I wanted to share this article from Common Dreams.org news center with you:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/17/7103/.
You may have to cut and paste it into your browsers.
Caroline
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day from Planned Parenthood
Dear Friends,
This is from Planned Parenthood. Unfortunately, the heart-shaped condom would not copy and paste so you will just have to imagine it.
Caroline
Chocolates, hearts, flowers ... and condoms. Must be Valentine's Day!
Okay, so a condom isn't a part of everyone's Valentine's Day. But since the condom first hit the world many thousands of years ago, it has protected millions of people from infection and prevented untold numbers of unintended pregnancies. Not too bad, eh? And Valentine's Day is the first day of National Condom Week, so it's a great time to remind family, friends, and romantic partners about just how fantastic condoms are. How about sharing The Truth About Condoms and Planned Parenthood's condom how-to video?
And of course, this week, and every week, women and men can find out about condoms, STD/STI prevention, and birth control, and also pick up supplies at their local Planned Parenthood health center.
Celebrating love,
Cecile Richards
President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
This is from Planned Parenthood. Unfortunately, the heart-shaped condom would not copy and paste so you will just have to imagine it.
Caroline
Chocolates, hearts, flowers ... and condoms. Must be Valentine's Day!
Okay, so a condom isn't a part of everyone's Valentine's Day. But since the condom first hit the world many thousands of years ago, it has protected millions of people from infection and prevented untold numbers of unintended pregnancies. Not too bad, eh? And Valentine's Day is the first day of National Condom Week, so it's a great time to remind family, friends, and romantic partners about just how fantastic condoms are. How about sharing The Truth About Condoms and Planned Parenthood's condom how-to video?
And of course, this week, and every week, women and men can find out about condoms, STD/STI prevention, and birth control, and also pick up supplies at their local Planned Parenthood health center.
Celebrating love,
Cecile Richards
President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Monday, February 11, 2008
CCSW Job Announcement
Greetings,
The California Commission on the Status of Women has just posted a job announcement for a finance director at BANANAS, a non-profit child care agency in Oakland.
Caroline
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT – FINANCE DIRECTOR
BANANAS, Inc., is a thirty-five year old well-established non-profit child care resource and referral agency seeking a full-time Finance Director. BANANAS provides a variety of services to parents and child care programs as well as manages an array of child care payment programs serving low-income families in Northern Alameda County. BANANAS employs 40 staff and has an annual budget of approximately $12 million, most of which is ongoing State funding.
The Finance Director will direct and oversee all the financial activities of the agency and will work closely with the agency executive team as well as the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors. This is a hands-on position which requires on-site management of a small finance department staff. Responsibilities include budgeting, preparation of current financial reports for internal and external reporting purposes, grants management of multiple contracts and preparation of summaries and forecasts for future growth and general economic outlook for all programs.
Duties
• Fulfill all accounting responsibilities including general ledger and timely/accurate production of monthly financial statements for the executive team and Board review
• Manage end of month accounting procedures and closing of financial books
• Implement accounts payable, accounts receivable and reconciliation
• Develop and maintain a cost allocation system and Accounting Procedures Manual
• Liaison with accountants, bankers, insurance companies, auditors and board treasurer
• Track investments on a monthly basis
• Oversee and streamline business practices; office equipment management
• Administer Payroll and Compensation
• Manage intake of new employees and oversee benefits package.
• Provide budgetary support for staff on fundraising projects
• Develop and track budget
Qualifications
• Requires BA/BS in Accounting, Finance or equivalent work experience; MBA/CPA and/or experience working with non-profits preferred
• Five to seven years of increasing responsibilities and experience in finance and accounting, as well as information systems
• Three to five years experience in internal and external audit activities
• Knowledge of and experience with cash management, expenditure and disbursement requirements mandated by the California Department of Education, OMB Circular A-133 and OMB Circular 122
• Direct experience with budgets, forecasting, financial analysis and fund accounting.
• Excellent computer knowledge and skills; Mac experience a plus
• Demonstrated understanding of fiscal management and ability to think of new and improved ways to use and create processes and systems
• Strong conceptual, organizational, and management skills
• Clear ability to work closely and effectively with all staff, Board members, legal advisors, and service providers and contractors
• Proven ability in business writing and business planning
• Ability to obtain criminal record clearance
BANANAS is located in Oakland and offers a diverse working environment and a generous benefits package including: vacation, sick/personal leave, paid holidays, health, dental, life insurance, wellness package, and retirement plan.
To Apply: Send resume with cover letter to BANANAS@BANANASInc.org, Attention: Finance Director position. Please include a description of financial experience, any relevant experience with non-profits, child care and/or State contracts. Also, please include the names, titles and contact information of three employment references.
BANANAS, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer located in Oakland, California. For more information concerning our organization, please visit our website at www.bananasinc.org.
NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE. PRINCIPALS ONLY.
The California Commission on the Status of Women has just posted a job announcement for a finance director at BANANAS, a non-profit child care agency in Oakland.
Caroline
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT – FINANCE DIRECTOR
BANANAS, Inc., is a thirty-five year old well-established non-profit child care resource and referral agency seeking a full-time Finance Director. BANANAS provides a variety of services to parents and child care programs as well as manages an array of child care payment programs serving low-income families in Northern Alameda County. BANANAS employs 40 staff and has an annual budget of approximately $12 million, most of which is ongoing State funding.
The Finance Director will direct and oversee all the financial activities of the agency and will work closely with the agency executive team as well as the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors. This is a hands-on position which requires on-site management of a small finance department staff. Responsibilities include budgeting, preparation of current financial reports for internal and external reporting purposes, grants management of multiple contracts and preparation of summaries and forecasts for future growth and general economic outlook for all programs.
Duties
• Fulfill all accounting responsibilities including general ledger and timely/accurate production of monthly financial statements for the executive team and Board review
• Manage end of month accounting procedures and closing of financial books
• Implement accounts payable, accounts receivable and reconciliation
• Develop and maintain a cost allocation system and Accounting Procedures Manual
• Liaison with accountants, bankers, insurance companies, auditors and board treasurer
• Track investments on a monthly basis
• Oversee and streamline business practices; office equipment management
• Administer Payroll and Compensation
• Manage intake of new employees and oversee benefits package.
• Provide budgetary support for staff on fundraising projects
• Develop and track budget
Qualifications
• Requires BA/BS in Accounting, Finance or equivalent work experience; MBA/CPA and/or experience working with non-profits preferred
• Five to seven years of increasing responsibilities and experience in finance and accounting, as well as information systems
• Three to five years experience in internal and external audit activities
• Knowledge of and experience with cash management, expenditure and disbursement requirements mandated by the California Department of Education, OMB Circular A-133 and OMB Circular 122
• Direct experience with budgets, forecasting, financial analysis and fund accounting.
• Excellent computer knowledge and skills; Mac experience a plus
• Demonstrated understanding of fiscal management and ability to think of new and improved ways to use and create processes and systems
• Strong conceptual, organizational, and management skills
• Clear ability to work closely and effectively with all staff, Board members, legal advisors, and service providers and contractors
• Proven ability in business writing and business planning
• Ability to obtain criminal record clearance
BANANAS is located in Oakland and offers a diverse working environment and a generous benefits package including: vacation, sick/personal leave, paid holidays, health, dental, life insurance, wellness package, and retirement plan.
To Apply: Send resume with cover letter to BANANAS@BANANASInc.org, Attention: Finance Director position. Please include a description of financial experience, any relevant experience with non-profits, child care and/or State contracts. Also, please include the names, titles and contact information of three employment references.
BANANAS, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer located in Oakland, California. For more information concerning our organization, please visit our website at www.bananasinc.org.
NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE. PRINCIPALS ONLY.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Kaiser Family Foundation Film Screening
This is a new post from Kaiser Family Foundation about uninsured Americans that I thought you all might be interested in.
Caroline
Friday, February 8, 2008
Invitation: World Premiere Screening of “Critical Condition,” A Film About the Uninsured in America
The Kaiser Family Foundation is pleased to distribute information about the premiere of a new film about the uninsured in America, on behalf of documentary filmmaker Roger Weisberg:
CRITICAL CONDITION paints a gripping portrait of what happens when you’re sick and uninsured in America. The unforgettable subjects of this cinema verité film discover that being uncovered can cost them their jobs, health, homes, savings, and even their lives.
Please join us for the world premiere of this new documentary by Roger Weisberg
at the Cinequest Film Festival.
SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2008 AT 12:30PM AND SUNDAY MARCH 2, 2008 AT 2:00PM
CAMERA 12, 201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, SAN JOSE, CA
Tickets available online or by calling 408.295.FEST
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Caroline
Friday, February 8, 2008
Invitation: World Premiere Screening of “Critical Condition,” A Film About the Uninsured in America
The Kaiser Family Foundation is pleased to distribute information about the premiere of a new film about the uninsured in America, on behalf of documentary filmmaker Roger Weisberg:
CRITICAL CONDITION paints a gripping portrait of what happens when you’re sick and uninsured in America. The unforgettable subjects of this cinema verité film discover that being uncovered can cost them their jobs, health, homes, savings, and even their lives.
Please join us for the world premiere of this new documentary by Roger Weisberg
at the Cinequest Film Festival.
SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2008 AT 12:30PM AND SUNDAY MARCH 2, 2008 AT 2:00PM
CAMERA 12, 201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, SAN JOSE, CA
Tickets available online or by calling 408.295.FEST
Privacy Policy | Contact Us
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including your preference for Text or HTML formatted emails, click here.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650) 854-9400
Washington DC Office 1330 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 347-5270
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Bush's New Appointee, What if Roe Fell
Anti-Family Planning Assistant Appointed
According to The Center for American Progress Action Fund, President Bush on Monday bestowed oversight of federal family planning programs to Susan Orr by appointing her Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services. As such, she will be responsible for the department’s $283 million reproductive-health program which funds birth control, pregnancy tests, counseling, and screenings for sexually transmitted diseases, as well as a $30 million abstinence-only education program. Before joining HHS, Orr held a senior position at the Family Research Council, which opposes family planning, and was quoted in a 2000 article opposing requiring health insurance plans to cover contraceptives as saying, “It’s not about choice. It’s not about health care. It’s about making everyone collaborators with the culture of death.” As Orr was appointed “acting” secretary, she is not subject to the Senate confirmation process.
ACTION: AAUW supports the right of every woman to safe, accessible, affordable, and comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services and trusts that every woman has the ability to make her own informed choices regarding her reproductive life within the dictates of her own moral and religious beliefs. Further, AAUW believes that these deeply personal decisions should be made without governmental interference. AAUW members have made reproductive rights a policy principle since 1977. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) called her appointment “absurd,” and many women’s rights and reproductive health advocates agree. If you would like to send a message to President Bush, visit Planned Parenthood’s website and sign a petition opposing Orr’s appointment.
What if Roe Fell?
What might happen to abortion rights in your state if Roe v. Wade were overturned? The Center for Reproductive Rights has taken a long look at the state laws around the country, and this fall, they’re releasing a new report which lays out the actual legal consequences of reversing Roe. Find out what could happen in your state. Reserve your electronic copy by emailing The Center for Reproductive Rights at RoeReport@reprorights.org.
According to The Center for American Progress Action Fund, President Bush on Monday bestowed oversight of federal family planning programs to Susan Orr by appointing her Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services. As such, she will be responsible for the department’s $283 million reproductive-health program which funds birth control, pregnancy tests, counseling, and screenings for sexually transmitted diseases, as well as a $30 million abstinence-only education program. Before joining HHS, Orr held a senior position at the Family Research Council, which opposes family planning, and was quoted in a 2000 article opposing requiring health insurance plans to cover contraceptives as saying, “It’s not about choice. It’s not about health care. It’s about making everyone collaborators with the culture of death.” As Orr was appointed “acting” secretary, she is not subject to the Senate confirmation process.
ACTION: AAUW supports the right of every woman to safe, accessible, affordable, and comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services and trusts that every woman has the ability to make her own informed choices regarding her reproductive life within the dictates of her own moral and religious beliefs. Further, AAUW believes that these deeply personal decisions should be made without governmental interference. AAUW members have made reproductive rights a policy principle since 1977. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) called her appointment “absurd,” and many women’s rights and reproductive health advocates agree. If you would like to send a message to President Bush, visit Planned Parenthood’s website and sign a petition opposing Orr’s appointment.
What if Roe Fell?
What might happen to abortion rights in your state if Roe v. Wade were overturned? The Center for Reproductive Rights has taken a long look at the state laws around the country, and this fall, they’re releasing a new report which lays out the actual legal consequences of reversing Roe. Find out what could happen in your state. Reserve your electronic copy by emailing The Center for Reproductive Rights at RoeReport@reprorights.org.
Friday, October 19, 2007
A Third Parental Notification Ballot Initiative
The following is a report from the California Coalition on Reproductive Freedom (CCRF) hearings held in September. I will be checking this out and will keep you up-to-date as much as possible.
The previously discussed Sexual Abuse Reporting Initiative has been approved for signature gathering but seems to have been abandoned. The same folks have instead filed a third version of the parental notification for abortion initiative, which is essentially a photocopy of Propositions 73 and 85 but with a few new ideas thrown in. You can check the latest status of all the ballot initiatives at the Secretary of State's website .
Because the initiative would be on the November 2008 ballot along with the presidential election, there will many more voters to educate. Partnership and input with diverse community groups, particularly those of you based in communities of color, will be critical to ensure that the message and strategy development for this initiative is appropriate from the very beginning. Steve Smith from Dewey Square and Maggie Linden from Ogilvy PR Worldwide are once again working with Planned Parenthood on focus groups and message development. At the CCRF meeting, Steve encouraged people or organizations who would like to inform the process to contact him at SSmith@deweysquare.com or 916 447 4099.
You will also be kept informed of any developments and news in the coming weeks via this list-serve.
The previously discussed Sexual Abuse Reporting Initiative has been approved for signature gathering but seems to have been abandoned. The same folks have instead filed a third version of the parental notification for abortion initiative, which is essentially a photocopy of Propositions 73 and 85 but with a few new ideas thrown in. You can check the latest status of all the ballot initiatives at the Secretary of State's website .
Because the initiative would be on the November 2008 ballot along with the presidential election, there will many more voters to educate. Partnership and input with diverse community groups, particularly those of you based in communities of color, will be critical to ensure that the message and strategy development for this initiative is appropriate from the very beginning. Steve Smith from Dewey Square and Maggie Linden from Ogilvy PR Worldwide are once again working with Planned Parenthood on focus groups and message development. At the CCRF meeting, Steve encouraged people or organizations who would like to inform the process to contact him at SSmith@deweysquare.com or 916 447 4099.
You will also be kept informed of any developments and news in the coming weeks via this list-serve.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Oppose Susan Orr as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs
An annoucement from Planned Parenthood:
The Bush administration has announced the appointment of staunchly anti-birth control Susan Orr to a leadership role in the Office of Population Affairs.
Orr's anti-reproductive health stance is clear. She applauded President Bush's reinstatement of the global gag rule and urged him to revoke approval for mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486) — both while working for the notoriously anti-choice, anti-birth control, anti-sex education organization, the Family Research Council.
It is hard to imagine a more mismatched role for Susan Orr than one in the Office of Population Affairs, the department that advises the secretary of health on policies concerning reproductive health.
In other words, a virulently anti-family planning radical is in charge of family planning. Appointments don't get more egregious than this.
If you click HERE you can
check out what is at stake and send your own message directly to the relevant decision makers.
The Bush administration has announced the appointment of staunchly anti-birth control Susan Orr to a leadership role in the Office of Population Affairs.
Orr's anti-reproductive health stance is clear. She applauded President Bush's reinstatement of the global gag rule and urged him to revoke approval for mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486) — both while working for the notoriously anti-choice, anti-birth control, anti-sex education organization, the Family Research Council.
It is hard to imagine a more mismatched role for Susan Orr than one in the Office of Population Affairs, the department that advises the secretary of health on policies concerning reproductive health.
In other words, a virulently anti-family planning radical is in charge of family planning. Appointments don't get more egregious than this.
If you click HERE you can
check out what is at stake and send your own message directly to the relevant decision makers.
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