With this grant, the Dunham Fund became the Platinum Plus Sponsor for the YWCA Aurora’s Leaders of Change Luncheon held on May 15, 2014. Dr. Rebecca Sherrick, president of Aurora University, introduced the keynote speaker, Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.”
The proceeds from this event will support the YWCA’s anti-bullying program in East and West Aurora elementary schools and the organization’s women’s empowerment annual workshop series. The YWCA Aurora will be moving into their new offices in the John C. Dunham STEM Partnership School in August 2014.