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A Woman's Voice with Joan Blades

Hillside Club
Berkeley, CA


You're invited! Come join in a lively local conversation about mothers, families and the women's movement. The Hillside Club in Berkeley is hosting the event with MomsRising's co-founder Joan Blades leading the conversation.

WHAT: "Mothers, Family, and the Women's Movement in the 21st Century"
WHERE: Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley CA 94709
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 20, 7:00 PM
WHO: You, your kids, friends, neighbors-- all are welcome!

This Hillside Club event is $10, or $5 for club members and members of momsRising.

We'd love to see you there!

A Woman's Voice will present Joan Blades in conversation with
friends and audience members discussing the role of mothers, families
and how they relate to the on-going women's movement now and in the
future. Joan is a co-founder of both MoveOn.org and MomsRising.org.
The former is a political education and advocacy group; the latter
works to bring together millions of people who share a common concern
about the need to build a more family-friendly America.

This is the first in a monthly series of lectures at the Club. The
series, A Woman's Voice, gives women an opportunity to express their
passion to a new or wider audience.

Joan Blades is a co-founder of MoveOn.org., which has an online
membership of over 5 million. Mother's Day 2006 she co-founded
MomsRising.org with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner to tap the power of online
grassroots organizing for mothers and families in the U.S. MomsRising
has an online membership of over 1 million. She is the co-author of
The Motherhood Manifesto, which won the Ernesta Drinker Ballard Book
Prize in 2007. Last century she co-founded Berkeley Systems, taught
mediation at Golden Gate Law School, practiced mediation, and wrote
Mediate Your Divorce. She is also a mother, a writer, an artist, a
jeweler, a soccer player, and a Hillside Club member.

Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: No
Wheelchair Accessible: No


Contact
Who: John Feld
Phone: 510 644 2967
Email: info@hillsideclub.org
Web: http://illsideclub.org
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Event Details
Dates
 
Start: Sunday Sep 20, 2009 7:00 PM
End: Sunday Sep 20, 2009 9:45 PM

Prices
  $5.00 - $10.00

Location
  Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street
Berkeley, CA 94709
United States

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