Power & Purpose 2024: "See Me, Hear Me, Empower Me!" with Tonya Lewis Lee

Join the Chicago Chapter Charities Foundation, Power Sponsor UI Health and Power Sponsor Denim & Damask for Power & Purpose Chicago 2024, our annual fundraiser luncheon. This year's theme: "See Me! Hear Me! Empower Me!: Promoting Black Maternal Health," focuses on elevating the voices that are crying out about this public health crisis. Maternal mortality is a matter of national health and well-being. Black women experience maternal morbidity and mortality rates 2.6 times higher than White women.

Featuring Keynote Speaker, award-winning Director Tonya Lewis Lee, our goal for Power & Purpose Chicago 2024 is to harness the collective power and purpose of our guests in action to improve maternal health outcomes. Further, the aim of this luncheon is to raise funds to aid community-based organizations that are working to improve Black maternal health, to deepen their efforts to raise awareness, and to provide greater access to support and services with the overarching goal of reducing the impact of this public health crisis on the physical and mental wellness of families and communities

The Chicago Chapter Charities Foundation (CCCF) is answering this alarming call to action and is working for change by spotlighting the Black Maternal Health Crisis at our sixth annual Power & Purpose Luncheon on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at the Union League Club of Chicago.

The Chicago Chapter Charities Foundation (CCCF) is a registered 501(c)3 established in 1989. CCCF's annual fundraiser luncheon, Power & Purpose Chicago, is dedicated to engaging the collective power and purpose of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders to improve the lives of the African-American community. on the physical and mental wellness of families and communities.

The program for the day is:

• 11:00 am - VIP Reception

• 11:30 am - Doors Open

• 12:00 pm - Program and Luncheon

Ticket Tiers:

• VIP Ticket: $400 (Includes VIP Reception and Luncheon)
• General Admission Ticket: $150 (Includes Luncheon only)

Table Sponsorship Levels

• $1,500 (Luncheon Only -10 Tickets)
• $4,000 (VIP Reception & Luncheon Table - 10 Tickets)

Sponsorship Levels

• Emerald Sponsor - $5,000
• Diamond Sponsor - $10,000
• Purpose Sponsor - $15,000
• Power Sponsor - $25,000

Sponsorships: For more information on becoming a Sponsor, please visit: cccfinc.org.

Payment Information: Checks Made Payable to: The Chicago Chapter Charities Foundation Attention: Vanessa Weathersby, 9449 S Kedzie Avenue, #287, Evergreen Park, IL 60805

If you desire to pay for a SPONSORSHIP by electronic wire transfer, please contact Marcletta Rice, CCCF. She can be reached at [email protected].

Thank you in advance for supporting the CCCF Power and Purpose Chicago 2024!

ABOUT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TONYA LEWIS LEE

Tonya Lewis Lee's award-winning documentary Aftershock shines the light on one of the most pressing and painful national crises in America, Black Maternal Health and has elevated the movement surrounding the Black maternal health crises. She has worked for over twenty years, delivering quality content across platforms and has produced scripted and unscripted works, including such classics as Miracle’s Boys, a 2005 Nickelodeon six-part television series based on the Jacqueline Woodson novel, and the television film The Watsons Go to Birmingham, based on the Christopher Paul Curtis novel. In 2009, she produced the documentary Crisis in the Crib, which explores the issues of infant mortality in the United States.

Tonya served as executive producer with her husband, Spike Lee, on She’s Gotta Have It, currently streaming on Netflix. She also produced the 2021 Anthony Mandler–directed film MONSTER.

Through her work with the Office of Minority Health, Tonya Lewis Lee has spoken across the country about reducing U.S. infant mortality rates, specifically focusing on the disparity between the rates at which Black babies die versus White babies—a two-to-one ratio. She discusses raising awareness around the issue of health disparities in the United States and explores such questions as What are the causes? and What can we do to bring down these staggering rates?

Tonya graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a BA and from the University of Virginia School of Law with a JD. She lives in New York City with her husband, Spike Lee, and their two children.

Host or Publisher Chicago Chapter Charities Foundation (CCCF)