The Dorothy Cotton Institute 2019 Gala and Dinner
Location:
Statler Hotel, Carrier Ballroom on Cornell's Campus -- free valet parking available.
Reception: 6-7 pm Cash Bar and Hors D'ouevres
With Fe Nunn and Friends
Dinner: 7-8 pm
With Molly MacMillan Trio
Program: 8-9:30
Special Guest: Latosha Brown
LaTosha Brown is an award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, political strategist and jazz singer with over twenty years of experience working in the non-profit and philanthropy sectors on a wide variety of issues related to political empowerment, social justice, economic development, leadership development, wealth creation and civil rights. She is the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, a power building southern based civic engagement organization that played an instrumental role in the 2017 Alabama U.S. Senate race. Ms. Brown is principal owner of TruthSpeaks Consulting, Inc., a philanthropy advisory consulting firm in Atlanta, GA. For more than 25 years, she has served as a consultant and advisor for individual donors, government, public foundations and private donors. Throughout her career, Ms. Brown has distinguished herself as a trusted expert and resource in political strategy, rural development and special programming for a number of national and regional philanthropies. She is the founding project director of Grantmakers for Southern Progress.