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Home » Aja Monet Speaks at Annual Fundraising Party

May 8, 2017

Aja Monet Speaks at Annual Fundraising Party

On May 8, 2017, 500 guests attended The Care Center’s annual fundraising party at the Log Cabin with special guest Aja Monet.

The event celebrated the inaugural year of Bard Microcollege Holyoke, the nation’s first college for young mothers. The evening also celebrated each individual’s power to affect change through words and actions.

Aja Monet spoke passionately about the importance of supporting women and read her powerful poetry to a captivated audience. All of the event speakers, including three exceptional students, spoke beautifully.

We are so grateful to the staff, board members, friends and volunteers who helped make this special evening possible.

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The Care Center is a recipient of the 2011 National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award, the nation’s highest honor recognizing community-based arts and humanities youth programs in the United States, presented by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. The Care Center is also a recipient of the Mass Cultural Council’s 2019 Commonwealth Award, honoring exceptional achievement in the arts, humanities, and sciences. We are proud to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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