10/20/2026
We are excited to announce that Monica Lewinsky will be honored at the 12th Annual Upstander Legacy Celebration on Thursday, March 11, 2027 at City Vineyard at Pier 26 in New York City!🌟
The Upstander Legacy Celebration is the Tyler Clementi Foundation’s signature annual fundraising event, recognizing leaders, advocates, artists and organizations who use their voices and platforms to stand up to bullying, harassment and humiliation. Proceeds support the our work to prevent bullying and inspire people to move from bystanders to Upstanders.
Monica Lewinsky is a producer, social activist, global public speaker, a Contributing Editor to Vanity Fair and host of the podcast Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky. Her focus is on storytelling that moves the conversation forward around shame, reclaiming identities and justice for women. As an activist, Lewinsky advocates for a safer social media environment and addresses such topics as digital resilience, privacy and cultivating compassion online. In 2017, for Bullying Prevention Month, Monica released an award-winning PSA in collaboration with the advertising firm BBDO New York. “In Real Life,” which asked people to rethink their online behavior in an offline social experiment, was Emmy nominated for “Outstanding Commercial.” Monica and BBDO collaborated again in 2018 and 2019 on award-winning campaigns, as well as working with Mischief in 2023 to create “Stand Up to Yourself” about “self-bullying.” In 2025, she partnered with Flamingo Estate on a candle collaboration from which all proceeds went to several anti-bullying organizations, including the Tyler Clementi Foundation. Monica executive produced on The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox and the documentary 15 Minutes of Shame, as well as producing on Ryan Murphy’s Impeachment: American Crime Story. Her 2015 TED Talk, “The Price of Shame,” has been viewed over 22 million times.
To learn more, and get your tickets, visit tylerclementi.org/ulc2027
