The CWIP Summit: Collective Power, Shared Purpose
Serving as our Annual Meeting
This is a special time each year when our community comes together to connect, reflect, and envision what’s next for CWIP.
You’ll have the chance to celebrate the year’s accomplishments with fellow members, share your voice in shaping our future, and enjoy meaningful networking with people who care deeply about advancing women in philanthropy. We’re also thrilled to feature an inspiring keynote speaker, Maudlyne Ihejirika, who will leave us motivated and recharged for the work ahead.
If cost is a barrier, please email CWIP at info@cwiponline.org.
Registration Options
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Registration Options
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Price |
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2025 CWIP Summit - Member
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$35.00 |
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2025 CWIP Summit - Non-member
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$45.00 |
Agenda
| August 21 | |
| 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration/Breakfast and Networking
You may arrive as early as 8AM to register. |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote Address |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Networking & Goodbyes |
Maudlyne Ihejirika is the Director of Journalism & Storytelling Program for the Field Foundation of Illinois and is responsible for supporting the foundation's work in seeking to change how news production and storytelling reflect Chicago.
Maudlyne focuses on Field's goal of creating a more equitable, connected, and inclusive local media ecosystem in which the stories of all Chicagoans are told accurately, fairly, authoritatively, and contextually.
Prior to joining Field, Maudlyne spent 29 years with the Chicago Sun-Times, where she was an award-winning reporter and columnist, served as assistant city editor, and covered beats from crime and the inner city to housing and education, politics, and philanthropy.
She also wrote the Sun-Times "Chicago Chronicles," longform commentary on racial, social, and economic justice issues impacting Black and Brown communities, and is Immediate Past President of both the Chicago Journalists Association and the National Association of Black Journalists Chicago Chapter.
Maudlyne is the author of “Escape From Nigeria: A Memoir of Faith, Love and War” (Africa World Press, 2016) — a riveting tale of her family’s survival of the brutal Nigerian-Biafran War. She holds an MSJ from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where she was inducted into the Hall of Achievement in 2020; and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Iowa, where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018.
She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Northwestern University's Council of 100 and the Professional Advisory Board of the University of Iowa School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Follow her @Maudlynei on LinkedIn/Facebook/Instagram/Twitter.
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