On July 16th, Sierrans from throughout Southern California are invited to spend a relaxing day in Malibu, in a secluded coastal canyon resort overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Picnic with friends, old and new, in the shade of giant Sycamore trees next to a year-round tranquil stream.

'Women hold up half the sky,' said Mao Tse-tung. Women should not be seen as the property of men, to be exploited, demeaned and degraded, but spin the globe. In China, baby boys are greeted by celebrations of joy, while baby girls elicit condolences. In El Salvador, women are arrested out of hospital emergency rooms if they are suspected of having had an abortion. In Moldova and elsewhere, thousands of young women are either kidnapped or sold by their starving families or lured with promises of employment and then sold across borders into a sex-slave trade.

'Women hold up half the sky,' said Mao Tse-tung. Women should not be seen as the property of men, to be exploited, demeaned and degraded, but spin the globe. In China, baby boys are greeted by celebrations of joy, while baby girls elicit condolences. In El Salvador, women are arrested out of hospital emergency rooms if they are suspected of having had an abortion. In Moldova and elsewhere, thousands of young women are either kidnapped or sold by their starving families or lured with promises of employment and then sold across borders into a sex-slave trade.