https://youtu.be/l_jEoOvvPeU It was a cold, rainy Saturday morning, but that didn’t stop nearly 400 enthusiastic and energetic high school girls and their mothers from gathering in East San Jose on March 9 to learn from their peers and to hear from policymakers. The seventh annual Strong Girls, Strong Women Conference was organized by the County…
County of Santa Clara Supervisor Cindy Chavez called this year’s Women’s Leadership Policy Summit to provide women and their allies an opportunity to attend practical workshops and to network. The goal was to draw strength from one another and learn how they might further combine their talents for the betterment of women and families.
Protima Pandey: An eventful start and ‘miles to go’ t was an eventful start for Protima Pandey as she stepped into her role as director of the Office of Women’s Policy for the County of Santa Clara at the beginning of 2018. Women and their supporters throughout the country had recently marched in protest of…
Striking a blow against domestic violence By the yardstick of spending, domestic violence services are suddenly six times more important to Santa Clara County leaders than they were as measured by dollars in last year’s budget. After years of stagnant annual funding of less than $1 million, the Board of Supervisors recently pumped $5 million…
