Reproductive Rights in a Post-Dobbs Nation

Sharifa Batts, Program Vice President

Join us at our April 6 AAUW meeting. We are excited to have Professor Jodi Balma speak to us about how reproductive rights have been impacted since the June 24, 2022 Supreme Court decision taking away the Constitutional right to abortion.

Professor Balma specializes in American politics and California state and local government. She started her career as a professor of political science at Fullerton College in 2000. She has served as the faculty coordinator of the Honors Program since 2012. She has been awarded Fullerton College Teacher of the Year in 2021 and 2014. She was named 2022 Orange County Community College Teacher of the Year. Her goal is to help students learn how to think about politics and community problems with an emphasis on critical thinking and analysis, regardless of political party or ideology. She helps students understand how they can become involved in working with community leaders to find solutions.

Balma is a regular on-the-record analyst for newspaper and radio media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Voice of OC, KNX 1070, KPCC, and NPR. California Senator Josh Newman named her as the 2021 Woman of the Year for Senate District 29. She served as the President of the Honors Transfer Council of California from 2013-2017 and remains active in the organization.

She is actively involved in the League of Women Voters and frequently hosts local candidate forums throughout North Orange County each election cycle. Professor Balma launched a North Orange County-focused podcast titled “A Slice of Orange: North Orange County
Politics” to help her students and the community learn more about local government.

Friends are invited to attend the program; please reserve for the meeting held at
LBCC 4900 E. Conant Bldg O2 Room 208

RSVP at: aauwlongbeach.reservations@gmail.com

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