Over the past twelve years CAWA has connected women locally and globally, organizing women from Arcata to Uganda, Pixley to Afghanistan, Missouri to the Philippines

In celebration of these women's voices and of our achievements - and to underscore the importance of the 2008 election year, WIN invites you to a festive event at the Delancey Street Town Hall In San Francisco at 6:00 PM on November 2nd.

Please plan to come and meet the many women and supportive men who believe in grassroots social change and enjoy music and delicacies from around the world. See our website for registration information or contact the WIN office at 415-221-4841, win@win-cawa. I look forward to seeing you there!

Peace, Elahe Amani,
Chair, WIN Board of Directors

Women's Intercultural Network - WIN - is an international non-profit organization, consultative to the UN, based in San Francisco, California, that links women and girls across cultures, locally and globally for collective action on common critical concerns. WIN's mission is to ensure that the voices of all women and girls are heard by providing opportunities for the voices of our sisters who have not been able to participate in public policy forums. We work on the ground and on the Internet!

Locally, WIN coordinates the California Women's Agenda (CAWA), a million women network that organizes - not an organization that networks.

Nationally, CAWA is a partner with other state hubs in US Women Connect (USWC), the national women's action network that serves as anchor for the US Women's Agenda and links to the global women's agenda.

Globally, WIN connects women and girls through CALLING the CIRCLE, our ground-breaking program that is currently linking women from the U.S., Afghanistan, Uganda, Japan among other countries for full participation in Democracy.

CAWA, USWC and CALLING the CIRCLE are ways in which WIN is working to implement the Beijing Platform of Action, the document created from the 4th United Nations Conference on Women, 1995, and reaffirmed by 189 nations in March, 2005.

It's not too soon to begin getting out the vote! The California Suffrage Parade Coalition is mobilizing us for a Women's Equality Day Parade Saturday, August 25th in Sacramento to alert women to our right and responsibility to vote and GET OUT THE VOTE!
Join us at 7th and T streets at 9:00 am and help us in this day of voter decline, apathy and insecurity to reaffirm the need for all women to exercise our right to vote. Here are the details:
WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY PARADE
Friday night we will be energized by the Great Women of Jazz Festival - information also on the Parade web site or call 916-483-9804
If you are still not convinced, read Jacqueline Lee's article "Millions of Women Still Fail to Cast Ballots" from Women's eNews.

Then join us in signing the 'courage campaign' petition supporting Secretary of State Debra Bowen's top-to-bottom review conclusions for California's voting systems. She is doing her best to lead us toward safer and fairer elections.

REGISTER TO VOTE HERE!