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Our Mission
To build and sustain a coalition that seeks a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community through advocacy and education.
MIGRATION: HUMANITY IN MOTION
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Thursday, March 13: Escaping the Taliban
Living through war, helping US troops in Afghanistan, leaving everything you know behind. Join us to hear from Abdullah, and Sophia, a couple, who despite all odds, made it out of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of US troops in 2021. Learn about their journey and their life here in San Luis Obispo.
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Doors open at 5:30PM - Program starts at 6PM
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Meadow Park Community Room, San Luis Obispo (2251 Meadow St, SLO)
Thursday, April 10: Seeking Safety – A Ukrainian Refugee’s Journey
Facing displacement, watching your homeland suffer from afar. Arsen and his family fled the war in Ukraine after their home city of Kharkiv was devastated. Facing impossible choices along the way, Arsen was separated from his family, and after a long journey ended up in SLO County thanks to a Humanitarian Parole visa, a program now suspended.
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Doors open at 5:30PM - Program starts at 6PM
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Meadow Park Community Room, San Luis Obispo (2251 Meadow St, SLO)
YOU ARE INVITED:
March 27: The Cake - Benefit Night for Diversity Coalition
For each show at SLO REP, the Thursday night before opening night is the final dress rehearsal, often called a “preview performance.” Many theaters sell discounted tickets to previews, but SLO REP instead offers preview performances to SLO County nonprofits.
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We are honored to host this private party to raise funds for Diversity Coalition, followed by a very special play.
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Doors open at 6 pm for a special gathering
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Show begins at 7 pm sharp.
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SLO Rep: 888 Morro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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About The Cake:
Della makes cakes, but when the girl she helped raise comes back home to North Carolina to get married, and the fiancé is actually a fiancée, Della’s life gets turned upside down. She can’t really make a cake for such a wedding, can she? For the first time in her life, Della has to think for herself. Faith, family, and frosting collide in this timely new play from the writer of NBC’s This is Us.
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The play The Cake is based on the US Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission where a baker refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
March 31: Dolores​​
In partnership with the SLO Palm Theater, and in celebration of Women's History Month and Cesar Chavez Day, we bring you the documentary: DOLORES.
Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by starting the country's first farm worker's union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez.
What starts out as a struggle for racial and labor justice, soon becomes a fight for gender equality within the same union she is eventually forced to leave. As she wrestles with raising 11 children, three marriages, and is nearly beaten to death by a San Francisco tactical police squad, Dolores emerges with a vision that connects her new found feminism with racial and class justice.
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Monday, March 31st
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Film starts at 7PM
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Free screening
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Our Programs
School Speaker Program
Our School Speakers Program helps showcase the importance of telling our story and the importance of seeing the world from someone else's perspective.
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Our speaker list includes a diverse group of speakers including race, ethnicity, gender, immigration status and disabilities.
BIPOC Board Leadership Training
Our training aims to provide training to BIPOC professionals to be a good, effective board leader and create a pipeline of board ready candidates trained in board governance; as well as to facilitate board placement assistance for non-profits recruiting to diversify its board.
SLO Equity Podcast
SLO Equity is a podcast that dives into the origins of systemic racism, and unconscious bias in San Luis Obispo County. It tells the stories of the minorities affected by it as well as the stories of those people working to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in this predominantly white community.
Women of Color Network
Women of color experience unique perspectives at the intersection of race and gender. This dual identity often results in distinct social, economic, and cultural outcomes that are not fully addressed by movements focusing solely on either race or gender. By fostering connections and celebrating their achievements, we can promote inclusivity, amplify their voices, and work towards a more equitable society for all.
