Mountain Views News          Saturday, June 4, 2011

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Mountain Views News Saturday, June 4, 2011

DUELING MAPS: How Will Your District Change?

Free Public Forum on Redistricting for Los Angeles County June 15

There’s still time for voters to speak up about how their political 
districts will change as the groundbreaking Citizens 

Redistricting Commission comes down the home stretch in 
drawing new boundaries for state Assembly, Senate and U.S. 
Congressional Districts. 

The League of Women Voters Pasadena Area is offering a unique 
opportunity to participate in a community conversation about 
“Dueling Maps: How Will Your District Change?” -- a free public 
forum on redistricting for Los Angeles County on June 15, 7-9 
p.m. at the KPCC Crawford Family Forum, 474 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. 

 

For the first time in California history, citizens rather than politicians are redrawing the lines 
of political districts to assure that communities have a voice in government. This is thanks 
to a 2008 initiative designed to prevent gerrymandering of

district boundaries to keep political parties in office.

 Dr. Morgan Kousser, professor of history and social science at Caltech, will moderate the 
discussion centering on the latest draft maps for Los Angeles County from the Citizens 
Redistricting Commission and maps proposed by ethnic, 

business and environmental coalitions. 

Participating groups will be the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Mexican American 
Legal Defense and Education Fund, African American Redistricting Collaborative, Valley 
Industry and Commerce Association and Citizens for the San Gabriel Mountains.

 Information also will be available about draft-map hearings in Culver City on June 16 and 
Whittier on June 17. The deadline for maps is August.

The forum is free, but RSVPs are required because space is limited. Go to http://www.scpr.
org/events/, click on the event then on the RSVP box. Or call the League office: 626-798-
0965. 

PUBLISHER TO SPEAK AT CITIZEN JOURNALISM FORUM


Susan Henderson, 
Publisher 
and Editor of 
Mountain Views 
News newspaper 
will speak 
at the 2011 Citizen 
Journalism 
Speakers Series, 
a free community 
lecture event. 
The event features 
local and 
national journalists, 
telling 
their personal 
stories and adventures 
in the 
life of journalism and media. The event will 
be held on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 6:30pm.

Henderson, an Organizational and Business 
Development professional has spanned 
the globe from Western Africa working on 
the development of a new town to transport 
goods and services to urban areas, to teaching 
Marketing and Business Strategies in 
Mexico. She also worked for several years in 
political arena in the Gubernatorial Campaign 
of Tom Bradley, the first Senatorial 
Campaign for Barbara Boxer, the American 
Israel Public Affairs Committee and as the 
Executive Director of the California Democratic 
Party.

Bearing a lifelong passion about the quality 
of life in the community, she has served on 
dozens of Boards and led a variety of community 
organizations. She has been awarded 
numerous awards and honors including recognition 
from the California Assembly for 
her work with Senior Housing and Community 
Development while living in Northern 
California.

Susan Henderson has been a published author 
for over ten years, writing columns and 
articles on golf and life in such publications 
as the Los Angeles Sentinel and Core Media 
Publications, The Sierra Madre, Arcadia and 
Monrovia Weekly and The Pasadena Independent. 
In 2007, she branched out on her 
own and established Grace Lorraine Publications, 
Inc. which acquired the MVNews 
Magazine creating what is now known as 
The Mountain Views News, “where your 
community news comes first,” a weekly community 
newspaper that serves Sierra Madre, 
Pasadena, Altadena, Arcadia, Monrovia and 
Duarte.

At present, she is the President of the Sierra 
Madre Kiwanis Club and on the Board of 
Directors of the Sierra Madre Chamber of 
Commerce and the Foothill Creative Arts 
Group. And yet, to her, the greatest accomplishment 
is that of being “Grandma”!

The speaker series will be held at:

Donald R. Wright Auditorium

285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 91101

(located in the Pasadena Central Library)

All Events Door Open at 6:00pm

Supported by Pasadena Community Network 
and Mountain Views News. Each program 
includes a presentation by the speakers 
and an engaging 15-minute question and 
answer session with citizen journalists and 
community members in the audience.


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INTRODUCTION TO 
LINKED IN – ONLINE 
NETWORKING 
WORKSHOP

Women At Work in Pasadena 
presents another in their series of 
Technology workshops

Learn how to use “Linked In”, the most 
popular online networking site for 
professionals. “Linked In” strengthens and 
extends your existing network of trusted 
contacts by helping you find job leads, get 
online references and more. Women At 
Work presents “Linked In” on Saturday, June 
11th from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. Instructor 
Pixie Boyden will go through the steps of 
using this popular networking tool in a small 
classroom setting. Attendees need to register 
for a “Linked In” account before coming to 
the workshop by visiting www.linkedin.com 
and click “join today”.

You must have a basic knowledge of the 
internet in order to take this class. 

Sign up early, as there is limited seating.

Cost is $20 by June 9th, $25 after.

Women At Work is a nonprofit career center 
offering career counseling, computer access 
and job seeking skills. The organization 
provides numerous workshops as well as 
classes in computer programs in both English 
and Spanish, in a small environment.

All workshops are held at Women At Work, 
3871 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107. 
Register by calling 626-796-6870, ext. 0, or 
you can register on our website.

Check out our website: www.womenatwork.
org

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