Check out the wonderful photos from this year’s Empower Gala. Images courtesy of Hugh Williams and Girl Squad Media.

  Videos from our 2025 Empower Gala
 
  Western Justice Center Executive Director Elissa D. Barrett, Esq., delivers opening remarks, sharing a vision for peacebuilding rooted in empathy and community.

  Learn more about the Dorothy W. Nelson Peacemaker Award recipients, Eliot Arts Magnet and McKinley School of Arts of the Pasadena Unified School District.

  Principals Ms. Lanisha Mckenzie & Dr. Maria Toliver receiving the Dorothy W. Nelson Peacemaker Award on behalf Eliot Arts Magnet and McKinley School of Arts of the Pasadena Unified School District.

  Dr. José A. Gómez, Superintendent/President of Pasadena City College, accepts the 2025 Movement Builder Award.

  The Honorable Judge Richard A. Paez accepts the 2025 Champion of Justice Award.