Presented by Building One Community

11th Annual Spring Benefit Breakfast

Registration ends Friday, 05/10/2024 4:00pm EDT

About The Benefit Breakfast

We have exciting news! B1C is hosting its 11th Annual Spring Benefit Breakfast on May 17th at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich at 7 AM.  Please join us!

This signature event is our most important fundraiser of the year, bringing together a diverse group of 600 community leaders, volunteers, donors, government officials, and partners from throughout Fairfield County who care deeply about advancing the integration of immigrants and their families in the community. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the incredible impact of B1C's work through our participants' stories of hope, perseverance, and success.

JOIN US for an inspiring morning celebrating immigrants' contributions to our community and furthering B1C's mission!

 

Our Speaker: Jonathan Blitzer

 

Jonathan Blitzer is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He won a 2017 National Award for Education Reporting, as well as an Edward R. Murrow Award and the 2018 Immigration Journalism Prize from the French-American Foundation. His writing and reporting have also appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Atavist, Oxford American, and The Nation. He was a 2021 Emerson Fellow at New America. He lives with his family in New York City. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is his first book.

 

 

Event Schedule:

7:00 - 7:30 AM Registration & Networking Coffee

7:30 - 9:00 AM Breakfast Program

9:00 AM Book Signing & Meet-and-Greet with the Author

About The Benefit Breakfast

We have exciting news! B1C is hosting its 11th Annual Spring Benefit Breakfast on May 17th at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich at 7 AM.  Please join us!

This signature event is our most important fundraiser of the year, bringing together a diverse group of 600 community leaders, volunteers, donors, government officials, and partners from throughout Fairfield County who care deeply about advancing the integration of immigrants and their families in the community. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the incredible impact of B1C's work through our participants' stories of hope, perseverance, and success.

JOIN US for an inspiring morning celebrating immigrants' contributions to our community and furthering B1C's mission!

 

Our Speaker: Jonathan Blitzer

 

Jonathan Blitzer is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He won a 2017 National Award for Education Reporting, as well as an Edward R. Murrow Award and the 2018 Immigration Journalism Prize from the French-American Foundation. His writing and reporting have also appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Atavist, Oxford American, and The Nation. He was a 2021 Emerson Fellow at New America. He lives with his family in New York City. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is his first book.

 

 

Event Schedule:

7:00 - 7:30 AM Registration & Networking Coffee

7:30 - 9:00 AM Breakfast Program

9:00 AM Book Signing & Meet-and-Greet with the Author

2023 Benefit Breakfast