EASTHAMPTON — The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts will honor several local people including two Franklin County women.
The nonprofit’s Women Lead Change: a Celebration of the Leadership Institute for Political and Public Impact will honor the program’s Class of 2016 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m.
The two Franklin County residents graduating from the program are: M. Zoraida Agudelo of Greenfield and Karen Traub of Shutesbury.
The event will include remarks from Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, and a keynote address from Julie Chavez Rodriguez, special assistant to the president and senior deputy director of public engagement at the White House.
“We are thrilled to host our distinguished speakers as we welcome an expected 32 highly-qualified women into our LIPPI ranks,” said program officer Ellen Moorhouse. “Our LIPPI program has trained more than 230 women in western Massachusetts to run for elected office, 20 percent of whom have run their first race, with a 60 percent success rate. We know LIPPI women run, and LIPPI women lead.”
The event is open to the public with online registration at www.womensfund.net.