Resources and Regional Opportunities/Events

August 20, 2010:   
RURAL ARIZONA WOMEN’S HEALTH INITIATIVE LAUNCHED. The initiative  provides resources for addressing issues around women’s health in rural communities. It is managed by the Rural Health Office at the UA’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.
Contact Jennifer Peters for further information at petersjs@u.arizona.edu
Website link :   http://www.rho.arizona.edu/Programs/Service/SORH/RWHI.aspx

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August 28, 2010:

National Organization for Women Tucson Chapter is honoring all of our past honorees as our 2010 Women of Courage
20th Annual Woman of Courage Luncheon
The Arizona Inn, Saturday, August 28, 2010     11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Marcia Niemann,* Virginia Yrun, Alison Hughes,* Claudia Ellquist, Herschella Horton, Linda Lopez, Women of Broad Perspectives, Elaine Richardson,
Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith, Arizona Women’s Political Caucus, Mary MacEwan & WILPF, Eve Shapiro, Sheila Tobias,* Joan Bonvicini, Patti Caldwell, Gabrielle Giffords, Elizabeth Kennedy, Augie Grodson, Ann Weaver Nichols

__*denotes past and/or current Women’s Commission Executive Director or Commissioner ___

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Current City Meeting Agendas:
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/clerks

Local Resource Links:

http://www.firrp.org/  Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project

http://www.sazlegalaid.org/  Southern Arizona Legal Aid

National and International

http://www.womenforwomen.org/sponsor-a-woman/returning-sponsors.php Women for Women: Sponsor a Woman in a War Torn Country