2026 Annual Meeting: Community Healing Through the Arts
Date
May 12, 2026
Time
4:00 p.m.
Location
Shubert Theatre, 247 College St., New Haven, CT
Topic
Presenter(s)
President & CEO Karen DuBois-Walton; Board Chair Fernando Muñiz
Please join us for The Community Foundation's 2026 Annual Meeting. Hear from President & CEO Karen DuBois-Walton and Board Chair Fernando Muñiz on The Foundation's work in 2025 and its strategic direction for 2026. The evening will feature music and poetry from local artists, and a conversation about the role of the arts in community healing and collective understanding.
4:00 p.m. Doors open
4:20 p.m. Musical Opening by Paul Bryant Hudson
4:30 p.m. Program begins promptly
For questions or changes in registration, please email Carmen Burgos.
Featured Artists
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer and the Founder & CEO of Freedom Reads.
He is the author of a memoir and four collections of poetry including Felon, winner of the American Book Award. He also holds a J.D. from Yale Law School.
In 2020, Betts founded Freedom Reads with a mission to open libraries in prison cellblocks. To date, Freedom Reads has opened 520 Freedom Libraries in 52 adult and youth prisons across 13 states.
Paul Bryant Hudson is a musician, singer-songwriter and composer from New Haven, where he is an active and invested community member.