San Francisco Women's Political Committee
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Protect Survivors, Not Abusers Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault It has been two months since San Francisco housing activist Sasha Perigo spoke out about being raped by local activist Jon Jacobo. At that time, our board issued a call-to-action to condemn sexual abuse, assault, harassment and predatory behavior across political lines and stature in San Francisco’s political circles. Today, …
Yesterday, September 1, the Texas anti-abortion law, known as Senate Bill 8, went into effect. Senate Bill 8 undermines Roe v. Wade and blocks access to abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy, effectively taking away a woman’s right to choose. The impact deprives Texas women of nearly all options for abortion services. SFWPC strongly condemns …
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault On Friday, San Francisco housing activist Sasha Perigo went public about her rape by another local activist, Jon Jacobo. We commend Sasha’s courage and bravery in sharing this very personal trauma in great detail in order to both lessen her own burden of keeping this secret, and in making it public …
\”An Israeli airstrike targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets hours after another Israeli air raid on a densely populated refugee camp killed at least 10 Palestinians from an extended family, mostly children, on Saturday. The strike on the high-rise came nearly …
Our hearts are heavy after another tragic week in America. Nearly a year after the murder of George Floyd, we are reminded that little within the systems of policing in America has actually changed. While Mr. Floyd’s murderer was on trial for the crime literally only minutes away, another unarmed Black man, Daunte Wright, was …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Contact: Megan Imperial, (415) 972 – 9792, megan.imperial@sfgov.org ***PRESS RELEASE*** SUPERVISOR MELGAR AND SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN’S POLITICAL COMMITTEE ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LIMITED SPEAKING TIME-STUDY SFWPC analyzed the first week of March looking at men minutes vs. women minutes spoken on the Board of Supervisors SAN FRANCISCO, …
\”All women and girls should feel safe on the street of [insert any city or town name here] at all times.\” This statement is what an equitable world for women and girls would feel like. As demonstrated by recent events, violence against women is a pervasive and insidious issue that exists in the United States …
The murders of 8 people in three spas in Atlanta last night, 6 of whom were Asian women, has us all reeling today. This senseless violence is the latest and one of the most deadly examples of the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes over the course of the last year. It is alarming, unacceptable, and …
UPDATE: We are excited to share that the full proposed slate was elected by the SFWPC membership! Stay tuned to get to know more about each member as we share profiles over the coming weeks. We are thrilled to share our 2021 Board slate with our community. We have an ambitious set of goals for 2021, and …
SFWPC firmly believes we should do all we can to ensure equitable representation in our city’s leadership and to encourage civic participation. With these principles in mind we wholeheartedly encourage our members to vote YES on ballot measures C & G. YES ON Prop C: Removing Citizenship Requirements for Members of City Bodies Charter Amendment: …