Solís Policy Institute – Local
As the name suggests, our Dr. Beatriz María Solís Policy Institute Local training focuses on building strong advocates ready to craft local policy and shape community budgets. Each SPI-Local cohort is made up of teams from various counties around the state. SPI-Local is conducted in both English and Spanish.
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Applications for SPI-Local are now CLOSED.
SPI-Local Issue Areas:
The Women’s Foundation California’s Solís Policy Institute (SPI) focuses on shaping just policies that will positively impact the lives of non-binary and genderqueer people, cisgender and transgender women, and transgender men in California. This year, SPI-Local aims to feature teams working to address racism, anti-Blackness, and cis-hetero-patriarchy through the following specific areas:
Our Criminal justice reform team supports the development of local alternatives to law enforcement response when a non-violent emergency call is placed in Santa Cruz County.
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Maria Barranco
Program Manager, Monarch Services
Leeann Luna
Program Manager, Monarch Services
Adriana Mata
Director of Programs, Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance
Working with the City of San Diego, our Community Health team implements local and actionable climate equity goals to support robust and resilient communities.
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Maria Muhammad
CEO, I Am Green
Michelle Kearney
Volunteer, San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition (SDUSC)
Jacquelyn Clark
Climate Ambassador/Volunteer, San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition (SDUSC)
Addressing the specific needs of survivors of gender-based violence within the transgender community, our Trauma Services & Prevention team works to create opportunities that cultivate healing, empowerment, and prevention throughout San Francisco.
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Dulce Garcia
Policy Director, Office of Sexual Harassment and Assault, Response and Prevention (SHARP)
KellyLou Densmore
Director, Office of Sexual Harassment and Assault, Response and Prevention (SHARP)
Iris Vara
Program Assistant, Transgender District of San Francisco
Jupiter Peraza
Program Associate, Transgender District of San Francisco
Championing the rights of transgender and intersex folks, our Community Health team advocates for the creation of an Office of Transgender and Intersex Affairs in Los Angeles County.
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Joana Chai-chang azterbaum
Policy Associate, Translatin@ Coalition
Taegen Meyer
Volunteer, Translatin@ Coalition
Anthony Daniel
Volunteer, Translatin@ Coalition
Healix
Volunteer, Translatin@ Coalition
Based in western Riverside, our Criminal Justice Reform team creates more housing opportunities for formerly incarcerated folks by reversing discriminatory housing policy.
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Avalon Edwards
Policy Associate, Starting Over Inc
Emma Li
FREE Project Associate, Media Coordinator, Starting Over Inc
Toya Vick
Participatory Defense Organizer/Peer Support Spc.
Jessica Alcocer
Community Organizer, Riverside CAT-911
Jazmin Garcia
Community Organizer, CAT-911
Focused on the high desert region of LA county, our Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice team advances the needs of Black Angelenos who are pregnant or parenting young kids while experiencing homelessness.
TaVia Iles
Volunteer/Board Member, Project Joy
Marquisha Henderson
Policy and Advocacy Co-Chair
Jana Wright
Director of Policy, LA Best Babies Network