Women's Committee
Women’s Empowerment Committee
There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise.
–W.E.B. Dubois
The mission of the Women’s Empowerment Committee is to be the change we want to see in our world.
We will achieve this by educating our members on the issues that affect women. We will empower one another to boldly step out to fight for the rights of our members and all Californians to have a good life, live in sustainable communities and enjoy the fruits of social, economic and environmental justice.
We will model leadership excellence and mentor the next generation of SEIU Women, to create a legacy of visionary leaders to move us into the future.
Starting your own business?
How to get started. The Small Business Administration offers free webinars. Check out the following articles to get started:
https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/10-steps-start-your-business
Failure to plan is a plan to fail. Plan for Success!
https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/plan-your-business/market-research-competitive-analysis
https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/launch-your-business/choose-business-structure
Celebrating Black History Month
ARETHA FRANKLIN
Selected by Women’s Empowerment Committee Member Theresa Taylor
Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, to Barbara
Siggers and Clarence LaVaughn
(C.L.) Franklin. Franklin began her career as a child singing
gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where
her father C.L. Franklin was a minister.
Local 1000 Celebrates Black History Month
Sojourner Truth - 1797-1883
Sojourner Truth, a former slave who fought for others’ rights,inspires me that we can work together for all human rights; helping others to find jobs, housing, and freedom for those enslaved. This stature of a woman showed me that with God’s help we can make a difference. ~ Karon GReen
Selected by Women’s Empowerment Committee Member Karon Green
Local 1000 Celebrates Black History Month
Shirley Chisholm
Selected by Women’s Empowerment Committee Member Cecilia Dagher
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her motto and title of her autobiography — Unbought and Unbossed — illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Board of Directors Meeting 2021
Women’s Empowerment Committee Recorded Livestream
Date: December 18, 2021 at 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Women of Color and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage
After the passage of the 19 Amendment, many women of color still found themselves unable to vote for a variety of reasons. These are the stories of Black, Native American, Asian, and Latina suffragettes who fought for their voices to be heard.
Read more about women of Color and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage here.
WEC 2020 shirts
Get your WEC 2020 shirt celebrating 100 years of Women’s political power! The shirt is free. Members pay $7.75 USPS flat rate postage.
Email: seiu1000wec@seiul000.org to get yours!
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CANCELLED
WEC - Quarterly Connect Call. September 25
Women Empowerment Committee is cancelling it’s previously scheduled September, 25, 2020, call, due to unforeseen circumstances. We will resume the statewide calls later this year.
Statewide Conference Call
The Rise of Human Trafficking & Exploitation
California is one of the Largest sites of human trafficking in the United States. More than 3000,000 young people in the U.S. are considered “at risk” of sexual exploitation.
Trafficking for sexual exploitation is in our communities.
Join the call with Women’s Empowerment Committee, and learn how to keep our Children safe from online predators. Hear who is most at risk. What should you do if you think your child has been targeted and much more.
The Women’s Empowerment Committee celebrates Black History Month 2020.
Ballet dancer: Misty Danielle Copeland
Misty Copeland was born on September 10, 1982. She is an American Ballet dancer for the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT’s 75 year history.
The Women’s Empowerment Committee celebrates Black History Month 2020.
Mathematician: Katherine Johnson
Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson is an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
The Women’s Empowerment Committee celebrates Black History Month 2020.
Activist: Rosa Parks
The work of Rosa Parks is a reminder that people’s individual actions can lead to extraordinary change. And that as Union activists, we too can forge change as did Ms. Parks.
Montgomery Bus Boycott:
On December 1, 1955, we all know that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, public bus, when asked to do so for a white man. This single action of civil disobedience kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott that lasted for over a year.
Join the Women’s Empowerment Committee at the 4th Annual Women’s March “Women Rising”
January 18, 2020
We are marching in Sacramento and Los Angeles and all over the state.
Sign up is quick and easy.
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.”
WEC T-Shirts and Hoodies: Order yours today
Get the exclusive Women’s Empowerment Committee T-Shirts and hoodies here.
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
Golfer, Tennis Player, Athlete: Althea Gibson
Before there was Venus & Serena Williams, there was Althea Gibson.
Her great talent was in tennis, but in the 1940s and ’50s, most tournaments were closed to African Americans. Gibson kept playing (and winning) until her skills could no longer be denied, and in 1951, she became the first African American to play at Wimbledon. Gibson won the women’s singles and doubles at Wimbledon in 1957, and won the U.S. Open in 1958.