Cokie Roberts to speak at Asheville’s Power of the Purse Luncheon on May 24

Jason Sandford

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This event is always impressive. Press release:

Cokie Roberts, Political Analyst for ABC News and NPR Senior News Analyst, will give the keynote address at this year’s Power of the Purse luncheon on Monday, May 24, at the Expo Center at the Crowne Plaza in Asheville. The event celebrates the power of women’s philanthropy in Western North Carolina and attracted nearly 800 attendees last year.

In more than forty years in broadcasting, Roberts has won three Emmys and countless awards. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, and was cited by the American Women in Radio and Television as one of the fifty greatest women in the history of broadcasting. This year the Library of Congress named her a “Living Legend,” one of the very few Americans to have attained that honor.

The event begins with “Coffee with Cokie Roberts” for patrons and sponsors followed by a reception, a unique garden-themed silent auction featuring donated container gardens, lunch, the keynote address and a question and answer session. Announcement of this year’s Women for Women grant recipients will also take place.

Tickets to Power of the Purse are $50 per person; patron tickets include the private coffee and are $125. Advance registration is required.

Proceeds from the event benefit The Women’s Fund, a permanent endowment created at The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina to support the needs of disadvantaged women and girls in our mountain region.