2006-2007-2008 Commission Meeting Dates

The Commission will meet at 7 p.m. at the Ken Edwards Center

(1527 4th Street in Santa Monica), unless otherwise noted, on the following dates:

December 13, 2006

Meeting Documents  |  Requirements & Responsibilities  |  COSW Brochure

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2007 Outstanding Woman Leader Award

Toni Reinis, Executive Director, New Directions, Inc.

Toni Reinis is an advocate for the homeless who founded SOVA Kosher Food Pantry and served as Southern California Director of the California Homeless and Housing Coalition. Ms. Reinis is the Executive Director of New Directions, a licensed, long-term drug and alcohol treatment program for homeless veterans. New Directions was the first agency in the nation to provide housing for homeless female veterans. Its Women’s Programs offer long-term housing, drug rehabilitation, mental health services, job training and placement, and permanent housing placement. Homeless women veterans have access to two homes where they can recover, meet women who have been through similar experiences, be inspired by alumni who have succeeded in employment and housing, and have a nurturing network of supportive friends to help them through life. Two graduates of the program are gainfully employed in Santa Monica – one at UCLA Women’s Healthcare Associates, the other at Step Up on Second.

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2007 Junior Outstanding Woman Leader Award

Kelly Snyder, Student, Santa Monica High School

Kelly Snyder is the founder of a Samohi club, "World Awareness Committee” and a member of the NetAid Global Citizen Corps, a one-year program that enables American high school students to engage other students in efforts to end global poverty. Kelly organized the World AIDS Day event at Samohi and gave a series of five presentations at various times during the school day. Kelly is also involved in the Samohi chapter of Schools for Schools, a fundraising effort to rebuild a school in Northern Uganda. She is an active member of campus Leadership and has played basketball for Samohi for four years.

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2006 Outstanding Woman Leader Award -

Gloria Curiel, Guadalupe Castro, Maria Leon-Vazquez & Rita Morales

The Commission on the Status of Women presented its quarterly Outstanding Woman Leader Award to Gloria Curiel, Guadalupe Castro, Maria Leon-Vazquez and Rita Morales at the 17th Annual Latina Youth Conference on March 25th.  The award winners founded the Latina Youth Conference, an annual event held at Santa Monica College which assists girls grades 8 to 12 to pursue higher education and become successful women.

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2006 Outstanding Woman Leader Award - Susan McCarthy

The Commission on the Status of Women presented its quarterly Outstanding Woman Leader Award to Susan McCarthy,

former City Manager for the City of Santa Monica on Wednesday, December 14th at the Ken Edwards Center.   

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2006 Outstanding Woman Leader Award - Mimi Lind

The Commission on the Status of Women presented its first-ever Outstanding Woman Leader Award to Mimi Lind, founder of the Safe Families Domestic Violence Intervention Program at the Venice Family Clinic and past director of the Westside Domestic Violence Network, on Wednesday, September 14th at the Ken Edwards Center.  more....

From left to right:  Councilmember Kevin McKeown, Mimi Lind, and

Commission on the Status of Women Chair Tia Skulski

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Work/Life Survey

Click here for the summary of results from the Commission's 2004 work-life survey...
(view press release)

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Report on the Status of Women & Girls in Santa Monica

The full Report on the Status of Women & Girls in Santa Monica,

adopted by the City Council on December 14, 2004, is now available. 

The staff report to City Council is also available here.

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CityTV - Non-Profit Profiles - Commission on the Status of Women
Segment 1 Introduction to the Commission (8:17)	Segment 2 Report on the Status of Women (8:23)	Segment 3 Where Do We Go From Here? (8:55)

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