Arts & Entertainment
The Fortune Society Honors Oskar Eustis, Public Works Performers
The "Hope & Justice" Gala, thanks to many generous sponsors and donors, raised nearly $800,000
The Fortune Society honored Oskar Eustis, the Artistic Director at The Public Theater, with its Game Changer Award, and Public Works Performers from The Fortune Society with the Spotlight Award, at its annual “Hope & Justice” Gala on Tuesday, October 25, 2022.
More than 300 business and civic leaders, philanthropists, criminal justice advocates, New York City Councilmember Gale Brewer, and other Fortune supporters attended the celebration at Gotham Hall in midtown Manhattan. Actor John Leguizamo presented Eustis with the award, and Oskar Eustis praised Fortune for its commitment to provide people with opportunities, rather than barriers.
To see a photo album of the event, visit The Fortune Society’s Facebook page.
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The “Hope & Justice” Gala was made possible with the support of many generous sponsors and donors. The event raised nearly $800,000 to support Fortune’s advocacy efforts and a comprehensive array of wraparound services, including discharge planning, licensed outpatient substance use and mental health treatment, benefits enrollment and access, alternatives to incarceration, HIV/AIDS case management, health services, career development and job retention, education, family services, and emergency, supportive and permanent housing as well as lifetime access to aftercare
Founded in 1967, The Fortune Society has advocated on criminal justice issues for over five decades and is nationally recognized for developing model programs that help people with criminal justice histories to be assets to their communities. Fortune offers a holistic and integrated “one-stop-shopping” model of service provision. Among the services offered are discharge planning, licensed outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment, alternatives to incarceration, HIV/AIDS services, career development and job retention, education, family services, drop in services and supportive housing as well as lifetime access to aftercare. For more information, visit www.fortunesociety.org.
