I plan to be in the following communities this week:
Monday: Surrey
Tuesday: Vancouver
Wednesday: North Shore
If you are interested in meeting me, send me a message at [email protected] for more detailed information about locations and times.
I was interviewed last night by Ebby Mohseni on Vancouver Persian Radio about women in politics. I mentioned that I was running for the Vancity board of directors. A woman called to ask what makes me different from the other candidates. It’s a good question as many of the candidates are strong.
I told her that I was running as an independent and that I was committed to improving communication between the members and the board. Perhaps we can improve the percentage of voter turnout which is usually around 6-8% of eligible voters.
I plan to be outside of Branch 9, Main and 26th, around noon. If you’re in the area, please come by.
Yesterday, I met with Nancy Zimmerman, a money coach, who has a business and a great blog talking about being smart and wise with money.
http://www.nancyzimmerman.com/
Later I met with colleagues and friends in the community of volunteers at the AGM for Volunteer Vancouver http://www.volunteervancouver.ca/ and enjoyed a presentation from the Vancouver Foundation on Vital Signs 2007.
At the BCCIC workshop I met the Producer and Host of Vancouver Persian Radio, Ebby Mohseni. I will be interviewed on Saturday, March 29 at 9:20 pm. We will be talking about how women can get involved in politics and why it’s important for them to do so.
Vancouver Persian Radio is heard live on the Internet at www.redfm.ca or at 93.1 FM.
I taught a workshop today for the BC Council for International Cooperation. Before we started, one of the board members encouraged people present to look at the 10-Point Agenda for the national body, CCIC.
I looked at #4 - Achieving Gender Equity. This is one of the best descriptions I’ve read to describe why gender equity is so important.
http://www.ccic.ca/e/001/agenda_4_achieving_gender_equity.shtml
Watching the Obama campaign in the US has been inspirational for many of us. This new video demonstrates how important it is to ask and invite people to participate.
A Vancity member posed questions to candidates running for positions on the board of directors.
My responses to his questions are here:
http://www.changeeverything.ca/blog/alejandro-gaita/answers-14-jennifer-sweeney
I’ll be facilitating a workshop on networking at BCCIC on Wednesday, March 26.
Elaine Ryan entertained and inspired us at Sukhy’s International Women’s Day party on Friday night.
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