Since last year’s impactful gathering of over 150 gender warriors from the education, finance, technology, health and law sectors, the North Orange County Community College District is once again hosting a full-day conference with the theme “Mind the Gaps!”
According to the World Economic Forum, the world is still 123 years away from parity across economic participation, educational attainment, quality of health and safety, and political empowerment. Women are still fighting for every inch of progress! The Convening will interrogate a multitude of gaps—wealth, political representation, empowerment, and creative—while focusing on practical ways to move forward.
Hosted by the North Orange County Community College District, the 2nd Annual Women in Power Spaces (WiPS) Convening will examine how women can bridge the gap between where we are now and where we want to be.
Registration
Student
$25
General
$100
Sponsor a Student
$25
Testimonials
I truly hope you host this every year. While it can be discouraging to hear statistics that reflect what so many of us as women in leadership have experienced, I also found it incredibly validating.
— Casey Sousa, Ed. D
Events like these expand our circles, deepen our support systems, and remind us that we don’t have to navigate leadership alone. They reaffirm that solidarity is strategy, and that women lifting each other up is how we all rise.
— Cheryl Broom
Thank you again for the wonderful event. I had a lovely time meeting the participants and speakers and enjoyed engaging with the wonderful, empowered audience.
— Nina Jankowicz
We are living in a time when women’s rights are under attack, but being in this
space reminded me that it is women like these women in congress, CEOs,
educators, philanthropists, doctors, researchers, and community leaders who
continue to fight for equity, representation, and justice
— Marcia Zarate
Speakers
Rebecca Traister
Keynote Speaker
Rebecca Traister is an award winning journalist and leading voice on feminism and women in politics. She is the author of Angry Girls Will Get Us Through, Good and Mad, All the Single Ladies, and Big Girls Don’t Cry. Traister is a writer-at-large for New York magazine and The Cut. She has been called “the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country”(Anne Lamott). Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, Glamour, and The Washington Post, among others.
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Traister’s debut book, Big Girls Don’t Cry, was published on the heels of the 2008 election. Although America did not elect its first female president, Traister explains how the campaign ignited conversations on the left and the right about gender, generational differences, feminism, and sexism. In All the Single Ladies, Traister delves deeper into contemporary American life through the lens of unmarried women, looking at how historically low rates of marriage can be a catalyst for massive social change.
Good and Mad was a New York Times bestseller and was selected as a best book of 2018 by NPR, The Washington Post, Elle, and more. With eloquence and fervor, Traister explores the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement.
Traister’s writing has been featured in numerous outlets, including The New York Times, Vogue, Glamour, and The Washington Post, among others. She has made television appearances on CNN, PBS, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, and more. Traister lives in New York with her family.
Event Schedule
This schedule is continually updated. More details to follow!
8 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Entry
9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Welcome
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
The Ongoing Battle for Equal Rights
Session will include background information on Equal Rights Associates; history on the Equal Pay Movement and where we are today; the barriers that prevent women from reaching economic security; laws to protect women; what we can do to close the race & wage gap.
10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Panel: Stronger California Agenda
moderated by Kai Stearns Davis, Chief Communications Officer, NOCCCD
- Jessica Ramey Stender, Equal Rights Associates
- Darcy Totten, CA Commission on the Status of Women & Girls
11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Resilience Award Presentation with SchoolsFirst
Lunch and Raffle
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: “The Power of Women’s Anger”
Rebecca Traister, Journalist
Rebecca Traister will be discussing the ways in which women’s anger has often been silenced, discouraged or vilified, even as it has been a force that has shaped this country’s history, laws and attitudes.
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Break
Book Signing & Networking
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Panel: Women & Wealth
moderated by Dr. Yasmin Davidds, CEO, Multicultural Women Executive Leadership Foundation; Women’s Institute of Negotiation
- Renee Esebag, Co-Founder and COO for Good Money Brands
- Tahera Rene Christy, CEO, Amore Propre Wellness
- Violetta Schultz, Estate Attorney
- Kim Nicolas, Retirement Planning Specialist, SchoolsFirst
3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Panel: Art x Advocacy + Identity
moderated by Elvia Rubalcava, Executive Director, Fullerton Museum Center
- Sara DeSmet, Art Therapist
- Ragni Agarwal, Multidisciplinary muralist
- Carla Jay Harris, Multidisciplinary artist
- Amelia Jones, Professor, USC
Thank You To Our Sponsors
Oxford Cross Station Sponsors
Waterloo Station Sponsors
Piccadilly Circus Station Sponsors
In-Kind Sponsors
Registration
Student
$25
General
$100
Sponsor a Student
$25
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