Face Equality Week 2025

CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL FACE EQUALITY WEEK

Community Event: May 16, 4-8 PM

JOIN US FOR A CELEBRATION OF FACE EQUALITY!

 

Facing Forward, Inc., alongside local partners Greensboro Sports Performance, Brewed & Bottled, ESTAS Beauty, and Kathy Haines of Carolina Home Partners invite you to celebrate diversity and inclusion during International Face Equality Week.

FaceEquality Week Sponsors

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS – MAY 16, 4-8 PM

“My Face is a Masterpiece” Collage Art

  • Cash prize for winning entries
  • Winning artwork displayed at Brewed & Bottled

Creative Showcase

  • Music by Wickerbach with guest artists Alex Williamson and Arianna Cunningham
  • Greensboro artist Judi Magier revealing unique face collages transformed into scarves, bookmarks, and stickers
  • Food by Home Slice (pizza and subs)
  • Various local vendors, including Dunbar Jewelry and Crooked Finger Pottery

Meet the Author

  • Book signing with award-winning author Charlene Pell
  • Featured memoir: In This Altered Body: A Survivor’s Story of Resilience and Love

2025 Art Competition

 

MyFace - collage

One of the vibrant collages inspired by the “My Face is A Masterpiece” campaign that captures expressions challenging conventional beauty standards while celebrating our uniqueness.

Charlene Pell pictured admiring the exquisite silk scarf artist Judi Magier created with the mosaic of faces. - photo Joey Seawell

Charlene Pell pictured admiring the exquisite silk scarf artist Judi Magier created with the mosaic of faces. – photo Joey Seawell


WHY FACE EQUALITY MATTERS
1 in 10 people worldwide live with a facial difference
People with facial differences often experience daily discrimination
Face Equality is a social justice movement ensuring people with facial differences can
live freely without discrimination
Face Equality International (FEI) is an alliance of 38 nonprofits advocating for face
equality
ABOUT FACING FORWARD
Facing Forward is a Triad-based nonprofit that helps individuals with facial differences contend
with staring and communicate with confidence through:
Educational workshops
Peer support programs
Resources and referrals
Advocacy for authentic media representation

In 2024, former Governor Roy Cooper issued a proclamation recognizing the need to end stigma and discrimination against individuals with facial differences.

Date: May 16, 2025

Time: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Location: Greensboro Sports Performance, 4113 Lawndale Dr., Greensboro, NC 27455

Contact: Charlene Pell

Phone: (704) 604-1132

Email: charlene@facingforwardinc.org

Website: www.facingforwardinc.org

The “My Face is a Masterpiece” Campaign aims to dismantle misconceptions about facial differences and empower society to celebrate what makes us unique.