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Events & Engagements • Desiree Peterkin Bell

Co-host for Stacey Abrams for Governor of GA Fundraiser

Date: February 1, 2018 at 7PM

Location: Washington, D.C. (The Park at 14th, 920 14th Street Northwest)

Keynote Speaker for Black History Month, “Infinite Possibilities”

Date: February 9, 2018 at 11AM

Location: PECO (400 Park Ave, Warminster, PA)

Ambassador, Power Rising “Building An Agenda for Black Women”

Date: February 22-25, 2018

Location: Atlanta, GA

Speaker, “Reach Higher”

Date: March 2, 2018 at 8:30AM

Location: St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls

Keynote, Graduation, Girls Advocacy and Leadership Series (GALS) – USA

Launched in 2009, the GALS program equips underserved young women with the leadership skills, confidence, and connections necessary to effect true social change in their communities.

Date: April 7, 2018

Location: First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School

Book Launch and Signing, “Women Who Influence”

Date: April 13, 2018 from 6:30-8:00PM

Location: 724 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY

Speaker, The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)

NABJ will host its 2018 Region 1 Conference and Global Diversity Summit

Date: April 13-14, 2018

Location: New York City, Vanderbilt Hall, NYU School of Law

A Conversation with Sally Kohn, Author of ‘The Opposite of Hate’

Date: April 23, 2018 from 7-8PM

Location: Pen & Pencil Club, 1522 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA

United State of Women (USOW) 2018 Summit, Co-Chair for Pennsylvania


Date:
May 5-6, 2018

Location: Los Angeles, The Shrine Auditorium

Advisor and Board Member, Smart Cities (SCNY) 2018


New York (SCNY) is North America’s leading global conference to address and highlight critical solution-based issues that cities are facing as we move into the 21st century. 

Date: May 6-8, 2018

Location: Pier 36, NYC

LA Summit 2018

(Invite-Only) The World’s Preeminent Ideas Festival

Date: November 2-5, 2018

Location: Los Angeles

Co-Chair, United State of Women Galvanize PA

Date: November 17, 2018

Location: Moore College of Art and Design, 1916 Race St, Philadelphia, PA

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach their goals.

– Dorothy Height