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2023 Celebrating Women Breakfast

For 35 years, The Celebrating Women® Breakfast has been an expression of Radical Generosity, uniting and inspiring The New York Women’s Foundation community, empowering women, and raising critical funds to support our grantee partners leading the fight for gender, racial and economic justice.
Join us for the 2023 Celebrating Women® Breakfast and add your spirit and strength to the power of our unstoppable community. This inclusive gathering brings together people from all walks of life to celebrate and uplift our shared achievements as we create an equitable and just future for all women and girls. The New York Women’s Foundation’s signature event honors exceptional women leaders whose vision, tenacity and wisdom have transformed our communities and our society for the better.
Confirmed 2023 honorees include:
- Huma Abedin, political staffer and advisor to Hillary Clinton, New York Times bestselling author of BOTH/AND: A Life in Many Worlds
- Lynn Nottage, playwright, screenwriter and the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
- Loretta J. Ross, professor, activist, and visionary whose work on reproductive justice was the first to offer an intersectional framework that connects social justice, human rights, and reproductive freedom
- Women’s Community Justice Association (WCJA), grantee partner dedicated to improving the lives of women and gender-expansive New Yorkers affected by mass incarceration