Check out the beautiful photos by board member and photographer Upasana Mainali. Also check out our Facebook photo albums and Twitter feed (#adhikaar10) for more media from the evening.
Thank you to the many people who made our 10th anniversary gala a beautiful and powerful success:
- Honorees & Presenters: Nisha Agarwal, Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza, Arbin Poudel, Anne E. Delaney and Ana Oliveira of the New York Women’s Foundation
- Sponsors:
- New York Women’s Foundation, Foundation for a Just Society, Anne E. Delaney, Luna Ranjit & Rushil Shakya, M&T Bank, Malabika Das & Sumit Jhaveri, Open Society Foundations, Outten & Golden, Azi Khalili & Anthony Tassi, Business Center for New Americans, Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, EILEEN FISHER, Flora & Jonathan Margolis, NYCOSH, Rashik Adhikari, Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, Workers United
- Gala Co-Chairs:
- Ai-jen Poo, Ashok Gurung, Flora & Jonathan Margolis, Nancy MacPherson, Rashik Adhikari, Urvashi Kaul & Anuj Tiku
- Host Committee Members:
- Abhaya Shrestha, Adam Swart, Azadeh Khalili & Anthony Tassi, Brittin Alfred, Carinne Luck, Charlene Obernauer, Dawa Lama Sherpa, Dove Kent, Elizabeth Masters, Equality Fund, Ellen Gurzinsky, Gene Caroll, Haeyoung Yoon, Harvey Epstein,Hollis Pfitsch, Jo-Ann Yoo, Julia Schaffer Gruberg, Julie Kelly, Junu Pradhan Shrestha, KC Wagner, Mirna Velazquez, Muna Gurung, Premilla Nadasen, Priscilla Gonzalez, Rachel McCullough, Renu Sharma Sapkota & Dhani Ram Sapkota, Risha Foulkes, Ruchi & Keith Pinniger, Sameer Maskey, Sanjeev Sherchan, Shampa Chanda & V S Mani, Sondra Youdelman, Suman Raghunathan, Tarry Hum, Tshering Gurung, Yanki Tshering, Yuh-Line Niou
- Gala Volunteers
- Adhikaar Board Alumni
- Current and Former Steering Committee Members
- Master of Ceremony: Muna Gurung
- Flower arrangements: Suki Terada Ports
- Adhikaar 10 Video: Shruti Parekh
- Honoree Award Artwork: Prachie Jackson
- Web Design & Graphics: Pratik Maharjan & the Parakhi team
- Video Translation: Dhani Ram Sapkota
- Gala Coordinators: Dana Schneider, Mamta Gurung Nyangmi, Cynthia Greenberg
- Photography: Upasana Mainali, Karthik Elango, Anokha Venugopal
- Videography: Moktan Digital Video
- Venue: Prince George Ballroom & Thomas Preti Caterers
- Audio and Visual Support: Wizard Audio Studios
- Dinner & Dessert: Delhi Heights Catering