Date: Thursday, December 6, 2018
Time: 6:30PM to 9:30PM
Program will begin promptly at 7PM
Place: Jing Fong Restaurant
20 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY 10013
Gala Ticket
Non-Member: $150
Complimentary AAARI 2019 Membership
AAARI Member: $100 | Senior (65+): $85 | Student: $50
Ad Deadline: November 21, 2018 | RSVP Deadline: December 4, 2018
Join the celebration! AAARI’s annual fundraiser is attended by 450+ Asian and non-Asian academic, business, civic and community leaders, faculty, staff and students. At the gala, AAARI will be honoring distinguished CUNY alumni, leaders from the community, and student scholarship recipients. Proceeds from the gala go towards AAARI’s academic publications and public programs such as lectures, annual conference, and student film festival.
As of Fall 2017, the Asian American representation in CUNY is over 62,400, with more than 6,120 (13.3%) faculty and staff, 4,820 (16.2%) graduate students and 51,490 (21.1%) 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.
Honorees
Leadership Award
John C. Liu
New York State Senate-Elect (11th District-Queens)
CUNY Distinguished Asian American Alumni
Ava Chin
Associate Professor, College of Staten Island/CUNY
CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship
Yineng Ye
Undergraduate Student, City College of New York/CUNY
CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Honorable Mention
Sherry Chen
Undergraduate Student, Baruch College/CUNY
CUNY Ethics and Morality Essay Contest
Winners and Honorable Mentions
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Emcee
Ernabel Demillo
Host & Producer, Asian American Life
Benefits of Supporting the AAARI Annual Gala
- 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.
- 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.
- The Gala receives extensive coverage in the Asian American ethnic press.
Table Sponsors
Diamond: Con Edison
Jade: 1199SEIU, Chinese-American Planning Council, Ong Family Foundation & United Parcel Service
Member: Betty Lee Sung, Carol Huang, Golden Jade Jewelry, Heung Tam, OCA-NY, Pearl Tam, Rebecca & Dan Hong
CUNY: Brooklyn College, College of Staten Island, Kingsborough Community College, LaGuardia Community College, Medgar Evers College, New York City College of Technology & Queensborough Community College
Ad: Baruch College, Chinatown Partnership/Chinatown BID, Fuyan Buddhist Institute, Lehman College & UTC Associates
Sponsors/Donors: American Museum of Natural History, American Symphony Orchestra, Antony Wong, Bar Pa Tea, Blueman Group, Broadway Comedy Club, Corky Lee, Eleanor Yung, Frank & Dorothy Kehl, Guggenheim Museum, Insomnia Cookies, Ito En, Jane Yin, Joe’s Pub, Joyce Moy, Keen Company, Kent Li, Koru Wellness Aesthetics, Kramer Portraits, Lia Schorr Day Spa, Mannings Pharmacy, Museum of Chinese in America, New Victory Theater, New York Neo-Futurists, NY Giants, NY Jets, New York Philharmonic, NY Transit Museum, Noguchi Museum, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Pearl Tam, Pilo Arts Day Spa & Salon, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square, Skyscraper Museum, South Street Seaport Museum, Staten Island Museum, Susan Kim, Tam Wines & Spirits, Tanger Outlets, The Orchestra Now, The Cliffs, Vivien Hung & Zhu-Hui Wu
Special Thanks: AARP, John J. Chin, Julie Azuma & Susan Hom