Jacqueline (Left), Toni (Right)
Toni Pirtle, Northern Women’s Rights and Empowerment Director
Jacqueline Penhos, Southern Women’s Rights and Empowerment Director
From the CCA Bylaws:
“The At-Large Directors shall gather current data and information about activities affecting their respective constituencies; gather chapter data reflecting actions or needs affecting their respective constituencies; compile reports of these for CCA Board meetings and for dissemination to chapters and members; provide content for the CCA web pages.” If you have content that can be used in training or bargaining, please contact one of the at large directors above.
WE HONOR OUR OWN
Former Southern Women’s History & Issues Director: Martha Carreon
For over ten years, Martha Carreon, Rio Hondo CFA, has worked tirelessly for faculty in her local, in CCA, and in her community. As Martha continues that work at her local, we celebrate her and the many ways she has fought for and made CCA a better organization.
FOR ADVOCACY
Spread the Word on Social Media
Social media is an excellent method for educating your local, colleagues, students, staff, and administration, legislators, and community about the impact of women in ways that are either not known, are unexpected, or fall outside sometimes very basic perceptions.
The following are some examples of memes and images that can be shared with supportive hashtags.
FOR REPRESENTING
Resources for Women’s History Month and Beyond!
Even though Women’s History is officially observed in March, women’s history doesn’t go away the rest of the year. Resources from the National Women’s History Project are always available for classrooms, projects, and just for one’s own personal knowledge.
And if you want to take action to raise the status of women globally, you can Be Bold for Change at the International Women’s Day website. You can sign up, take action, and find resources and events for International Women’s Day March 8 and every day. You can also view a great International Women’s Day history timeline all the way back to 1908.
READING LIST:
Check out and share this article:
Wagner, Sally Roesch. “How Native American Women Inspired the Women’s Rights Movement.” On Their Shoulders: The Radical Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote, 17 April 2020.
Have more to share? Send them to the Women’s Directors listed at the top of the page
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Next National Women’s History Month: March 2025
FOR MEMBERS
Celebrate Women’s History Month
1. Learn their stories
Share and celebrate the efforts, successes, and struggles or women from across a broad spectrum of experiences. The Diversity Comm website offers some great examples of how this can be done in a stylish, effective way. “Women Community.” Diversity Comm, 2024.
2. Support Women-Owned, Local, Neighborhood Businesses
Support businesses owned by women when searching for restaurants, stores or other services. Type in the tag “women owned” when using Yelp to find services AND support local business owners.
3. Share important contributions made by women to make unions stronger.
The attached PowerPoint highlights some of the brave women featured in the “Great Women in Union History” poster gallery walk PowerPoint
CTA also has great resources for Women’s History Month on their website: https://www.cta.org/awareness-events/womens-history-month.
The posters on the left can be downloaded from the Women’s History Museum Students and Educators page.
4. Share National Women’s History Month resources
The Women’s History Museum in Washington D.C. offers resources, workshops, biographies, and a plethora of other information that can be posted and distributed around campus.
The US Department of Labor and its Data Center as well as the California Community College Chancellors Office Data Mart offer demographic and statistical data that can be used in bargaining and advocacy.
Other online resources include the National Women’s History Month page.
5. Thank and acknowledge the women who have helped you in your own life!
