Green Sunday: Women to the Front!

Women to the Front!
We are celebrating Mothers’ Day for Justice and Peace. Hear how the women-led group CODEPINK is addressing militarism, patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism, climate catastrophe and the war economy, from local CODEPINK activists Marjorie Mikels and Cynthia Papermaster, coordinator of the Bay Area Codepink chapter. Tune in to get informed and inspired! There will be plenty of time for your questions and discussion.

Cynthia Papermaster is the Coordinator of the Golden Gate Bay Area Chapter of CODEPINK. She has BA and Masters degrees from UC Berkeley and is a retired law librarian and mother of a brilliant, beautiful, sassy daughter who lives in Oakland. Cynthia is a master pie baker who is interested in peaceful, loving, femin ist revolution and Jack London’s 1906 The Iron Heel, a cinematic novel of uprising and revolution in the United States that is set in Northern California. Her service dog Luck-Key is a trusted colleague who accompanies her everywhere for actions and travel.

Marjorie Mikels is an attorney, with a BA in Sociology and a Law Degree from UCLA, who has been practicing law for over 40 years.  She is a mother of 3 daughters and grandmother of 8 all living in the Bay Area. Marjorie ran as an Attorney/Peace Advocate for Congress against Nancy Pelosi in the March primary, and has been an outspoken Peace advocate, joining with Code Pink, opposing the Weapons Industry and arming Israel. She is an avid gardener and she sings and plays the accordion, having once been arrested for playing her song, “Save the Children”.

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.