05.11.2023
Celebrate the transformative power of learning and literacy.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
6 - 8pm | UMass Club, Downtown Boston
Join WriteBoston for Pros&Conversation: our annual fundraiser and a chance to celebrate the accomplishments of our students, teachers, and community.
Guests will hear compelling conversations between acclaimed published authors and Teens in Print youth writers. They’ll also mingle with some of our writers, pick up free copies of the authors’ books, and enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres with friends.
Featured Authors*
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Simon Han
Author of the novel, Nights When Nothing Happened and professor of fiction at Tufts.
Pacifique Irankunda
Author of the memoir, The Tears of a Man Flow Inward: Growing up in the Civil War in Burundi.
Jaime Lowe
Author of Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California Wildfires and the memoir, Mental.
Heather McGhee
Author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.
* Simon Han, Pacifique Irankunda, and Jaime Lowe will join our event panel in person. Heather McGhee will participate in a pre-recorded interview with a TiP student, which we’ll air at the event.
Event Committee
Sylvia Baedorf Kassis, MPH
Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center & Writer
Misook DesJardins
Babson College
Maureen Franco
PRE Commercial
Maura Hogan
Burson Cohn & Wolfe
Briana Howe
Fidelity
Sam Howe
Nixon Peabody LLP
Nicole Iannucci
Denterlein
Doris Iarovici
Community Volunteer
Cynthia Mohr
Philanthropist and Volunteer
Jeffrey Musman
Seyfarth
Lisa Jenks
Lisa Clark Jenks Design, LLC and Community Volunteer / Mentor
Alexandra Indira Sanyal
ThinkArgus
Tom Snow
Sanofi
Daniel Vidaña
President, Innovation Studios
Ruth Weinstein
Freshman Fresh Start
Event Sponsors
Jenny & Jay Leopold
Media Sponsors
Contact Us
For more information about the event, including registration or sponsorship options, please contact Liberty Britz at libertybritz@writeboston.org.
