| LOS ANGELES, CA
- September 30 - Just days before the California Recall election, women across the state will participate in the “WOMEN CAN STOP SCHWARZENEGGER Statewide Day of Protest” on Friday, October 3, at 5 pm. CODEPINK activists will be joined by California NOW members and their supporters in over five California cities, including Santa Monica and Sacramento outside both of Schwarzenegger’s Volunteer Campaign Headquarters.
Demonstrations will also be held in San Francisco as well as in San Rafael and Santa Rosa. More locations will be added to the growing list of participating cities. CODEPINK has protested at a half dozen of the candidate's campaign stops. Polls have indicated that there is a 'Gender Gap' regarding women’s willingness to vote for a candidate often portrayed as boorish, crude and reportedly inappropriate in his actions towards women.
"Arnold Schwarzenegger's rude and disgraceful comments about women are just the tip of an iceberg for us," said Jodie Evans, co-founder of CODEPINK Women for Peace. "They expose his willingness to say and do anything to get what he wants. He lacks common decency and any real self respect. He is power hungry and it shows."
Helen Grieco, executive director of CA NOW, said California "is in serious trouble and it needs an intelligence and maturity Arnold sorely lacks. Arnold Schwarzenegger is not pro-choice, he is not pro-woman and he is not qualified to be governor of California. California NOW urges its members and supporters who care about women’s rights and freedom not to vote for him and to vote "No” on the recall on October 7.”
Confirmed List of Local Protests on Friday, October 3rd at 5 PM:
Santa Monica:
Where: Schwarzenegger Volunteer Campaign Headquarters,
1338 4th Street, Santa Monica
Sacramento:
Where: Schwarzenegger Volunteer Campaign Headquarters,
831 L Street (9th and L) Sacramento,
(March to North-side of Capitol Building to create "Groper-Free Zones",
Start at Headquarters at 5pm, at Capitol at 6pm)
San Francisco:
Where: California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave. ,
San Francisco
San Rafael:
Where: Golden Gate Transit Stop at 3rd and Hetherton,
San Rafael
Santa Rosa:
Where: Courthouse Square.
Access Courthouse Square from Santa Rosa Avenue between 3rd and 4th Street,
Santa Rosa
Endorsers Include: California NOW, The Women's Coalition, the Los Angeles Greens, and the Rainbow Sisters Project.
VISUALS Include: CodePink activists creating “Grope-Free Zones” with pink tape and ribbon. CODEPINK famous pinkslips. Protest signs will read: 'If Arnold Wins, Women Lose'; 'No Groper for Governor'; 'Terminate Sexism'; 'Sexual Harassment is Not a Family Value', 'Flush Arnold, Not Women' written on a toilet seat.
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