URI Celebration: Rise Up!

URI Celebration: Rise Up! honors the inspiring clients, partners, and supporters who every day rise up with Urban Resource Institute and work towards our vision of a world free of domestic violence, homelessness, poverty and trauma. Together we can break barriers, drive sustainable, systemic change, and empower individuals to build safe, stable and thriving lives and communities.

• Date: October 19, 2022
• Time: 7:00-8:00pm EST
• Location: Virtual event on URI website https://urinyc.org/events/2022-uri-celebration/
• Theme: Building Safe & Sustainable Futures through Economic Empowerment
• Host: Cheryl Wills, TV talk show host, Emmy Award winning news anchor and author
• Keynote Speaker: Tina Perry, President, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)
• Entertainment: Sing Harlem! Choir, Executive Director Vy Higginsen, Artistic Director Knoelle Higginson
• Honorees:
  • Visionary Award: Vanessa L. Gibson, Bronx Borough President (NYC)
  • Triumph Award: Kerry, former client of URI Economic Empowerment Program
• Free Virtual Attendance: Attendance is free with registration on EventBrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/urban-resource-institute-celebration-rise-up-tickets-414980627227
• Donations of any amount welcome via the event donate page https://urinyc.org/sponsor/
• Sponsorships packages available:
  • Sponsorship PDF https://urinyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/URI-Celebration-2022-Sponsorships.pdf
  • Online Sponsorship commitment https://urinyc.org/sponsor/
• Contacts: [email protected] or [email protected]