15th Annual Banquet (2016)

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Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016

Time: 6:30PM to 9:30PM
Program will begin promptly at 7PM!

Place: Jing Fong Restaurant
20 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY 10013


Individual Ticket

Non-Member: $150
Complimentary AAARI 2016 Membership

Member: $100 | Senior (65+): $85 | Student: $50

 

Table of Ten

Diamond – $5,000

Free Full Page Advertisement

Ruby – $3,000 Free Half Page Advertisement
Pearl – $2,000

Free Quarter Page Advertisement

Jade – $1,500

Free 1/8 Page Advertisement

Banquet RSVP / Ad Form
Order Online Via Credit Card

Ad Deadline: November 18, 2016
RSVP Deadline: December 2, 2016

2016 Gala Honorees
dorislingcohan

Leadership Award

Doris Ling-Cohan
Justice, New York State Supreme Court

husamahmad

CUNY Distinguished Asian American Alumni Award

Husam Ahmad
Chairman & CEO, HAKS

kevinpark

CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship

Kevin Park
Undergraduate Student, Hunter College/CUNY

CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Honorable Mention

Francesco Asano
Undergraduate Student, Brooklyn College/CUNY

Chynn-CUNY Ethics and Morality Essay Contest

Winners & Honorable Mention

ernabeldemillo

2016 Gala Emcee

Ernabel Demillo
Host & Producer, Asian American Life

AAARI’s Annual Gala is attended by 450+ Asian and non-Asian academic, business, civic and community leaders, faculty, staff and students. As of Fall 2014, the Asian American representation in CUNY is over 58,000, with more than 5,100 faculty and staff, 4,200 graduate students and 48,700 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.

Benefits of Supporting the AAARI Annual Gala

  1. Exposure to 450+ 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.
  1. 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.
  1. The Gala receives extensive coverage in the Asian American ethnic press.