks up on that and responds to their call for letters to the editor, they will decide it is not a hot enough topic, and it will be next to impossible to get them to cover it again in the future."

Several letters and phone calls I have received have asked, "Where are the Commissioners?" Aren't they interested in saving the Commission? What are THEY doing about it? Good question. There are currently only 7 commissioners, out of a total of 7 seats. Given that a quorum is 4, if one of them cannot make it, they must cancel the meeting. I have heard on the grapevine that this is just how the Council intends to get rid of it - by attrition.

.I would like to see the Commissioners (Ed. Commission on the Status of Women) at the City Council meetings asking when they are going to put it on the agenda to appoint people to the vacant seats. Or don't they care? Writer asked for anonymity

Up until now I have only put in letters whose writer is willing to be acknowledged. The above writer, and others, have asked that if I use their letters, that I do not use their names. If you would like to send a Letter to the Editor and wish to remain anonymous, just let me know and I will honor that request.

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FINAL WORDS
I often hear, from men and women, young and old, that there is no longer a need for a women's movement, that it is history. As I read and listen to the various media stories of violence, injustice, inequalities that go on - daily - I wonder how these people can say that there is no need. It is with this Equality Standard that I bring some of these injustices to light - along with the successes. As we celebrate Independence Day on Tuesday, think of women, here and abroad, who are not free - from violence, from repression, and more. Linda LaZar, Writer and Web Designer knows of my passion for helping to get the word out and to make changes, and she sent me the following quotation, which I now share with you:

"I am well aware that many will accuse me of indecorum for presenting these pages to the public; for the experiences of this intelligent and much-injured woman belong to a class which some call delicate subjects, and others indelicate. This peculiar phase of Slavery has generally been kept veiled; but the public ought to be made acquainted with the monstrous features, and I willingly take the responsibility of presenting them with the veil withdrawn. I do this for the sake of my sisters in bondage, who are suffering wrongs so foul, that our ears are too delicate to listen to them. I do it with the hope of arousing conscientious and reflecting women at the North to a sense of their duty in the exertion of moral influence on the quesiton of Slavery, on all possible occasions. I do it with the hope that every man who reads this narrative will swear solemnly before God that, so far as he has the power to prevent it, no fugitive from Slavery shall ever be sent back to suffer in that loathsome den of corruption and cruelty."

—L. Maria Child
Excerpt from the Introduction of
Harriet Jacobs' autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"

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