The 2021 International Women of Courage Virtual Celebration
Thursday, April 29, 2021 9am PDT / 12pm EDT
Virtual Celebration
Program
WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Rachel Scott, Virtual Host
Nancy Annick, Mary Schammel & Janice Trojan, 2021 Celebration Co-Chairs
Ambassador Tatiana Gfoeller, AWIU President
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE CEREMONY
First Lady Jill Biden
Antony J. Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Katrina Fotovat, Office of Global Women’s Issues
Matthew Lussenhop, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
CONGRATULATORY REMARKS
Willow Bay, Honorary Committee Chair
Ambassador Melanne Verveer
INTRODUCTION OF THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE’S
2021 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
Lisa Ling, Host of CNN’s This is Life with Lisa Ling
PRESENTATION OF AWIU INTERNATIONALISM AWARD
Deloitte, 2021 Honoree
Accepted by Terri Cooper, Vice Chair of External Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
CELEBRATION FINALE
10:00 – 10:30am PDT: Live Virtual Panel Discussion with IWOCs
Hosted by Rachel Scott
Julienne Lusenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Canan Güllü, Turkey
AWIU is honored to welcome Rachel Scott as Virtual Host of the Celebration and Moderator of the live panel discussion with two IWOCs, which will immediately follow the Celebration. Ms. Scott is the Congressional Correspondent reporting from Capitol Hill across all ABC News programs and platforms.
AWIU is pleased to announce that Willow Bay, Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, is Honorary Chair of the 2021 Virtual Celebration. Special thanks to all members of our Honorary Committee.
AWIU is thrilled to announce that award-winning journalist Lisa Ling has conducted exclusive interviews with five of the 2021 International Women of Courage for the Virtual Celebration. Ms. Ling is a global advocate for women and served as Honorary Chair of the 2018 IWOC Celebration.