home  select a topic arts & literature education & learning history & culture home & how-to kids & family local focus news & public affairs science & nature highlights heritage & diversity african american american indian asian pacific american disability culture latino lgbt women local heroes resources tv radio immigration in focus california stories programs a-z   about KQED   support KQED   the guide online   email newsletters   DTV transition   KQED store   help & FAQ   contact info Women's History Month Local Heroes March 2008 KQED and Wells Fargo honor five outstanding local heroes in 2008. Norma Hotaling SAGE (Standing Against Global Exploitation) Biography Margaret Jenkins Margaret Jenkins Dance Company Biography Debbra Lindo College Track Biography Donna Freeman Ladies Night Biography Sara O'Donnell Cancer Resource Center of Mendocino County Biography March 2007 Eli Aramburo Law Offices of Eleazar Aramburo Biography Niko Everett Girls For A Change Biography Janeith Glenn-Davis California State University, East Bay Biography Farhana Huq Creating Economic Opportunities for Women (C.E.O Women) Biography Martha Ryan Homeless Prenatal Program Biography (l-r): Janeith Glenn-Davis, Eli Aramburo, Emily LoSavio (Girls for a Change, accepting for Niko Everett), Farhana Huq and Martha Ryan March 2006 KQED and Wells Fargo, with additional support from Gap Inc., honored five outstanding local heroes in 2006. KQED President & CEO Jeff Clarke with 2006 Women's History Month Local Heroes (l-r) Dalila Ahumada, Gloria Sandoval, Aileen Hernandez, Dian Harrison, and Ruth A. Felt. Dalila Ahumada Arriba Juntos Biography Ruth A. Felt San Francisco Performances Biography Dian Harrison Planned Parenthood Golden Gate Biography Aileen Hernandez Aileen C. Hernandez Associates Biography Gloria Sandoval STAND! Against Domestic Violence Biography Women's History Month Local Heroes 2005 KQED President & CEO Jeff Clarke (ctr) with 2005 Women's History Month Local Heroes (l-r) Hope Lugo, Ruth Brinker, Jeanne Rizzo, RN, and Ida Stanford. Hero Judith Smith is not pictured. Ruth Brinker Project Open Hand Biography Hope Lugo Napa County Council for Economic Opportunity Biography Jeanne Rizzo, RN Breast Cancer Fund Biography Judith Smith AXIS Dance Company Biography Ida Stanford John Swett Alternative School Biography Women's History Month Local Heroes 2004 Miriam Abrams, Elizabeth Seja Min, Nan Washburn Co-founders, The Women's Philharmonic Biographies www.womensphil.org Pat Loomes Executive Director Girls Incorporated of Alameda County Biography http://www.girlsinc-alameda.org/ Kavita Ramdas President and CEO Global Fund for Women Biography www.globalfundforwomen.org Diana Spatz Executive Director Lifetime Biography www.geds-to-phds.org Wanna Wright Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors Women's Cancer Resource Center Biography www.wcrc.org Women's History Month Local Heroes 2003 Patti Chang, President of The Women's Foundation in San Francisco Biography Carla Cobb Davis, CEO of DBC Commercial Group in Sunnyvale Biography Maudelle Shirek, Vice-Mayor of the City of Berkeley Biography Lani Silver, Director of the James Byrd Jr. Racism Oral History Project in San Francisco Biography Dr. Amy Strage, Professor of Child & Adolescent Development at San Jose State University Biography Women's History Features & Resources Women's History Month Resources Women's History Local Heroes Educator Resources site map | terms of service | privacy policy Copyright © 1994-2008 KQED. All Rights Reserved.		SPONSORED BY: