A Welcome Note from Our Chapter President

On behalf of the Wonderful and Warm Westchester County New York Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, I welcome you to the Enchanted Masquerade Gala. Your attendance brought life and light to this special event but it also helped support our fundraising efforts to ensure HBCU students overcome financial hurdles to receive their degree and meet the needs of our immediate community, especially families in need.  

We celebrated our esteemed honorees, Tamika D. Mallory and Deidre Smalls-Landau. Both women have used their voices to call attention to inclusion and equity gaps and have been recognized for their efforts to increase awareness and bring change. 

If you were not able to join us, you were missed. However, there is still time to lend your support through our text to give. Text JJWCGIVES to 44-321 today! 

Thank you again! 
Dawn Hankin
Chapter President
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Westchester County, NY Chapter
 

Tamika D. Mallory is a bestselling author (State of Emergency), award winning social justice leader, movement strategist and a loving, mother and grandmother. She is one of the most influential activists and organizers of our time; whether it is demanding humane conditions for incarcerated people, attacking voter suppression or advocating for justice in pertinent cases, Tamika is unyielding. 

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Honored as Time 100's Most Influential People, Tamika currently sits as co-founder of Until Freedom, an intersectional social justice organization that serves as a clearing house for organizers, activists, attorneys, artists, celebrities, formerly incarcerated individuals, alike. 

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Tamika is relentless in preserving and promoting the voices of the
disenfranchised, marginalized communities she aims to serve.

A multi award-winning advertising and marketing executive for over 20 years. Deidre fundamentally believes that diversity and inclusion are true drivers of business growth. She ensures that diversity & equity are at the core of UM and Mediabrands' business strategies, agency practices, disciplines and client teams. 

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As Chief Business Equity Officer, Deidre and her team work across UM's 30+ accounts to spearhead initiatives around creating inclusive business practices across all facets of UM's and IPG Mediabrands'; data & analytics, investment, content, and commerce.

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In 2021, Deidre helped architect the industry's first-ever Equity Upfront, highlighting the importance of African American/Black-owned media withint the advertising industry. The following year, she led a team to create UM's Future Impact Study, which helped illuminate the business impact of investing in the social values of diversity, integrity and sustainability.