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Laura Wells will open with reflections on what the words related to Women’s History Month even mean: feminist, female, woman. There are no easy answers in these times. The question is, how do we — women and all — proceed toward building the big movement that’s needed to move with strength and power toward the world we want?
Marsha Feinland will address how the history of women’s struggles for their rights at the workplace and at the ballot box is intertwined with the history of socialist movements in the United States and worldwide. This talk will cover some of the early union organizing of and by women, and how women’s activity converged and diverged with the often male-dominated general movements for workers’ rights and for socialism.
Marsha Feinland is a long time member of the Peace and Freedom Party of California. She has run for public offices from Berkeley School Board to U.S. Senate and one time for President of the United States. In 1994 she was elected to the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, helping to replace a landlord-controlled board with one that pledged to protect tenants.
Marsha is a retired teacher and a former teachers’ union activist, receiving a Ca. Teachers’ Association WHO award in 2002 for her representation of fellow teachers at the site and for organizing district-wide teacher actions around contract negotiations. She was active in the Abortion Rights movement, and helped to defend clinics when they were threatened by “Operation Rescue.”
She is currently volunteers as a facilitator on school field trips at the Oakland Museum of California and with the Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s eco-education program.
Laura Wells has been active with the Green Party of California since the party began in 1992. Beginning in 2002 she ran as a candidate for public office, primarily state Controller, and for Governor in 2010, with the platform of public banking and “tax the rich.” She has often campaigned alongside Marsha Feinland and they worked together on the 2022 Left Unity Slate composed of candidates from both the Green Party and the Peace and Freedom Party. As an aside, they also both enjoy bird-watching and learning to Lindy Hop swing dance.
Green Sundays are a series of free public programs & discussions on topics “du jour” sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County and held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party follows at 7:00 pm, after a 30-minute break. Council meetings are open to anyone who is interested.
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