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Ticket Sales Now Open for Tahirih’s 14th Annual Benefit
Ticket Sales Now Open for Tahirih’s 14th Annual Benefit
Posted April 1, 2011
Join Us in
Celebrating the Tahirih Justice Center’s
14th Annual Benefit Fundraiser
Tickets are now on sale!
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Carnegie Institution of Washington
1530 P St NW
Washington, DC 20005
Tickets are now on sale for the Tahirih Justice Center’s Fourteenth Annual Fundraising Benefit. This year, we will “Celebrate the Good Fellas” and recognize men’s contributions to the promotion of justice for Tahirih clients. Jim Sandman, former Managing Partner of Arnold and Porter and current President of the Legal Services Corporation, will accept an award for his lifelong career in advocacy and promoting pro bono legal services.
2011 Award Recipients
DLA Piper LLP, Law Firm of the Year
Megan E. Kaufmann, Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
Dr. Mana Badipour, Volunteer Service Award
Congressman Jim Moran will also be in attendance and share remarks. We are honored that Her Majesty, Queen Noor of Jordan and actor Sam Waterston will Co-Chair our Annual Benefit Committee.
Rainn Wilson, Tahirih advocate and actor of the critically acclaimed television series, “The Office”, will serve alongside Debra Winger, Tahirih Board Member and Academy Award nominee, as the evening’s Masters of Ceremonies.
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Reception and
Silent Auction | 6:00PM
Program | 7:30PM
Dessert reception to follow evening’s program
Individual Ticket: $275
Purchase Tickets
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There’s still time to become a Corporate Sponsor of Tahirih’s Benefit. For more information, please contact Hedieh Fakhriyazdi, Public Support Associate at 571-282-6193 or hedieh@tahirih.org. For highlights from past Benefits or to download sponsorship materials please visit the Corporate Partners section of our website.
We thank our 2011 supporters:
| 2011 TAHIRIH BENEFIT COMMITTEE |
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Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan and
Sam Waterston,
Honorary Co-Chairs
Jennifer Chapman
Martha Cochran
Laurie Plessala Duperier
Michael Goldberg
Mary Guibert
Frank Kendall and Beth Halpern
Charles and Christine Henck
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Doug and Suzanne Henck
Michael MacLeod
Bob McCormick
Joanne Moore
Amy Mudge
Jan Pederson
Tom Mackall and Beth Roberts
Debra Winger
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| 2011 TAHIRIH BENEFIT SPONSORS |
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Defenders
Chevron
Shell Oil Company
Benefactors
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP
Altria Group, Inc.
Patrons
Arnold & Porter LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
DLA Piper LLP
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Sponsors
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Clifford Chance US LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Mayer Brown
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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Friends
Calvert Asset Management Co., Inc.
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Eileen Fisher
Hogan Lovells
Maggio & Kattar PC
McNally Interiors, LLC
Sayyed Ali Moazzum Educational Fund, Inc.
Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox PLLC
Troutman Sanders LLP
White & Case LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Supporters
Hunton & Williams
RA Abdoo and Company, LLC
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP
Sidley Austin
Shearman & Sterling LLP
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| 2011 HONORARY CO-CHAIRS |
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United States Senate
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin
Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Senator Tom Coburn, MD
Senator Mike Crapo
Senator Kay Hagan
Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Senator Tim Johnson
Senator Patrick Leahy
United States House of Representatives
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
Congresswoman Judy Biggert
Congresswoman Corrine Brown
Congressman William Lacy Clay, Jr.
Congressman Gerald E. Connolly
Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
Congressman Joseph Crowley
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
Congressman Lloyd Doggett
Congressman Mike Doyle
Congresswoman Donna Edwards
Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo
Congressman Chaka Fattah
Congressman Michael Fitzpatrick
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx
Congressman Scott Garrett
Congresswoman Kay Granger
Congressman Gene Green
Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez
Congressman Mike Honda
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
Congressman Tom Latham
Congressman Steven C. LaTourette
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Senator Joe Lieberman
Senator Barbara Mikulski
Senator Lisa Murkowski
Senator Patty Murray
Senator James E. Risch
Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Senator Mark Udall
Senator Jim Webb
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Congressman John Lewis
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
Congressman Stephen F. Lynch
Congresswoman Doris Matsui
Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy
Congresswoman Betty McCollum
Congressman Jim Moran
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
Congressman Ed Pastor
Congressman Tom Petri
Congressman Joe Pitts
Congressman Jared Polis
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
Congressman Adam Schiff
Congresswoman Jean Schmidt
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter
Congressman Pete Stark
Congresswoman Betty Sutton
Congressman Bennie Thompson
Congressman Paul D. Tonko
Congressman Chris Van Hollen
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
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