Soroptimist International of Marin County presents
2020 Ruby and Fellow Awards
at a FUN reception
Master of Ceremonies: Michael Pritchard
Lively Dance Music by Hot Rod Jukebox
SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, May 14, 2020, 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Corinthian Yacht Club, Tiburon
(Invitations will be out in early April)
Hearty Sumptuous Tastings and No Host Cocktails – $85
Lively Dance Music by Hot Rod Jukebox
SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, May 14, 2020, 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Corinthian Yacht Club, Tiburon
(Invitations will be out in early April)
Hearty Sumptuous Tastings and No Host Cocktails – $85
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Honorees
Lisa Kristine
Humanitarian Photographer and Founder of The Human Thread Foundation Our 2020 Ruby Award winner Lisa Kristine is an international humanitarian photographer specializing in indigenous peoples and social causes. Through her work, Lisa encourages a dialogue about the beauty, diversity and hardship or our inter-locking world. For more than thirty years, Lisa Kristine has explored the globe, looking for the people, cultures and places that time forgot, creating indelible and unforgettable images. Best know for her evocative and saturated use of color, her fine art prints are among the most sought after and collected in her field. Lisa uses photography to expose deeply human stories and to in-spire change. She regularly delivers keynote speeches and moderates panels around the world at conferences, museums, corporations and universities. She has spoken on numerous TED stages, as well as at the Vatican, Wisdom 2.0, Thompson Reuters Summits and Trust Conferences. Her riveting TEDx talk, Photos That Bear Witness to Modern Slavery, has been viewed nearly 3 million times. Lisa is a supporting partner in the United Nations’ International Labour Organization’s 50 For Freedom Campaign, whose goal is to eradicate modern slavery. In 2017 Lisa founded the Human Thread Foundation, an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote human dignity and drive prevention, education and awareness around causes such as human trafficking, the refugee crises and global unity through interactive exhibitions, educational programming and multi-media campaigns.
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Dr. Michael Grogan
Director and Co-Founder of The Jeannette Prandi Children’s Center Michael Grogan, PhD, is our first ever Fellow Awardee. This special honor is granted because of his dedication to the children of our community, his creative work to educate children and families about the issues surrounding child sex abuse and his partnering with SIMC in various projects over the past 20 years. Dr. Grogan is an expert in the field of treatment of victims of child sexual abuse. Early in his career, he recognized the nature of re-victimization that occurs when mandated authorities conducted required interviews of children who were suspected of being abused. California law requires multiple agencies to investigate allegations of child molestation. Even though the young victim may be suffering from post-traumatic stress, shame and fear, several agencies re-interview the child. Teachers, police officers, social workers and prosecutors—all meaning well— often added to the trauma and weakened any hope of convicting the abuser. Dr. Grogan worked tirelessly to help establish the Jeannette Prandi Children’s Center, a child-friendly center where one member of a specially trained team conducts the forensic interview while others observe behind a one-way mirror. Dr. Grogan has expanded the center’s mission to include education and treatment. In conjunction with the District Attorney’s Office and the drama program at San Marin High School, he has written and directed films on sexting, bullying, and other pivotal issues, and has shown these films to hundreds of students in almost all of Marin’s schools. Constantly aware of the emotional difficulties for staff to conduct these interviews, he has advanced the JPCC to include support and training for the forensic interviewers. Joyous and energetic, he is simply irreplaceable.
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