Junior League of Oakland-East Bay

75 Years of Service to the Community Honored by State of California

On Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, the State of California honored the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay’s 75 years of service to the community with a resolution. Sponsored by Assemblymember Joan Buchanan from Danville, the resolution was presented to the League in front of state leaders on the Assembly Floor at the State Capitol in Sacramento. This resolution was one of many honors the League received in acknowledgement of its anniversary from East Bay cities and counties.

Several Junior League of Oakland-East Bay members traveled to Sacramento for the honor. Here, President Laura Lamison and Senior State Public Affairs Committee Delegate Noel Twist accept the resolution from Assemblymember Buchanan on behalf of the League.

          

Founded in 1971, SPAC is a non-partisan statewide education and advocacy organization comprised of 16 California Junior Leagues. It is responsible for promoting voluntarism and legislation favorable to its member leagues' community projects. All advocacy efforts are targeted to legislation within four focus areas: Education, Family Support, Health and Violence Prevention. SPAC represents over 12,000 voting women throughout the state.

2001 California SPAC Facts:
70 Community Projects
1900 Project volunteers
$1,500,000 distributed to communities through project funds, grants and gifts

"Our League was organized as a means of expressing the feeling of social responsibility for the conditions which surround us. We have the responsibility and the opportunity to conscientiously act to affect our environment." These words of Junior League founder Mary Harriman, spoken in 1912, still accurately reflect the intent of the 35 State Public Affairs Committees and the 283 member leagues of the Association of Junior Leagues International.

Members of SPAC:
Advocate for specific legislation relevant to member league issues
Educate Junior League members
Coordinate the exchange of information from community based projects to policy makers

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Click here to read more about AB-159, The Healthy Mother's Act and how SPAC is involved.

Click here to read about California Junior Leagues' SPAC Day in the Capitol, 2007

Click here to read the SPAC Fall 2008 newsletter

Loni Hancock, 9th District Click to download her bio		Senator Mark DeSaulnier, 7th District Click to download his bio