Girls Leadership is looking ahead at the next 15 years of uplifting the power of girls!
Our annual Power of Voice Benefit honors our continued efforts to bring lasting power and leadership skills to girls and gender-expansive youth from kindergarten to twelfth grade.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
6:00–9:00 PM
The Green Room
401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served
Dress Code: Cocktail attire with your own flair
If you’d like to become a sponsor, please find more information here or email frances@girlsleadership.org
If you are unable to join us, please consider sponsoring an educator’s ticket or donating here.
HONOREES
Alicia Garza
Co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter and Black Futures Lab
Dr. Maria Su
Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District
Jasmine Singh
General Counsel, Ironclad
MC
Ama Daetz
Evening News Anchor, ABC7 News San Francisco
AUCTIONEER
Ron Tyler
ENTERTAINMENT
DJ Trixamillion
Loco Bloco
EVENT SPONSORS
Voice
Courage
Wellbeing
IN-KIND DONATIONS FROM
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Amira Dallafior
Danielle Horowitz
Devon McAllister Rothwell
Sheela Krothapalli
Tanya Mayo
Victoria Fan Azalde
MEET OUR HONOREES
Alicia Garza
Alicia believes that Black communities deserve what all communities deserve — to be powerful in every aspect of their lives. An author, political strategist, organizer, and cheeseburger enthusiast, Alicia founded the Black Futures Lab in 2018 to make Black communities powerful in politics. In 2023, the Black Futures Lab conducted the Black Census Project — the largest survey of Black communities in US history.
Alicia is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. The Black Lives Matter Global Network now has 40 chapters in four countries.
She is also the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism, and a Senior Advisor to the President at the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Alicia has become a powerful voice in the media, contributing expert commentary on politics, race, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity. Her work has been featured in Time, MSNBC, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Guardian.
Alicia’s first book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart, was released October 20, 2020 with One World (Penguin Random House.) She shares her thoughts on politics and pop culture on her podcast, Lady Don’t Take No.
Dr. Maria Su
Dr. Maria Su, Psy.D., is a dynamic and visionary leader in public service, education, and children and family advocacy, with over 25 years of transformative impact in the San Francisco Bay Area. As the Superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), she is dedicated to driving excellence and equity in education for 49,000 students. Dr. Su oversees the District’s $1.2B budget and almost 9,000 employees. Her leadership is defined by her focus on fiscal stability, operational effectiveness, and fostering inclusive partnerships to enhance student outcomes.
Prior to coming to SFUSD, Dr. Su was appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom in 2009 to serve as the Executive Director of the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (DCYF) in the City and County of San Francisco. In this capacity, she managed a $350M budget and spearheaded innovative programs that benefited youth from birth to age 24. Under her leadership, DCYF became a national model for youth-focused services committed to advancing equity and healing trauma so that young people can thrive and be successful.
Living in San Francisco with her husband and two sons, Dr. Su remains deeply rooted in the community she serves. A former SFUSD parent, she is profoundly committed to advancing educational opportunities and addressing systemic challenges to create a brighter future for all students.
Jasmine Singh
Jasmine Singh is the General Counsel at Ironclad. Previously, she was Chief Legal and People Officer at Binti, where she led the legal, people, security and compliance functions. Before that, Jasmine was Deputy General Counsel at Patreon, Assistant General Counsel at Pinterest, and Corporate Counsel at 24 Hour Fitness, where she gained extensive experience growing and managing legal teams, negotiating complex transactions, leading pro bono and culture initiatives, and building processes to scale. Earlier in her career, Jasmine was a litigator in Big Law.
Jasmine is on the boards and executive committees of Public Advocates (a non profit law firm) and Change Lawyers (a community foundation focused on justice in California) and is the founder of a decentralized philanthropy initiative called Dincert, which has raised tens of thousands of dollars for local nonprofits that provide direct services. She was previously on the boards of the Northern California chapter of the South Asian Bar Association and the Young Women Social Entrepreneurs organization. Jasmine graduated Order of the Coif from UCLA Law and earned her B.A. with high distinction from the University of Michigan. She has been recognized by the SF Business Journal as one of the most influential women in Bay Area business and by Women, Influence & Power Law Awards for her mentorship. Jasmine regularly speaks on leadership in the legal profession, AI, and health and wellness.
Alongside her legal career, Jasmine was an indoor cycling instructor for 8 years and the creator of Bhangra Cycle and Bhangra Barre. She is also a former competitive bhangra and hip hop dancer. Jasmine published an article on the racialization of Sikhs in the United States, which was published by the UCLA Asian American Law Journal and awarded at the Sikholars conference at Stanford University. She is also featured talking about her work in the documentary, Doctor Ji, and was the keynote speaker at the Sikh Lens Film Festival. Jasmine is the proud mom of two young children, who she is raising in Oakland with her husband.
MEET OUR MC
Ama Daetz
Ama Daetz, a San Jose native, earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Loyola Marymount University.
Ama has always had a passion for journalism and a strong desire to be a trusted source for local and world news. She began her career as a writer, producer, and editor in Fresno, California. From there, she anchored and reported in Amarillo, TX, Kalamazoo, MI, Detroit, MI, and Sacramento, CA. Ama returned home to the Bay Area and is a longtime evening anchor for ABC7 News in San Francisco.
In her spare time, Ama enjoys taking and teaching cycling classes, and spending time with her family.
MEET OUR AUCTIONEER
Ron Tyler
Ron Tyler is a Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford Law School. Professor Tyler’s scholarly agenda focuses on self-care skills for lawyers and criminal practice and procedure. His most recent publication in 2021 is “Criminal Practice, A Handbook for New Advocates,” 1st Edition, (Foundation Press) (co-authored with SLS Prof. George Fisher and UCLA Prof. Ingrid Eagly). In 2020, his blog post for the SLS Legal Aggregate, “Police Use of Force, Training, and a Way Forward After the Death of George Floyd” (co-authored with Criminal Defense Clinic Associate Director Suzanne Luban) yielded national and international media exposure.
Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty, Professor Tyler was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for 22 years in the Northern District of California. He is active in several nonprofits, serving as General Counsel and on the Executive Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union, Chair of the Board of Regents of the National Criminal Defense College, and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the GRIP Training Institute, a California nonprofit dedicated to personal and systemic change for incarcerated persons.
Professor Tyler received his B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981 and had a brief career in high tech before changing his focus to law and public interest advocacy. He began law school as a Tony Patiño Fellow at Hastings College of the Law and earned his JD from UC Berkeley School of Law in 1989, where he served as Notes and Comments Editor on the Ecology Law Quarterly. After law school, he clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel.
MEET OUR ENTERTAINMENT
DJ Trixamillion
Trixamillion is a local Bay Area-based DJ who has been working professionally for 5 years in the industry. She has been booked in numerous bars, clubs, and music venues in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose playing multi-genre parties and even themed parties geared towards R&B, Hip-hop, Hyphy, Afrobeats, Pop, Dance, House, and the rare remixes and edits. Through her recent travels, she has played as far as Manila, Philippines, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Houston & Austin, Texas, as well as Las Vegas, Nevada. Staying loyal to her roots, she has even been booked for popular parties like Cuffin’ All Thangs R&B party, R&B and Ribs, and taking the festival stage at Outside Lands. Trixamillion upholds a professional and authentic standard of the art of turntablism. She is very resourceful and has provided a class through Ladies 1st DJ Club, Bay Area on how to successfully pursue DJing as a career.
Loco Bloco
Loco Bloco (LB) promotes the healthy transition into adulthood for San Francisco youth by engaging them in the creation and performance of music, dance, and theater rooted in Afro-Latinx traditions. Founded by community-based artists and activists in 1994, Loco Bloco provides BIPOC youth with transformational arts experiences to foster dialogue, engagement and unity between diverse cultures in Bay Area communities. Based on frameworks that emerged in Latin America of artistic creation as an emancipatory process, we empower youth to embrace the cultural legacies of their ancestors, overcome discrimination and create positive change. For 30 years thousands of young people and their families have participated in LB programs and annual productions, strengthening their connections to cultural traditions, wellness, and becoming leaders/culture-bearers for their communities.
