Hali Lee
• – • L'Alliance New York
About the speaker
CreativeMornings and L'Alliance New York present Hali Lee!
Hali Lee believes generosity is something we build together. A longtime leader in collective giving, she has spent the past two decades helping people pool their resources, power, and care to create meaningful change in their communities, often starting with small shared acts that grow into something much bigger.
Nearly twenty years ago, she founded the Asian Women Giving Circle, which has since distributed over $1 million in grants supporting cultural projects led by Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. She later helped launch Philanthropy Together, a national effort to grow the collective giving movement, and co-founded the Donors of Color Network, the first national network of high-net-worth donors of color. Across all of her work is a shared belief that when people come together and give what they can, real and lasting change becomes possible.
Named to the inaugural TIME100 Philanthropy list, Hali is also the author of The Big We, a book that celebrates everyday people gathering around kitchen tables and in community spaces to move their values into action. Through her work and storytelling, she invites us to see generosity not as something reserved for a few, but as a shared practice that can strengthen community and help us imagine a more connected future.
She lives in Brooklyn with her family, a very lovable dog, and rooftop honey bees.
🎵 Performance by Kolo
Kolo is a guitarist and singer from Brooklyn, NY who is equally comfortable shredding electric leads and strumming mellow acoustic melodies, he has previously played with the bands Purr and Malsounds but is now making music under his own name.
Local partners
Global Partner — Adobe
Adobe empowers everyone, everywhere to imagine, create, and bring any digital experience to life. From creators and students to small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations — customers choose Adobe products to ideate, collaborate, be more productive, drive business growth, and build remarkable experiences.
Global Patron — Harnisch Foundation
Harnisch Foundation believes in a fairer world that works better for everyone, with special attention on gender and racial equity.
Local Partner — Harvest
Harvest is a web-based time tracking and invoicing application relied on by thousands of people around the world, from freelancers to small businesses to departments of Fortune 500 companies. Harvest founders Danny Wen and Shawn Liu had searched for tools to help their agency scale with more efficient methods to track time and send invoices. Unable to find one, they invested their own time, energy, and money into creating what they knew was a better way to run the business—and Harvest was born.
Local Partner — MPB
MPB transforms the way that people buy, sell and trade photo and video gear. As the largest global platform for used photography and videography equipment, MPB is a destination for everyone, whether you’ve just discovered your passion for visual storytelling or you’re already a pro.
Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB has always been committed to making gear more accessible and affordable, and helping to visualize a more sustainable future. MPB recirculates more than 485,000 used products every year, extending the life and creative potential of photo and video equipment for creators around the world.
Headquartered in the creative communities of Brooklyn, Brighton and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service.
Venue Partner — L'Alliance New York
L'Alliance New York is an independent, not-for-profit organization committed to providing its audience and students with engaging French language classes and audacious multi-disciplinary programming that celebrates the diversity of francophone cultures and creativity around the world. A welcoming and inclusive community for all ages and all backgrounds, L'Alliance New York is a place where people can meet, learn, and explore the richness of our heritages and share discoveries. L'Alliance New York strives to amplify voices and build bridges from the entire francophone world to New York and beyond.
Additional details
Wheelchair access is available via the elevator in the main lobby of the building at 55 East 59th Street.
We are striving to improve the inclusivity of our programs and are seeking accessible venues to partner with to host our events, as well as captioning and ASL interpreter volunteers. If you can help with any of these, please send us an email at nyc@creativemornings.com.
Location
Hosted at
L'Alliance New York
Florence Gould Theatre 55 East 59th Street (Between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue)
New York, New York United States 10022
When
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