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10th ANNUAL COMMUNITY LUNCHEON Speaker: Jane Wales, World Affairs Council
of N. CA Click here to view our Luncheon Album The highlight of our League’s 10th Annual Community Luncheon on August 20 will be Jane Wales’ presentation of her thoughts on “The Transformation of Modern Philanthropy”. An expert in international security, nuclear arms control, sustainable economic development, conflict resolution and global philanthropy, Ms. Wales is President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, host of the nationally-syndicated National Public Radio interview show It’s Your World, and Co-Founder of the Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF). The GPF is a network of more than 750 philanthropists who are committed to international causes. In her capacity as an active GPF member, Jane Wales served for a year as Interim CEO of The Elders, an international grouping of powerful world leaders who are devoted to the easing of human suffering. The Elders is currently chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Since April 2008 Jane Wales has been Chair of the Poverty Alleviation track for the Clinton Global Initiative. She also serves as Vice President, Philanthropy and Society as well as Executive Director of the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program at the Aspen Institute, whose goal is to help bring a research dimension to work in the philanthropic sector. Ms. Wales is the former National Executive Director of the Physicians for Social Responsibility, which shared in the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize during her tenure. Another highlight of the Annual Luncheon will be the conferring of LWVBAE’s “Spirit of the League” awards upon longtime League member Alba Witkin for her lifetime of philanthropy and civic involvement and upon the Alameda County Office of the Registrar of Voters for its tireless efforts to ensure a fair voting process. The Luncheon will be held on Thursday, August 20, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, at Hs Lordships Restaurant at the Berkeley Marina. League members and those who have attended past Luncheons will receive invitations in the mail in mid-July, and are urged to bring friends to this gala event. The Luncheon is a wonderful way to show guests what the League accomplishes in our communities and is the major way in which we raise funds to support the League’s many activities and programs. Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary and Garden Arts bookstore has once again generously agreed to contribute a portion of the proceeds from its sales of topical books at our Luncheon. As an added attraction, our speaker, Jane Wales, will recommend some of her favorite books, and some of these titles will be among those offered for sale at the Luncheon. Jane Wales joins the list of distinguished past Community Luncheon speakers which includes KQED radio Forum host Michael Krasny; Christopher Edley Jr., Dean of Boalt Hall School of Law; UC Professor Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor; former State Senator and now Member of Congress Jackie Speier; UC Professor Daniel Kammen, head of UC’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory; and State Treasurer and former Attorney General Bill Lockyer. The Luncheon will highlight your summer. Watch for your invitation and join us on August 20.
Suzanne Chun If you did not receive an invitation in the mail, and want to attend, open our online reply card, print it, then send it with your check to LWVBAE Luncheon, 1414 University Avenue, Suite D, Berkeley, CA 94702. |