June 3, 2024
National Portrait Gallery • Washington, D.C.
About the Gala
The John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation Good Trouble gala celebration serves as a collective moment of reflection on the life and legacy of the civil rights icon John Lewis and also celebrate his and Lillian Miles Lewis’ shared vision and values. The event has raised critical funds necessary to underwrite initiatives that advance the values John and Lillian Lewis lived.
Gala Gallery
Gala Recap
The #GoodTroubleGala was amazing. Thank you to everyone who made the event a success, helping us “Carry On” Rep. John Lewis’ legacy. We had a stirring keynote by President Bill Clinton; remarks by our CEO Detria Everson and Board Chair Michael Collins; Kerry Kennedy, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Sen. Reverend Raphael Warnock and Rep. Nikema Williams; and a Good Trouble Talk with Leader Hakeem Jeffries moderated by Tharon Johnson.
We also gave our first-ever “Carry On” Award to Leader Jeffries.
Who didn’t love the Blind Boys of Alabama?
Dana Bash was our Host. Rev. Michele Hagans and Reverend Canon Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr. gave the Invocation and Rabbi Peter Berg gave the Benediction. John-Miles Lewis gave the Closing Remarks.
Thank you to our Event Co-Chairs, Host Committee, Sponsors and Board.
Our Event Co-Chairs; John-Miles Lewis; Home Depot Co-Founder Arthur M. Blank; former John Lewis Chief of Staff Michael E. Collins; Microsoft Corporate VP of US Gov’t Affairs Frederick S. Humphries, Jr.; Apple Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson; Paramount Consulting Group Founder and CEO Tharon Johnson; RFK Human Rights President Kerry Kennedy; and Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO Chris Womack.
Our Host Committee: Lyndon Boozer; Paul Braithwaite; Joyce Brayboy; Kendra Brown; Linda Early Chastang; Gene Duffy; Larry Duncan; Jo Ann Jenkins; Tanya Lombard; Marcus Mason; Melissa Maxfield; Kwasi Mitchell; Stacey Stewart; Jarvis Stewart; Nicole Venable and
Yebbie Watkins.
Our Sponsors, particularly our Founders: the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Delta Air Lines and Southern Company; and our Good Troublemakers: AARP, Apple and Microsoft.
Our Board Members: J. Veronica Biggins, Michael E. Collins, Sherry Z. Frank, Helene D. Gayle, M.D. MPH, Frederick S. Humphries, Jr., Tharon Johnson, Steven L. McDaniel, and Rodney E. Slater; and our President and CEO, Detria Everson.
Shout-out to the event planners, photographers, tech crew, servers, the staff at the National Portrait Gallery and everyone else who made the event a success.
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As a nation, if we care for the Beloved Community, we must move our feet, our hands, our hearts, our resources to build and not tear down, to reconcile and not to divide, to love and not to hate.
