SISTERS OF CHANGE

Carrying on the Legacy of Dr. Dorothy F. Cotton

The 2019 Dorothy Cotton Institute Annual Gala

in Celebration of International Human Rights

Thursday, December 5th (6-9:30 pm)

PLEASE JOIN US!

2020 will be one of the most consequential election years in our history, and getting out the vote is crucial to the future of our democracy! We are thrilled that LaTosha Brown of BLACK VOTERS MATTER will be our honored guest and keynote speaker. Get ready to be inspired by her experience, courage, wisdom and commitment!

The 2019 Dorothy Cotton Institute Annual Gala will be held at:

The STATLER HOTEL, Carrier Ballroom, on Cornell’s Campus

♦ Free valet parking available

Reception: 6-7 pm with Cash Bar and Hors D’Oeuvres, Silent Auction

♦ with R&B and jazz by Fe Nunn and Friends

Dinner: 7-8 pm

♦ with jazz by the Molly MacMillan Trio

Program: 8-9:30 pm

♦ Emcee: Cal Walker

♦ Special Guest: LaTosha Brown

♦ New video excerpts from Move When the Spirit Says Move! 
an upcoming documentary by Deborah Hoard, PhotoSynthesis Productions

♦ Silent Auction and Raffle Prize Drawing

Ms LaTosha Brown is an award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, political strategist and jazz singer with over twenty years of experience working in the non-profit and philanthropy sectors on a wide variety of issues related to political empowerment, social justice, economic development, leadership development, wealth creation and civil rights.

She is the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, a power building southern based civic engagement organization that played an instrumental role in the 2017 Alabama U.S. Senate race. Ms. Brown is principal owner of TruthSpeaks Consulting, Inc., a philanthropy advisory consulting firm in Atlanta, GA.

For more than 25 years, she has served as a consultant and advisor for individual donors, government, public foundations and private donors. Throughout her career, Ms. Brown has distinguished herself as a trusted expert and resource in political strategy, rural development and special programming for a number of national and regional philanthropies. She is the founding project director of Grantmakers for Southern Progress.

Move When the Spirit Says Move!

Carrying on the Legacy of Dorothy F. Cotton

Dorothy Cotton, 2010 National Freedom Award National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN

The 6th Annual DCI Gala in Celebration of International Human Rights

6-9:30 pm, Thursday, December 6th

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At the Statler Hotel, Carrier Ballroom, on Cornell’s Campus

♦ Free valet parking available

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Reception: 6-7 pm Cash Bar and Hors d’oeuvres

♦with R&B and jazz by Fe Nunn and Friends

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Dinner: 7-8 pm

with jazz by the Molly MacMillan Trio

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Program:   8-9:30 pm

with EmCee – Marcia Baum

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Special Guest Speaker – Rev. Lucas Johnson

♦ A New Video about the late Dr. Dorothy F. Cotton by PhotoSynthesis Productions

♦ Human Rights Award

♦ Music and Freedom Songs

♦ Raffle Drawing

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$125 per ticket
To reserve your seats or donate online, click here.

Or, make checks payable to The Center for Transformative Action
Please write “DCI Gala” in the memo line and mail to:

Dorothy Cotton Institute
PO Box 321

Ithaca, NY 14851

For information about scholarships and discounted tickets…

• Contact:Kirby Edmonds,  tfckirby@aol.com 607-277-3401

Rev. Lucas Johnson

Rev. Lucas Johnson is the Executive Director of the Civil Conversations Project with the media and public life project,  OnBeing.  Former International Coordinator at the International Fellowship of Reconciliation,Lucas Johnson is a writer and 21st century freedom fighter who believes deeply in the need for healing and reconciliation in the world.

Thursday, December 7th, 6-9:30 pm
At the Statler Hotel, Carrier Ballroom on Cornell’s Campus
(free valet parking available)

Special Guest Speaker will be Reverend Carolyn McKinstry.

A life long member of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, Carolyn was present on September 15, 1963, when white racists bombed the Church. Carolyn’s four young friends were killed. As a teenager, Carolyn felt her “calling” by attending the mass meetings and rallies at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. She was among thousands of students hosed by firemen during the 1963 marches. She survived a second bomb explosion that destroyed a large portion of her home in 1964. An “authentic child of the movement,” Carolyn believes that God spared her life on September 15, 1963 so that she could continue to live in service to others.

Reverend McKinstry is a National Advisor to the Dorothy Cotton Institute.

Reception: 6-7 pm: Cash Bar and Hors D’ouevres (with Fe Nunn and Friends)