It's a once-a-year event! This year, we're celebrating the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. Frances Perkins considered the passage of Social Security her greatest accomplishment. We've been commemorating her achievement all year with our Social Security Stories Project. At the garden party, you'll have the opportunity to add to our collection by telling your own Social Security story on camera.
And, continuing our tradition of honoring exceptional women who epitomize Frances Perkins's leadership, we are very excited to announce the recipients of our new award categories: Brooksley Born, Nancy Altman, and Megan Williams. Read all about them below...
Tickets for the Garden Party are $35 per person. If you'd like to be part of the Host Committee, the cost is $75 per person (in appreciation, we'll have a small gift for you). Please order your tickets today -- we want to be sure that you're coming!
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Brooksley Born is the former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Recognizing the dangers of unregulated derivatives trading, she warned about the potential collapse of the financial system but her warnings were not heeded. Her attempt to save the country from economic disaster is the subject of a PBS Frontline documentary, "The Warning." Brooksley was honored by the JFK Library last year with a "Profile in Courage Award." Learn more here.
Nancy Altman has been working on Social Security policy since the 1980s, when she worked on the 1983 Greenspan Commission on Social Security as Alan Greenspan's assistant. She has taught at both Harvard's Kennedy School and Law School and is a founder of the National Academy of Social Insurance, on the board of the Pension Rights Center, and co-founder of SocialSecurity-Works.org. She has testified before Congress on Social Security policy on numerous occasions and is the author of The Battle for Social Security: From FDR's Vision to Bush's Gamble. (Books will be available for purchase and can be autographed.)
Megan Williams is the executive director of Hardy Girls Healthy Women. Named one of the ten people shaping the future of Maine's economy by MaineBiz last year, Megan was hired to lead Hardy Girls in 2005, a year after her graduation from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She has nurtured the ten-year-old nonprofit from its local roots into a flourishing organization with programs featuring mentoring, an emphasis on strength and activism, and national workshops and curricula. This year, Hardy Girls Healthy Women was given the Governor's award for nonprofit excellence this year. For more information, visit Hardy Girls Healthy Women.
Refreshments will feature food and wine from local establishments including Weeks End Lobster Bakes, the Newcastle Publick House, Rising Tide Community Market, Weatherbird, and others. Our sponsors include The Flying Cloud B&B and Bath Savings Bank.
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Intelligence and Courage Award -- Brooksley Born
Open Door Award -- Megan Williams