STOP Human Trafficking Workshop
Free Event
Saturday, March 5
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Temple Baptist Church
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kate Macek
Women’s Center of SJC
(209) 941-2611
kmacek@womenscentersjc.org
Local Women’s Organizations to Host
2nd Annual STOP Human Trafficking Workshop
LODI – Local women’s organizations are working together to host the 2nd Annual STOP Human Trafficking Workshop, free and open to the public. The event will take place on Saturday, March 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and will be held at Temple Baptist Church. For free tickets to the event please contact Co-President of Soroptimist International, Bev Lacy at 209-334-5389 or e-mail her at silodi@soroptimist.net. Free tickets will also be available at the door.
The program speaker is Kay Buck, Executive Director of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) in Los Angeles. The mission of CAST is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations. The workshop is intended to instill knowledge in the public, promote advocacy for victim’s rights, and draw the community to action. Come and learn what you can do to help stop the violent trading of human lives.
At the event, there will be two vendors selling items handcrafted by women escaping the life of sex trafficking. Also, tickets will be sold for door prizes. All proceeds will directly benefit organizations that work to stop human trafficking. This event is co-sponsored by the Women’s Center of San Joaquin County, Soroptimist International of Lodi Sunrise, Soroptimist International of Lodi, and the Lodi branches of the Salvation Army, Business and Professional Women’s Foundation (BPW) and American Association for University Women (AAUW).
Soroptimist is an international organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. Almost 95,000 Soroptimists in about 120 countries and territories contribute time and financial support to community-based and international projects that benefit women and girls. For more information on Soroptimist International of Lodi Sunrise, please visit http://www.lodisunrisesoroptimist.org or Soroptimist International of Lodi, please visit www.lodisoroptimist.org or for the international website, www.soroptimistinternational.org.
The Women’s Center’s mission is to provide a wide range of supportive, educational, and crisis intervention services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, enabling them to regain control of their lives. Last year, the agency reached more than 22,000 women, children and men through crisis intervention and outreach and prevention programs. For more information, please visit www.womenscentersjc.org.
Who We Are
WELCOME to SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL of LODI SUNRISE !
President Marcia Pothast
Club Mail: P.O. Box 1732, Lodi, CA 95241-1732
Meetings: Second Thursday 6:30 p.m., Fourth Thursday 6:30 p.m.
Janet’s Richmaid Restaurant, 100 S. Cherokee Lane, Lodi.
For more information email us at silodisunrise@soroptimist.net
Standing: Liz Kass, Mary Olah, Dorothea Madamba, Paula Straw, Cindy Chan, Marcia Pothast, Courteney Price, Judy Dolyniuk, Susan Goad, Maxine Crow
Sitting: Mena Lee, Jillian Gomez, Bobbe Blair Xenos, Brenda Kosaka.
"Improving the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world"
The name, Soroptimist, means "best for women," and that's what the organization strives to achieve. Soroptimists are women at their best, working to help other women to be their best.
Soroptimist is an International organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. Almost 95,000 Soroptimists in about 120 countries and territories contribute time and financial support to community–based and international projects that benefit women and girls.
