Development

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The Civic Spirit Awards are our way of publicly recognizing and honoring corporations, organizations, individuals and institutions that have demonstrated a commitment to social responsibility in addressing the civic and social needs of the community.

Silent Auction

Our Civic Spirit Awards Dinner, in the past two years, has included a SILENT AUCTION, an important part of the evening that has added a great deal of joy to the event. Both Silent Auctions have been a resounding success and we look forward to expanding this event with your help.

Marie S. Neuberger Lecture

In 2001, we established the Neuberger Lecture in honor of Marie S. Neuberger, a longtime president and influential leader of our organization and in the community. She and her husband, Roy Neuberger, were deeply devoted to the people and the City of New York.

Neuberger Lecturers include: Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Judith Shapiro, President of Barnard College; Paul LeClerc, President and CEO of the New York Public Library; Alice Rivlin, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution; Barry Scheck, Co-Director of the Innocence Project; Philip C. Bobbitt, Samuel Rubin Visiting Professor at Columbia University Law School, and A.W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law at University of Texas at Austin.

Theater Benefit

WCC's annual theater benefit was held in January 2008. Attendees saw NATHAN LANE in the DAVID MAMET comedy: NOVEMBER at the Ethel Barrymore Theater. Playbill described the play as follows: "The award-winning playwright said his inspiration for the play was the absurdity of the turkeys that are pardoned each Thanksgiving by the President. President Charles Smith (Nathan Lane) is running for re-election, and some subjects (civil marriage, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons, campaign contributions) just won't go away." After the show, guests enjoyed dinner at Pergola des Artistes.

Past shows include:

• Jane Eyre
• Fosse
• Imaginary Friends
• Retreat from Moscow
• String of Pearls
• Play it by Ear
• November

Civic Fund

Our annual Civic Fund appeal provides us with one of our few sources of unrestricted funds. This year, the chairs of our civic issues committees have joined together to ask you for your continued support to enable us to effectively raise our voices and advocate for such current issues as:
• universal health care
• reduced class size and funding equity for New York City’s public schools
• affordable housing
• Reforming Albany – campaign finance, redistricting and ensuring transparency in government
• equality for women and girls
• social programs to lift and keep people out of poverty
• expanding mass transit options and reducing congestion on NYC’s streets
• preserving NYC’s cultural and historic heritage

To contribute to our CIVIC FUND, please click here:

Civic Fund Appeal Letter

Civic Fund Donor Reply

Corporate Partnership Program

The Women’s City Club of New York (WCC) invites you to become a Corporate Partner – a program that will promote your corporation to a broad segment of active New Yorkers, provide your employees with the tools and opportunity to learn, scrutinize and influence critical issues that affect their daily lives and enable them to interact with their peers in like-minded corporations. Click here for more information.

2007-2008 Mini-Benefits

FROM MAO TO MOZART - July 2007
Screening and Reception. Two major events involving the US and China occurred in 1979. Diplomatic relations were reestablished after 20 years, and in the artistic arena, the People's Republic of China invited world-renowned violinist Isaac Stern to tour the country. He performed concerts, gave a series of master classes at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and met with Chinese musicians, dancers and acrobats, all shown in this film which won the Academy Award for "Best Documentary" in 1981. WCC member Marge Scheuer graciously made this work available to the WCC for a mini-fundraiser. Filmmaker and Artistic Supervisor of the documentary introduced the screening.

A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL - December 2007
Screening and Reception. The Women's City Club of New York screened a unique, award-winning documentary that was accepted at over 15 film festivals throughout the world, premiered on PBS / NOVA, and screened by a Congressional delegation. A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL tells the stories of five Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating childirth injuries and embark on a journey to reclaim their lost dignity. The trials they endure and their attempts to rebuild their lives tell a universal story of hope, courage and transformation. WCC Co-Counsel Heidi Reavis and her husband Steven Engel, Executive Producer of A Walk to Beautiful, generously made this work available to the WCC for a mini-fundraiser. Steven Engel and other members of Engel Entertainment held an interactive Q&A following the screening.

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