Annual Dallas Awards
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | 10:30 am - Noon
AT&T Performing Arts Center | Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
2403 Flora Street | Dallas
Co-Chairs: Jessica Bass Bolander | Abby Miller Evans | Missy Rogers Peck
Join us as we gather for a memorable morning at the Annual Dallas Awards in support of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. Together we'll take strides toward a world in which everyone can access quality healthcare and information to live their lives fully, without judgment.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
DARREN WALKER, PRESIDENT OF THE FORD FOUNDATION
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Darren Walker is President of the Ford Foundation, a $16 billion international social justice philanthropy. Under his leadership, the Ford Foundation became the first non-profit in US history to issue a $1 billion designated social bond to stabilize non-profit organizations in the wake of COVID-19.
Before joining Ford, Darren was vice president at the Rockefeller Foundation, overseeing global and domestic programs. In the 1990s, he was COO of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, Harlem’s largest community development organization.
Darren co-founded both the US Impact Investing Alliance and the Presidents’ Council on Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy. He serves on many boards, including the National Gallery of Art, Carnegie Hall, the High Line, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Committee to Protect Journalists, Ralph Lauren, Bloomberg Inc. and PepsiCo.
Educated exclusively in public schools, Darren was a member of the first Head Start class in 1965 and received BA, BS, and JD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He has been included on numerous leadership lists including Time’s annual 100 Most Influential People, Rolling Stone’s 25 People Shaping the Future and Wall Street Journal 2020 Philanthropy Innovator of the Year. He is the recipient of 16 honorary degrees, including Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal. In 2022, he was awarded France’s highest cultural honor, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, for leadership in the arts. In 2023 he was also appointed by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II to the Order of the British Empire for services to UK/US relations.
THE GERTRUDE SHELBURNE HUMANITARIAN AWARD RECIPIENT:
CECILE RICHARDS
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Cecile Richards is a national leader for women’s rights and social and economic justice, and a co-founder of Supermajority -- a new organization fighting for gender equity. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Make Trouble. As President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund for 12 years, Richards worked to increase affordable access to reproductive health care and to build a healthier and safer world for women and young people. After starting her career as a labor organizer, working with women earning the minimum wage, she went on to start her own grassroots organizations, and later served as Deputy Chief of Staff to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Richards is a frequent speaker and commentator on politics and progressive issues. She and her husband, Kirk Adams, have three children and live in New York City.
A GLIMPSE INTO THE 33RD ANNUAL DALLAS AWARDS 2023:
Co-Chairs: Victoria Brown, Flauren Bender and Nicolette Lamont
The Gertrude Shelburne Humanitarian Award Recipient, Jolie Newman with President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, Ken Lambrecht
Special Guest: Averie Bishop
A Conversation with Connie Britton moderated by Cynt Marshall
The Voices of Light Choir