San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame

The Annual San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors women who have positively impacted San Diego.

The seven women recognized this year include: the late Yolanda López  (Cultural Bridge Builder), a feminist, artist, activist and leader, educator, film producer, printmaker, and a Chicanx studies scholar; Raye Clendening (Empowerer), an educational leader, award-winning administrator, and co-founder of the North County African American Women’s Association; Anne Evans (Empowerer), a trailblazing hotelier who has received many awards for civic leadership on boards and at UC San Diego; Anne S. Bautista, Esq. (Activist), Director of Legal Support and Strategy, Casa Cornelia Law Center; Andrea Naversen (Historian), award-winning documentarian, author, journalist, TV news anchor, and Ranch & Coast Magazine editor-at-large; Dr. Olga Diaz (Trailblazer), the first woman of color elected to the Escondido City Council and an outspoken civic leader on gender, racial, and ethnic social justice; and Dr. DJ Kuttin Kandi (Spirit of the Hall of Fame Award), hip hop DJ scholar, disabled, queer, Filipinx Pinay/Pinax American writer, poet, theater performer, educator, and community organizer. Tickets are available until April 12.