The BOLD FUTURES BRUNCH on June 4, 2026 from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. is a new format for Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara’s annual community fundraiser. Over 150 attendees will gather at the Santa Barbara Club for a morning of connection and conversation featuring a panel of local women leaders on a mission to build a bold future for girls.

Please join us for this meaningful gathering.

This fundraiser will play a key role in supporting our Equitable Access Fund. This fund reduces financial and transportation barriers to our award-winning programs for over 500 girls in our community each year.

For more than 68 years, Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara has been a champion for girls and young women, equipping them to overcome gender, economic, and social barriers, and preparing them to thrive in every stage of life. The Bold Futures Brunch is more than a fundraiser—it is a celebration of resilience, courage, and the limitless potential of the girls we serve. It is also a joyful gathering of those who believe, as we do, in the power of investing in girls.

Our Strong, Smart, and Bold Honorees:

Dr. Daina Ramey Berry is the Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara. An internationally recognized scholar, she is a specialist on gender, slavery, and Black women’s history in the United States.

Dr. Berry is also the award-winning author and editor of six books, including A Black Women’s History of the United States, which won the 2021 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Book in Feminist Studies, was a 2021 NAACP Finalist for Literary Non-Fiction, and received honorable mention for the 2021 Darlene Clark Hine Book Award sponsored by the Organization of American Historians.

A frequent media contributor, her insights have been featured in documentaries on NBC, PBS, and National Geographic, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, and The Washington Post.