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2020 We Work for Change Annual Event with Special Guest Diane Von Furstenberg

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Individual tickets on sale now

This year’s event will be delivered through a dynamic live virtual platform, allowing user experience and innovative virtual networking experiences.


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EVENT CHAIR: 

LINDSEY PATTERSON SMITH

HONORARY CHAIRS:

LINDA & PAUL DEBRUCE & THE DEBRUCE FOUNDATION


United We Change Agenda

    • 3:00 pm Virtual VIP Exclusive with Diane von Furstenberg (sponsors only)

    • 3:30 pm Virtual Networking Sessions

      • KC Fashion and Women's Empowerment: Nelly Don, featuring Terence O'Malley, author of Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time, moderated by business owner and podcast host, Kelly Scanlon

      • Women Leaders & Entrepreneurs, moderated by Karen Fenaroli, Fenaroli & Associates

      • Cocktails, Music & Entertainment, featuring J. Rieger’s Ryan Maybee and Dan Cranshaw, attorney and Women’s Foundation board member

    • 4:00 pm Event welcome and program

    • 4:30 pm Program with Diane von Furstenberg and Women's Foundation, CEO Wendy Doyle

    • 5:15 pm Breakout Sessions

      • United We Advocate: Women & Public Policy – featuring Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Missouri Governor Mike Parson and moderated by Joni Wickham, Wickham James Strategies & Solutions

      • United We Can: Women & Economic Recovery – featuring President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Esther George and Jamille Bigio, Senior Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations in Women & Foreign Policy

      • United We Appoint: Women in Civic Leadership – featuring Victoria Budson, founder and Executive Director of the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and appointees Mishelle Martinez and Ginger Williams; moderated by KSHB-TV’s Dia Wall

      • United We Act: Building on the Power of One for Systemic Change – featuring acclaimed TED x speaker, Patti Dobrowolski, former Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Sly James, U.S. Department of Justice Trial Attorney Sherri Wattenbarger and DeBruce Foundation Career Corps Members Hannah Hall, Stacia Okosi and Alex Oleson

    • 6:00 pm Conclusion of event


Presented by

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Join more than 1,000 community, business and elected leaders to hear global entrepreneur and fashion designer, Diane von Furstenberg. Von Furstenberg, named by Forbes as one of the world’s “100 Greatest Living Business Minds” and TIME as “100 Most Influential People,” created the wrap dress as a symbol of empowerment and now the DVF brand is sold in over 70 countries worldwide. Her commitment to women’s empowerment extends well beyond fashion to mentoring and philanthropy.

Attendees will also hear from additional leaders and changemakers in breakout sessions focused on advancing women’s economic and civic leadership. This year’s event coincides with the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote in national elections. Join us in honor of the suffragettes who won the battle for women’s suffrage a century ago and to support the work that still must be done to achieve equity and opportunity for all women.