Wednesday
May222013

Amy Reisch, Dir of First 5 Marin, meets with Education Committee

On May 16, guest Speaker Amy Reisch, Director of First 5 Marin, spoke about the possibility of a ¼ or ½ cent county sales tax measure to support quality early care in education as well as programs to support students to age 18.

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Sunday
May192013

3 delegates attended the state convention this weekend

Three of the Marin League’s members attended the state convention this weekend in San Jose.The state convention is held in May in odd-numbered years (the national convention is in even-numbered years) and is an opportunity for learning, networking and planning the future focus of the League.

At this convention delegates passed Money & Politics, Education, Healthcare, and Water as issues for Education and Advocacy during 2013-2015. They also moved, by just one vote, to adopt a study of public higher education to include the California Community Colleges, University of California and California State University Systems.

See news and photos of the event on our Facebook page

 

Sunday
May192013

International Relations Discussion Group: May 20th 11:30 - 1:30 pm

On Monday, May 20, the IR group will host Dr. Gigi Gokcek, Assistant Professor in Dominican University’s Department of Political Science and International Studies. Dr. Gokcek will speak about the difficult and contentious relationship between Iran and the United States.

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Tuesday
May142013

Ed Committee Meeting - Update on First 5 - May 16

Hear from Amy Reish of First Five Marin. Meeting in the League office, 9:30am, speaker at 10:00am. All members are welcome

Friday
May102013

Notes from the Ed Committee - Buck Institute for Education

The Education Committee April 18 with 8 members in attendance. Our guest speaker was Dr, John Mergendoller, Executive Director of Buck Institute for Education.

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