Progressive Oakland Women for
Empowerment and Reform (POWER) was formed in October
2011 by the organizers of the Oakland Suffrage Parade.
It includes leaders of the Alameda County Historical
Society, American Association of University Women,
California Women’s Agenda, Cinnamon Girl, Coalition of
Labor Union Women, Emerge California, League of Women
Voters and the National Women’s History Project. The
ad-hoc coalition decided to continue producing events to
celebrate, connect and transform the lives of women:
past, present and future. Please read about what POWER
has accomplished in the years since it was established:
Our mission is to recognize
courageous women of the past upon whose shoulders we
stand and 