4th Annual May Day Gathering of San Diego's Civil Rights and Labor Leaders
The ACLU, Employee Rights Center, and the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council
invite you to join in a
Thursday, April 28
5:00 - 7:30 pm
The Prado in Balboa Park
This is one of our favorite events of the year--always fun, always packed, and always tons of people with whom to mingle and chat about the hot topics of the day.
Proceeds benefit the Employee Rights Center. The Employee Rights Center is the only local non-profit program dedicated to the education and advocacy to all workers, especially disadvantaged workers, regarding their rights at work.
Some of the Labor and Civil Rights Leaders Who Will Be Attending...
- Councilmember David Alvarez, City of San Diego, District 8
- Susan Baer, Co-President, League of Women Voters
- Nasser Barghouti, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
- Richard Barrera, President, Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District
- Monica Bauer, Assistant Director, Anti-Defamation League
- Prof. Susan Bisom-Rapp, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Jeff Chinn, Director, California Innocence Project
- Rabbi Laurie Coskey, Executive Director, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
- Estela De Los Rios, Executive Director, Center for Social Advocacy
- Bill Freeman, President, San Diego Education Association
- Prof. Ruben Garcia, California Western School of Law
- Jennifer Gilmore, Executive Director, Feeding America San Diego
- Lorena Gonzalez, Secretary-Treasurer, San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council
- Andrea Guerrero, Executive Director, Equality Alliance of San Diego County
- Vince Hall, Vice President of Public Affairs & Communications, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest
- Katia Hansen, Program Manager, UURISE
- Imam Taha Hassane, Islamic Center of San Diego
- David Higgins, President, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
- Edgar Hopida, Public Relations Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations
- Kevin Keenan, Executive Director, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
- Prof. Alex Kreit, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Elizabeth Maldonado, Program Coordinator, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice of San Diego County
- Quynh Nguyen, Membership and Grassroots Fundraising, Center on Policy Initiatives
- Prof. Orly Lobel, University of San Diego School of Law
- Colin Parent, New Leadership Council
- Cruz Ponce, Manager, Community Response Program Disaster Services, Red Cross
- Joseph Powell, Business Manager, Sheet Metal Workers' Local 206
- Miyo Reff, Board Member, San Diego Japanese Americans Citizens League
- Ahmed Sahid, President/CEO, Somali Family Services
- Caridad Sanchez, District Director for San Diego and Imperial Counties, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
- Daniel Stracka, President & CEO, UURISE
- Jeffrey Wergles, Development Director, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
- Lei-Chala I. Wilson, President, NAACP San Diego
- Peter Zschiesche, Director, Employee Rights Center
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:
Platinum Level:
- AFT Local 1931
- United Domestic Workers of America
Silver Level:
- International Association of Machinist & Aerospace Workers
- SEIU Local 1000
Bronze Level:
- Tosdal, Smith, Steiner & Wax
Advocate Level:
- Aztec Computers Plus
- California Western School of Law
- Environmental Health Coalition
- International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 118
- Hayes & Cunningham
- Fern M. Steiner
- MAAC Project
- Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 230
- San Diego Education Association
- San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council
- Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- University of San Diego School of Law
