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Annual Meeting Recap

What a night it was…!

  • We celebrated the 25+ years of love and dedication Kari Lang gave to WBNA  as Executive Director; she received the Ken & Rebecca Phillips Award from Ken Phillips himself. The Award will henceforth be known as The Kari Lang Award!

  • We heard from Mayor Brett Smiley about his support for redevelopment of the Armory

  • We honored community groups and “school heroes”: House of Hope’s “Shower to Empower” Program; Amos House for their work at the Armory; Groundwork RI; Liz Heald, School Counselor at Asa Messer Elementary, Lynn Dubois from West Broadway Middle School; and Rebecca Tetreault from Carl Lauro Elementary School.

  • We welcomed four new board members: Annie Brida, Sam Radov, Courtney Reardon, and Andres Montenegro Rosero!

  • We reviewed highlights of 2022 (you can read our script for the night here.)

Extending a HUGE THANK YOU to Pizza J and their fabulous staff for not only hosting us, but keeping us all fed and watered!

Ken Phillips and Kari Lang