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OWL
1625 K Street, NW Suite 1275
Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone: 202-567-2606
Email: info@owl-national.org
E-mail: owlinfo@owl-national.org
www.owl-national.org/
OWL-CA
(916) 444-2526
Joyce Kamian, Ohlone
c3are Mary Lembke, Ohlone
owlca@owlca.org Sacramento Capitol Chapter
(916) 444-2526
owlsac@owlca.org
Roberta Battle
Ohlone/East Bay OWL
POB 9536
Berkeley CA 94709
eastbayOWL@gmail.com
Eleanor Luce
Placer County OWL
San
Francisco OWL
Kathie Piccagli
Santa Clara OWL
BJ Bryan
owlsantaclara@gmail.com
At-large, Inland Empire
Area/ Riverside/San Bernardino Area
Shirley Harlan
vldy@aol.com
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OWL joins the fight against the destruction
of Social Security. Speak
with us!
Budget discussions: Are Medicare and Social
Security at risk? Margie's
press conference statement
July 12, 2011
NEWS
RELEASE
National Seniors Organization Urges Debt Ceiling Negotiators
to Reach Resolution so Seniors Can Count on Receiving
Social Security Checks
Washington Cannot Break Its Promise to our
Nation’s Seniors
President Obama announced today that he cannot guarantee
Social Security payments will go out on August 3 if
the debt ceiling is not raised by August 2. The National
Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare urges
all parties to the debt talks to reach a swift resolution
to this situation. Senior citizens will not accept the
uncertainty of whether next month’s check will
be mailed.
Social Security payments are more than half of the
monthly income for six in ten seniors. Almost fifty
percent of elderly women rely on Social Security for
90 percent or more of their total income. If Social
Security payments are not issued on August 3, our oldest
and most vulnerable citizens will face unthinkable hardships.
Social Security is financed through workers’
FICA contributions, a dedicated funding source. The
National Committee calls on the Administration and Congress
to assure that the proceeds from these contributions
be used for their intended purpose – to pay Social
Security benefits to the beneficiaries who have earned
them.
“Never in its entire history has Social Security
missed a payment. We should never see that day.”
Max Richtman, NCPSSM Executive Vice President/Acting
CEO.
More...
New to Site:
2011 Bills we are following:
http://www.owlca.org/calpolicy.html
Upcoming Events:
Annual Meeting, Fresno, Oct. 2011
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Documents from OWL-CA Council Meeting, June 11-12, Oakland:
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National Board Meeting (Margie): Word
PDF
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National Issues (Medicare, Medicaid, Social
Scecurity: Margie ) Word
PDF
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Margie Consultant Report
- Roberta Consultant Report
- State Issues: (Roberta)
Older Women’s League of California
Council Meeting -- June 11-12, 2011
Hilton Oakland Airport, 1 Hegenberger Road, Oakland,
CA 94621
Saturday: 1-3 pm Public Policy
Reports
1-1:30 National Board Report Margie Metzler
1:30-2 Office Tech Report, Margie Metzler
2:05-2:30 National Issues Report, Margie Metzler
3:00 Executive Committee Meeting
6:00 Dinner on your own
Sunday: Breakfast on your own
9 am State issues Report: Roberta Battle
OWL-CA Financial/Office discussion
12:00 Buffet Lunch
2:30 - 3:00 Conclusion of Council Meeting; Adjournment
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About OWL...
Founded in 1980, OWL is a nonprofit membership organization,
the first and only national organization to focus solely
on the concerns of midlife and older women as they age.
Broadly speaking, its goals are to achieve economic
and social equity for older women, to improve their
image and status, and to provide for mutual support.
Utilizing the expertise and experience of members through
a network of chapters, OWL has become firmly established
as a national voice for older women—a segment
of the population that has long been unrepresented.
OWL was conceived by two California women, Tish Sommers
and Laurie Shields, whose earlier work to eradicate
the job inequities midlife women face helped to create
the displaced homemakers movement. Their legacy continues
in the work of OWL members of all ages and both sexes.
Through research, education and advocacy activities,
OWL chapters and at-large members throughout the United
States address the economic, social and health problems
women face as they become older.
OWL’s national, state, and local agendas—set
by members—focus on a number of issues, such as:
Quality and affordable health care for all, Social Security,
Pensions, Job and Housing Discrimination, Family Caregivers,
Budget Cuts, and Remaining in control of one’s
life to the end. Education and advocacy take many forms,
including consumer reports and brochures, newsletters,
letters to and testimony before legislatures, media
outreach, chapter meetings, and conferences and leadership
training. OWL’s leaders mainly come from local
chapters, whose members work on the national agenda,
on state and local concerns, and on bringing women together
for mutual support.
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OWL Agenda
Our work as grassroots advocates to improve the status
and quality of life of midlife and older women, includes
the following priorities:
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Support a publicly financed universal
health care system
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Expand and enhance Medicare to uninsured
populations
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Promote available high quality long-term
and chronic care
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Back a gender neutral Social Security
system
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Expand access to pensions for women
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Enforce wage and age discrimination
laws
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Provide access to affordable housing
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Ensure freedom from violence and abuse
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Enhance the right to control our
lives until the end
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Support the continuation of the Older
Americans Act
PRIMARY GOALS OF Owl California
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CREATE a closer network among the
state’s chapters and at-large membership.
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SUPPORT current chapters and assist
and encourage formation of new chapters.
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EDUCATE on issues of concern to midlife
and older women as they affect us in California.
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INCREASE members’ awareness
of California legislation on issues from our national
agenda, and effectively advocate and coordinate membership
action at state and local levels.
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OWL-CA Bylaws: Word PDF
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