Join us for Power to Inspire 2025!
The Honorable Shirley Franklin has been a source of inspiration and Atlanta-based community service for decades.
We hope you will join us as the National Center for Civil and Human Rights honors the former Mayor of Atlanta at our Power to Inspire Celebration on February 27, 2025.
It is no secret that Mayor Franklin has the Power to Inspire. With this honor, we seek to recognize Franklin’s lifetime of achievement as a mayor, policymaker, educator, and true “public servant.” In all these roles, she made justice and fairness her North Star and worked to improve the health, opportunity, and dignity of everyone she served.
Franklin’s enduring legacy includes her tireless efforts to create our institution. We will honor her just months before we open an expanded Center, coming ever closer to fulfilling the vision she set out roughly 20 years ago.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Oceans Ballroom at the Georgia Aquarium
246 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard NW
6 PM | Cocktail Reception
7 PM | Dinner and Program
Dessert Reception to follow
Cocktail Attire
Click here to view a complete listing of sponsor benefits.
To receive additional information about the event and sponsorship opportunities, please contact 212-249-6188 or [email protected].
Additional donations to benefit our annual Power to Inspire fundraiser can be made here.
Thank you to our Power to Inspire 2025 sponsors!
Power to Inspire 2025 Sponsors as of February 18, 2025
Chinita Allen
Letty Ashworth
Mohammed (Mo) Azam*
Sid Barron
G. Alister Bazaz*
Karen E. Bennett*
Frank Blake
Liz Blake
Renay Blumenthal
The Honorable Andrea L. Boone
The Honorable Saxby Chambliss
W. Imara Canady*
Garry Capers, Jr.*
Beth Chandler
Ricky Chandler
Sallie Adams Daniel
Richard H. Deane, Jr.*
Mayor Andre Dickens
Curley M. Dossman, Jr.*
Councilmember Jason Dozier*
Johnita P. Due*
Jane C. Edmonds*
Courtney English
Katie Fahs*
Larry Frank
Lois Frank
Sherry Frank
Candice Franklin
Sharon Gay
Greg Giornelli
Lillian Giornelli
Tom Glenn
Renee Lewis Glover
August Hammonds*
Jack Hardin
Nikki Tinsley Harland*
Nina Hickson
Joanne Huntley
Walter Huntley
Beverly Isom
Former First Lady Valerie Jackson
Brett Jewkes*
Ingrid Saunders Jones*
Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King
Soon Mee Kim*
Jeanney Kutner
Sheri Labovitz
Steve Labovitz
Billy Linville
Verónica Maldonado-Torres*
Hala Moddelmog
Michelle Moorehead*
Rod Mullice
Carol Breman Nemo
Joshua R. Newton*
Beth Paradies
Gregg Paradies
Egbert Perry*
Ed Potter*
Greg Pridgeon
Deborah Richardson
Craig Richey*
Nancy Rigby
A.J. Robinson*
Donata Russell Ross
Michael Ross
Susan J. Ross
H. Jerome Russell
Lovette Russell
Michael Russell, Sr.
Sylvia Russell
Stephanie Russell
Jill Savitt*
Ivan Shammas*
Doug Shipman
Christine St. Clare
Debi Starnes
Justin A. Sullivan*
Henry “Hank” Thomas*
Brian Tolleson
Dexter Warrior
Tim Wilkerson*
Alan Wise*
Andrea Young*
*NCCHR Board Member
List In Formation (as of February 18, 2025)
Our Power to Inspire fundraiser is the single largest gathering of The Center’s community each year. At this event, we celebrate those who have made a significant impact to protect the rights of others. Past honorees have included leaders, activists and scholars such as President Joe Biden (after his Vice Presidency); Ted Turner; Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; The King Center; and Mrs. Myrlie Evers-Williams.
Support from Power to Inspire ensures The Center can deliver on our mission, inspiring people to tap into their own power to change the world around them. The Center, which opened in 2014, hosts iconic exhibitions: selections from the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection; the history of the civil rights movement in the United States; and stories from the struggle for human rights around the world today. The training and educational programs created by The Center serve as a hub of activity for those who seek to understand and engage in civic life.
If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected].