Women's Soccer Hosts Fearless Girl Fundraiser
May 01 | Women's Soccer
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – On Sunday, April 29, Rutgers women's soccer hosted the "Fearless Girl" fundraiser at the Rutgers Recruiting Pavilion on Busch Campus. Teaming up with Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez, the event, inspired by the Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street, was formed to empower and inspire strong, independent and confident young women to dream big and execute on their dreams.
"Rutgers Women's Soccer would like to thank everyone who attended, especially our speakers who made this such a wonderful evening - Christy Monroy, Janine Beckie, Dr. Janjigian, and Mandy Gonzalez," said assistant coach Trish DiPaolo. "We know the audience left feeling empowered and inspired and that was the teams goal when putting this event together!"
The speakers at the event included women's soccer senior Christy Monroy, Sky Blue FC's Janine Beckie, Dr. Yelena Janjigian, Grammy-Winner Gloria Gaynor, and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is currently starring in the Broadway musical sensation Hamilton as Angelica Schuyler. Gonzalez also starred as Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked, for which she was awarded a Broadway.com Award for "Best Replacement."
Additionally, Gonzalez is a Warner Music artist and recently released her debut album, FEARLESS, which debuted at #13 on the iTunes pop charts. She founded the social media movement, #FearlessSquad, which is focused on creating a sense of belongingness, inclusiveness, and positivity in social media. The fundraiser encouraged attendees to join Rutgers women's soccer and Gonzalez to be fearless.
Thank you SO much to everyone who came out for R Fearless Girl Campaign!! Especially @gloria.gaynor & our speakers @mandy.gonzalez @janinebeckie4 Dr. Janjigian and @cmmonroy5 - you all rocked- THANK YOU for making it such a special evening! ????#fearlesssquad #foreverrutgers pic.twitter.com/RYC1NY8t6R
— tricia dipaolo (@tdipaolo18) April 30, 2018
Massive thank you for everyone who came last night to support @RUWSoccer. What a great night to support "The FeaRless Girl" in all of us!! Huge shoutout to @gloriagaynor for making it the event and being an amazing representation for the Fearless girl movement ?????? pic.twitter.com/W89L2DsH4J
— Meg Ryan (@mryan22917553) April 30, 2018
An INCREDIBLE turnout for the @RUWSoccer fundraiser! Great to see this support for the #fearless movement for these outstanding young women. Massive credit to @tdipaolo18 for taking the reins and partnering with @_mandygonzalez to rock this! @RUAthletics @RUCHHP pic.twitter.com/Tezq93y9H3
— Shawn M. Arent, PhD (@ShawnArent) April 30, 2018
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