Participate in Women Cultural Celebrations in Berkeley, CA supporting important causes and bringing your community together. These events celebrate cultural heritage while raising awareness and funds for organizations serving the Women community.
Discover a powerful lineage of Jewish women who challenged norms, claimed their voices, and redefined what it means to lead with courage.
Together weāll peer into the bold, complex, and often subversive ways Jewish women across time have resisted, reshaped, and reimagined the worlds they inherited. From the biblical courage of Ruth, the moral tenacity of Judith, and the defiance of Vashti, to the modern-day boundary-breakers Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bella Abzug, and Barbra Streisand, we will trace a heritage of resistance that is spiritual, political, and deeply personal. Through text study and discussion, we'll consider what it means to challenge authority, live as a heroine, and act with audacity and as well as how these stories might inform our lives today.
Rabbi Batshir Torchio is a ritual and spiritual practitioner who has been engaging with folks for lifecycle events and learning. She was ordained at AJRCA in Los Angeles, where she learned with rabbis and scholars from across the broad spectrum of Jewish movements. Batshir is moved by the translation and ownership of ancient ritual into contemporary meaning; to āmake the old new, and the new, holy.ā (Rav Kook) In addition to her role as Senior Jewish Educator at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Batshir also guides tours through Israel and Poland, and is a life-cycle officiant, both locally and abroad.
Thursday, 30, 13.00 -
Thursday, 30, 14.00
San Francisco,
CA
_$25
Join us in centering women of color storytelling through spoken word and performance.
The Empowering Women of Color Open Mic is back!
Weāve missed you! Join us for an evening of live music, spoken word, radical storytelling, and powerful performances that uplift and celebrate the creativity of women* of color.
This beloved open mic is a long-standing collaboration between La PeƱa Cultural Center and UC Berkeleyās Women of Color Initiative, serving as the launch event of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC) - one of the nationās longest-running conferences addressing the needs and experiences of womxn of color. Since its founding in 1985, EWOCC has brought together activists, artists, scholars, and community leaders to advance intersectional feminist movements rooted in justice and solidarity.
Rooted in Black feminism and collective joy, this open mic welcomes everyone into a sacred space that centers the voices, stories, and expressions of women of color, while inviting all to witness, listen, and be in community.
Come be part of an inspiring community grounded in love, art, and liberation.
*We use āwomenā as an inclusive term embracing all who experience or connect with womanhood through identity, spirit, or lived experience, past, present, future, and fluid, while honoring the diverse ways gender is expressed, including by trans and non-binary folks.
Friday, 13, 20.00 -
Friday, 13, 22.00
Berkeley,
CA
_$25
The 41st Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference will be held on March 14, 2026. Join us to celebrate each other and community!
In this 41st Annual EWOCC, we set out to create a space to celebrate the radical, unyielding, and deeply intentional love that womxn of color embody as we build, resist, heal, and transform. We will reflect on the importance of community building, solidarity, and collective power while embracing self-care and love. We will be featuring workshop presenters, a Q&A panelist session, as well as a catered lunch and light refreshments!
$1 of each ticket sale will go towards the payment of our Shuumi Land Tax. The Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntary annual contribution that non-Indigenous people living on the Confederated Villages of Lisjanās territory can make to support the critical work of the Sogorea Teā Land Trust.
Conference Agenda:
9:00AM Check-in + Breakfast + Entertainment
10:00AM Welcome + Opening Circle
11:00AM Morning Workshops
12:30PM Panel Session + Vendor Fair + Lunch
3:00PM Afternoon Workshops
4:30PM Closing + Entertainment
The 2026 conference artwork is designed by Soni Lopez-Chavez. Born in Cuitzeo de Abasolo in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Soni pulls from her Chichimeca heritage and lived experience as a first-generation immigrant to empower historically marginalized communities. Soniās art covers a wide variety of different topics and causes. A representation of her Indigenous ancestry, her life lived back and forth between two nations.
Saturday, 14, 09.00 -
Saturday, 14, 17.00
Berkeley,
CA
_$25
Discover a powerful lineage of Jewish women who challenged norms, claimed their voices, and redefined what it means to lead with courage.
Together weāll peer into the bold, complex, and often subversive ways Jewish women across time have resisted, reshaped, and reimagined the worlds they inherited. From the biblical courage of Ruth, the moral tenacity of Judith, and the defiance of Vashti, to the modern-day boundary-breakers Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bella Abzug, and Barbra Streisand, we will trace a heritage of resistance that is spiritual, political, and deeply personal. Through text study and discussion, we'll consider what it means to challenge authority, live as a heroine, and act with audacity and as well as how these stories might inform our lives today.
Rabbi Batshir Torchio is a ritual and spiritual practitioner who has been engaging with folks for lifecycle events and learning. She was ordained at AJRCA in Los Angeles, where she learned with rabbis and scholars from across the broad spectrum of Jewish movements. Batshir is moved by the translation and ownership of ancient ritual into contemporary meaning; to āmake the old new, and the new, holy.ā (Rav Kook) In addition to her role as Senior Jewish Educator at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Batshir also guides tours through Israel and Poland, and is a life-cycle officiant, both locally and abroad.
Sunday, 08, 12.00 - Sunday, 08, 16.00
San Francisco, CA
0.00
Join us in centering women of color storytelling through spoken word and performance.
The Empowering Women of Color Open Mic is back!
Weāve missed you! Join us for an evening of live music, spoken word, radical storytelling, and powerful performances that uplift and celebrate the creativity of women* of color.
This beloved open mic is a long-standing collaboration between La PeƱa Cultural Center and UC Berkeleyās Women of Color Initiative, serving as the launch event of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC) - one of the nationās longest-running conferences addressing the needs and experiences of womxn of color. Since its founding in 1985, EWOCC has brought together activists, artists, scholars, and community leaders to advance intersectional feminist movements rooted in justice and solidarity.
Rooted in Black feminism and collective joy, this open mic welcomes everyone into a sacred space that centers the voices, stories, and expressions of women of color, while inviting all to witness, listen, and be in community.
Come be part of an inspiring community grounded in love, art, and liberation.
*We use āwomenā as an inclusive term embracing all who experience or connect with womanhood through identity, spirit, or lived experience, past, present, future, and fluid, while honoring the diverse ways gender is expressed, including by trans and non-binary folks.
Sunday, 08, 12.00 - Sunday, 08, 16.00
Berkeley, CA
11.97
The 41st Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference will be held on March 14, 2026. Join us to celebrate each other and community!
In this 41st Annual EWOCC, we set out to create a space to celebrate the radical, unyielding, and deeply intentional love that womxn of color embody as we build, resist, heal, and transform. We will reflect on the importance of community building, solidarity, and collective power while embracing self-care and love. We will be featuring workshop presenters, a Q&A panelist session, as well as a catered lunch and light refreshments!
$1 of each ticket sale will go towards the payment of our Shuumi Land Tax. The Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntary annual contribution that non-Indigenous people living on the Confederated Villages of Lisjanās territory can make to support the critical work of the Sogorea Teā Land Trust.
Conference Agenda:
9:00AM Check-in + Breakfast + Entertainment
10:00AM Welcome + Opening Circle
11:00AM Morning Workshops
12:30PM Panel Session + Vendor Fair + Lunch
3:00PM Afternoon Workshops
4:30PM Closing + Entertainment
The 2026 conference artwork is designed by Soni Lopez-Chavez. Born in Cuitzeo de Abasolo in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Soni pulls from her Chichimeca heritage and lived experience as a first-generation immigrant to empower historically marginalized communities. Soniās art covers a wide variety of different topics and causes. A representation of her Indigenous ancestry, her life lived back and forth between two nations.
Sunday, 08, 12.00 - Sunday, 08, 16.00
Berkeley, CA
16.00