New
Friends New Life (NFNL) announces Lupita Nyong’o, Academy
Award® winner, executive producer, New York Times best-selling
author, and advocate for women and girls around the world, will headline
the New Friends New Life Annual Luncheon that will be held on Friday, October 8
at 11:30 a.m., at the OMNI Dallas Hotel, 555 S. Lamar St. A hybrid event giving
guests the opportunity to attend in-person or online, the luncheon will feature
an in-person program, along with “A Conversation with Nyong’o,” presented
virtually. Luncheon co-chairs are Jan Osborn, founder of
Dallas Doing Good, and Trina Terrell-Andrews, CEO of the
Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center.
Lupita
Nyong’o is a Kenyan actress, producer and author. For her role in 12
Years a Slave, Nyong’o received the Academy Award® as well as the
Screen Actors Guild® Award, the Critics’ Choice Award, the Independent Spirit
Award, and the NAACP Award. For her starring role in Jordan Peele’s Us,
Nyong’o received a Screen Actors Guild nomination, the NY Film Critics
Association Award for Best Actress, and an NAACP Award. Upcoming, she will star
in Marvel’s Black Panther 2 and Universal’s
thriller The 355.
Underwriting sponsorship
opportunities begin at $2,500, and individual tickets are available for $250. A
limited number of virtual access-only tickets can be purchased for $100. To
reserve your sponsorship or seats, please visit www.newfriendsnewlife.org/luncheon or email events@newfriendsnewlife.org
