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Why did Santa Ana’s education unions reject every woman running for the School Board?

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2016 Elections, Beatriz Mendoza, Cecilia Iglesias, Education, Gloria Alvarado, Mark McLoughlin, Politics, Santa Ana, SAUSD, Women 8 Comments

Today was Women’s Equality Day but we have not made much progress in Santa Ana. Our local education unions endorsed three men for the SAUSD School Board election in November. They did not even bother to interview the women in the race.

Now I cannot blame the Santa Ana Educators Association (SAEA) and the California School Employees Association (CSEA) Chapter 41 for not backing SAUSD School Board incumbent Cecilia Iglesias. She is a conservative who believes in school choice and wants to spend the district’s money on hiring more teachers and more teacher’s aides instead of just paying the teachers more. So of course the education unions don’t like her.

But what about the other women who are running for the SAUSD School Board? Continue reading→

The Santa Ana City Council has declared Aug. 26 to be Women’s Equality Day

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Michele Martinez, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento, Women Leave a comment

City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County

Community: Tomorrow, August 26th is “Women’s Equality Day”

The Santa Ana City Council has proclaimed August 26, 2016 as “Women’s Equality Day”. This day commemorates the U.S. Congress’ designation at the behest of Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY), in 1971.

The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. This was the culmination of a massive, peaceful civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world’s first women’s rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York. Continue reading→

U.S. Rep. Sanchez commemorates Women’s Equality Day

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Loretta Sanchez, Politics, Women Leave a comment

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 46th Congressional District

STATEMENT, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 26, 2015

MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Morris, 202-225-2965, Emily.Morris@mail.house.gov

REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ STATEMENT ON WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46), released a statement commemorating Women’s Equality Day, on the 95th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which guaranteed America’s women the right to vote.

“On the 95th anniversary of the 19th amendment we reflect on the women whose dedication and vision shaped our history for the better but recommit ourselves to ending the inequality women still face in the workplace and the military and attacks on women’s health. Continue reading→