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WOMEN UNITED’S 14^TH
ANNUAL POWER OF THE PURSE
LUNCHEON AND SILENT AUCTION

June 12, 2025
Connecticut Convention Center
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Power of the Purse is our region’s premier women’s empowerment event! For more than 14 years, United Way Women United’s Power of the Purse Luncheon and Silent Auction presented by Hartord HealthCare has been a valuable opportunity for women and allies to expand their professional networks while giving back to their communities. By participating in this year’s event, you are ensuring that our neighbors receive job training, financial education and savings opportunities.

Power of the Purse is best known for its fun and dynamic silent auction featuring fabulous purses, experiences and more; and, its impactful and inspirational program that leaves the audience bonded by powerful shared philanthropy. The funds raised at this event close gaps and create opportunities that help local women and families achieve financial security. Together, we are United to End Poverty.

Featuring Keynote Speakers Andrea Elliott and Dasani Coates

Andrea Elliott is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has documented the lives of poor Americans, Muslim immigrants and other people on the margins of power. She is an investigative reporter for The New York Times and the author of Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City, which won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.

Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter.