2021 Women of the Year
TONIGHT 4/28 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom
Join us for our Women of the Year celebration!
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The Brookline Commission for Women is delighted to announce our 2021 Women of the Year, four amazing individuals and one team of two. They all have risen to meet the extraordinary challenges of our times by marshaling the Brookline community to see, hear, and respond to those challenges effectively and with lasting impact.
We had an unprecedented number of nominees in this unprecedented year: nearly 80 of you submitted recommendations for 25 nominees. We thank all our nominators and especially the nominees, all of whom inspired us with their passion, energy, and caring work in and for the Brookline community.
Our 2021 Brookline Women of the Year are:
Bonnie Bastien, founder of Mutual Aid Brookline. MAB volunteers have spent more than 10,000 hours since March 2020 delivering food and medications, financial assistance, and a helping hand in countless ways to the most vulnerable in the Brookline community.
Ann Brackett and Andrea Johnson, co-founders and leaders of Women Thriving, empowering and co-creating opportunities for women with low income to thrive through learning, leadership development, and community.
Deborah Brown, a leading advocate for racial justice, whose energetic work during Covid-19 moved Brookline to focus town attention and resources on vulnerable residents, especially those facing food and housing insecurity.
Kathleen Scanlon, leader of Brookline of Mothers Out Front, mobilizing Brookline’s efforts to reduce fossil fuel use, expand Brookline Green Electricity and composting, and drive legislative action to address climate change.
Chi Chi Wu, leader of the Brookline Asian American Family Network (BAAFN), supporting the needs of Brookline’s vibrant AAPI community and, during the pandemic, mobilizing Brookline to combat rising anti-Asian rhetoric and hate crimes.
