KNOWLEDGE
IS POWER
Join us for a Women’s Economic Empowerment panel & social event at Los Angeles’ historic-cultural landmark Women’s Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock.
Women’s History Month
Thursday, March 19th from 6-8pm
5105 Hermosa Avenue, Los Angeles
Thanks to our sponsors, there is no cost to join. All are welcome!
Meet the Speakers
Karin Liljegren, FAIA
Founder + Principal, Omgivning
Karin has dedicated her career to community building, sustainability, and advocacy by embracing adaptive reuse as a powerful means to revitalize our cities. For over 24 years, Karin has focused on adaptive reuse projects and advocates for policy reform to make the repurposing of older buildings more financially viable and cornerstones of their communities. Karin founded the architecture and interior design firm Omgivning in 2009.
Today, she and her staff have touched over 700 buildings, drawing on a rich existing landscape to create programmatically and technically complex hotels, multifamily housing, restaurants, bars, creative offices, and theaters, often with custom furniture to match. Karin is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and active with the AIA Los Angeles Chapter. Through Urban Land Institute, she serves on the National Redevelopment and Reuse Council and the Los Angeles Innovation and Housing Councils. Karin also sits on the board of the Los Angeles Conservancy and chairs the Advocacy Committee and is involved with advocacy organizations such as the Central City Association as an adaptive reuse leader.
In addition to her architectural endeavors, she is an emerging Developer and starting other entrepreneurial enterprises such as a culture + industry based co-working company called söm co-space.
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Jorgi Paul (Moderator)
Founder, Lady of Record
Jorgi is building & servicing a community of women owning real estate. Before launching Lady of Record in New York, she began her career at Omnicom’s OMD where she led $50 million in media strategies for Fortune Global 500 & leading companies. Realizing her passion for client relationships could extend into something with more tangibility, she shifted her career & became a commercial real estate investment broker, participating in $1 billion in property sales across 100+ transactions.
After working on a top team at a global firm for many years with institutional clients such as Goldman Sachs, Invesco & Hines, as well as earning CCIM Rookie of the Year, Jorgi decided to leave & create her own brand, Lady of Record, to address a gap within the industry.
Rooted in community & education, she has helped hundreds of women from all backgrounds better understand their economic power through her events. Now based in LA, she has redefined her role as an impact-focused real estate advisor & agent helping clients buy, sell & lease premium residential & commercial properties throughout the city. Her clients include investors, entrepreneurs, interior designers, developers, film producers & executives across industries, who together are redefining the profile of real estate owners to include women, closing the Gender Wealth Gap.
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Historic Cultural Monument No. 537
In 1903, a group of women in Eagle Rock met at each other’s homes. They were inspired to create a club for self-improvement, public service & the mutual support of ambitions that reached far beyond their immediate households, as the women’s club movement marked the entry of women into public life.
Planning began in 1904 & by 1915 they had raised capital, purchased land & built their own clubhouse. These women were a force in the community. They led the petition for women’s right to vote to the California legislature & for Occidental to accept women.
The clubhouse was declared a Los Angeles Cultural Monument in 1991 & placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Now, with the support of its membership & a $1.5M grant from the State of California, the clubhouse - known as “the grand old lady” - is being reimagined as it enters its next chapter of impact.
Learn more at womenscluber.org
See you there!