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Honorees named for Impact Awards
2020-01-16
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The honorees have been named for the Chicago Foundation for Women's 2020 Impact Awards, which celebrate the people that are working to make a better future for women and girls in our region a reality.
—Founders Award: Wendy Pollack, founder and director of the Women's Law and Policy Initiative at the Shriver Center on Poverty Law
—Pioneer Award: Christina Frasik, co-founder of the Students for Reproductive Justice
—Impact Awards ( three recipients ): Neha Gill, executive director of Apna Ghar; Colette Payne, policy associate of Cabrini Green Legal Aid; and Imani Rupert-Gordon, ( outgoing ) executive director of Affinity Community Services
—The Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow Emerging Leaders Award: Assata's Daughters
The ceremony will take place Wed., March 18, 6-8 p.m., at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St.
See CFW.org/2020-impact-awards . |
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