Women Rising

Women Rising Women Rising is an organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the talent of women and young girls in the community in San Jose, and beyond.

Women Rising is an organization created to promoting, supporting, and recognizing the talent of women of all ages and background in the arts community in San Jose. The event provides the public with the opportunity to see art, listen to music and poetry by women, while empowering them to be leaders and provoking responses from the audience on the topic. The first Women Rising took place in October

of 2010, with close to 200 attendees and over 40 women in the creative arts participating in the event. Since then our organization has grown to include additional events and projects including community murals, workshops, and activism.

05/20/2020

Happy World Bee Day! Thank you to all the bees and pollinators out there. Did you know that it's the female honey bee that feed the queen, care for the young, build the hive, make honey, collect pollen and nectar, and guard the hive?! Way to go, ladies! What's your favorite flower?

03/04/2020

Goswami & Associates is currently seeking an Associate Attorney to be part of the legal team and assist in the representation of clients and also to provide leadership to the firm’s staff of Legal Assistants. The Associate Attorney works under the supervision of the Principal Attorney and is responsible for case management and ensuring that deadlines are met.

Responsibilities:

• Explain immigration concepts and present strategic solutions to clients
• Research applicable laws and regulations and draft legal memoranda
• Represent individuals in removal proceedings and before Immigration
Court, Board of Immigration Appeals and other judicial and quasi-
judicial forums
• Manage a heavy workload of cases
• Prepare diverse immigration applications, including removal defense,
family and employment based immigration petitions and applications
• Review immigration petitions / applications and make any necessary
adjustments
• Meet with potential clients for immigration consultations and determine
appropriate strategies
• Assist in the development of strategy and prepare clients for
proceedings and to give testimony
• Provide legal analysis for clients to determine any possible case
benefits
• Draft legal briefs for a variety of immigration cases

Qualifications and Experience:

• Possesses strong knowledge and procedural requirements for various
types of non-immigrant and immigrant visas;
• Demonstrates a high level of productivity and ability to multitask in a
fast-paced professional environment with competing demands, while
maintaining attention to detail;
• Ability to provide effective and meaningful support to clients under the
supervision of an Attorney;
• Ability to manage a heavy workload;
• Experience in drafting RFEs and drafting and filing large volumes of
immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, including PERMs;
• A JD or LLM from an ABA Approved Law School with two years of
immigration law experience
• Bilingual or multilingual applicants are preferred

About Goswami & Associates:

G&A is a leading full-service immigration law firm in the Bay Area of California. The firm provides expert immigration law services to a diverse variety of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to individuals, from over 100 different countries.

03/03/2020

Job Description: Goswami & Associates is currently seeking an Associate Attorney to be part of the legal team and assist in the representation of clients and also to provide leadership to the firm’s staff of Legal Assistants. The Associate Attorney works under the supervision of the Principal Attorney and is responsible for case management and ensuring that deadlines are met.

Responsibilities:

• Explain immigration concepts and present strategic solutions to clients
• Research applicable laws and regulations and draft legal memoranda
• Represent individuals in removal proceedings and before Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals and other judicial and quasi-judicial forums
• Manage a heavy workload of cases
• Prepare diverse immigration applications, including removal defense, family and employment based immigration petitions and applications
• Review immigration petitions / applications and make any necessary adjustments
• Meet with potential clients for immigration consultations and determine appropriate strategies
• Assist in the development of strategy and prepare clients for proceedings and to give testimony
• Provide legal analysis for clients to determine any possible case benefits
• Draft legal briefs for a variety of immigration cases

Qualifications and Experience:

• Possesses strong knowledge and procedural requirements for various types of non-immigrant and immigrant visas;
• Demonstrates a high level of productivity and ability to multitask in a fast-paced professional environment with competing demands, while maintaining attention to detail;
• Ability to provide effective and meaningful support to clients under the supervision of an Attorney;
• Ability to manage a heavy workload;
• Experience in drafting RFEs and drafting and filing large volumes of immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, including PERMs;
• A JD or LLM from an ABA Approved Law School with two years of immigration law experience
• Bilingual or multilingual applicants are preferred

About Goswami & Associates:

G&A is a leading full-service immigration law firm in the Bay Area of California. The firm provides expert immigration law services to a diverse variety of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to individuals, from over 100 different countries.

Notes:

• Full-time position;
• G&A is an equal opportunity employer.

09/14/2016

Fill this out and be counted!! Women especially need space outside of the home where they can focus on their creative pursuits. Studio space is dwindling in San Jose. We need spaces to gather and create!

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Soooooo very very true!
07/28/2016

Soooooo very very true!

Female leaders need to make sure they're not perceived as pushy, aggressive or competent. Here are 9 non-threatening leadership strategies for women.

06/14/2016

Yes! I reported a Brock Turner support page to Facebook that was spreading pro-rapist memes and they took it down! One small step in the fight against misogyny on the web!

03/07/2016

Society gives us messages we need to break through at every age.

An interesting read about the women missing in the NWA story.
08/21/2015

An interesting read about the women missing in the NWA story.

On January 27, 1991, at a record-release party for the rap duo Bytches With Problems in Hollywood, producer/rapper/then-N.W.A. member Dr. Dre brutally attacked Dee Barnes, the host of a well-known Fox show about hip-hop called Pump It Up! Dre was reportedly angry about a Pump It Up! segment hosted b…

06/14/2015

Watch out! There are some ladies in this lab!

Erin Salazar is throwing down! Big thanks to Exhibition District TechShop San Jose LAuruS Myth and all those involved wi...
06/02/2015

Erin Salazar is throwing down! Big thanks to Exhibition District TechShop San Jose LAuruS Myth and all those involved with the murals going up this week in

A muralist and entrepreneur is combining her talents to enlighten San Jose and promote artists at the same time.

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