2020 Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California™
Join us for a series of conversations and events focused on the Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California™.
Anti-racism. Intersectional feminism. A path toward equity.
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Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California™
100 Years: From Women Earning the Vote to Claiming Their Power
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 | 10 to 11 a.m.
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Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California™ Continuing the Conversation
Equity and Agency: A Historical Look at the Last Century
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | 10 to 11 a.m.
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Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California™ Continuing the Conversation
Equity and Agency: Today’s Movement Makers and Their Path Forward
Thursday, September 3, 2020 | 10 to 11 a.m.
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Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California™ Continuing the Conversation
Equity and Agency: How Are California’s Women and Girls Faring?
Thursday, October 1, 2020 | 10 to 11 a.m.
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Program Speakers
Melina Abdullah
Melina Abdullah
Melina Abdullah, PhD, is professor and former chair of Pan-African studies at California State University, Los Angeles. She was appointed to the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission in 2014. Abdullah is a womanist scholar-activist – understanding the role that she plays in the academy as intrinsically linked to broader struggles for the liberation of oppressed people. She was among the original group of organizers that convened to form Black Lives Matter and continues to serve as a Los Angeles chapter lead and contributes to the national leadership. She is a leader in the fight for ethnic studies in the K-12 and university systems and was a part of the historic victory that made Ethnic Studies a requirement in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Abdullah is co-host and co-producer of the weekly radio program Beautiful Struggle which airs on KPFK, part of the Pacifica radio network.
Emerald Archer
Emerald Archer
Emerald Archer, PhD, is the director of the Center for the Advancement of Women at Mount Saint Mary’s University. She has dedicated her career to studying questions related to gender equity and women’s representation in non-traditional domains such as the United States military. Through the Center, Archer’s primary goal is to promote and increase gender equity in California and our region, and she leads the Center's efforts related to applied research, education and policy analysis. Archer has also published articles in The European Legacy and Armed Forces & Society, and is the author of a book titled “Women, Warfare and Representation: American Servicewomen in the Twentieth Century.”
Ann McElaney-Johnson
Ann McElaney-Johnson
Ann McElaney-Johnson, PhD, is the 12th president of Mount Saint Mary's, the only women’s university in Los Angeles. She is recognized as a thought leader for women’s issues and a champion for innovative teaching and learning. McElaney-Johnson is a member of boards including the Women in Public Service Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities; and the advisory council of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, among others. She has over 25 years of service to liberal arts colleges throughout the country as a faculty member, associate dean and chief academic and student affairs officer.
Holly J. Mitchell
Holly J. Mitchell
Sen. Holly J. Mitchell is the proud daughter of career public servants, and she continued her family legacy of “firsts” when she became the first African American to chair the powerful Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee in 2016. Less than two months later, a profile in The Los Angeles Times described Mitchell as the “Legislature’s moral compass.” She proved to be just that in 2017 and 2018 when she oversaw the adoption of consecutive state budgets of nearly $200 billion each and won wide praise for directing funds to elementary and college students, health-care systems and long-neglected programs to assist infants, the elderly, youth and working families.
Francille Rusan Wilson
Francille Rusan Wilson
Francille Rusan Wilson, PhD, is an intellectual and labor historian whose research examines the intersections between black labor movements, black social scientists and black women’s history during the Jim Crow era. Her book, “The Segregated Scholars: Black Social Scientists and the Creation of Black Labor Studies, 1890-1950” was awarded the 2007 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Prize for the best book in black women’s history. Wilson is currently an associate professor of American Studies & Ethnicity, History and Gender & Sexuality Studies and the interim chair of Gender & Sexuality Studies at the University of Southern California.
Host Committee
- Emerald Archer, PhD
Director, Center for the Advancement of Women, Mount Saint Mary’s University - Kari Bolen, EdD
Director, Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Mount Saint Mary’s University - Barbie Brady
Senior Event Producer, Revolution Marketing - Kay Buck
CEO, Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) - Araceli Campos
Founding Chair, LA County Women & Girls Initiative - Sylvia Hathaway Chavez
Managing Director, Look What SHE Did! - Asha Dahya
Author and Journalist - Geena Davis
Academy Award© Winning Actor and Activist - Brieanne DeWind
Social Media Curator, National Women’s History Museum LA Council
- Joy Donnell
SUPERJOY Media - Karriann Farrell Hinds
Vice President, Los Angeles County Commission for Women - Jackie Filla, PhD
Assistant Professor, Political Science, Mount Saint Mary’s University and President, Los Angeles City Commission on the Status of Women - Kimberly Freeman, PhD
Associate Dean, Chief Diversity Officer, USC Dornsife - Sabrina Garba
Founder and CEO, Glass Ladder Group and Women’s Impact Accelerator - Sarah Gibbons
Founder and CEO, Sarah Gibbons Company Executive Coaching - Nicole Haggard, PhD
Media and Social Justice Instructor, Mount Saint Mary’s University - Brady Hahn
Founder, The Noodle Collective, LLC
- Rosalyn Kempf, EdD
AVP Student Affairs and Women’s Leadership, Mount Saint Mary’s University - Abbe Land
Executive Director, Los Angeles County Women and Girls Initiative - Kristin McCowan
Executive Director, Getty House Foundation - Holly J. Mitchell
California State Senate, 30th District - Denise Pines
President, Medical Board of California - Luzanne Otte
Lawyer and Writer - Diane Reichenberger
VP Global Consumer Products, Mattel, Inc. - Megan Sellers
Business Intelligence, Verizon Media - Sharon Shelton
VP, Empowerment Services, YWCA Greater Los Angeles - Lindy Huang Werges
Entrepreneur, Diversity Advocate, Philanthropist