L’Alliance New York Presents CreativeMornings With Guest Speaker Hali Lee

Join L’Alliance New York for an inspiring CreativeMornings! The event begins with a complimentary breakfast, where attendees connect with fellow creatives. Afterward, enjoy a discussion from leading creative minds sharing fresh ideas and insights. The April rendition of CreativeMornings features Hali Lee, philanthropist and author of THE BIG WE, which makes the case that meaningful impact doesn’t just come from large donors, but from everyday people organizing and giving together. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with a new community and be inspired. Reserve free tickets at https://lallianceny.org/event/creativemornings-x-lalliance-new-york/.

L’Alliance New York regularly hosts the New York branch of CreativeMornings, a monthly free lecture series aimed at young professionals looking to meet new people and engage their creative minds. The free event begins with breakfast, followed by a lecture from guest speakers, usually innovative creators or thought leaders. There is also often a musical performance, and founder/host Tina Roth Eisenberg kicks off the event with a speech.

About Hali Lee

In 2025, Hali Lee was named to the inaugural Time100 Philanthropy in recognition of her work building collective giving. In 2021, she was named to Forbes’ 50 Over 50: impact in recognition of her work as a founder of the Donors of Color Network, the first-ever national network of wealthy folks of color, Philanthropy Together, a national collective giving support organization, and the Asian Women Giving Circle. Today, she leads a boutique consulting practice, Radiant Strategies, whose clients include Fidelity Charitable, the Gates Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Hali is a frequent public speaker, who in the last year has made appearances at more than fifty conferences and events. Her work has been covered by the Washington Post, New York Times, and Good Housekeeping, who called her “The Mindful Giver” and one of “10 Women Over 50 Who Prove It’s Never Too Late to Change the World.” Her first book, THE BIG WE, was published by Sweet July/Zando in 2025. She lives in Brooklyn with her family, a big love of a dog, and rooftop honey bees.

More About CreativeMornings

It all started in 2008 when Tina Roth Eisenberg invited the creative community of NYC to join her in her co-working space for coffee and breakfast, once a month. She wanted an easy way for her creative community in NYC to come together on a regular basis. Over the past 16 years, CreativeMornings has organically grown into the world’s largest face-to-face creative community, gathering creatives in over 200+ cities and 67 countries every month. Many describe CreativeMornings events as a wave of heart-forward optimism that is so moving, you can’t help but participate.

But most of all, CreativeMornings is a celebration of an unwavering belief in each other’s potential. Every month, 1,000 volunteers bring 20k+ creative types together for free breakfast and a talk. More information is available on the CreativeMornings about page.

CreativeMornings/New York is the founding chapter of CreativeMornings.

About L’Alliance New York

As an independent, not-for-profit organization, L’Alliance is committed to providing members and students with engaging French language classes and audacious multi-disciplinary programming that celebrates the diversity of francophone cultures and creativity around the world.

A welcoming and inclusive community for all ages and backgrounds, L’Alliance New York cultivates a space where people can meet, learn, explore the richness of heritage, and share discoveries. They strive to amplify voices and build bridges from the entire francophone world to New York and beyond.

L’Alliance New York’s history began in 1898 when the Alliance Française established a chapter here in New York City. In 1911, francophile New Yorker MacDougal Hawkes founded the Museum of French Art, French Institute, and opened a space in 1925 inside a beautiful Beaux-Arts building at 22 East 60th Street, where L’Alliance still operates. In 1971, the two institutions combined to create the French Institute Alliance Française, now known as L’Alliance New York.

As a product of this union, L’Alliance is infused with the spirit of the original French Institute. Designed to serve as a museum, library, and intellectual and social club for New York’s francophone community, the French Institute is a place where all are welcome – a place of community, culture, support, and festivity.

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