Here is the statement the New York chapter of NOW released after Senator Ted Kennedy endorsed Senator Obama:

Women have just experienced the ultimate betrayal. Senator Kennedy’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the Democratic presidential primary campaign has really hit women hard. Women have forgiven Kennedy, stuck up for him, stood by him, hushed the fact that he was late in his support of Title IX, the ERA, the Family Leave and Medical Act to name a few. Women have buried their anger that his support for the compromises in No Child Left Behind and the Medicare bogus drug benefit brought us the passage of these flawed bills. We have thanked him for his ardent support of many civil rights bills, BUT women are always waiting in the wings.

And now the greatest betrayal! We are repaid with his abandonment! He’s picked the new guy over us. He’s joined the list of progressive white men who can’t or won’t handle the prospect of a woman president who is Hillary Clinton (they will of course say they support a woman president, just not “this” one). ‘They’ are Howard Dean and Jim Dean (Yup! That’s Howard’s brother) who run DFA (that’s the group and list from the Dean campaign that we women helped start and grow). They are Alternet, Progressive Democrats of America, democrats.com, Kucinich lovers and all the other groups that take women’s money, say they’ll do feminist and women’s rights issues one of these days, and conveniently forget to mention women and children when they talk about poverty or human needs or America’s future or whatever.

This latest move by Kennedy, is so telling about the status of and respect for women’s rights, women’s voices, women’s equality, women’s authority and our ability – indeed, our obligation - to promote and earn and deserve and elect, unabashedly, a President that is the first woman after centuries of men who ‘know what’s best for us.

The National Organization for Women has enormous respect and admiration for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D- Mass.). For decades Sen. Kennedy has been a friend of NOW, and a leader and fighter for women's civil and reproductive rights, and his record shows that. Though the National Organization for Women Political Action Committee has proudly endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, we respect Sen. Kennedy's endorsement. We continue to encourage women everywhere to express their opinions and exercise their right to vote.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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A great post written by Marie Wilson on the Huffington Post on why adding women to the political mix could be just the 'change' solution we all so desperately want.

One of the outtakes:

The bipartisan Congressional Women's Caucus was instrumental to passing critical legislation including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and the Child Support Enforcement Act. As Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson has said, "It wasn't that men were against these changes. They just hadn't considered the issue before because they hadn't experienced the problem in their own lives. As women have become a part of the system, that's changing

Read the whole article.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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A not be missed presentation on the employment law outlook for 2008 and issues facing businesses, in-house counsel, and senior HR professionals.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
8:30–9:00am: Registration and breakfast
9:00–11:00am: Program

Presented by: Thomas N. Makris and Benjamin L. Webster
of Pillsbury Winthrop at their offices at 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700, Sacramento, CA 95814

Topics will include:
• Wage and Hour: Status of the Administrative Exemption
• Wrongful Termination and Discrimination: Review of Significant Developments in 2007
• Immigration Issues: How to Respond to No-Match Letters
• Noncompete Covenants: Do Narrow Restraints Work in California?
• Retaliation: Are Supervisors Individually Liable?
• Leaves of Absence: What Every Employer Needs to Know
• Q & A Session


RSVP by February 7 to Jennifer Ramsey at jennifer.ramsey@pillsburylaw.com

CLE Credit—Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an Accredited Provider of CLE (Continuing Legal Education) programs in California. Pillsbury certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California in the amount of 2.0 credit hours.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Borders, during a five-month-long pilot program, will provide approximately 350 free educational classes (per month) for Borders customers on topics ranging from “Baby Sign Language” to “Guerilla Marketing” and “Breaking into Show Business.” The classes, which begin Feb. 2nd, will be taught by local professionals, celebrities and business owners and are designed to be fun, educational and interactive. For the pilot program, Borders stores in Natomas, Roseville and Sacramento will offer a minimum of five free classes per day, six days a week.

Many of the classes are being taught by local women entrepreneurs. Check out this video to get a preview of a class called Delegate or Die, taught by Jessica Chapman whose business is Room to Breathe.

Watch Barrett McBride, another local businesswomen talk about her upcoming class at Borders.

Exciting that Borders has chosen this area to pilot this program. Free classes at your local Borders. Go check out the schedule at your local store. And report back if you attend any of them.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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1. Must believe in evolution - this is non-negotiable. OK, Huckabee's out.

2. Must be able to bring the nation together to work on the many critical issues it now faces.
I imagine Day 1 in the Oval Office.

Who is flocking to offer unconditional help to Hillary?

Who is flocking to offer unconditional help to Obama?

OK, Hillary is out, too partisan.

And, I am concerned as to whether Hillary can control Bill. I am beginning to think he sees this as his 3rd term.

3. Must have expertise in international issues. OK, Guiliani is out, Romney is out.

4. Must be pro-choice because without it there is no basic respect for the intellect of women - OK, McCain is out.

And also because he thinks we might stay in Iraq for 100 years and warns there will be more wars. I want a President who doesn't see war as the first option, hardly as an option.

5. Must be able to sit down with all parties and bring out their desire for the common good versus each parties' individual good. OK, John Edwards is out. He's too mad at the corporations. So am I, but they will need to be part of the conversation.

6. Obama.

I knew the answer, all along.

Although as a lifelong feminist, I am sad that I am not going to be proudly voting for a woman for President.

But wouldn't it be great to be inspired again, to bring all people into the solution, to share again in what I believed America was, and for which I thought it so special, that day back in 1978 when I chose to become a citizen of the United States of America?

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Remember all that talk about how young people are turned off by the voting process? Well, check out this heart-warming (and possibly result-changing) story in the Sacramento Bee written by Jocelyn Wiener, a wonderful reporter who continues to unearth important stories in South Sacramento and beyond:

A force of more than 100 teenagers knocked on the doors of grown-ups across Sacramento on Saturday, each delivering the same message: Vote.

The effort, which will be repeated again next Saturday, has twin agendas. In conjunction with Sacramento Area Congregations Together, the young people are trying to increase voter turnout in low-income neighborhoods where a small percentage of registered voters cast ballots in the last election.

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J.T. Long, who attended last week's SacWomen event where we explored the topic of Female Stereotypes in the Media, suggests we continue discussion of the topic. She writes:

I think we need to continue the conversation. Beyond exploitative ads, what are the complex reasons that women take less pay and how could we as a society make those choices about roles, moving in and out of the workforce and balancing priorities easier?

First I think it takes a positive role model to show that opening opportunities for women is not charity, it is bringing new, diverse and unique skills to the world. That helps people of every gender.

You raise some great issues, J.T. SacWomen readers, please weigh in on this...

From my viewpoint, I am in awe of women who manage to juggle a relationship, child raising and a career. I managed, despite lots of complications, to do all three, but never more than 2 at one time. And even still, remembering the mornings when I had an important meeting at work and one of my children woke up with a 103 degree fever, gives me chills. Choosing, as a single mother, between retaining the job that keeps food on our table and caring for my sick child, that's a choice that no one should have to make and yet thousands of women do every day.

And as for opening new opportunities for women, I think we are entering a very exciting era for women. Judy Kjelstrom mentioned it at last week's SacWomen event - we are seeing women become the majority in college-legel and beyond educational institutions. Pretty soon, corporations will have no choice than to hire graduating women as there will not be enough educated men to take all the open positions.

Women are getting more educated, women will make more money, women will decide where to invest their time and money. Times are changing.

Let's hope that these smart,educated, high-achieving women, won't spend all their time supporting (workwise, emotionally, financially) their less-aspiring men. If these women are going to be the breadwinners, then they need to demand that the men take up the slack in other areas - child-rearing?

Please send your feedback on this subject. I will add as a comment or maybe as additional posts.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Now here's an example of a female stereotype:

The candidate with the more limited demographic appeal is clearly Hillary Clinton, who so far has proven herself a rock star only to the Virginia Slims-'n'-menopause set and their sensible-shoe-wearing sisters in the upper middle classes.

You can read the whole post on the Campaign Standard blog, the blog of the Weekly Standard.

I don't know about you, but I stopped smoking Virginia Slims in the mid-1970's, i surgically avoided menopause and I think I am the only part-time sensible-shoe wearer in my band of sisters.

Talk about code words - I can see the Tucker Carlson crowd guffawing over quotes like this.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen.com

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It was a cold and windy night....but women warriors don't let a little bad weather get in the way of attending a SacWomen SAGE event. And so it was on Wednesday night when we gathered at Mulvaney's Building and Loan new catering space on 19th Street.

Meeting, greeting, catching up, networking, collaborating. We did it all. Some fabulous connections were made. A shoe designer starting an exciting new company met a startup handbag designer. What are the odds of that? They left arm in arm discussing plans for collaboration.

We heard from Cloteal Herron who talked about female stereotypes in the media and what we could do to work to change all those negative references.

And, we had so many prizes (total value at almost $2,000) at Wednesday night’s event, we had to extend the prize table!

Some winners were picked at the event, specifically for the bottle of 90-point rated wine and the 4 bottle basket of wine, the tickets to Roger McGuinn at the Mondavi Center donated by Pathfinder Consulting, the 2 tickets to Geraldine Brooks, donated by California Lectures and 2 Kings tickets donated by Intel c/o Deanna Schluter.

And now for the balance of the winners…drum roll please…
$50 Visa card donated by Roland Biegler, CPA – 2 prizes
Anne Osborne and Gina Swankie

Lunch with Barbara Grant, Partner at American River Ventures, donated by ARV
Jennifer Valenta, Tammy Pinnick, Lori Jennings

2 free tickets to the eWomen Network Foundation’s “An evening of Chocolate Decadence” donated by the eWomen Network – 3 prizes
Karen Doron, Cheryl Romero, Roxanne Jelinek

Life coaching series for yourself and 3 friends – donated by Certified Life Coach Roxanne Jelinek
Tricia Quan

Gift certificate donated by The Black Rooster, Folsom
Jan Bernard

4 Movie Tickets
Tierra Bontemps

Many congratulations. I will be in touch with the winners to discuss logistics.

Prize donors, thank you so much for the very generous donations by the prize givers.
Sponsors: Caroline Jensen of Coldwell Banker and Michelle Hallsten of Pillsbury Winthrop - thanks for supporting the startup efforts of this organization.
Attendees: Keep bringing your friends and growing the network.

Stay tuned for details of the next event in April.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Check out what you can find on Craig's List.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen.com

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If you have vowed to get smart about what the candidates really think about issues important to you, your family and this country, check out what the democratic presidential candidates' positions are on reproductive health issues.

And consider joining a new initiative by Planned Parenthood, One Million Strong.

The goals of this campaign are to

identify, mobilize, and bring one million voters to the polls
elect a pro-choice president
win key Senate, Congressional, and legislative seats and ballot initiatives
enhance our lobbying efforts — at the national and state levels — with one million new activists

You can join up here

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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When reproductive choice became the law of the land 35 years ago, it changed women's lives for ever. Many of us of a certain age remember well the horrors of the time before Roe vs. Wade.

But since that day, the law has been under constant attack, never more so than now.

If you, like most of us, want to keep abortion free, legal and rare, please put your efforts on changing these two items that will increase the number of women having to make decisions about an unintended pregnanacy:

Please contact your legislators and tell them that spending $178m on abstinence only sex education that has been proven not to work is not OK. Spend the money on proven methods - contraception for one.

And talking about contraception, check out a blog I wrote in November that has raised the price of birth control to unreachable levels. Senator Obama has entered a bill to restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics. And Senator Clinton is a co-sponsor. See they can get along on important issues related to women-reproductive health rights.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Don't forget to RSVP for the joint SacWomen/SAGE event scheduled for Wednesday, January 23, 2008.

The event will be held at Mulvaney's new catering space at 1215 19th Street, Sacramento from 6-9PM. A fabulous buffet is planned topped off by a sumptous selection of petite tartlets. Our speaker, Cloteal Herron, will discuss Female Stereotypes in the Media. There will be plenty of time to catch up with old friends and make new ones as well as forge some strong business contacts for the future.

We have an amazing array of prizes to be given away - totalling more than $1500. And because the group attendance isn't very big, your chances of coming away a winner are high! So bring your business cards to drop into the various prize raffles.

If you are attending, please register using the link at the top of this page. If registration is closed, give me a call at 916-747-4140.

Looking forward to another great evening with a superb group of women.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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A few years ago, I attended Reproductive Freedom Day with a friend. It was a wonderful day full of knowledgeable, inspirational speakers speaking on current reproductive issues. It provided many opportunities to meet activists from around the state. But the culmination of the day was the most challenging and worthwhile - actually lobbying members of the California legislature on women's reproductive issues.

This year the event takes place on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Register before February 14th for the early bird rate of $40. Now, that's a deal!

If you worry, as I do, that women are losing the rights they so desperately fought for and need, please make this event a priority.

You can learn more here.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Attend the West Coast premiere of Uncounted tonight at the Crest Theatre. Shows at 5:30PM or 8PM. Tickets are $10, or $8.50 for students or seniors. You can watch the trailer here.

You owe yourself to get educated. This movie has input from noted computer programmers, statisticians, journalists, and experienced election officials who provide startling, but logical facts about how easy it is to change election outcomes and undermine election integrity in the United States. Filmmaker David Earnhardt will be available to take questions at the event.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Friday, February 8; 8:30-2:30
UC Davis
Get all the details and sign up online
Interested in getting involved in politics? If you want to get an inside look at what it's like to have a career in the political realm, check this out! Hear from national and local leaders, activists, and recent alums to get some inspiration! Did we mention the free lunch and prizes?

Keynote speakers:

ROSARIO MARIN on WHY WOMEN MATTER
41st Treasurer of the U.S. (2001-2003); Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency; highest ranking Latina in the Presidents' Administration; former Mayor of Huntington Park, CA; Co-Founder, National Association of Latina Leaders. Awards include the "Groundbreaking Latina of the Year" by Catalina magazine, and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Prize at the United Nations for her tireless work on behalf of persons with developmental disabilities. She was the second person to receive that honor.

LIZ FIGUEROA on WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN
California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board; Former CA Senator (9 years in 10th District); Two term Assemblywoman; Board of Directors, CEWAER. Honored as "Legislator of the Year" for her work on maternal/child health, health care reform, and banning the state of CA from using products made by slave labor.

Breakout sessions include:

Potential Careers in Politics Panel
Moderated by Wendy Hill, Legislative Director Nat. Assoc. of Social Workers Dr. Yali Bair, Vice President Planned Parenthood of California Tam Ma, Consultant for Senator Sheila J. Kuehl and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife Teri Burns, President of the Natomas School Board Angela Wagner Blanchard, UCD Alum, Associate Lobbyist Political Solutions, graduate of the UC Sacramento Scholar Intern Program

* Media Constructions of Women in Politics

* Making Change From Outside the 'System'

* The One and Only: When You're the Only Woman, or Woman of Color

* Making Connections: Utilizing Your Position/Job/Internship to the Fullest

* Thinking About Running? What You Need to Consider Before You Decide

* Getting the Experiences You Need

When women leaders bring their voices, vision and leadership to the table, the debate is more robust and the policy is more inclusive and sustainable. By supporting women, and the values that allow and encourage women to succeed, we create a more equitable culture.

This looks like a fabulous event. Make it a priority for you!

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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I received this blog with a request to post today. I am thrilled to be able to do so. The message is very powerful.

A few weeks ago I was lamenting the fact that all too often women seem to thwart the growth and promotion of their fellow females rather than mentoring, encouraging and supporting them. In the past two weeks I have learned that women do support women when it counts…

My 18 year old daughter, who has always been the picture of health, has had a very tough beginning to 2008. She had an emergency appendectomy and two days later suffered complications that led to not one, but two life threatening surgeries. She remains in the hospital and is looking at a lengthy recovery period. As the women in my life – friends, clients, colleagues and acquaintances – learned of the situation, the emails, text messages and phone calls started pouring in. Warm thoughts and prayers were sent for her speedy recovery. Some arranged to provide meals for my family; others arranged rides, homework help and care for my other two children. Some arranged for doctor-friends to call and visit the hospital. Cards, flowers, magazines and stuffed animals were sent to the hospital and to my home. All these women lead busy lives. They have families and jobs. They rallied to support a fellow woman when it really counted.

I am forever thankful for the wonderful women in my life.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Courtesy: Seattle Post Intelligencer - David Horsey

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SacWomen

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This film, with executive producer, Ricki Lake and directed by Abby Epstein chronicles the pregnancies of several women (including Epstein herself) as it delves into the evolution of birthing in the US. In 87 minutes, the movie raises some provocative questions such as why Cesarean sections are the most commonly performed surgeries in the US and rising; why less than 8% of American women turn to midwives for birthing; and why the US has the second worst infant mortality rate in the developed world?

Despite the compelling and intensely personal nature of the material, it wasn't easy to get the film made. Lake ended up financing the project herself over the last three years. Epstein says some TV networks thought it was just too controversial to take on the medical establishment.

"People don't understand the topic and people perceive this as the 'Brown Rice Moms,' those crunchy moms trying to push their agenda on other moms," Epstein explained to me. Instead, she underlines, "The film is about empowerment and about women being robbed of an amazing transformative experience that women deserve to control."

The movie is in limted showing in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. Keep an eye on the website to see if and when it arrives in Sacramento. Or you can rent it on NetFlix or the DVD will be for sale at the end of March. It could be a great topic for an upcoming SacWomen event?

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Best analysis I read was from an unattributed reader of Andrew Sullivan's blog:

I am a 52 yr old, gay woman who is a resident of Illinois and who has enthusiastically supported Obama since he ran for State Senate. Iowa made me swoon and I looked forward to seeing the New Hampshire primary put the Clinton candidacy to bed. But, by Monday night, I was sputtering that "we are not electing Jesus here" and was appalled/furious at the undisguised and creepily malevolent glee that the talking heads (Fox bobbleheads/barbies and Chris Matthews deserve particular mention; and you, sir, [Andrew Sullivan] do not come out unscathed) were throwing up as "analysis" of the "Hillary meltdown" and of their frankly undisguised loathing of her. I thought it was sexist and so did every woman I know.

You dismissed the Steinem editorial as "old-line lefty". Newsflash: there were twenty copies of that editorial in my in-box before breakfast yesterday morning – all of them from women who are ardent Obama supporters. We remain Obama supporters and will work "until the last dog dies" (thanks, Hillary!) for his nomination. However, we are just about done with a media that cannot report, analyze or provide information on candidates without first filtering it through its self-aggrandizing, inside-the-beltway-fantasy- filter about what would provide a better election narrative. Okay, so much of the media does not like Hillary? Neither do I. They just have to stop with the comments about tears, wrinkles, brittleness, legs and her alleged cackle. I may not want to vote for her—but I have always respected her. Peggy Noonan was too-obviously thrilled to write that Obama "took Mama to school" in Iowa; looks to me like Mama took the country to school last night.

Great rundown, sums up exactly how I feel. Keep it up, media, and all of us guilty feminists (we know we should be voting for a woman for President. It's a culmination of our lifetime of work, but we just can't stretch to Hillary!) It won't take too much to push us over the edge...but we really don't want to go there!

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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“A room of one’s own,” Virginia Woolf once famously suggested, is what a woman needs to get any writing done. Alas, even if you have a writing room in your house, the rest of your house is still there to interrupt you when you sit down to focus your creativity… Wait! Did you remember to start the dishwasher this morning? Better get up and check. Oh, is that the doorbell? Look, a neighbor has arrived to chat. And did you ever return those phone calls from yesterday? Better do it now before you forget. Finally, a moment arrives when you can get back to your thoughts and really dig in… my, but how the time has flown and now you’ll need to get dinner started.

Sound familiar? Instead, why not spend the weekend in Lake Tahoe in a quiet room at “Write By the Lake” with other women writers, lots of wine, and wonderful food? I’ll be there too – Jennifer Sander, of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published, 4th Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to) and some fifty other titles. A former Random House editor and long time book packager and publishing consultant, I’m happy to build a cozy fire and chat all night long about the trials and tribulations of the publishing world. Imagine the insider secrets you might pick up over a glass of our custom-made house wine, “Well Red.”

Other than drinking wine, what else happens on a Women’s Writing Retreat Weekend? The schedule looks like this:
Friday: Arrive late afternoon for introductions, socializing, and weekend goal setting. Dinner will be served at 7:30
Saturday: Breakfast before 9, private writing from 9 until 12. Lunch break and a short walk to the lake, afternoon writing time from 1:30-5. Dinner at 7:30.
Sunday: Breakfast before 9, writing from 9 until 12. Lunch break, another bit of leg stretching, and writing all afternoon until it is time for you to head back down the hill.

$235 fee includes all: a private room and all meals and drinks. I plan to hold this small event a few times a year at our South Lake Tahoe house, with a maximum of three writers each time. The first two weekends are Jan 25-27th, and March 7-9th. UPDATE -- MARCH LOOKS SOLD OUT, ONE SPOT LEFT FOR JANUARY!

This is your chance to get started on a new project, finish up an old one, or just sit quietly and let your thoughts and creativity surprise you. Let me know if you are interested, I’d love to see you there!

Jennifer Bayse Sander
Email: onedrymartini@hotmail.com

Thank you J.T. Long for passing along. It sounds GREAT.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Buy a ticket to Thursday's appearance of Sue Miller, The Senator's Wife (January 2008), While I Was Gone, The Good Mother, at Crest Theatre at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25.

And don't miss upcoming events:
Geraldine Brooks, February 6, 2008
Willie Brown, February 19, 2008
Richard Powers, March 3, 2008
Tobias Wolff, May 8, 2008

And thanks to California Lectures, two tickets to Geraldine Brooks will be one of the many great prizes at the upcoming SacWomen/SAGE event on 1/23/08. To register, go to the top of the home page of this blog. See you there!

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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The best quote of the night from the Democratic debate last night:

We should be as careful getting out (of Iraq) as we were careless getting in.
Senator Barack Obama.

Other thoughts:

Senator Clinton shouldn't go negative. Women are already perceived as being bitches. When they go negative, they are perceived as being superbitches.

Senator Obama is running for the presidency, the others are running for the nomination. He is statesmanlike.

If you would like to see my notes from the Republican debate last night, you can read them here.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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The Power Women 50 Index results at market close for January 4:

Click here for details.

About the Power Women 50 Index: We introduced the Index on October 11. The cover story in the current Fortune Magazine (October 15, 2007) featured the 50 most powerful women. The list included twelve CEOs of publicly traded companies. Assume an intial investment of $100,000 evenly spread over the twelve women-led companies in Fortune Magazine's Power Women 50. We will benchmark the Power Women 50 Index against the overall S&P 500 Index.

Pierre Cutler
The Sacramento Executive

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If you ever wondered if there were beings somewhere in the far reaches of the universe. Well, now you can attend a presentation by one of the leading researchers in this area.

Jill Tarter of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute in Mountain View is one of the few researchers to have devoted her career to hunting for signs of beings elsewhere. She will be speaking on the Campus of CSUS at 8PM on January 18th in Room 1005 of Mendocino Hall.

Tarter has received a lifetime achievement award from Women in Aerospace and two public service medals from NASA.

The presentation is free.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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Smart, funny, compassionate, articulate, involved......

This is such a GREAT speech.

Thank you Isabel Allende.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen

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