Empowerment and Leadership Conferences, Workshops, Retreats

Suits, Stilettos and Lipstick Foundation

18 hours ago

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Come hear Attorney and President of the Board of the American Civil Liberties Union - Hawaii, Marianita Lopez, share about her journey and get inspired with us!

Marianita is an attorney licensed in New York and Hawaii. She presently serves as President of the American Civil Liberties Union-Hawaii, a 100-year-old national organization that promotes and protects the civil liberties of individuals. She also serves as President of Friends of Kids First, a judiciary- affiliated parent education program for families impacted by divorce or separation.

Marianita moved to Hawaii in 1983, where she and her husband opened a law practice. She began practicing Family Law, from which she retired three years ago, but continues to provide volunteer legal services to those who cannot afford legal representation. ...

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Suits, Stilettos and Lipstick Foundation

19 hours ago

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Suits, Stilettos and Lipstick Foundation

2 days ago

We are only 5 days away! Join us to hear our justice champion, @Melissa Mark-Viverito!

Melissa is the Chief Policy Officer at Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Inc. and an equity-centered activist and intersectional social justice champion. She has a +20 year success record of fiercely advocating for diverse communities at the local and national levels. Her career has been defined by a series of firsts including being the first person of Latino heritage, first person of color, and first Puerto Rican woman to serve as Speaker of New York City Council where she presided over 51 Council Members and negotiated a $72 billion annual budget.

During her 12-year tenure as New York City Council Member and 4-year tenure as Speaker, Melissa delivered landmark legislative, policy, and civic engagement victories that included enacting the Unaccompanied Minors Initiative and driving the groundbreaking criminal justice reform initiative to close Rikers Island.

Additional successes span organizational leadership, coalition building, stakeholder engagement and political strategy across key issue areas such as criminal justice reform, gender equity, LGBTQ+ rights, workers’ rights, housing, and immigration issues. Melissa has also initiated, championed and co-founded a number of coalitions, task forces and organizations including 21 for 21, Power 4 Puerto Rico, the Young Women’s Initiative and East Harlem/El Barrio/Bronx LGBTQ Task Force. Prior to her political career, Melissa worked with several nonprofits including ASPIRA where she served as Deputy Director.

Melissa recently served as interim president for Latino Victory. For more than 20 years, she has fought tirelessly for justice for Puerto Rican people with a passion and tenacity that was inspired by her mother. Melissa is broadly known and respected for progressive and compassionate decision making, challenging entrenched systems, and doing what is right as opposed to what’s most politically astute. ...

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