After a series of workshops and consultations on the constitution, held beginning in 2013, the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace (LWPP) launches a Charter of Libyan Women’s Constitutional Rights. The LWPP has been working on building consensus about the constitution’s most controversial issues, such as the role of sharia and international conventions in the constitution, as well as charting women’s priorities and rights.
American Planning Association's California Chapter is seeking proposals for their annual conference. The title of the conference is Rooted in AuthentiCITY. Conference organizers are particularly interested in proposals that emphasize the importance of diversity and community engagement in planning processes.
Haas Institute Conference: Othering & Belonging
April 24-26, 2015, Berkeley
The Othering & Belonging Conference will bring together scholars, researchers, advocates, and organizers to examine the issue of “othering,” a set of processes that engender marginality across any of the full range of human differences, such as race, socioeconomic status, gender, religion, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, skin tone, and more. This conference will feature a multi-disciplinary, intersectional examination of othering in order to craft transformative solutions that promote belonging.
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Mae Cendaña Torklakson
BE PROUD Part 5: First time in FWN herstory: FWN members and FWN100™ Awardees who ran during the November 2014 cycle - for assembly representatives, district judge, city councils and school board elections all WON their seats. This is just the beginning - watch these amazing women RISE! Drum roll, please.
Re-Elected: Mae Cendaña Torlakson, US FWN100™ '11, to the Ambrose California Recreation and Park District Board, where she has served 8 years including 3 years as the Chair of the Board.
Her accomplishments include obtaining funds for the improvements of Ambrose Park, fighting for the opening of their 149-acre waterfront park and increasing after-school, teen and other recreational services at both their recreation center and parks, to name a few.
The one thing that nobody would guess about Mae is that she wrote stories and scripts for Filipino action films.
Keep going, Mae!
