Power Lunch with HWL Presents
Marching for Equality: The Women’s March on Washington and Advocating for Equality
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 12 noon to 1pm
Location: HSBA Main Conference Room, 1100 Alakea Street, 10th Floor
Credit: None
Price: FREE!
We kindly request that all attendees register online by Monday March6th, 2017 to allow us to anticipate room capacity needs.
Sponsored by Hawai`i Women Lawyers and the Hawai`i State Bar Association
On Saturday January 21st, 2017, over 5 million people in over 600 cities worldwide took to the streets in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington. Thousands of them were right here in Hawai`i. The Women’s March was an example of advocacy that can be used to protect women’s rights and the rights of marginalized peoples. Join our speakers Cathy Betts and Khara Jabola to discuss the importance of the Women’s March, intersectionality, and the ways in which we can all take action to build a women’s movement in Hawaii.
Speakers:
Cathy Betts is the Executive Director of the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women. She was appointed in December 2011.
Cathy has worked in the fields of advocacy for women, family law, violence against women, Title IX, and labor protections for women. She formerly served as the Patsy T. Mink Legislative Fellow in the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye’s Washington D.C. office. She is a former Deputy Attorney General with the State of Hawaii’s Family Law Division. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Filipino Lawyers Association and the Board of Directors for Hawaii Women Lawyers. She also serves as the Chair of the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Diversity, Equality and the Law (DEAL) Committee, Co-Chair of the Hawaii Women’s Coalition, and Co-Chair of the Affirmative Consent Task Force at the University of Hawaii. Cathy was one of the community co-chairs who assisted in organizing the Women's March, Hawaii. She earned her B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles and her J.D. from the William S. Richardson School of Law.
Khara Jabola is the Public Affairs Director of Strategies 360. Khara was one of the community co-chairs who assisted in organizing the Women's March, Hawaii. She is also a co-coordinator of Af3irm, a national feminist activist organization led by women of color that played an official organizing role in the Women’s March, Hawaii. Khara formerly led the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, and oversaw the successful campaign to expand access to driver’s licenses to undocumented residents in Hawaii.
Invite a friend or colleague - the more, the merrier! Attendance is free.
Bring a bag lunch; beverages and a light snack will be provided. Also, bring some of your business cards to help introduce yourself to others.
Members of Hawaii Women Lawyers who attend are eligible to enter a drawing for a Starbucks gift card!
Three ways to Register:
HSBA Members Attending in Person: Please follow these steps:
1. Click on the following link.
2. Click the "Register Myself" button at the bottom of the page
(if you do not see the "Register Myself" button, please sign in to your HSBA Account)
3. Select whether you are an HWL Member or not
4. Then click on "Proceed to Checkout" and "Submit Order" to complete your registration
HSBA Members Attending via Live Webcast: Please follow these steps:
1. Click on the following link.
2. Click the "Register Myself" button at the bottom of the page
(if you do not see the "Register Myself" button, please sign in to your HSBA Account)
3. Select whether you are an HWL Member or not
4. Then click on "Proceed to Checkout" and "Submit Order" to complete your registration
Non-HSBA Members: Email cle@hsba.org
