27th Anniversary GALA Live ON ZOOM with new features

-Keynote: Jill Wine Banks | Honorees Children’s Rights, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Our Children’s Trust / ASL and Closed Captioning / Pre-Event Networking Lounges 

San Francisco, 10.07.20 – The Impact Fund is delighted to announce that Jill Wine-Banks, author of the recently published book, The Watergate Girl, will be the special guest and keynote speaker at its 27th Anniversary Gala on October 21. 

Impact Fund Executive Director, Jocelyn Larkin, said: “Jill Wine-Banks is a brilliant legal commentator and the voice of studied experience, bringing perspective and expert commentary to the nation. We’re looking forward to hearing what she has to say in the midst of these turbulent times and thrilled that she will be joining us as we recommit to our core values.”

Jill is currently an MSNBC Legal Analyst, appearing regularly on primetime and daytime shows. She also served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bar Association. 

Read more about Jill here.

Joining her as honorees this year are three Impact Fund grantees:

  • Children’s Rights, for its work in M.B. v Corsi, a case that protected 13,000 foster children in Missouri from being over-prescribed dangerous psychotropic drugs.

  • Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, which took serial polluter, Formosa Plastics, to court and won a groundbreaking settlement of $50 million in mitigation payments supporting projects that will help revitalize marine resources, public beaches, and waterways.

  • Our Children’s Trust, for its landmark climate recovery lawsuit brought against the US Government by 21 youth around the nation.

Read more about the honorees here.

New to the Gala this year, will be hosted networking breakout lounges like the Peaceful Transition of Power Lounge or the Party Like It’s 2012 Lounge, where attendees can catch up with movement friends before the evening’s program gets underway. Also, the transition to the Zoom platform means that, this year, closed captioning and American Sign Language interpretation will be available.

This year, the Gala—a highlight in the annual calendar of Bay Area legal community fundraisers—is taking place on October 21st, 7pm – 8pm. Preregistration is required. Register by making a donation of any amount here.