by Darien De Lu, Sacramento-Sierra Foothills Branch
The Sacramento-Sierra Foothills Branch is making a special effort to attract new interest through a year of special programming and follow-up. The 100th birthday plans begin in Women’s History Month when the branch hosts film showings with discussions for the first three Thursdays in March, culminating on the final Thursday with a “Living History Dance Performance” telling stories of Isadora Duncan. Peace activist Lois Flood is coming to Sacramento to present the dance and poetry production she has put together.
Other activities planned for later in the year include a presentation by local members about their experience at the International WILPF Conference; the initiation of a local economics study group emphasizing corporations, catastrophic climate change, and the evolution of corporate personhood; and possible branch involvement with the US Social Forum in San Jose, California in June.
The branch planned many of these activities at a special retreat meeting last September. Members hope to put particular attention to attracting new branch and WILPF members through the combination of special branch programs every other month and careful follow-up with those attending any of the 100th-year events.
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Photo provided by Lois Ann Flood. Used with her permission