{"id":7339,"date":"2016-03-01T13:11:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T13:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=7339"},"modified":"2016-03-08T12:05:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T12:05:16","slug":"passionate-legacies-awdf-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/passionate-legacies-awdf-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Passionate Legacies:  AWDF @15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWDFFinalCutFlyer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7342\" src=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWDFFinalCutFlyer-450x320.jpg\" alt=\"AWDFFinalCutFlyer\" width=\"450\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWDFFinalCutFlyer-450x320.jpg 450w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWDFFinalCutFlyer.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Passionate Legac<em>ies: <\/em><\/strong><strong>A Celebration and Fundraiser For The African Women&#8217;s Development Fund At 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>When you invest in women and girls, the return on your investment is not about the life of the one woman or the one girl who has been affected, but it\u2019s about healthier families, healthier communities, healthier countries and revitalized communities all round<\/em>.\u201d&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.devex.com\/en\/articles\/a-pioneer-african-grant-maker-and-a-woman\"> Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>New York, NY\u2014March 1, 2016<\/strong>\u2014 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usafriclub.net\/awdf\/\">African Women\u2019s Development Fund-USA<\/a> (AWDF-USA) today announced a cocktail gala event for the 15-year anniversary celebration of the African Women\u2019s Development Fund. The event is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, March 16, from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Millennium Plaza Hotel located at 1 United Nations Plaza in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>Entitled \u201cPassionate Legacies: A Celebration and Fundraiser for the African Women\u2019s Development Fund @ 15<strong>\u201d <\/strong>the event will host founders, grantees, partners, community members as well as the passionate legacies, work and history of AWDF. \u00a0It is a great time to recognize the achievements and history of AWDF during the 60th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The invite-only affair will include a cocktail hour and two live performances from recording artist and prominent leader in the Pan African movement, <a href=\"http:\/\/maameafon.com\/\">Maame Afon Yelbert-Obeng<\/a>. The event will also commemorate African women through the dual launch of \u201cVoice, Power and Soul II,\u201d a book that illustrates the success stories of African women feminists, and \u201cSheroes,\u201d an AWDF Compilation CD that includes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>music from artists such as Angelique Kidjoe, Nneka, Somi, Maame Afon- Yelbert Obeng, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and many other African women<\/li>\n<li>select videos and short films<\/li>\n<li>original poetry authored by African women<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hosts of the event include AWDF Co- Founder and First CEO Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, AWDF CEO Theo Sowa, Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, and The AWDF-USA Board.<\/p>\n<p>AWDF USA provides a vehicle for effective American philanthropy to Africa that builds the capacity of the continent\u2019s women for social change and sustainable development. This event is an important platform to elevate the visibility of our work with the US Diaspora, empowering and engaging African women currently living in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>For further inquiries please email <a href=\"mailto:info@womenchangeafrica.com\">info@womenchangeafrica.com<\/a>. Additional information is also available online via\u00a0social media via facebook.com\/awdfusa or twitter.com @AWDFUSA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Passionate Legacies: A Celebration and Fundraiser For The African Women&#8217;s Development Fund At 15 \u201cWhen you invest in women and girls, the return on your investment is not about the life of the one woman or the one girl who has been affected, but it\u2019s about healthier families, healthier communities, healthier countries and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[149,1199,1031,1198],"class_list":["post-7339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-news","tag-awdf-usa","tag-maame-afon-yelbert-obeng","tag-new-york","tag-voice-power-soul"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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