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NextGen Committee
We are committed to engage, activate, and educate new hires to state service and connect them to our union, Local 1000. By doing so, we gain the collective power to change our worksites, our civic institutions, and our regional economic plans.
WEC LUNAFEST Women’s Film Festival
Sacramento, Los Angeles, Fresno.
Women’s Empowerment Committee
Sacramento: 2nd Annual LUNAFEST 2019
Los Angeles: 2nd Annual LUNAFEST 2019
Fresno: LUNAFEST 2019 (First Time)
Date:
Friday, September 20, 2019
Time:
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Screening
Sacramento Location:
SEIU Local 1000
1325 S Street,
Sacramento, CA 95811.
Parking is free.
Los Angeles Location:
SEIU Local 1000
315 W. 9th Street, 2nd Floor,
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Validated Parking only at:
Athena Garage,
220 W. 9th street,
Corner of 9th & Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Fresno Location:
SEIU Local 1000
6725 N. Willow Street, Suite 101,
Fresno, CA 93710
Parking is free.
Women’s Empowerment Committee
Women in Sports
Celebrating the US Women’s Soccer Team
The US Women’s Soccer Team has won several world cups, including 2015 and now in 2019. But that’s not the only thing these fierce women are doing. They’re also leading the way for pay equity in sports. On March 8, 2015, they sued the United States Soccer Federation, claiming “purposeful gender discrimination.”
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The Women’s Empowerment Committee celebrates Black History Month
Henrietta Lacks: A medical experiment that is still saving lives today
Henrietta Lacks is best known as the source of cells that form the HeLa line, used extensively in medical research since the 1950s.
The HeLa strain revolutionized medical research. Jonas Salk used the HeLa strain to develop the polio vaccine, sparking mass interest in the cells. As demand grew, scientists cloned the cells in 1955.
Since that time, over ten thousand patents involving HeLa cells have been registered. Researchers have used the cells to study disease and to test human sensitivity to new products and substances.
The Women’s Empowerment Committee celebrates Black History Month
Astronaut, Mae C. Jemison
The Women’s Empowerment Committee celebrates African-American women who reach for the stars.
Mae C. Jemison is the first African-American female astronaut. In 1992, she flew into space aboard the Endeavour, becoming the first African-American woman in space.
The Women’s Empowerment Committee celebrates Black History Month
Actress, Dorothy Dandridge
Who Was Dorothy Dandridge?
Born in 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, Dorothy Dandridge found early success in show business by performing with her sister, leading to her first appearances in film. Following her star turn in the 1954 musical Carmen Jones, she became the first African American to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award.
In 2000, film star Halle Berry won Golden Globe and Emmy awards for her portrayal of the groundbreaking actress in an acclaimed HBO movie, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.