About the Event: CJA’s A Toast to Justice event is the 2nd annual fundraising event of the Young Professionals’ Committee for Human Rights (YPCHR). Hosted at SOMArts in San Francisco, guests will enjoy small bites and sample wines from local and international wine and beer makers, hear live music, and will have the opportunity to bid on an array of silent auction items from local merchants.

Confirmed wine makers include:

Domaine des Malandes
Living Wines Collective
Thee and Thou Wines
Uvaggio Winery
...possibly one more TBD

Food Sponsors include:

Hands On Gourmet
ThirstyBear Brewing Company

Music by jazz guitarist Vic Wong.

Special guest: Richard Kamler, artist, educator and curator.

The exhibition on display is A Place of Her Own, curated by Cynthia Tom. A Place of Her Own features more than 30 artworks and large-scale installations that excavate the vibrant dreams and hopes of women. On view with accompanying public programming November 19 to December 11, 2015, the group visual arts exhibition amplifies the voices of 20 women artists with diverse cultural perspectives ranging in age from 24 to 89 years old. Each piece in the exhibition is a courageous visual answer to the question, “If you had a place of your own, what would it be?”

About CJA: The Center for Justice and Accountability is an international human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other severe human rights abuses around the world through litigation, policy advocacy and outreach in pursuit of truth, justice and redress for victims and survivors.

CJA is part of the movement for global justice for those who have been tortured or have suffered other severe human rights abuses. CJA was founded on the principle, first used during the Nuremberg trials after World War II, that certain crimes are so egregious that they represent offenses against all humankind. These crimes include genocide, crimes against humanity, extrajudicial killing and torture. CJA believes that perpetrators of such violations should be brought to justice wherever they are found.

About YPCHR: The Young Professionals’ Committee for Human Rights (YPCHR) is a passionate group of young professionals dedicated to promoting the work of CJA and engaging the next generation of human rights advocates. The Committee’s speaker series, Drink + Think, takes place three times a year and hosts talks with internationally acclaimed experts on numerous topics within the field of human rights, in friendly and informal happy-hour settings at various corporate headquarters throughout San Francisco.

Interested in being a food sponsor or donating silent auction items? Please email development@cja.org.