Event Details
Featuring:
• SSEF Speakers sharing…
• A video tribute from Tom Brokaw
• A Keynote Address by Ellen Barry, New England Bureau Chief for the New York Times and former Glober reporter covering the arrival of the Lost Boys in Boston.
• A Silent Auction (click here to view & bid)
Celebration Honoree
Melissa M. MacDonnell
President, Liberty Mutual Foundation & Vice President, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Melissa founded Liberty Mutual Foundation in 2003 to support best-in-class organizations that are changing the lives of our most vulnerable neighbors. Since its founding, Liberty Mutual Foundation has invested more than $250 million, focusing on accessibility for people with disabilities; security for men, women and children experiencing homelessness; and educational opportunities for youth living in poverty. In addition, the foundation supports employee giving, service and volunteerism through its Liberty Torchbearers employee engagement program.
Keynote Speaker
Ellen Barry
Ellen Barry is currently the Boston-based New England bureau chief for the New York Times. Previously, she was the newspaper’s Chief International Correspondent, based in London, New Delhi-based South Asia bureau chief, Moscow bureau chief, Moscow-based foreign correspondent for The Times and a reporter for the Metro section, based in Queens. While in Russia, she was part of a team which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for International reporting for a series on impunity in Russia’s justice system. Before joining The Times, Ellen was Atlanta bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, and a news and feature writer for the Boston Globe. While at the Globe, she was a 2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Writing for a series, "Lost Boys of Sudan." This series also earned her the American Society of Newspaper Editors 2002 Distinguished Writing Award for Non-Deadline Writing. (source: International Women’s Media Foundation)
Video Message
Tom Brokaw
Thomas John Brokaw is a retired television journalist and author. He is the only person to have hosted all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He now serves as a special correspondent for NBC News and works on documentaries for other outlets. In 2020 he was featured on Dateline NBC’s” special report, “The Lost Boys.”
South Sudanese Community Members & Resilience
Speaking on Coming to America, the Role of Women, and the Pandemic
Yar Ayul
Yar is a “Lost Girl” who came here 20 years ago. She currently is getting her MBA and lives with her children and husband in Holden, MA.
Majur Anyieth
Majur is a “Lost Boy” who has been here for 20 years. He is currently unemployed from the Omni Hotel where he worked for 19 years. He lives with his wife and children in Malden, MA.
Resilience Co-hosts
Orelia Jonathan
Mangok Bol
Committee Hosts
Barbara and Carl Berke
Steve and Candy Carr
Sasha and Marni Chanoff
Heidi and Ralph Derbyshire
Nicole and David Gardner
The Good Lie Fund
Bonnie and Caleb Loring
Elizabeth March and David Stein
Nancy and Brian Mercer
Robert and Emily Morrison
Trish O'Hagan and Alex Chatfield
Hillary and Peter Rathjens
Cathy and Chris Rogers
John and Susan Valpey
Tom Wilson and Martha Soper
Nancy and Chris Winship
