Southern California Regional Council of OrganizationsAffiliated with the United Nations Association, Southern California Division 2009 List of Participating NGOs SCRCP May 19, 2010 Meeting and LuncheonSouthern California Regional Council of Organizations hopes you will join us for the day or just for lunch at our annual retreat where our luncheon topic will focus on: Violence Against Women - A Global Struggleat the Women’s City Club of Pasadena Violence Against Women - A Global Struggle is the topic for our luncheon speakers at the So. CA Regional Council of Organizations meeting on Wednesday, May 19th, at the Women's City Club in Pasadena. Julie Mairs, Chair, Soroptimists International STOP Trafficking, Camino Real Region, will lead us through a discussion of the various forms of violence against women, it's prevalence worldwide, the impact on society, and what is being done to combat this assault on human rights. Sherry Ludwig, Director, CA AAUW for International Advocacy, will then walk us through what we as NGOs can do to bring about change legislatively and socially, both here in the US and abroad. One of the United Nations millennium goals--Empowering women and promoting equality between men and women--speaks to this issue and has been in the forefront of Sec. General Ban Ki Moon's agenda. Come and join us as we explore this timely subject and learn what we can do to bring about change. SCRCO is a focal point for Southern California area organizations to collaborate in fostering greater awareness of the work of the United Nations and in building an informed and vocal constituency for U.S. leadership in a more effective United Nations. Annual Business Meeting 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, 5/19 Women’s City Club.
REPORTS:SCRCO ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009 - June, 2009 The work of the Southern California Regional Council of Organizations (SCRCO) for 2008 began in late 2007 on organizational plans for continued development and refinement of the mission statement, operational guidelines, scheduling of meetings and other administrative tasks. The Executive Committee meets monthly and the Council meets every month except in mid-summer. The Southern California Regional Council of Organizations (SCRCO) continues to improve the organization for the benefit of our NGOs, organizations , the Council, the Southern California Division UNA-USA and the UNA-USA. This year, the opportunity is open to us to support more fully the COO (Council of Organizations, New York and Washington D.C.). An invitation was issued to SCRCO to participate in Interim Executive Committee Meetings with COO to consider directions for future strategy of our Councils by Jessica Hartl, Coordinator, Council of Organizations UNA-USA. Meetings have been held in person and via conference call with Jessica Hartl, and the members of the Interim Committee who are as follows: Tasha Coleman, NAACP, Carole Coners, League of Women Voters, Leticia
Diaz, National Association of Social Workers, Etra Aaron, B’nai
B’rith International, Elizabeth Latham, US Committee for
UNDP, Vivian Love Jones, Church Women United, Carl Murrell, National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the US, Louisa Rahmani,
Americans for UNFPA, Pat Scharlin, Rainforest Alliance, Jackie
Shapiro, Zonta International, Lawrence Smith, Karen Smyth, UN Informational
Center, Williams Smith Mignon, Global Associates for Health Development,
and Suzanne Burger, SCRCO. The goals being addressed by the Interim Executive Committee are
as follows:
Discussion of the goals centered on the following questions:
It is interesting that many of our SCRCO discussions are very similar to those of the New York and Washington D.C. Councils In January 2009, Mwende May was nominated to serve on the COO Executive Committee. She will attend the COO meeting and the UNA-USA Convention in June. In April, 2009 our annual retreat was held at the Blinn House in Pasadena with Jessica Hartl, Coordinator, Council of Organizations, UNA-USA , Washington D.C. as the speaker and facilitator. Our future plans centered mainly on Advocacy and how we relate with regard to through our respective NGOs, the UNA-USA chapters, the Southern California Division UNA-USA, COO, and finally, to UNA-USA. The discussion was productive and are building more detail on process. Officers for 2009-2010 were elected. They are:
On a personal note, I am grateful for the participation and hard work of our Executive Committee and the SCRCO in getting through this continued transition period. Thanks to our Vice Chairs Mwende May, Joan Jackson, Ginny Hatfield, Secretary, Laverne Smith, Treasurer Hildreth Simmons, Membership Chair Toby Osos, Immediate Past Chair, Jane Burtis and those other loyal persons who are always there for SCRCO. Thank you for the opportunity to serve, Suzanne Burger, Chair
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