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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
How a Bill
becomes a Law >>
California
Junior Leagues' SPAC Day in the Capitol, 2007 >>
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