Hopelink's 29th Annual Reaching Out Luncheon

Name: Hopelink's 29th Annual Reaching Out Luncheon
Start: 2024-10-21T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-21T13:00:00-07:00
Location: Meydenbauer Center

Schedule

Mon Oct 21 2024 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Meydenbauer Center | Bellevue, WA

With a goal of raising $1 million to benefit Hopelink’s services, the 29th Annual Reaching Out Luncheon will feature powerful, real-life stories of our neighbors who’ve partnered with Hopelink on their journeys to exit poverty. Also taking the stage, we’re thrilled to welcome Stephanie Land, author of Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive, as our guest speaker this year.
ABOUT STEPHANIE LAND
Stephanie Land’s bestselling debut memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive recounts her experience as a single mom living below the poverty line in Washington State. Her unflinching testimony exposes the physical, economic, and social hardship that domestic workers face, all while radiating a parent’s hope and dedication. Published in 2023 and picking up where Maid left off, in her second book – Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education – Land takes us with her as she chases her dream, finishes college, and pursues her writing career. A writing fellow at the Center for Community Change, Land writes about economic and social justice, domestic abuse, chronic illness, and motherhood and has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Atlantic, among others.
ABOUT HOPELINK
Since 1971, Hopelink has provided stability-building programs for people experiencing poverty, immigrants and refugees, and people with disabilities in north and east King County. The agency’s nine programs work in tandem to fill gaps, supporting each family or individual’s unique needs. These include housing, food assistance, financial assistance, adult education, energy assistance, financial capabilities, family development, and transportation.