From dynamic global leaders challenging the status quo to entrepreneurs shaking up the distilled spirits world to dynamic visionaries owning new spaces in entertainment, women are redefining the game across industries and are boldly claiming new turf.

Join us on Thursday, Nov. 21 for our third annual Global Women’s Summit as we put the spotlight on women who are architects of change and dynamos of innovation.

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We cordially invite you to join us for the Visionary Women GenV Summit on Sunday, June 2nd at 11:00 am at the Proper Hotel in Santa Monica, CA.

We will gather for an empowering morning to learn from and network with, the trailblazing women of Southern California. Breakfast and coffee will be provided, and there will be an incredible gift bag you wouldn't want to miss.

Our panel discussions will highlight female founders and executives with a focus on how to start and grow your business and the role of women in philanthropy.

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Please join us Friday, May 10, 2024 and purchase your ticket below to join us in celebrating women leaders in Los Angeles and beyond. We are thrilled to honor the bold and extraordinary work of Yvonne Wheeler, President of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, and Lindsey P. Horvath, Los Angeles County Supervisor. We are also excited for actor and producer Lisa Vidal to return as our inimitable emcee!

With 700 attendees annually, the Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon celebrates women’s leadership and honors outstanding progressive women from all walks of life, across our city and country. Previous honorees and speakers include the educators of UTLA, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Gabrielle Carteris, Barbara Ehrenreich, Jane Fonda, Dorothy Fortenberry, Alice Goff, Arianna Huffington, Catherine Coleman Flowers, LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, and many more! This year’s Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon is at the InterContinental in Downtown Los Angeles and will bring us together for reception and program dedicated to our shared vision. 

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As the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lonnie G. Bunch III oversees 21 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and centers. Two new museums — the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum — are in development. Bunch was the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and is the first historian to be Secretary of the Institution. In 2021, he received France’s highest award, The Legion of Honor.

Secretary Bunch will be joined in conversation by Robin D. G. Kelley, UCLA distinguished professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History.

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AIA|LA City Leaders Breakfast Reception w/ Jimmy Kim – General Manager, Department of Recreation & Parks, City of Los Angeles

2024 City Leaders Breakfast Series Presented By: Gannett Fleming

The 2024 AIA|LA City Leaders Breakfast Series serves as an opportunity for architects & designers and other community stakeholders to meet directly with key individuals transforming Los Angeles in a roundtable setting to discuss innovative ideas that will ensure a healthy, sustainable, and economically competitive future.

Jimmy Kim is the dedicated General Manager of the Department of Recreation and Parks for the City of Los Angeles and an accomplished leader within the Department. Before rising to his current position, he served as the Assistant General Manager, where he skillfully oversaw the Recreation Services branch, and held the position of Superintendent of Citywide Aquatics and Emergency Management. Notably, he served as the Department’s Homeless Strategy Coordinator and Resilience Officer, showcasing his versatility in addressing complex challenges facing urban environments.

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Join us to meet our new Executive Director Omar Brownson and learn how the Garden Council is re-blooming for its 25th year anniversary. We will also be joined by special guest Congressman Jimmy Gomez.

Please RSVP by March 1

Details: Dress comfortably. Light drinks and snacks. Street parking available.

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2024 ATHENA Women’s Entrepreneurship Summit

The ATHENA Women’s Entrepreneurship Summit will be held on Thursday, March 7, 2024, from 1:00-6:00 PM. The Summit is hosted by the USC Marshall School of Business and the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. 

The theme for this year is “Unstoppable.” Panels and speakers will demonstrate what it means to go above and beyond and level the playing field to advance women in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

ATHENA brings together a dynamic group of founders, investors, and thought leaders around conversations and issues that matter to entrepreneurs at all stages. The mission of ATHENA is to increase female founders, work with women investors, and provide opportunities for capital, mentoring, and networking.

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You’re Invited!!

Our program will include our presentation of The Visionary Prize for Women’s Economic Empowerment sponsored by Visionary Women and the Hostetler/Wrigley Foundation, as well as the Changemaker Award.

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What are leaders in energy and sustainability focused on now and over the next decade? Discover the innovation and opportunities that surround the cleantech space at the 9th annual Energy Innovation Conference on February 16th, 2024, hosted by UCLA Anderson’s Energy and Cleantech Association and Center for Impact. Immerse yourself in this year's theme Accelerating Cleantech Innovation and gain valuable perspectives as industry and public sector leaders discuss practical plans for innovation and adoption. Join this electrifying event to observe how these leaders are contributing to an important era of energy transition, influencing the landscape through 2030 and beyond!

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Visionary Women presents "Women in Design" featuring Monique Lhuillier and Irene Neuwirth, moderated by Jennifer Smith, Founder and CEO of C California Style & Culture Magazine

Date and time:

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 · 5 - 7pm PST

Location:

Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum

10899 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024

Learn more and RSVP here.

With this year's theme “Decades,” LAANE commemorates 30 years of transformative work while looking to the future as we explore new arenas and opportunities in which to fight for working families. Join us as LAANE looks ahead on continuing the fight now and for the next 30 years. The 2023 City of Justice Awards honorees are:

Billie Jean King, Champion of Equality

Stella T. Maloyan, Principal, Stellar Strategies Group and LAANE's first Development Director

National Women's Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA)

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Vincent Hughes, Award-winning Actress, Activist, and Philanthropist

State Senator, Pennsylvania's 7th Senatorial District and Democratic Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee

The Legacy of Gary Stewart, from The Gary Stewart Appreciation Society

The premier progressive event in California, the City of Justice Awards Dinner attracts over 1,000 attendees, among them elected officials, labor leaders, entertainment executives, philanthropists, business owners, and activists, and honors outstanding leaders who improve the lives of working families. Past honorees and speakers at LAANE events include entertainment visionaries Jane Fonda, Norman Lear, and Alana Mayo; labor leaders Randi Weingarten, April Verrett, John Grant, Kenneth Rigmaiden, James P. Hoffa, and Ron Miller; business leaders AEG, Westfield, and Cordoba Corporation; Vice President Kamala Harris, Modern Family, and many more.

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Join us in-person at SCG's 2023 Annual Conference!

Join SCG’s 2023 Annual Conference to reimagine economic prosperity deeply grounded in mutuality. We invite you to envision an economy that prioritizes relationships with each other and our planet over profits.

Our current economy is already profoundly dependent on mutuality, but systemic inequities undermine this spirit of reciprocity and our economic well-being. We can commit to interdependence and collective freedom by divesting from exploitative and extractive practices. We can better align with movement leaders and organizers to shift capital and power toward communities most impacted by oppressive systems.

During REIMAGINE Our Economy, we will participate in an incredible journey from imagination to integration with movement leaders, culture workers, and cross-sector practitioners. Together, we will hear from experts and engage in dialogues to share prosperity, listen to our land, resource our communities, heal our culture, and repair our relations. Our philanthropic community will learn how to apply these principles through a systems change approach in economic justice, climate and culture change, and other issue areas.

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We're celebrating cleantech leaders.

The LACItizen Awards honors the partners who are helping LACI build an inclusive green economy and a sustainable future for Los Angeles. We invite you to join us for an evening of inspiration as we celebrate our local changemakers, enjoy culinary delights, and toast our honorees, partners and friends with craft libations, at the La Kretz Innovation Campus on November 9, 2023. This year, we’re honored to celebrate Pedro Pizarro, President and CEO of Edison International. 

Learn more here.

This highly anticipated event features top-tier business leaders engaging in a series of dynamic panel discussions that will empower and enlighten attendees.

In the evening, the awards dinner will honor female leaders from corporations and non-profit organizations throughout Los Angeles County who have demonstrated noteworthy success and accomplishments during the last 24 months.

Get your tickets and join us for this truly inspiring full-day event.

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As the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lonnie G. Bunch III oversees 21 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and centers. Two new museums — the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum — are in development. Bunch was the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and is the first historian to be Secretary of the Institution. In 2021, he received France’s highest award, The Legion of Honor.

Secretary Bunch will be joined in conversation by Robin D. G. Kelley, UCLA distinguished professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History.

Presented by the UCLA College, UCLA School of Law, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and UCLA Social Sciences.

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Black Girl Ventures Foundation is starting the 2023 Fall Pitch Tour in LA on Thursday, October 19th! We will be throwing a BGV Pitch Competition with 7 preselected local Black and Brown women-identifying founders.

A BGV Pitch Competition is like ‘Shark Tank’ mixed with the elements of a classic ‘Rent Party’. At a BGV pitch competition, the audience decides the winner through Raisify.co, our voting platform, with their dollars. The winner is determined by a point system, not the dollar amount raised. The money raised goes to the founders in the form of a grant, despite where they place.

Come out meet the BGV team, network with other founders, investors, and potential customers. Watch these amazing 7 founders pitch, vote with your dollars, and learn about new businesses to interact with. Light refreshments and drinks will be served. You do not want to miss this super dope event.

BGV’s mission is to create access to capital, capacity, and community. This means we want to see ALL Black and Brown women-identifying founders win. We want to help these founders in the communities we serve, scale and grow their businesses, gain the capacity to hire in their communities, and social capital to meet those who will help them grow in partnerships, accessibility, and their industry.

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Women's Pitch Event - Leadership

Join us for an exciting in-person event focused on empowering women in leadership roles. The event will be held at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, located at 2451 Signal Street, San Pedro, CA 90731, USA. This is a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and gain valuable insights from successful women leaders. Don't miss out on this chance to network, learn, and be inspired. Mark your calendars and get ready to take your leadership skills to the next level!

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You’re invited to the 9th annual, I Matter-Girls Empowerment Conference on Saturday, October 7th, 2023!

The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation (LA County Parks) proudly presents the return of this FREE event, returning to East LA College for its 9th year. Girls ages 12-18 will get the opportunity to hear from powerful women innovators, educators, trailblazers and beyond! Girls will have an opportunity to connect with their peers and speakers to feel connected, inspired, and empowered.

LA County Parks will host an array of exciting and engaging workshops, panels, and keynote speakers. Girls are invited to join and participate in all events, including a Girl Power Lunch Party and Resource Fair!

Learn more and RSVP here.

As climate disasters hammer our communities, people are struggling for disaster relief, food, housing, energy, water, and more. In this workshop, disaster resilience expert Caroline Contillo will share case studies of communities that responded to disasters with mutual aid, community care, and collective resource-sharing, leading to grassroots struggles against extraction.

Together, we'll explore questions like: How can meeting our community's basic needs help advance our struggles for liberation? How can we collaborate more strategically, across regions and movements, to build alternative systems and consolidate our power against the fossil fuel industry? 

You will:

• Hear inspiring stories and case studies from BIPOC youth leaders across the U.S. who are organizing for their survival;

• Tune in to your own resilience through somatic / sensory awareness activities;

• And access a toolkit to begin planning climate survival programs in your area.

Learn more and RSVP here.

Join the Center for Public Partnerships and Research (CPPR) and Orange Sparkle Ball for a provocative conversation about the power of community.

Tech-Enabled Community Resilience is a model for harnessing the power of networks in a community ecosystem to influence and change social and health outcomes. This model highlights how co-design principles serve as core equity drivers for technology-enabled community data initiatives. Blending data science with the right technology tools gives communities a platform to pilot rapid innovations, simulate conditions and forecast outcomes, and build strategies to tackle entrenched problems.

This Summit brings together thought-leaders and change-makers in community ecosystems. When faced with opportunity or adversity, community-led efforts start and end with on the ground innovation and inclusion. The power of community is the future face of resilience in a rapidly changing world.

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The UCLA Barbra Streisand Center invites you to the inaugural public lecture on the topic of Truth in the Public Sphere

Featuring

André Brock

Frances Haugen

Stuart Stevens

Moderated by

Safiya Noble

Submit a question HERE.

The Barbra Streisand Center was established in 2021 and made possible by the vision and generosity of Barbra Streisand. The Streisand Center will become the future Barbra Streisand Institute at UCLA, a forward-thinking institute dedicated to finding solutions to the most vital social issues.

The Center for Truth in the Public Sphere will be the first area of study and advocacy and will focus on truth in the public sphere, reflecting Streisand's passionate interest in the topic. Speakers and research will delve into urgent and existential threats to democracy, and examine how lies and the proliferation of disinformation can destroy a civic sense of decency, as well as entire countries.

Learn more and RSVP to join in-person or virtually.

Inspiration Meets Empowerment

Join our highly anticipated Women in Green Committee's Annual Breakfast! We're thrilled to announce the return of this incredible event, designed to empower and connect with remarkable women at the forefront of industry transformation.

The Women in Green Breakfast is a cherished annual tradition where we come together to uplift, support, and celebrate women in our industry. This year, our distinguished speakers will take a deep dive into the game-changing Inflation Reduction Act and will unravel how it is reshaping the landscape for women, affordable housing, insurance premiums, and medication costs during our engaging panel discussion.

Fuel your passion, amplify your voice, and be part of a movement that's rewriting the rules.

Learn more and RSVP here.

As women represent 80 percent of people displaced by climate change, it is crucial that female-identifying voices are centered in any solution. There has never been a more critical time to hear from female leaders working in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors to help combat the growing threat of climate change. This panel will discuss how these leaders’ diverse perspectives are shaping the future of the environmental movement.

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Join a livestreamed celebration of women leaders in our community. Be inspired by their stories of challenges, triumphs, personal insights and more. Learn about the Women’s Leadership Network and the work we do to support women through career crisis and transition. Find out how you can help make a difference in women’s lives.

Find out more and register here.

FEATURING: ACTOR AND A STARTING POINT CO-FOUNDER CHRIS EVANS AND FILMMAKER AND A STARTING POINT CO-FOUNDER MARK KASSEN, NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT BECKY PRINGLE, AUTHOR JASON REYNOLDS AND UPCHIEVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALY MURRAY

Join TIME as we convene extraordinary leaders from every field to spotlight solutions and encourage action toward a better world. This week, guests will engage in an essential and timely conversation on the future of education.

After registering, you will receive an email with the link to watch the livestream.

Join us to celebrate International Women's Day in partnership with WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS, ACUMEN and VITAL VOICES.
Summit speakers will include some of the most compelling thought leaders and voices of the 21st century.

We will be discussing a broad range of topics from inclusion and diversity, peacebuilding to how to construct a more equitable world.

RSVP here.

Join LAANE for a celebration of the leaders that make progressive change possible.

The premier progressive awards gala in Los Angeles, the City of Justice Awards Dinner honors the nation’s leading changemakers and celebrates a bold, common vision of a new economy for all. Every year, the City of Justice Awards attracts 1,000 attendees, including labor leaders, elected officials, philanthropists, celebrities, artists and activists. Past honorees and speakers include Senator Kamala Harris, Van Jones, Norman Lear, Jane Fonda, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Teamsters General President James Hoffa Jr. and many others.

Find out more and register here.