Envisioning the Future of Women's Recognition
Calling On Community Members To Help Shape Public Art To Recognize Women’s Contributions To Santa Clara County
Womanhood coUrbanize interactive community engagement website.
The Santa Clara County Office of Women’s Policy (OWP) is launching a community engagement tour and mapping campaign to involve community members in envisioning a women’s recognition project that will take place throughout Santa Clara County.
Womanhood is a county-wide arts-based project that will recognize the historical contributions of women from all backgrounds for their significant and historical contributions to the region and beyond. From April to June 2022, the Womanhood will pop up at a series of public events during the Spring that invite community members to share their ideas about who should be recognized, where, and how.
OWP is working with public art consultants, Art Builds Community, to explore locations and ideas for women’s recognition. The planning process includes virtual and in-person community participation as well as personal interviews, focus groups, online community mapping, and a Womanhood Community Outreach Tour at public gathering places and community events across the county. The tour and mapping campaign calls on community members who live, work, play, and visit the region to provide feedback from home by pinning their feedback and ideas to specific locations on Womanhood’s interactive community map.
Text message feedback transcribed onto Womanhood coUrbanize mapping website.
Womanhood is asking people to answer the following questions:
How would you like to see Santa Clara County women recognized?
Where would you like to see women recognized?
Who are the past and present-day women or groups who should be recognized through this project?
Participants can anonymously text and/or leave a voicemail in English or in their own language to the campaign SMS numbers assigned to each of the 5 Santa Clara County Districts. When messages are received, coUrbanize will review them under their community guidelines, translate them, and then transcribe feedback onto the Womanhood coUrbanize map as a pin!
Text of Leave a Voice Message!
District 1 (D1) — 1–669–298–0689
D1 covers Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Gilroy, part of South San Jose, and some incorporated areas.
District 2 (D2) — 1–669–345–7947
D2 covers parts of San Jose and some incorporated areas.
District 3 (D3) 1–669–303–8643
D3 covers Milpitas, part of San Jose, Sunnyvale, and some unincorporated areas.
District 4 (D4) — 1–669–303–9447
D4 covers Campbell, Santa Clara, part of San Jose, and some unincorporated areas.
District 5 (D5) — 1–669–280–5892
D5 covers Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Saratoga, part of Sunnyvale, and some unincorporated areas.
District Map of Santa Clara County from 2021 Planning Process
Spring Community Engagement Tour Locations:
Saturday, April 9, 2022 — Saratoga Blossom Festival
10 AM — 4 PM | Heritage Orchard — 14275 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070Friday, April 15, 2022 — Downtown Gilroy Third Friday Art Walk
5 PM — 8 PM | 6th St Studios and Art Center — 64 W 6th St, Gilroy, CASaturday, April 24, 2022 — Garden of Unity
11 AM — 5 PM | San Jose Women’s Club — 75 S 11th St, San Jose, CA 95112Saturday, April 30, 2022 — Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival
10AM — 5:30PM | Memorial Park, CupertinoSunday, May 1, 2022 — Viva Calle
11 AM — 4 PM | San JoseSaturday, May 7, 2022 — Palo Alto May Fete
10 AM | University Avenue in Downtown Palo Alto
More locations will be announced! Visit the project website and interactive mapping website to learn more about how you can participate, provide feedback, and receive updates on where Womanhood will pop up next in your city!