9th Annual Banquet (2010)

AAARI’s Annual Gala is attended by 400+ Asian and non-Asian academic, business, civic and community leaders, faculty, staff and students. As of Fall 2009, the Asian American representation in CUNY is over 47,000, with more than 4,000 faculty and staff, 4,100 graduate students and 38,900 undergraduates of Asian heritage. There are tens of thousands of Asian American CUNY alumni working and living throughout New York and the country. AAARI engages the Asian American community within CUNY, New York City and beyond.

Press Coverage
Sing Tao | World Journal

Individual Ticket

Non-Member: $150
Complimentary AAARI ’11 Membership

Member/Senior (65+): $80 | Student: $50

Banquet RSVP / Ad Form
Requires: Adobe Reader

Ad Deadline: Friday, October 22, 2010
RSVP Deadline: Friday, October 29, 2010

2010 Banquet Honorees
	Leadership Award Joseph Crowley – Congressman, New York (7th District)
	CUNY Asian American Distinguished Alumni Award Kam Wong – President/CEO, Municipal Credit Union
CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Zhong Yang Undergraduate, Baruch College/CUNY Honorable Mention Sum Ming Yu Undergraduate, Queensborough Community College/CUNY Dat Huynh Undergraduate, Queensborough Community College/CUNY
	2010 Banquet Emcee Vivian Lee Anchor/Reporter – NY1 News

Benefits of Supporting the AAARI Annual Gala

1. Exposure to 400+ attendees at the Gala – printed program acknowledgements distributed to attendees who represent not just themselves but many other organizations. Additional programs will also be distributed at upcoming AAARI events throughout the Spring semester.

2. Table sponsors are listed on AAARI’s website which reaches thousands of faculty, staff and students within CUNY, and academic, business, civic and community leaders and organizations outside of CUNY.

3. The Gala receives extensive coverage in the Asian American ethnic press.