Harborlight annual honoree
Community strategist, writer, and founder of an intergenerational housing network that has kept 312 families in their neighborhoods.
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2027 HarborlightAssemblyBuilding Voice,Place & Kinship
About
People who turn care into public work.
Harborlight 2027 is an annual gathering honoring women whose ideas, organizing, and creative labor reshape the places around them. The evening connects generations of leaders across culture, education, housing, health, and community stewardship.
Hosted by the Harborlight Foundation, the program centers lived experience, practical solidarity, and the durable networks that help ambitious work survive beyond one room.
About Harborlight Foundation
For fifty-one years, the foundation has supported fellowships, oral-history projects, emergency creative grants, and neighborhood partnerships led by women. Its work begins with the premise that visibility matters most when it is followed by resources, relationships, and time.
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51 years ago, we were just beginning · Anniversary field reel
Honorees
Amara VelezNkiru OwensSelene Baptiste
Featuring
DJ Sol Rivera of Brooklyn
After party · 10 PM
A selector, archivist, and broadcaster with a gift for joining overlooked records into one generous room. Sol closes the night with a set moving through boogie, house, soul, and diasporic dance music.
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Backed by neighbors with reach.
Fieldwork Fund
Copperline Arts
Brooklyn Harbor Trust
Host committee
Leona Mercer
Samira Knox
Keli Dunbar
Janel Ortega
Rina Booth
Pia Samuels
Mira Wu
Clarke Adebayo
Eden Moss
Lauren Price
Dalia King
Sofia Nunez
Founding mothers
Yvonne CarterAudrey Faye RobbinsSelma TurnerMabel TorresRenee C. Louis
FAQ
DirectionsParkingHotelDress codeAccessibilityWhere is Harborline Theatre?
The theatre is at 76 Broadway in Williamsburg, a short walk from the J, M, and Z trains. Accessible entry is on Berry Street.
What should I wear?
Come festive and comfortable. The evening moves between seated programming, a reception, and a late dance set.
Is the event accessible?
Yes. Step-free entry, companion seating, ASL interpretation, and a low-stimulation room are available. Contact us for individual access needs.
Can I support without attending?
Every sponsorship and donated ticket funds Harborlight’s year-round fellowship program. Remote supporters receive the annual field report.
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WhenMay
14
14
Harborline Theatre
Brooklyn, New York
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