University of San Diego Hosts 13th Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast

University of San Diego Hosts 13th Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast

SAN DIEGO, CA – On Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 the University of San Diego Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) and the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies will be hosting its 13th Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast. The event will feature a keynote address from Mexican journalist Marcela Turati on “Women’s Empowerment in the Midst of Tragedy.”

Turati, a journalist for the magazine Proceso, reports primarily on human rights, social development, and drug violence. As the co-founder of Periodistas de a Pie, an organization that helps journalists improve their reporting while promoting freedom of expression, Turati has received a Lasa Media Award and a Human Rights Award from the Washington Office on Latin America. Having written and co-authored several books on the experiences of those dealing with violence within their communities, Turati has been recognized with the Walter Reuter Prize for Journalism and a Louis Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism from Harvard’s Nieman Foundation.

In addition to Turati’s discussion, the breakfast will also feature a preview of upcoming IPJ events that will take place later in March at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Proceeds and donations from the event will support the IPJ’s Women PeaceMakers Program.

For more information or to register for the International Women’s Day Breakfast, visit the event webpage.

WHAT: 13th Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast
WHO: Keynote address from Marcela Turati
WHEN: Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
WHERE: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
COST: $22 - $420


About the University of San Diego

Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is the youngest independent institution on the U.S. News & World Report list of top 100 universities in the United States. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.

Contact:

Pamela Gray Payton
pgray@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4681