Throughout the year, the Daughters of Greatness breakfast series invites prominent women engaged in social philanthropy, activism and pursuits of justice to share their stories with the Louisville community. The Daughters of Greatness series provides a place for dialogue and discussion on current issues of justice, community engagement, and social movements within the Louisville area and beyond.

The Muhammad Ali Center is thrilled to welcome Colleen Clines as its "Daughters of Greatness" speaker on Friday, August 15, 2014.

Colleen truly values how design can become the tool for sustainable solutions to gender inequality, social injustice and environmental degradation. She combines this passion through her work as Co-Founder & CEO of Anchal. A Louisville native with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from the University of Kentucky, Colleen earned her Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). During her time in graduate school, she initiated the founding of Anchal with three fellow classmates after a trip to India. Anchal's mission is to address the exploitation of women around the by using design thinking to create employment opportunities, products, and services that support economic empowerment. Four years later, Anchal has offered over 100 commercial sex workers alternative careers in textile design. In 2013, Colleen was named one of Public Interest Design's Top Global 100 designers. She was recently announced as a winner of Louisville's LOTS of Possibility Competition for dyeScape, a network of small-scale gardens in West Louisville that support the cultivation of dye plants for natural textile production. Outside of Anchal, Colleen enjoys teaching at the University of Kentucky and any opportunity to travel. For more information on Colleen and Anchal, click here.

Hot breakfast will be served at 8:30am. The program will follow from 9:00-10:00am. Seating is limited. Tickets are $20 for Ali Center Members, $25 for non-Members, $15 for students, and $200 for a table of 10. All tickets must be purchased in advance at this link. For more info, contact Erin Herbert at eherbert@alicenter.org or visit http://alicenter.org/calendar/event/949.