Women Soaring Project

04/12/2024

📣MARK YOUR CALENDARS!📣

The Women Soaring Project (WSP) is excited to invite Betty Yee to a conversation about Asian American women in politics on Monday, April 15th at 12:30pm-1:50pm PT as a hybrid event taking place both online via Zoom and in-person at Sierra College in room D-12.

Yee is the former state controller from 2015-2023 for California, the fifth largest economy in the world. She has been a leading advocate for people and the planet as well as a non-profit leader. Born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents, Yee and her four sisters shared a sofa bed in a one-room apartment behind the family’s dry-cleaning business. Because her parents did not speak English, she began at the age of eight managing the books and dealing with suppliers and banks to help with the family business. Betty Yee will be the first Asian American woman to run for governor of California in 2026.

This special WSP event with Betty Yee highlights the achievements of Women Politicians while bridging the celebration of Women’s History Month in March and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month in May. The event is being moderated by Sierra College Political Science Professor Betty Chan and Sierra College Student Senate President Joselin Pacheco-Hernandez and is endorsed by Sierra College’s Gender Equity Committee and the Empowering Asian Students (EAS) Community. We hope to see you online or in-person soon!

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08/14/2023

📣 We are excited to announce “Giant Kelp Study 18” by Oriana Poindexter as the winning piece from the submissions we received for WSP’s "Women Environmentalists" art exhibit.

Oriana is a San Diego-based marine scientist and photographer who freedives and collects specimens from the ocean and documents them using cyanotypes, one of the oldest photographic printing processes which was made popular by a woman botanist, Anna Atkins, in 1843. Her work intersects science, art and notable women in history.

We spoke with Oriana at length about her work, which you can check out on our site along with the “Women Environmentalists” art exhibit in the WSP Gallery.

Thank you to everyone for participating and celebrating women in history!

04/17/2023

Just a reminder that in one week, we will be speaking to activist and author Leah Thomas in an online student-led conversation about her book and the inextricable connection between social and environmental justice. Save the date for Monday, April 24 at 12:30pm PT.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Link in bio for more info.

03/22/2023

🎉Our very own Jane received the 2023 Hayward Award from the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges! 🎊

She is one of four recipients in the entire California community college system, and this prestigious honor exemplifies the incredible impact she has made at Sierra College. It’s not a surprise to me because I know how hard she works, but I wanted to broadcast how proud we are of her. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Jane Le Skaife for her commitment to her students, colleagues, and education! 👏👏👏

03/20/2023

Mark your calendars for this special event!

WSP is incredibly excited to invite activist and author Leah Thomas to a student-led conversation online on Monday, April 24th at 12:30pm PT. Thomas is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet. The book serves as an introduc...

03/09/2023

Happy International Women’s Day! Let’s celebrate and honor all the women in your life who are strong, smart and amazing.

We’re extending the deadline to submit artwork for Women Environmentalists until March 31st. We hope to build a great show and select a winning artist to give an artist talk in April. If you haven’t already contributed, go to the link in the bio and send us your art!

01/17/2023

🎨CALL FOR ART🎨

Our upcoming Spring 2023 art exhibit, Women Environmentalists, features women who tackle climate change and protect our earth in various ways. We are accepting 2-D art submissions (i.e., photography, painting, drawing, prints, mixed-media, etc.) in connection to this theme. The deadline to submit artwork is Feb 15, 2023.

Artists will have the opportunity to exhibit work online in our WSP gallery. One artist will be selected by a panel of jurors to speak at an online artist talk and awarded a $750 honorarium made possible by the MiraCosta College Foundation.

Link in bio for more details.