Tahirih Justice Center Virtual Event

WHENFriday, April 24, 2020 | WHERE |
In recognition of the oneness of humankind, and in light of the current pandemic, we are combining the San Francisco Bay Area Benefit and our Greater DC Gala into one virtual event. On April 24, at 4:00 p.m. PDT/7:00 p.m. EDT, we will help flatten the curve and celebrate our crucial work supporting immigrant survivors from coast to coast.
Join the Tahirih Justice Center for our coast-to-coast virtual event! This year, we will bear witness to the long and arduous journey to freedom taken by Tahirih clients. We will acknowledge the strength and resilience women and girls embody as they seek to attain the most basic of human rights – to live in safety and with dignity, and we will recommit ourselves to ending violence against women. We hope you’ll join us!
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- Sponsors
Greater DC Sponsors
Champion
Steve & Jessica SarowitzDefender
PepsiCoPatron
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
DLA Piper
The Ejtemai Foundation
Hogan Lovells LLP
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Mayer Brown
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
The Steptoe Foundation
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLPAdvocate
Annenberg Foundation
Arnold & Porter LLP
Cestone & Thompson PC
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Dawn Vermilya
Egrari Plastic Surgery Center
Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP
Frank Kendall & Elizabeth Halpern
Jamie Gorelick & Richard Waldhorn
Laura Loeb & Howard Morse
M&T Bank
McDermott Will & Emery
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Isaac Souede & Sein Chew
Venable LLPLifesaver
Akerman LLP
Ballard Spahr LLP
Capital One
Citi Private Bank
Crowell & Moring LLP
Martha Cochran
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
Foley & Lardner LLP
Paul Glist & Karla Jamir
Charles & Christine Henck
Betsy Krieger
Joanne Moore
Christine Savage
James & Barbara Shea
Sharon & Paul Strain
TransamericaFriend
Anisa Cott & David Martin
David Thompson
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Freddie Mac
Hollingsworth LLP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Nina McLemore
Reed Smith LLP
RJ Whyte Event Production
Tom Mackall & Beth Roberts
Willis Towers WatsonSan Francisco Bay Area Sponsors
Underwriter
AnonymousChampion
Blatt Family FoundationDefender
Sidley Austin LLP & Yabo Lin
VISA Inc.
White & Case LLPProtector
Carelle Karimimamesh
Stacey Keare
Mitra & Barry SolomonAdvocate
Airbnb
Arnold & Porter LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Lief King
Major, Lindsey, & Africa LLC
Dan Murriello
JunHe LLP - Matching Gifts
Thank you to our National Board Members for your generous matching gifts!
Rafa Abdalla
Katherine Ashley
Brigida Benitez
Rwanda Campbell
Tara Hogan Charles
Marjorie de la Cruz
Matthew R. Dowell
Suzanne and Douglas Henck
Yabo Lin
Shabnam Mogharabi
Rosita Najmi
Homa Sabet Tavangar
Paul B. Salvaty
Olga Sanchez
Shira Saperstein
Mehrnaz Vahid
Rishi Varma
Payam Zamani
Thank you to our San Francisco Advisory Council and Host Committee Members for your generous matching gifts!
Paul Allen
Lawrence and Nicole Blatt
Nikka Ghalili
Neha Gohil
Carelle Karimimanesh
Vidhya Prabhakaran
Julia Rottenberg
Mitra Solomon
Bijal Vakil
Douglas A. Winthrop
- Greater DC Gala Honorees
Corporate Partner of the Year
Capital OneFirm of the Year
Gallagher Evelius & JonesInnovators of the Year
Steve & Jessica SarowitzPro Bono Attorney of the Year
Olivia Singelmann, Foley & Lardner LLPVolunteer of the Year
Carmen Zerpa - Host Committee MembersGreater DC Chair
Jamie Gorelick, Partner, WilmerHaleGreater DC Host Committee
Kady Ashley, Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP
Anisa Cott, Psychiatrist, Maryland Department of Health
Ellen Dew, Partner, DLA Piper
Marlo Goldstein, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Host Hotels & Resorts
Elizabeth Halpern, Partner, Hogan Lovells
Frank Kendall, former Under Secretary (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), US Department of Defense
Laura Loeb, Manager, Loeb Oil
Nader Tamadon, Assistant Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Luise Welby, Managing Associate General Counsel, Freddie Mac
Michael Zhang, CEO, Newbridge WirelessSan Francisco Bay Area Chair
Yabo Lin, Partner, Sidley Austin LLPSan Francisco Bay Area Host Committee
Nicole Blatt, Esq., Blatt Family Foundation
Sayona Freeman, Entrepreneur
Natassia Kapuniai, Administrative Business Partner, YouTube
Marjan Manavi, Director of Strategic Operations, Engineering, Nutanix
Bernell Smithen, Service Leader, New York Life
Mitra Solomon, Entrepreneur
Julie Wenah, Community Counsel & Acting Africa Regional Counsel, Airbnb - CEO Remarks: LAYLI MILLER-MURO
Layli Miller-Muro
CEO and Founder, Tahirih Justice CenterLayli Miller-Muro is the CEO and Founder of the Tahirih Justice Center. She established Tahirih in 1997 following her involvement in a high-profile case that set national precedent and revolutionized asylum law in the United States. Fauziya Kassindja, a 17-year-old girl who had fled Togo in fear of a forced polygamous marriage and female genital mutilation, was granted asylum in 1996 by the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals. This decision opened the door to gender-based persecution as grounds for asylum. Using her portion of the proceeds from a book she and Ms. Kassindja co-authored about the case, “Do They Hear You When You Cry?,” Layli established Tahirih.
Since 2001, Layli has led Tahirih in its service to more than 27,000 women and children, growing the non-profit from a staff of six to over 100 located in offices in Atlanta GA, Baltimore MD, Greater Washington DC, Houston TX, and the San Francisco Bay Area CA.
Prior to joining Tahirih, Layli was an attorney at the law firm of Arnold & Porter, where she practiced international litigation and maintained a substantial pro bono practice. Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Layli was an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals.
Layli is a frequent lecturer and has appeared in numerous news outlets including CNN, Fox News, The New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. She lives in the Greater Washington, D.C. area with her husband, three children, and dog, Anis.
- FEATURING
- Special Thanks
C2Auctions
Capitol Prompting Services, Inc.
Gil Miller-Muro
Ed Plamondon, Owner of “Wide Eye Productions”
RJ Whyte Event Production Company
Farhad Shadravan
Showcall, Inc.
Woolly Mammoth Theater