CBI Celebration 2018
2018-05-15 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Thank you to those who attended and supported our 2018 CollegeBound Initiative (CBI) Celebration on Tuesday, May 15 at Jazz at Lincoln Center. To see event photos, click here.
Special Thanks to Our Amazing Honorees:

Wes Moore, CEO of Robin Hood
Erika Irish Brown, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Bloomberg
Marjana Chowdhury, CBI alumna and Legal Analyst at BlackRock

2018 CBI Highlights Included:

Student-led onstage Q&A interview with honorees
First-ever CBI alumni honoree
Musical entertainment provided by student DJ and two singers
Cap and gown student procession
Members of the class of 2018 mingling with guests

Help us bring CollegeBound Initiative (CBI) to even more talented students in the communities we serve.

(Em)Power Breakfast 2017
2017-10-10 08:00 - 09:00 | Cipriani 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States
This morning, we celebrated the incredible accomplishments of the students at The Young Women’s Leadership Schools and those of our honorees – Documentary Filmmaker and Tony Award-Winning Broadway Producer Amanda Lipitz; Joanne Podell, Executive Chairman at Cushman & Wakefield; Liz Robbins, Founder of Liz Robbins Associates; and Kenya Barris, Creator and Showrunner of ABC’s black-ish and the “Man We Love.” On the eve of the International Day of the Girl, we are proud that these four distinguished individuals and supporters like you joined us as part of a worldwide movement committed to improving the lives of young women.
Young Women’s Leadership Network has been empowering young women to reach their higher education dreams since our founder Ann Tisch established our first school in East Harlem in 1996. Today, we have graduates on campuses across the country and TYWLS alumnae have degrees from Smith, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, and dozens of other private and public colleges. In fact, TYWLS students not only enroll in college at double the rate of their peers – they graduate at four times the rate.
Now, with five schools in New York City and thirteen affiliate schools across the country, and two more schools slated to open in 2018, with your help we are poised to have an even greater impact on the more than 8,500 students we serve each year.
We hope you will stay with us and our students on the journey to their bright futures. Please consider taking the following actions today:

Invest: Your gift will help students realize their academic and leadership potential.
Volunteer: Share your knowledge and experiences as a volunteer mentor to young women in grades 6-12.
Inspire: Approach your company about supporting SL Network and engage colleagues in our volunteer programs.
Be Social: Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

CBI Celebration 2017
2017-05-18 17:00 - 18:30 | Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Last night’s CollegeBound Initiative (CBI) Celebration was unforgettable. Thank you to those who attended and supported, including our amazing honorees Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, and Melissa Brenner, Senior Vice President of Digital Media at the NBA, with special recognition to Paula Dofat, Director of College Counseling at our affiliate school Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women! It was a privilege to introduce the Class of 2017, who are making their dreams of college a reality thanks to your support.

Since CBI’s inception, we have enrolled more than 13,000 students in college, including 2,500 from the Class of 2017, and have generated more than $450 million in financial aid. The majority of our students will be the first in their families to go to college. And even more, an independent evaluation found that CBI students graduate and earn 4-year college degrees at nearly 4x the rate of their peers.
Check out the films that were debuted during the event.
Unable to attend the 2017 CBI Celebration? Don’t worry! You can still be with us in spirit by making a donation. Click here to show your support.

15th Anniversary CBI Celebration
2016-05-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Watch the video from an unforgettable night celebrating 15 years of the CollegeBound Initiative! See the films honoring NY Mets Curtis Granderson, Calamos Investments CEO John Koudounis, and NBC’s Al Roker, and ABC’s Deborah Roberts!

See also CBI student Josephine’s surprise college acceptance with Usher!
We are grateful to supporters like you who made the 15-year CBI Celebration a great success!
On May 26, 2016, our wonderful guests joined us in celebrating the more than 15,000 New York City students served by the CollegeBound Initiative.
We are grateful to this year’s honorees:
| Curtis Granderson, NY Mets
| John S. Koudounis, CEO, Calamos Investments
| Deborah Roberts and Al Roker, ABC News Correspondent & Host/Weatherman of NBC’s TODAY Show
As we look ahead to the 2017-2018 school year – when CBI Directors of College Counseling will be in 35 schools serving 18,000 young women and men — your ongoing support will continue empowering our students to pursue their dream of going to college!
Make a gift.

(Em)Power Breakfast 2015
2015-10-15 08:00 - 09:00 | Cipriani 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States
Watch and share The Voice Inside, the heartwarming film featuring TYWLS students and teachers.
We are grateful to supporters like you who made the 2015 (Em)Power Breakfast a great success!
On October 15, 2015, more than 700 guests joined us in celebrating the more than 2,200 girls served by The Young Women’s Leadership Schools (TYWLS) in New York City this year.
The 2015 (Em)Power Breakfast honored our students and their achievements. We are grateful to this year’s honorees for representing the confidence and determination we cultivate in every TYWLS girl. Our honorees included:

| Kimberley Hatchett, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
| Yara Shahidi, Actress (Black-ish), Philanthropist and Scholar
| Sherrie Westin, Executive Vice President of Global Impact and Philanthropy, Sesame Workshop
| Fabrizio Freda “The Man We Love”, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies

As we look ahead to the 2015-2016 school year, your ongoing support will continue empowering our students to fulfill their learning and leadership potential! Here’s how you can make this possible:
Make a gift – Visit our donate page.
Share our story – Watch and share The Voice Inside, the heartwarming film featuring TYWLS students and teachers.
(Em)Power our students – We need energetic and passionate volunteers to serve as role models for TYWLS students.
On behalf of the more than 2,200 students served by The Young Women’s Leadership Schools, thank you for investing in their futures!
Past Honorees:
2014

Idina Menzel, Tony Award-winning Broadway star
Dina Powell, President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation
Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Andrew Farkas, Island Capital Group

2013

Malala Yousafzai, education advocate
Abigail Disney, filmmaker and philanthropist
Tory Burch, fashion designer and philanthropist
Jordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters

2012

Tina Brown, The Daily Beast
Susan Lyne, Gilt Groupe
Kevin Roberts, Saatchi & Saatchi
Ann Shoket, Seventeen Magazine

2011

Stephanie Drescher, Apollo Management LLP
Peter G. Peterson, Blackstone and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Judith Rodin, the Rockefeller Foundation

2010

Richard Beattie, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Jill Beraud, PepsiCo
Harold Ford Jr., Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
Caryn Seidman Becker, Clear

2009

Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York
Phebe Farrow Port, Estee Lauder
Edith Cooper, Goldman Sachs
Barry Weiss, RCA/Jive

2008

Ann Moore, Time Inc.
Kim Davis, JPMorgan Chase
High Water Women
Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark

2006

Thelma Golden, the Studio Museum in Harlem
Nancy Peretsman, Allen & Company
The Starr Foundation
Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
