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CalSPAC Fall Conference 2015

11/18/2015

 
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CalSPAC hosted its Fall Conference in San Francisco from Friday, October 16 - Sunday, October 18. Approximately 35 delegates from all over California traveled to learn about how the California legislative process works, what other Junior Leagues are doing to "Bring CalSPAC Home," budget advocacy, and more!

Several speakers addressed the delegation including: Susie Berg, President Elect of the Junior League of San Francisco; Cynthia Foster, board member of the Association of Junior Leagues International and past President of Junior League of San Francisco; Political Solutions, CalSPAC's legislative analyst; and Minouche Kandel, Women's Policy Director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women.

CalSPAC had a historic vote at Fall Conference to add a fifth policy subcommittee - Human Trafficking - to its current list of policy subcommittees: Education, Health, Family Support, and Violence Prevention. This is an important step, as CalSPAC will now have a dedicated group of delegates reviewing human trafficking related bills for legislative action and to help us further develop our sponsored legislation platform.

Fall Conference concluded with a presentation of SPAC-tacular Awards, a new way to continually recognize delegates throughout the year from the Co-Chairs. Christie Bettendorf (Junior League of Long Beach) was awarded for her leadership within CalSPAC's education policy area and helping with the 2015-18 Strategic Plan. Kathryn Drewry (Junior League of Bakersfield) was recognized for her help with our Twitter and Periscope social media efforts.


Thank you to our Fall Conference Host Shannon Conner (Junior League of San Francisco) and the Junior League of San Francisco, for their hospitality. The next conference will take place in Los Angeles, March 18-20, 2016. We're excited to see all of our delegates then!
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CalSPAC Summer Conference 2015

11/18/2015

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Junior Leagues of California State Public Affairs Committee (CalSPAC) hosted its annual Summer Conference on Saturday, August 1 at the Junior League of San Francisco (for Northern Junior Leagues) and at the Junior League of San Francisco (for Southern Junior Leagues). CalSPAC delegates were invited to this quick introductory training to set up the year for success including how to navigate CalSPAC's matrix project which Junior delegates collect information about their Leagues so that CalSPAC may represent their interests when taking legislative action.

The morning began with a social media training led by Rita Scurich (Junior League of Monterey County) followed up by updated from our Policy Subcommittee Chairs Lenka Wright (Junior League of San Jose), Christie Bettendorf (Junior League of Long Beach), Ann Yih (Junior League of Palo Alto*Mid-Peninsula), and Marla Livengood (Junior League of San Joaquin County). CalSPAC's Co-Chairs Katherine Ahlswede and Sarah Percoulis also revealed their Road Map for the year.
 
In the afternoon, delegates learned how to conduct visits with elected officials led by Summer Ugale, Trainer. Junior delegates were assigned mini-placements, a new way for delegates to get involved early on in their CalSPAC placement. Senior delegates were trained on how to successfully mentor Junior delegates.
 

The day concluded with delegates sharing their plans for the year. Thank you to the Junior League of San Francisco and Junior League of Los Angeles for hosting our delegates.

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