03/08/2024
Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 9 a.m. - The Know Your Rights Symposium, a no-cost event aimed at educating women about their legal rights, will take place this Saturday. The San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls is presenting the half-day event, which will feature expert speakers from legal service providers who will delve into the critical topics of employment, housing, healthcare and immigration. To reduce barriers for attendees, the Commission is providing limited child care, translation/interpretation services, a light breakfast and lunch for registered attendees. Walk-ins will be welcomed on a space-available basis. The symposium will take place at the Southeastern Live Well Center – Tubman Chavez Center, 5101 Market St. in San Diego, 92114. The event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with registration starting at 8:30 a.m., is open to women, girls and others throughout San Diego County.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOWB9TNXRz_oa1mfaNE8hQ_4FFQL-7_tEWWL8yZXZmeRcuKA/viewform
Serving as emcee will be Laura Fink, a strategic communications expert and founder of Rebelle Communications. The Commission is contracting with mission-aligned nonprofits and businesses to produce this event:
The David’s Harp Foundation will document the event with video and photography. The nonprofit uses music as a platform to earn mentoring relationships with youth, providing media production training in a state-of-the-art facility in San Diego’s East Village. The Neighborhood Café at The Neighborhood Enterprise Center, a social enterprise of the nonprofit UPAC (Uniting People Across Cultures) in City Heights and Southeast San Diego, will provide refreshments. Union Printing, a Chula Vista business and member of International Brotherhood of Teamsters-Graphic Communications Council (GCC) Local 388m, is providing printed materials. A Helping Hand LLC, a Women Owned Business, is providing childcare for ages 3-12.
The confirmed presenters represent a rich array of San Diego’s best legal knowledge and expertise and community-based organizations: Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Legal Services of Northern California, Legal Aid at Work, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, University of San Diego School of Law Housing Rights Project, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, University of San Diego School of Law Workers’ Rights Clinic, Casa Cornelia Law Center and San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, Inc. This event is made possible by a Women’s Recovery Response Grant from the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
For more information about the Know Your Rights Symposium and the San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, please visit https://www.sdstatusofwomenandgirls.org/
