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We Advocate Gender Equity in a
Community Forum on Gender, Equity and Higher Education in California
Free Event. All Welcome!
Saturday, May 9
9:30am-6:00pm
Malcolm X Library
5148 Market Street
San Diego, CA 92114
Can't Attend? Please consider sponsoring a student attendee for Buffet Luncheon
including utilizing the Lilly Ledbetter Law for multi-pronged individual and organizational approaches for combating gender discrimination in higher education.
Women (and men) will share materials from their lived and related experiences of advocacy for gender equality.
Workshop and discussion leaders include elected officials, legal experts, community and organizational representatives as well as students, faculty and staff.
Brown bag or attendees can make advance purchase of buffet luncheon for $20.00 payable to WAGE by May 4, 2009.
Partial List of Speakers Include:
Assembly Member Lori Salda–a, Speaker Pro Tempore, CA Assembly District 76
Candice Custodio-Tan, women's equality and anti-racism advocate
David Blair Loy, Legal Director, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
Isidro Ortiz, PhD, Chicana/o Studies, SDSU
Shane Snowdon, Director, LGBT Resource Center, University of California
Susan Green, PhD CSU-Chico State & CFA
Zakiya Khabir, community leader and activist
Meghan Blanco Herzog, Esq. , Attorney; Adjunct Professor of Law, Southwestern University School of Law.
*******Special Educational Performance********
"The MisEducation of Higher Learning"
A production of spoken word and music that addresses the inequality of gender, race, class and etc within higher education.
Performed by DJ Kuttin Kandi & The Heart, directed by Kuttin Kandi
May 9, 2009
9:30am-6pm
Malcolm X Library
5148 Market Street
San Diego, CA 92114
Forum is Free and Open to the Public
Checks for Buffet Luncheon should be made payable to WAGE and mailed to
WAGE Forum, 4537 Alamo Drive, San Diego, CA 92115 by May 4, 2009.
For more information, please contact Pat Washington at (619)582-5383 or Email: wagecochairsd@aol.com
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