Empowering Voices

Highlights from our 2020 Gala, Celebrating 10 Year Anniversary!

​A HUGE Thank You to the Board Members, Cast, Crew and audience for making this year's celebration a truly memorable one. We had great company, food, and entertainment while honoring some of the people and programs that improve the lives of people on Staten Island.

This year we honored: Carol Ann Benanti, Staten Island Advance, Inside Out Columnist, Features Writer/Arts & Entertainment Reporter;  Imam Dr. Tahir Kukaj, Albanian Islamic Cultural Center;  James McBratney, Owner, Jimmy Max, and Rising Star - Rosemarie Manzo.

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

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Enjoy music from Empowering Voices

We paid tribute to Queen at Empowering Voices 2019 featuring Justin Giachetti, Kristi Sorkin, Randy Topper, Nathan Ullrich, Giavanna Bucciero, Daniela Favaloro and Company

Joseph Gottfried, a (then) junior at Susan E. Wagner High School on Staten Island sings Morning Glow from Pippin at our benefit performance. (2016)

Lisa Sloan and Christine Sloan-Ward performed The Rose at our Empowering Voices 2019 benefit.
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Our Empowering Voices 2019 cast performs Freak Flag from Shrek The Musical.