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Tickets Going Fast for Aurora’s Luminary Celebration
Sales Outpacing Prior Years for Oct. 23 Event at The Bushnell
Tickets are selling briskly for the 2024 Luminary Celebration, the joyful annual fundraiser hosted by the Aurora Women and Girls Foundation, but there is still time to make a reservation.
“It’s wonderful to see this growing excitement for our Luminary Celebration,” said Dr. Jennifer Steadman, Aurora’s Executive Director. “On October 23, Hartford will sparkle with enthusiasm and inspiration as we work to build opportunities for women and girls across our community. We can’t wait to welcome our guests and celebrate all the ways they support these efforts!”
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The event, which is open to the public, will be held on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 5:30-7:30pm at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $150 per person, which includes happy-hour appetizers by Max’s Catering as well as wine, beer, and soft drinks. Half of each ticket price is a tax-deductible donation to Aurora.
Proceeds will support Aurora’s community investments, especially in local College Success programs and groundbreaking research about women and girls in CT.
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Wesleyan University professor Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean, host of the CT Public radio show and podcast “Disrupted,” will be the keynote speaker at the Luminary Celebration. She is the Rob Rosenthal Distinguished Professor of Civic Engagement as well as the Executive Director of the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life at Wesleyan.
Dr. Brown-Dean's appearance at the Luminary Celebration is generously supported by Aurora’s partner Liberty Bank. “We are thankful for their meaningful investment,” said Steadman.
She added that Aurora is also indebted to the tireless efforts of this year’s Luminary Planning Committee, a group of volunteers who have been working for months to promote the event to friends and businesses throughout Greater Hartford.
Chaired by Dr. Kyra Dorsey of West Hartford, the Luminary committee comprises Rauchell Beckford-Anderson, Karen Binkhorst, Tracey Flynn, Katherine Hall, Maureen Kennedy, Elaine Leshem, Mickey Mattei, Mary Millican, Michelle O'Connell, and Stephani Roman.
Lastly, Aurora is grateful to the following Community Partners for their annual operating support: Ares Management; Barnes Group; the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity, and Opportunity (CWCSEO); Cowdery, Murphy & Healy; Eastern CT State University; Family First Life; the Goss Family; the Green & Blue Foundation; KeyBank; Liberty Bank; Max Cares Foundation; NBT Bank; Jennifer W. Pennoyer, MD; PeoplesBank; PNT Data; Pullman and Comley; Robinson + Cole; Ruel Ruel Burns Feldman & Britt; Shipman & Goodwin; Symetra; Tokio Marine HHC; Trinity College; UConn Health Disparities; The Village for Families and Children; Trinity College; Wealthspire; Whittlesey; and the YWCA Hartford Region.
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About Aurora Women and Girls Foundation
The Aurora Women and Girls Foundation was founded in 2000 by a group of community leaders who sought to lift up women and girls through focused philanthropy. Aurora galvanizes resources to increase gender and racial equity through economic security, educational attainment, and leadership for women and girls in the Greater Hartford region. We envision strong, equitable communities in which all women and girls realize their potential and are full, valued, and sought-after participants -- economically, politically, and socially.
