In the 1990's, Shelley Hack began focusing on other ventures and started taking a more political role in women's causes. She became active in the National Women's Political Caucus and became a member of The Westside Women's Health Center Advisory Council (The Westside Women's Health Center offers a preventive and education-based approach to providing health care for more than 8,000 at-risk women and their families each year). She also started delving into grassroots politics in L.A. In 1994, she set her sights on a county Democratic Central Committee seat in the Westside and San Fernando Valley district; but she was disqualified. She came down with the flu; so she asked someone else to take over the signature-gathering needed to secure her a seat. But the man who did it didn't live in the 41st District (which was a requirement); so it rendered all the signatures he gathered invalid. But Shelley wasn't disappointed. "My concern is less elective office and politics," she said, "My concern is community service, and there's plenty to do." She later established SHMC (Shelley Hack Media Consultancy) and worked in pre- and post-conflict countries. (For more, check out: Shelley Hack Media Consultancy)
