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MVC Now! — Women Taking the Lead Zoom Event + New MVC Then Blog + More!

by Community Contributor • March 23, 2021 • Comments Off

The Changing Faces of Ventura County:

Women Taking the Lead

Wed., March 31, 2021 @ 6:30PM on Zoom

Join us for The Changing Faces of Ventura County: Women Taking the Lead, a special Museum of Ventura County Zoom program on Wednesday, March 31st from 6:30-8:00 PM. This online program is free, but requires advanced registration.

In honor of National Women’s History month, the Museum of Ventura County will host a panel discussion with elected leaders from all 10 cities in Ventura County. At no other time in history have so many women held elected office in Ventura County. Currently, in 2021, the County has 23 women elected to serve as supervisors, mayors, and council members.

This panel will be moderated by Dr. Trudy Tuttle Arriaga, Associate Dean of Equity and Outreach, Program Director, Oxnard & Main Campus M.A. in Educational Leadership & Distinguished Educator in Residence from California Lutheran University and the recent co-author of Leading While Female. The discussion will provide candid observations by 10 dedicated and passionate civic leaders.

For more information and a list of panelists, click here.

New MVC Then Blog

Stolen Liberty

MVC stands in solidarity with our AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) Community. We mourn the lives lost in Atlanta and condemn the rising acts of violence occurring across the globe.

In the latest MVC Then Blog “Stolen Liberty,” library volunteer Andy Ludlum revisits the wartime hysteria and long-simmering racial prejudice that led to 120,000 people of Japanese descent losing their homes, farms, jobs, and businesses as they were forced to spend several years in desolate concentration camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In early 1942, there was growing pressure on the government to remove anyone of Japanese ancestry from the west coast. The Office of Naval Intelligence and the FBI had been conducting surveillance on the Japanese in America since the 1930s. Plans were developed six months before Pearl Harbor to arrest “dangerous enemy aliens” should war be declared. Continue reading here.

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All New Episodes of

MVC Insider

In the latest MVC Insider, Chief Curator of Exhibits and Collections Anna Bermudez took viewers inside Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula. While many of you may have explored the virtual version of Huelga! at the Ventura Museum, most have not seen this companion exhibit that touches on fascinating history involving Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, Egg City, and more.

Mark your calendars for Friday, March 26, 2021 at 10am? and tune-in on Facebook Live for another episode of MVC Insiderwith Melinda Petit of the UC Master Gardeners. Melinda will take viewers through the Agriculture Museum’s native plant garden in Santa Paula.

Set a reminder on Facebook or YouTube.