Women’s History Museum fun-raiser

How can you go wrong with wine, cheese, chocolate and Sue Palmer? Add in a fabulous patio venue at Balboa Park’s Casa del Prado on a beautiful San Diego Friday night, and you have a fundraiser fit for the Women’s History Museum and Education Center (WHMEC).
Beginning at 5pm on Friday, May 30th the WHMEC presents Wine, Cheese, Chocolate Festival. Tickets are available on their website for $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Hard to go wrong supporting this great organization while tasting some of California’s best wine…nibbling on exotic chocolate and cheeses…and enjoying the sounds of San Diego Boogie Woogie Queen Sue Palmer. For more info call (619) 233-7963.
The museum is tucked inside the purple Art Union building at 2323 Broadway in Golden Hill, where they focus on women’s history and education — the only facility in the nation that also encompasses a library, research archives, oral history project and a full spectrum of educational programs devoted to the history and accomplishments of women. Their mission is to educate and inspire while teaching women’s history with values and strategies that lead to positive social change in gender, racial and ethnic stereotyping while enhancing self-esteem and increasing respect for all women.
In 1983 Mary B. Maschal created a living museum in her home filling virtually every room with memorabilia. Working as the Women’s History Reclamation Project, Mary and others reached out to the community. In 1996 they moved to their current location, and in 2003 changed the name to the Women’s History Museum & Educational Center, which has continued to grow into a community-based organization of volunteers and partnerships that provide a multiplicity of programs and services.
More than 50% of their historical collection is stored off-site due to space limitations at the Golden Hill location.  A move to a larger facility, hopefully in Balboa Park, is underway, spearheaded by a campaign to raise a million dollars, one dollar at a time from every woman in the county. Joining in tomorrow’s fun-raiser will help make a new location a reality. Hope to see you there!