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. Blvd
6pm | Cocktail Reception
7pm | Dinner and Program
Dessert Reception to follow
Single tickets will be made available for purchase January 2025.
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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!
Presenting Sponsor
Trailblazer Sponsor
Our Power to Inspire fundraiser is the single largest gathering of The Center’s community each year. At this event, we celebrate individuals who have made a significant impact to protect the rights of others. Past honorees have included leaders, activists and scholars such as 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].