Women’s Rights Scholar and Acclaimed
Author Anita Hill to Keynote Benefit for Fairfield
County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls
Luncheon
NORWALK, CT., March
03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Women’s rights scholar and
acclaimed author Anita
Hill will be this
year’s keynote speaker for the Fairfield County’s
Community Foundation’s (FCCF) annual
celebration for its Fund for Women & Girls.
Back to the
benefit’s traditional in-person format, the luncheon
will be held on Friday,
April 22 at
the Greenwich
Hyatt.
The opening reception will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed
by the luncheon and program from 12:00
- 2:00 p.m. Virtual
attendance is also
available for live streaming the event.
“‘Dream. Believe. Achieve.’ is more than
a theme,” Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
President and CEO Juanita James said. “Elevating women
and girls to believe in their own power — and enabling
them to amplify that power by working together — has
always been at the heart of the Community Foundation’s
Fund for Women & Girls. Having Anita Hill — one of the
most compelling and respected voices in the fight for
ending gender-based violence — deliver this most
important message at the annual luncheon only makes it
that much more empowering.”
Hill, a professor of Law, Public Policy
and Women’s Studies at Brandeis University, has
dedicated her life’s work to advancing women’s rights
and ending gender violence.
The recipient of a 2019 PEN Courage
Award, Hill’s commentary has been featured by major
media outlets from The New York Times to Good Morning
America.
Her new book, Believing:
Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence,
is a powerful call to arms from one of America’s most
prominent and poised survivors. Her prior
autobiography, Speaking
Truth to Power,
shares her story of testifying before the Senate
Judiciary Committee about sexual harassment experienced
during her career.
Now in its 24th year, the Community
Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls is the largest
women’s fund in New England and has improved the lives
of tens of thousands of women and girls in the region
with more than $8 million in grants.
The highly attended annual luncheon
attracts more than 800 supporters each year and has
featured prominent speakers such as Dr. Maya Angelou,
Gloria Steinem, Billie Jean King and Tracee Ellis Ross.
Serving as the flagship fundraiser for supporting the
Fund’s work, the luncheon will also spotlight the work
of its newest signature initiative, the emme coalition -
an innovative program that puts women and girls in the
driver’s seat of their lives as partners in their own
care.
About the 2022 Fund for
Women & Girls Annual Luncheon
Tickets and tables for the
in-person luncheon and program, or virtual live-stream,
can be purchased here.
Available sponsorships can also be purchased online.
For ticket questions or transfer requests, please
contact us at FWGLunch@FCCFoundation.org or
203.750.3200. In accordance with the CDC regarding
COVID-19, FCCF will require proof of full vaccination*
checked against government-issued IDs for any guests
on-site at the luncheon. Masks will also be required
when not actively eating or drinking. Guests will not be
admitted into the event without the above items.
*Two weeks after your second dose in a
two-dose series, or two weeks after a single-dose
vaccine
About Fairfield
County’s Community Foundation
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation promotes
philanthropy as a means to create change in Fairfield
County, focusing on innovative and collaborative
solutions to critical issues impacting the community.
Individuals, families, corporations, and organizations
can establish charitable funds or contribute to existing
funds. The Community Foundation is in compliance with
the Council on Foundations’ national standards and has
awarded over $337.5 million in grants to nonprofits in
Fairfield County and beyond since 1992. As a trusted
nonprofit partner and thought leader, the organization
brings together community organizers, business experts,
and philanthropists to close the opportunity gap in
Fairfield County with a focus on eliminating disparities
in education, employment, housing, and health. Our goal
is to create a vital and inclusive community, where
every individual has the opportunity to thrive. Learn
more at FCCFoundation.org. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.