The Center for Sharing is holding an event Thursday in honor of International Women's Day.
It starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Collegium Caf and community center, 3525 E. "A" St., Pasco.
Kristin Lietz of el Centro de Compartimiento, a group that prepares young women from small villages in Oaxaca, Mexico, for civic leadership, will speak during the event, a news release said.
A silent auction to raise money for her organization also is planned.
A Voices of Hope event is being held to raise awareness of the conditions of Maasai women in Kenya.
LYNDEN - People are invited to a sewing event on Saturday, March 9, hosted by Days for Girls International.
The 1 p.m. event in the gym of the Clay residence, 776 H St. Road in Lynden, is part of a celebration of International Women's Day.
Lynden-based Days for Girls International provides feminine hygiene kits to impoverished women and girls around the world. Without such supplies, they are isolated for days during menstruation, according to the nonprofit.
The League of Women Voters of Benton and Franklin Counties will celebrate the group's 93rd birthday with a dinner Thursday in Kennewick.
The event will include speaker Bob Vance of URS Corp. talking about "Coal trains: the good, the bad and the truth." Vance is an engineer who has worked in design and construction of mines as well as being a train aficionado.
The dinner is at 5:30 p.m. at Tony Roma's, 8551 W. Gage Blvd. RSVP to lwv.of.bf@gmail.com. The event is free but attendees must pay for dinner.
Richland School Board President Rick Jansons will be the featured speaker at today's meeting of the Tri-Cities Republican Women's Club.
The group will gather for dinner at 6 p.m. at Kennewick's Tony Roma's, 8551 W. Gage Blvd.
The meeting will be at 7 p.m.
Franklin County Sheriff Richard Lathim will discuss the new marijuana law during the Tri-Cities Republican Women's Club's Monday meeting.
Dinner begins at 6 p.m., with the meeting at 7p.m. The meeting will be at Tony Roma's restaurant, 8551 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick.
For a list of important upcoming events and other important notices for the club, go to the website at www.TCRWClub.com.
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