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(New York, New
York, May 7th 2019) – Over
200 guests attended the 19th annual 21 Leaders
for the 21st Century awards gala honoring 21
women and men who have helped promote and empower women and
girls around the world. The event, presented by Women’s eNews,
took place on Monday, May 6th, at Club 101
in New York City.
The evening was
hosted by
Tamsen Fadal,
eleven-time Emmy award-winning journalist and
anchor of
PIX 11 News,
author,
executive producer and host of Broadway
Profiles for The
Broadway Channel.
Lori Sokol,
Executive Director of Women’s eNews, presided
over the event. Loreen Arbus,
President of The Loreen Arbus Foundation, The Goldenson-Arbus
Foundation, and Loreen Arbus Productions,
Inc., was the Honorary Gala Chair. Honorary Gala Co-Chairs were
Abigail Disney, documentary filmmaker and
co-founder, Level Forward; Lauren Embrey, President,
Embrey Family Foundation; and Suzanne Lerner, Co-Founder
and President, Michael Stars.
Loreen Arbus
presented
The Loreen Arbus Champion for Disabilities Award to Jd
Michaels. Lauren Embrey presented The Rita Henley
Jensen Investigative Journalist Award to Danielle Belton,
Editor-in-Chief at The Root. Wendy Davis, former
Texas State Senator, 2014 Texas Democratic Gubernatorial
nominee, and Founding Director of Deeds not Words,
was the keynote speaker for the gala as well as an honoree.
The evenings honorees were:
Gisselle Acevedo,President +
CEO, The Ackerman Institute for the Family; Danielle Belton,Editor-in-Chief,
The Root; Dr. Susan M. Blaustein,Founder + Director,
WomenStrong International; Ted Bunch,Chief Development
Officer, A Call To Men; Carolyn A. Butts,Founder +
Executive Director, African Voices; Wendy Davis,Founder +
Director, Deeds not Words; Robyn Hatcher,Founder + Owner,
SpeakEtc.; Meika Hollander,Co-Founder + CEO, Sustain
Natural; Katja Iversen,President + CEO, Women Deliver;
Cynthia López,Executive Director, New York Women in Film and
Television; Rosalind McLymont, Executive Editor, The
Network Journal; Brette McSweeney, President, Eleanor's
Legacy; Ana Oliveira, President + CEO, New York Women's
Foundation; Tony Porter, CEO, A Call To Men; Stephanie
Sandberg, Executive Director, LPAC; Sean Strub,
Executive Director, Sero Project; and Alicia Syrett,
Founder + CEO, Pantegrion Capital LLC.
VIPS in attendance included: Women’s eNews Board
Chair
Ambassador Alice Dear;
Board Members
Kimberly Seals AllersandXian Horn; MaysoonZayid,
Lee Llambelis,Julie
Burton, Teresa C. Younger, Gloria Feldt, Gloria Joseph, Joan
Jedell, Martha Fling, Debbie Werner, Leslie Roberts, Tari
Hartman Squire, Camilla Barungi, Lauren LoGiudice,and Marie
Wilson.
This year’s gala presented an 'In Memory of' in
tribute to Lenora Lapidus, the head of the Women's
Project of the ACLU, who passed away earlier this week from
breast cancer. She was a 2017 '21 Leaders for the 21st
Century' honoree.
About Women’s eNews:
Our Mission:
Women’s eNews reports the stories of women and girls to create a
more equitable world.
Our Vision:
A world that honors, respects, and supports the lives
of women and girls.
Our Values:
To uphold the values of journalism by seeking the truth
and reporting it, acting independently, and minimizing harm with
accountability and transparency.
What We Do:
Women’s eNews is an award-winning nonprofit news service
covering issues of particular concern to women and providing
women’s perspectives on public policy. With writers and readers
around the globe, Women’s eNews’ audience stretches from New
York City to New Delhi and all points between, reaching an
estimated 2.5 million readers each year.
Women’s eNews
editors seek out freelance writers from around the world to
write on every topic from politics, religion, economics, health,
and science, to sustainability, education, sports, and
legislation. Women’s eNews relies on the best practices of
journalism and has gained enormous credibility by providing
factual journalism every day.
For more information
about Women’s eNews or the Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the
21st Century Gala, contact James Grant at
jamesgrantpr.com.
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