CCC’s 2025 Breakfast: Celebrating Generations


Events

October 29, 2025

8:00 am - 9:30 am

Join us to honor impactful advocacy!

Celebrating Generations
Wednesday, October 29
8:00am – 9:30am

Join us at our Annual Breakfast to commemorate 80 years of fact-based advocacy and spotlight youth and community activism!

This year marks both CCC’s 80th anniversary and 25 years of CCC’s YouthAction programming. To recognize these milestones, our 2025 breakfast will celebrate honorees making a difference for children and equity in New York City and acknowledge the achievements of a number of YouthAction Alumni. Guests will also hear from special guest speaker Melissa Aviles-Ramos, the Chancellor of NYC Public Schools.

  • Honoring

    Eleanor Roosevelt Award

    Jean Schrag

    Founding and longtime chair of CCC’s YouthAction Committee

  • Honoring

    Samuel P. Peabody Award

    Elizabeth T. Peabody

    Practicing LMSW and literacy advocate

  • Honoring

    Vanguard Award

    Anne Williams-Isom

    Lifelong public servant and former Deputy Mayor for Health & Human Services

  • Honoring

    Civic Leadership Award

    Benedict Amoo

    2006 YouthAction Graduate

  • Honoring

    Civic Leadership Award

    Jazmyn Blackburn

    2014 YouthAction Graduate

  • Honoring

    Civic Leadership Award

    Edward Sanchez

    2021 YouthAction Graduate

*Bios coming soon!* 

Honorary Co-Chairs

  • Nancy Hoving

  • Lee & Fritz Link

  • Elizabeth & Robert Sheehan

Co-Chairs

  • Lauren Jenkins Chung

  • Bremond Berry MacDougall

  • Ruth Seiger Maisel

  • Jane Blair Oberle & Christian Oberle

  • Nancy & David Solomon

  • Heidi Stamas

  • Nancy Sun

  • Ann Viney

Benefit Committee

  • Jessica & Todd Aaron

  • Susan & Rodman Benedict

  • Jody & Brian Berger

  • Clover C. Bergmann & John J. Murray

  • Priscilla Bijur & Gerald Kane

  • Constance Christensen

  • Ellen & Steven J. Corwin

  • Veronica Dillon & Kevin Bollbach

  • Mary & Brian Donley

  • Kathy Doyle

  • Diana & Fred Elghanayan

  • Vicki Foley

  • Judith A. Garson & Steven N. Rappaport

  • Susan G. Gevertz

  • Shirley & David Ginzberg

  • Bonnie Greaves

  • Ricki Tigert Helfer & Michael S. Helfer

  • Alexandra A. Herzan

  • Chris Stern Hyman

  • Elaine & Mark Kessel

  • Sheila Lambert

  • Abra Levine & TJ Gottesdiener

  • Jane Levinson

  • Katherine S. Lobach

  • Nancy & Alan N. Locker

  • Marilyn & Jay Lubell

  • Maryann Marston

  • Victoria Munroe

  • Lila & Andrew Rymer

  • Marcy Sandler & James Janover

  • Christine Wasserstein & Dan Rattiner

  • Lois Whitman

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