The Joan Sparkman Annual Unity Award
& Business Expo 2009

The Joan Sparkman Annual Unity Award was first introduced in 2002 to award an outstanding woman (Joan Sparkman) for her numerous contributions to our community. With Joan Sparkman as the award recipient and keynote speakers like Erin Brockovich, the event has always been a huge success.

This event is PWR’s main fundraiser of the year, which allows us to provide financial assistance and mentoring opportunities to deserving young women graduating high school, as well as to bring attention to the fact that we have many successful and powerful business women in our community.

Keynote Speaker: Lisa Ling

Lisa Ling is a special correspondent for the National Geographic Channel and the Oprah Winfrey Show. For Oprah, Ling has been sent to cover the Lord's Resistance Army and the crisis of AIDS orphans in Uganda, bride burning in India, and gang-rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ling was the first woman host of National Geographic's Emmy award-winning flagship series Explorer, where she investigated the increasingly deadly drug war in Colombia, examined the complex issues surrounding China's one-child policy and explored the phenomenon of female suicide bombers in Chechnya and Israel's occupied territories. She also explored the hidden and dangerous culture inside American prisons and street gang MS-13.

Please visit the links above to find out more information on the event, download an event flyer, learn about sponsorships, or contact the event committee.

This is the flyer we will be distributing throughout the area to promote this event. To see a larger version please click on the image. To download a full size (8.5" X 11") right-click here and select Save Picture (Image) As...

 

Please help us in making this event a grand success by becoming a sponsor!  This event is PWR’s main fundraiser of the year, which will assist in providing deserving high school graduates who typically would not receive a scholarship with financial assistance along with mentoring opportunities. See below for general details and click here for additional information and an application.

Committee	Chairpersons
Expo	Alicia Newman Jackie Steed
Door Prizes	Vonnie Mulhull
Flowers	Annette LaRocque
Greeters	Jan Duran
Nomination	Lori Hoopingarner Phyllis Reed
PR & Media	Kimberly Davidson Jennifer Peterson
Raffle & Donations	Annette LaRocque Phyllis Reed
Registration	Jennifer Peterson