Events

Anniversary event with Kate Forbes

25 years of impact

On February 5, 2025, we will celebrate 25 years of ASU Lodestar Center impact in Arizona and beyond. This special event will feature Kate Forbes, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

As one of our first community volunteer champions, Kate played an integral part in developing our Center's mission, vision and capacity building portfolio. Today, as IFRC president, she is advancing humanitarian efforts through the 191 IFRC Federation members and over 16 million volunteers.

Join other community and sector leaders, key stakeholders and program alumni for this celebratory event and discover our global vision for the next 25 years of impact.

WHEN:
Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Doors open at 3 p.m. for a 3:30 program. Reception to follow, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Global Forum, Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU's Downtown Phoenix Campus
401 North 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004

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25th anniversary sponsors

Thank you to our initial event sponsors for their support of the now and the next at the ASU Lodestar Center.

Gold sponsors include Helios Education Foundation and The Thunderbirds, and our Silver sponsors are MidFirst Bank and Renewal by Andersen of Arizona. Community sponsors include A New LeafASU Lodestar Center Leadership Council member Don Lindner; and Robert F. Long, Ph.D., vice president, programs (ret.), W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

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