The Lupus Research Alliance (Lra)’s 2020 Virtual Fundraising Event surpassed its goal last week, raising $3.1 million for lupus research programs.
Led by inspiring words from Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez and hosted by TV broadcaster Willie Geist, the online program gathered an audience of 5,000 from around the world online to catapult awareness of lupus and the urgent need for research as well as to celebrate as one global community. The event can be viewed online here using the Pin LRA20.
The program featured a never-before-released rendition of Lady Gaga singing her Grammy-winning song, Joanne, in honor of her aunt Joanne who died of lupus at just 19. Lady Gaga expressed how the Lupus Research Alliance is near and dear to her family with her dad and Joanne’s brother Joe Germanotta serving on the organization’s Board of Directors. Selena Gomez also shared her own fight with lupus, emphasizing that the...
Led by inspiring words from Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez and hosted by TV broadcaster Willie Geist, the online program gathered an audience of 5,000 from around the world online to catapult awareness of lupus and the urgent need for research as well as to celebrate as one global community. The event can be viewed online here using the Pin LRA20.
The program featured a never-before-released rendition of Lady Gaga singing her Grammy-winning song, Joanne, in honor of her aunt Joanne who died of lupus at just 19. Lady Gaga expressed how the Lupus Research Alliance is near and dear to her family with her dad and Joanne’s brother Joe Germanotta serving on the organization’s Board of Directors. Selena Gomez also shared her own fight with lupus, emphasizing that the...
- 12/2/2020
- Look to the Stars
The Lupus Research Alliance (Lra) is taking the show on-line this year with a preeminent virtual Fundraising Event celebrating extraordinary scientific achievements.
The event takes place tonight, November 23.
Performances will include a special tribute by the one-and-only Lady Gaga and a solo by Broadway luminary Norm Lewis. The evening’s program boasts celebrity appearances by Selena Gomez as well as philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg and Super Bowl Champion Willie Colon.
This event aims to raise $3 million for the Lra to continue fulfilling its mission as the largest private funder of lupus research worldwide. Leading the festivities is Willie Geist, long-time friend of the Lra and host of NBC’s Sunday Today with Willie Geist and MSNBC’s show Morning Joe.
The Lupus Research 2020 Virtual Fundraising Event is a night for Lra supporters to shine, honoring Jenny and Spencer Zwick, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Solamere Capital LLC and member of the Lra Board of Directors.
The event takes place tonight, November 23.
Performances will include a special tribute by the one-and-only Lady Gaga and a solo by Broadway luminary Norm Lewis. The evening’s program boasts celebrity appearances by Selena Gomez as well as philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg and Super Bowl Champion Willie Colon.
This event aims to raise $3 million for the Lra to continue fulfilling its mission as the largest private funder of lupus research worldwide. Leading the festivities is Willie Geist, long-time friend of the Lra and host of NBC’s Sunday Today with Willie Geist and MSNBC’s show Morning Joe.
The Lupus Research 2020 Virtual Fundraising Event is a night for Lra supporters to shine, honoring Jenny and Spencer Zwick, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Solamere Capital LLC and member of the Lra Board of Directors.
- 11/23/2020
- Look to the Stars
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