DIAMONDS: Michelle Williams

DIAMONDS: Michelle Williams marks the second annual DIAMONDS, celebrating and leveraging the powerful story of Michelle Williams – GRAMMY Award winning musician, actor, author, mental health advocate and Rockford, Illinois, native. Emceed by Nicole Briscoe, a Roscoe native and ESPN SportsCenter anchor, this year's DIAMONDS is Wednesday, July 17, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Rockford Riverfront.

This year’s full program includes a youth engagement event (invite only), pre-event reception (invite only), dinner, live interview and audience Q&A, entertainment, the inaugural DIAMONDS Scholar post-secondary scholarship presentation, and after-party.

Tickets are $125 per person and 1834 Club corporate tables of eight are $1,834. Net proceeds benefit the Founders Commission (501(c)(3)) and a local nonprofit (TBA) in partnership with Michelle Williams.

Schedule at-a-Glance^

Afternoon TBA - Next Gems Youth Event (invite only, details to follow)

6 p.m. - DIAMOND Carpet Reception (invite only)

7 p.m. - DIAMONDS Doors Open (Opening Remarks, Dinner Service Begins)

7:30 p.m. - Opening Act

7:45 p.m. - DIAMONDS Scholar Presentation

8 p.m. - Interactive Interview + Q&A featuring Michelle Williams (with moderator Nicole Briscoe)

8:45 p.m. - Closing Act + Remarks

9 p.m. - Event Ends

9:30 p.m. - DIAMONDS After-Party (at The Top)

^ Subject to change.

2024 DIAMONDS Partners

1834 Club Partners: Andrell Bragg-Shaw LPC, J. Jeffers & Co., Jim and Pam Keeling, Kelley Williamson Company, MembersAlliance Credit Union, Rockford University, Xfinity, YMCA of Rock River Valley

TV Partner: Eyewitness News (WTVO/WQRF)

Youth Activation Partner: Rockford Park District

Supporting Partners: Ron Clewer, Winnebago County

In-Kind: Embassy Suites by Hilton Rockford Riverfront, Plus Seven Company

Partnership Inquiries: [email protected]

Net proceeds benefit the Founders Commission (501(c)(3) and a local nonprofit TBA in partnership with Michelle Williams.

About DIAMONDS: An annual storytelling gala honoring the Rockford region’s exemplary brands and people, DIAMONDS embodies the pressure and process necessary to achieve the highest level of achievement. In addition to being a celebration of success, DIAMONDS is a platform for the community’s most successful native brands and people to activate in and give back to their hometown. The inaugural DIAMONDS was produced June 15, 2023, after which Founders Commission utilized the event’s net proceeds to donate to a local nonprofit and seed the creation of the DIAMONDS Scholar youth scholarship program.

Host or Publisher Founders Commission