Celebrating 15 Years of Courage
The Four Seasons Hotel • Washington DC
Business or cocktail attire
6:00pm • VIP Pre-Gala Reception
6:30 pm • General Reception
7:30pm • Seated Dinner & Program
VIP Guest: $475
VIP tickets include pre-Gala VIP Cocktail* Reception, meet and greet with special guests, “Sneak Peek Silent Auction,” and seated meal during celebratory program
Guest: $275
Guest admission includes Cocktail* Reception, Silent Auction Reception,
and seated meal during celebratory program
Purchase Tickets Online Now
RSVP by April 18
If you are unable to attend, but would still like to support the work of the Tahirih Justice Center, please make an online gift now.
Master of Ceremonies
Scott Thuman
Senior Political Reporter at ABC7/WJLA-TV
Courageous Voice
Fauziya Kassindja
Co-Author of “Do They Hear You When You Cry?”
Tahirih’s 15th Anniversary Video Debut
Recorded Remarks By
Tina Brown
Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek
Awards Hosts
Debra Winger
Tahirih Board Member and Actress
Congressman Jim Moran
Award Recipients
Ann Curry (recorded remarks)…………………………….Voice of Courage
Luke Meisner (Attorney, Skadden Arps)…..Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
Rover Recycling…………………………………….Volunteer Service Award
Miles & Stockbridge………………………………Maryland Firm of the Year
Steptoe & Johnson………………..Washington, DC Area Firm of the Year
Mayer Brown………………………………………….Texas Firm of the Year
LexisNexis…………………………………….Corporate Partner of the Year
Remarks By
Jasvinder Sanghera
Advocate, author and survivor of forced marriage
Musical Guest
Andy Grammer
Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors and Congressional Co-Chairs
Purchase Tickets Online Now
RSVP by April 18
Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
Rosieda Shabodien and Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool
Gloria Steinem, Author and Advocate
Sam Waterston, Actor
Debra Winger, Actress
Maria Cestone • Amy & Pierre Chao • Martha Cochran • Anisa Cott
Guitty, Hossein and Tina Ejtemai • The Fakhriyazdi Family • Debora & Michael Goldberg
Christine & Charles Henck • Suzanne & Douglas Henck • Beth Roberts & Tom Mackall
Robert McCormick • Denise Montroy-McNally • Soula Proxenos & Bruce O’Brien • Mary Zients
Founders Circle Members
Mimi Alemayehou • Bo Cooper • Jackie and Sina Eghrari-Sabet • Sara Glenn
Margaret Handley • Vasudevan Mohan • Leah Rampy • Lorraine Riffle Hawley • Marti Thomas
DEFENDER
Motir Services, Inc.
PATRON
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP • Arnold & Porter LLP • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
DLA Piper LLP • Hilton Worldwide • Mayer Brown LLP • Pederson Immigration Law Group, PC
Skadden Arps • Steptoe & Johnson LLP • The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
SPONSOR
Covington & Burling LLP • Crowell & Moring • Latham & Watkins
FRIEND
American University Washington College of Law • Creative Associates International
Dykema Gossett PLLC • Hogan Lovells LLP • Jones Day LLP • Maggio & Kattar
McDermott Will & Emery • Rover Recycling • Sidley Austin LLP
Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox PLLC • Troutman Sanders LLP • White & Case LLP
SUPPORTER
Barnes & Thornburg LLP • Calvert Investments • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll LLP
Dechert LLP • Hunton & Williams LLP • LexisNexis
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC • Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP • Thompson Hine LLP • XO Communications LLC
CONTRIBUTOR
Eileen Fisher • Fragomen
For information regarding ticket sales or becoming a Corporate Sponsor, contact Justine Finn at 571-282-6193 or justine@tahirih.org.
HONORARY CONGRESSIONAL CO-CHAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
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Senator Richard Burr Senator Benjamin Cardin Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. Senator Saxby Chambliss Senator Tom Coburn Senator Thad Cochran Senator Chuck Grassley Senator Kay Hagan |
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Senator Mary Landrieu Senator Jeff Merkley Senator Barbara Mikulski Senator Lisa Murkowski Senator Patty Murray Senator Ben Nelson Senator Jim Risch Senator Jeanne Shaheen |
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Congressman Jason Altmire Congresswoman Shelley Berkley Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack Congresswoman Corrine Brown Congressman Michael Capuano Congresswoman Yvette Clarke Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Congressman John Conyers, Jr. Congressman Jerry F. Costello Congressman James Clyburn Congressman Elijah Cummings Congresswoman Diana DeGette Congressman John Dingell Congressman Mike Doyle Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo Congressman Chaka Fattah Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez Congresswoman Kay Granger Congressman Gene Green Congressman Luis Gutierrez Congressman Maurice Hinchey Congressman Mike Honda Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. |
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Congressman Dennis Kucinich Congressman Tom Latham Congressman Steven LaTourette Congresswoman Barbara Lee Congressman John Lewis Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren Congressman Stephen F. Lynch Congressman Jim McDermott Congressman Jim Moran Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Congressman Ed Pastor Congressman Tom Petri Congressman Ted Poe Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky Congressman Adam Schiff Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz Congressman Brad Sherman Congressman Albio Sires Congresswoman Louise Slaughter Congressman Pete Stark Congressman Chris Van Hollen Congressman Frank Wolf |
*As a Bahá’í-inspired organization, Tahirih does not purchase alcohol. The wine selection (which will be limited to the cocktail reception) is generously donated by a group of individuals, and not purchased by the Tahirih Justice Center.
