BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6B3A4AB1-B8CA-480D-9F26-6451DDB453F6 DTSTART:20221104T113000Z DTEND:20221104T130000Z SUMMARY:Julia Ormond keynotes New Friends New Life Lunch DESCRIPTION:New Friends New Life (NFNL) announces Julia Ormond \, a British Emmy® award-winning stage\, film\, and television actress who has been fi ghting human trafficking since the 1990s\, will headline its annual lunche on onFriday\, November 4 at 11:30 a.m.\, at the Hyatt Regency Dallas\, 300 Reunion Blvd. Luncheon co-chairs are Katherine Wynne\, Kristi Sherrill Ho yl and Melissa Sherrill Martin . Honorary co-chairs are Matrice Ellis-Kirk and Ambassador Ron Kirk. \nAmong her best-known film work\, Ormond has st arred in Legends of the Fall \, Sabrina \, The Curious Case of Benjamin Bu tton\, and Che.  On the small screen\, Ormond received an Emmy® Award in 2 010 for her role in the HBO movie Temple Grandin and one in 1997 as execut ive producer of Calling the Ghosts: A Story About Rape\, War and Women. In 2012 she was nominated for an Emmy® for her recurring role on Mad Men. Sh e can most recently be seen in her series regular role in The Walking Dead \; World Beyond\, and in the still-to-be-released Reminisce. \nOffscreen\, Ormond is a longtime activist against human trafficking\, promoting inter national awareness in her role as the first and former United Nations Offi ce on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador Against Trafficking and Slavery. She is the founder of the advocacy nonprofit\, Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking (ASSET) Campaign \, which is the source of th e Transparency in Supply Chains Law. This global legislation requires majo r businesses to publicly disclose their policies to prevent human traffick ing and forced labor in product supply chains. As an advocate\, Ormond has traveled the world assessing solutions and challenges\, and she has appea red as an expert witness before the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. For this advocacy work she received the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Aw ard and the Women for Women International’s Peace Award. \nLuncheon Co-Cha irs Katherine Wynne\, Kristi Sherrill Hoyl and Melissa Sherrill Martin are longtime community leaders and volunteers with numerous nonprofits. Wynne is a former marketing\, public relations and investment executive who spe nt ten years in various capacities for U.S. Trust\, now Bank of America Pr ivate Bank. She is a member of New Friends New Life’s Board of Directors. Hoyl serves as chief philanthropy and community affairs officer at Baylor Scott & White Health\, and her sister Melissa Sherrill Martin served as v ice president of development for over 14 years at The Family Place. Honora ry Co-Chairs and Dallas power couple Matrice Ellis-Kirk and Ambassador Ron Kirk are known for the impact they have had on the Dallas community and b eyond. Ellis-Kirk has over 20 years of experience in the executive search industry with deep knowledge in governance. Before founding Ellis Kirk Gr oup\, she led board and CEO assignments at two large global search firms a nd a boutique search firm. Ambassador Ron Kirk is senior of counsel in Gib son\, Dunn & Crutcher’s Dallas and Washington D.C. offices. The former may or of Dallas and Texas Secretary of State also served as United States Tra de Representative and was a member of President Obama’s Cabinet. \n“As we at New Friends New Life continue to connect the dots and educate the comm unity about the crime of human trafficking\, we couldn’t be more delighted to introduce Julia Ormond to our donors and supporters at this year’s lun cheon\,” said Bianca Davis \, CEO\, New Friends New Life. “Her role as an activist against trafficking around the world\, and her experience assess ing solutions and challenges\, will provide attendees with further insight about how we can all dismantle\, disrupt\, and disarm this industry that is victimizing 25 million people around the world\, including 313\,000 pe ople right here in Texas.” \nUnderwriting sponsorship opportunities begin at $2\,500.  A limited number of individual tickets will be released clos er to the date and will begin at $250 each. To reserve your sponsorship or seats\, please visit www.newfriendsnewlife.org/luncheon \, email events@n ewfriendsnewlife.org or contact Senior Development Director Priya Murphy a t 214-217-8652. \n# # # \n About New Friends New Life:   Founded in Dallas \, Texas\, in 1998\,  New Friends New Life  (NFNL) restores and empowers   trafficked and  sexually exploited  teen girls\, women and their childre n \, and drives awareness of the issue and its prevalence. By providing ac cess to education\, job training\, interim financial assistance\, mental h ealth\, and spiritual support\, New Friends New Life helps women and their children overcome backgrounds of abuse\, addiction\, poverty\, and limite d opportunities. In 2021\, NFNL served 312 members. NFNL also educates the community and works to eradicate the epidemic of human trafficking throug h advocacy\, legislative reform and strategic partnerships that address sy stemic causes. In 2018\, NFNL opened a drop-in Youth Resource Center (YRC) in partnership with the Office of the Governor to serve trafficked and hi gh-risk teen girls. Since its opening\, we have served 442 girls. In 2015\ , NFNL organized its   Men's Advocacy Group  to engage men in the fight ag ainst sex trafficking and exploitation. For more information\, visit  http ://www.newfriendsnewlife.org .\nHyatt Regency Dallas\n300 Reunion Blvd.\nD allas\, TX 75207 United States\n LOCATION:300 Reunion Blvd.\, Dallas\, TX 75207 URL:http://lakehighlands.bubblelife.com/community/lake_highlands_calendar/l ibrary/3562123/key/3511624662/Julia_Ormond_keynotes_New_Friends_New_Life_L unch CREATED:20220906T183547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T183547Z DTSTAMP:20260403T185916Z CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR