Weaving Movements: Linking Innovation with Inclusion
Join The San Diego Foundation as civil rights icon Dolores Huerta shares her lifelong commitment to civic engagement by igniting generations of community organizers and weaving agricultural worker, civil, and women’s rights movements into social change. See Huerta’s life on film and converse with Huerta herself, as well as USC Director of the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity Dr. Manuel Pastor, Southwestern Community College Board President Nora E. Vargas, University of San Diego Director at the Institute for Innovation & Learning Ed Hidalgo, and Executive Officer of Manpower Phil Blair, regional and local leaders focused on innovative and impactful employment access and opportunity. Together they’ll share ideas about how to provide economic stability for all San Diegans and how access to education, career networks, and diverse hiring practices will stimulate a thriving innovation economy. And glimpse an exclusive preview of Woman in Motion, a documentary about the life of legend Dolores Huerta to premiere in 2017. Info: [email protected].