Women's Leadership Project: October 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Day of Dialogue: Talking About Sexual Harassment, Homophobia & Racism

On November 1, 2012, Day of Dialogue sessions will be held in room 1306 (Social Justice Lecture hall) on campus climate issues such as sexual harassment, black/brown conflict, homophobia, developing respect between youth and adults and improving academic outcomes. The sessions will be led by trained student facilitators from the Women’s Leadership Project, "No Haters" club and the Gay/Straight Alliance. The sessions will occur during periods 2, 3, 4 and 5. The event is sponsored by the L.A. County Human Relations Commission and the Wellness Center. Students will present the results of the dialogue session to faculty, staff and student stakeholders at the end of the month.

Contact: Sikivu Hutchinson, 213-703-6982 or Angela Rodriguez, Wellness Center

Saturday, October 20, 2012

WLP Voter Registration 2012

WLP students register voters at Washington Prep HS and Duke Ellington Continuation School in South Los Angeles

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

WLP Fall Speaker Series: Deputy City Attorney, Heather Aubry

Heather Aubry, Esq.

Women's Leadership Project (WLP)

According to Black Enterprise magazine, the legal profession continues to be one of the most challenging industries for African American women and other women of color. Although the number of women of color in law school has skyrocketed over the past few decades, women of color need strong mentoring, academic preparation, and institutional support to overcome sexist, racist barriers in the legal profession.

On October 23rd, the WLP is proud to present Deputy City Attorney Heather Aubry at Washington Prep High School. Ms. Aubry is a native of South Los Angeles, a former National Merit scholar, and a graduate of U.C. Berkeley (B.A., Political Science) and UCLA Law School. In addition to serving with the City Attorney’s office for over twenty years, she is currently a member of the State Bar's Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluations, which evaluates candidates for judicial appointment at the request of the Governor. Ms. Aubry will discuss her distinguished career as a prosecutor, advocate with the John M. Langston Bar Association (the local African American Bar Association), and community member.

The talk will be held in Lecture Hall, room 1306 at 8:45 a.m. For further info please contact Sikivu Hutchinson, shutch2396@aol.com

Women's Leadership Project

The Women’s Leadership Project (WLP) is a feminist service learning program designed to educate and train young
middle and high school age women in South Los Angeles to take ownership of their school-communities. Since 2006 WLP
has been based at South L.A. high schools like Gardena and Washington Prep High School. Using a humanist curriculum with a social justice lens, the goal of the program is to empower young women of color to develop their own voices, increase their self-esteem, foster healthy relationships, promote critical consciousness about and activism around race, gender, and LGBT equality, and prepare for college and careers. WLP guides young women through public advocacy
projects of their own choosing, toward helping them develop and sharpen their critical thinking, writing, organizing and leadership skills. This year's cohort has been accepted to several UC and Cal State campuses in addition to out-of-state
colleges like Syracuse University and the University of Oregon and won prestigious awards such as the Horatio Alger and Posse Foundation scholarships.