Topics Discussed at Gathering #2 by Mary Laleyan Handwritten notes by Mary Laleyan summarized here by Wendy Bertrand After the presentation and acceptance of the above chart, the discussion cented on the subject of employment. Ruth Balden immediately volunteered to be the contact person for Employment issues, her name was entered in the organizational chart. 1. Ruth will spread the news about jobs. 2. Ruth will talk to potential employers. 3. Ruth will collect short summaries of known discrimination for future action. 4. Ruth will keep track of firms that have a record of equal treatment. 5. The Department of Human Resources Development was suggested as a good source for job hunting. 6. Since Beverly Willis was quoted as saying "Girls don't know how to sell themselves." we decided to invite her to speak about "How to look for employment." 7. Mary volunteer to be responsible for Education and she would be open to any topics or speakers of interest. She will contact Beverly Willis. 8. Wendy volunteered for Public Relations. Bobbie Sue Hood offered to help her. 9. We watched a TV presentation by Lorraine Lahr, President of NOW. 10. Some dicussion started about the name of the organization, and was postponed for next meeting. 11. Wendy described her work on the BART Impact Studies with the Institute of Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley Next meeting to be Jan 11, 1973 6:30 location to be decided. (Archived here by Wendy Bertrand, December 2011) |
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Newsletter | Jan/Feb 1973