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Brooklyn College to Welcome Patrick Gaspard for Second Presidential Lecture Series Event

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Thursday, April 20, 2023
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Brooklyn College will continue its successful Presidential Lecture Series on April 25 when Michelle J. Anderson welcomes the President and CEO of the Center for American Progress and the CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund Patrick Gaspard .

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  • Brooklyn College will continue its successful Presidential Lecture Series on April 25 when Michelle J. Anderson welcomes the President and CEO of the Center for American Progress and the CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund Patrick Gaspard .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230420005971/en/
    This event will run from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
  • Brooklyn College’s Presidential Lecture Series features President Anderson in conversation with high-profile leaders and is aimed at exposing students and the extended Brooklyn College community to inspiring ideas, courageous leadership, and models of civic engagement and civil discourse.
  • This President Lecture Series event is presented in partnership with the Martin Mendelsohn ’63 and Syma R. Mendelsohn ’64 Lectureship in International Relations at Brooklyn College.

Misty Copeland - First Black Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theater - to Keynote 25th Annual Luncheon for Fairfield County's Community Foundation's Fund for Women & Girls

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- History-making ballet dancer and philanthropist Misty Copeland will serve as the keynote speaker for the silver anniversary of Fairfield County's Community Foundation's (FCCF) annual celebration of the Fund for Women & Girls.

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  • NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- History-making ballet dancer and philanthropist Misty Copeland will serve as the keynote speaker for the silver anniversary of Fairfield County's Community Foundation's (FCCF) annual celebration of the Fund for Women & Girls.
  • The 25th anniversary event will be Thursday, April 27 at the Greenwich Hyatt.
  • It will kick off with an opening reception and vendor marketplace at 11:00 a.m., followed by the luncheon and program from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
  • Fairfield County young women and girls facing similar circumstances can look to Misty as an inspiration as they pursue their own dreams."