Celebrate International Women's Day!
Speaker's Forum: "We've Come A Long Way"
Friday March 12, 2010 7:30 – 9:00 pm.
at Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver
4505 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA 98661 Map
A Church Community Potluck Suppr precedes the Forum info here

The Social Action Council is delighted to sponsor this gala salute to women's progress; an evening rich in shared joy and reflection that highlights the progress women have gained toward full personhood and opportunity in the 21st century.

Our keynote speaker is UUCV member and former WA state representative, Val Ogden. Val will share her personal story, her assessment of the current status of women, and the future opportunities she sees for women. Additional presenters are Clark College “Women around the World” professor Ann Snyder, and Rev. Shelly Fayette, of The Good Shepherd Church in Vancouver. An open discussion and Hand-made Quilt Raffle, with proceeds going to Global Fund for Women, concludes the evening. See below for speaker biographies.

This is a free event but seating is limited so registration is required. Please send your RSVP to register@UUCVan.org. Please include your name, how many are attending, and optional phone number. If you do not attend UUCV, you might also mention how you heard about this event. Thank You!

Our Presenters:

Val Ogden has a long history of involvement in non-profit management. She has served as Executive Director of human service organizations such as the YWCA, Camp Fire, United Way and Community Education. She also served on the National Staff of the YWCA as a board trainer and on the National Staff of Camp Fire as a loaned Executive Director.

She is a former President of the Association for Volunteer Administration and the National Order of Women Legislators. In addition, she served in the Washington State House of Representatives for twelve years. The last four years of her tenure she was Speaker Pro Tem. She retired in 2002.

Val serves on many local boards, including Southwest Washington Center for the Arts, which is working to build a performing arts center in Vancouver, WA. She also has her own consulting firm, providing training in Board development, fund raising, and volunteer management. Val is married to Dan Ogden and they have three children, six grandchildren and one great grandson.

Ann Virtu Snyder has been an instructor for the Women's Studies Department at Clark College since 2003. She holds a master’s degree in women’s studies and communication from Oregon State University, a graduate certificate in nonprofit management from Concordia University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Rutgers University. Prior careers ranged from computer technology to executive directorship to independent consulting.

Her college teaching career began in 1994 at Chemeketa Community College, where she taught human development and work place skills to women receiving public assistance and struggling to support their families. Learning from these women, and working with them to build their capacity helped shape her perspective on women, work, and family.

The Rev. Shelly Fayette grew up in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. She spent her first year out of high school living as a resident volunteer at the Queen of Peace Home in South Central LA, a shelter for homeless pregnant women run by Mother Teresa’s order of nuns.

She graduated summa cum laude from Seattle University in 2003, and spent three years loving her work as a nanny in Seattle while discerning a call to ordained ministry after college. In May 2009, she graduated from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and has served parishes in Harlem, Yakima, and Eastern Oregon, as well as working at The Episcopal Church Center in the Mission Personnel and Federal Ministries offices.

Rev. Fayette serves as the Associate Priest at Church of the Good Shepherd in Vancouver, WA. She and her partner Aaron enjoy cooking, watching movies, and rabble-rousing.

The Global Fund For Women is an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice. Its mission is to advance women's human rights by making grants to women's groups that work to gain freedom from poverty, violence and discrimination. Since it was founded in 1987, GFW has awarded over $71 million to 3,800 women's organizations in 167 countries. Poster image used above, courtesy of the Global Fund for Women.

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