Our Federation’s Sylvia Weisz Women’s Philanthropy and our Caring for Jews in Need strategic initiative invite you and a friend (or two) to a captivating talk with mother, lawyer, and mental health advocate Andrea Sonnenberg on Wednesday, June 16th, at 10:30 AM via Zoom. She will share her harrowing experience with the mental health care system, how it failed her son, and her rallying cry for change. Please join us as we learn from Andrea and support her in her quest to correct how our country handles — or mishandles — mental illness and prevent other families from undergoing related trauma.
Your attendance at this event contributes to The Jewish Federation’s life-changing work. Our Federation stepped up and worked diligently with our partners to address the most pressing needs caused by the COVID-19 crisis. We were there to strengthen the fading heartbeat of Jewish L.A. by:
- Supporting the survival and safe reopening of our local Jewish institutions and Jewish-owned businesses
- Providing meal deliveries to our homebound frail and elderly
- Improving mental health and awareness in teens and young adults
- Connecting community members to one another through virtual events
Online registration is closed. For more information or if you have any questions regarding how to join this virtual experience, please contact Lauren Shorten at LShorten@JewishLA.org or (323) 761-8306.
About our speaker:
Andrea Sonnenberg is Co-Founder and CEO of Wise Readers to Leaders, a non-profit literacy and enrichment program for underserved students. Andrea is an attorney, who has practiced in the corporate, entertainment, and nonprofit sectors. She is the Chair of the Board of USC Hillel and serves on the Board of The Jewish Community Foundation. She also is Co-Chair of the Legal Network of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, has served on the Advisory Committee of the Para los Ninos Charter School, and is a proud member of the SAM Initiative. Inspired by her son’s untimely death, Andrea has become a mental health advocate, working to educate, increase awareness, and influence policy and decision makers. Andrea graduated cum laude from the USC Marshall School of Business in Finance and received her J.D. from Loyola Law School.
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