Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019
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 2020 Membership
AAARI Member: $100 | Senior (65+): $85 | Student: $50
Ticket/Table & Journal Ad Form | Online Payment
Ad Deadline: November 1, 2019 | RSVP Deadline: November 11, 2019
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 2018, the Asian American representation in CUNY is over 64,160, with more than 6,578 (13.6%) faculty and staff, 5,192 (17.32%) graduate students and 52,391 (21.4%) 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
Hon. Yuh-Line Niou
Member, New York State Assembly (65th District, Manhattan)
Baruch College/CUNY School of Public Administration Alumna
CUNY Distinguished Asian American Alumni Award
June Jee
Community Affairs and Strategic Partnership Consultant
City College of New York/CUNY Alumna
CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship
Biling Chen
Undergraduate Student, Queensborough Community 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
Ruby: Queens College
Pearl: Queensborough Community College
Jade: Eastman Real Estate, Hunter College, Kingsborough Community College, LaGuardia Community College, Medgar Evers College, Ong Family Foundation, Sara Tam & United Parcel Service
Member: Dan & Rebecca Hong & OCA-NY
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AARP New York, Baruch College, Bayard Street OB/GYN, Chinatown YMCA, Confucius Institute at Medgar Evers College/CUNY, Dharma Reading Club, Fuyan Buddhist Institute, Lehman College & Pitta & Baione LLP
Sponsors/Donors
American Museum of Natural History, American Symphony Orchestra, Antony Wong, Blueman Group, Broadway Comedy Club, Brooklyn Cyclones, Dan & Rebecca Hong, Elaine Hoo, FormArt Corp., Guggenheim Museum, Insomnia Cookies, Ito En, Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Joyce Moy, Judith Blatchford, Keen Company, Kramer Portraits, Lia Schorr Day Spa, Mannings Pharmacy, Matthew Polly, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York Giants, New York Jets, New York Philharmonic, New York Red Bulls, New York Transit Museum, Noguchi Museum, One World Observatory, Pilo Arts Day Spa & Salon, Ripley’s Believe or Not! Times Square, Tam Wines and Spirits, Tanger Outlets, The New Victory Theater, The Organizing Zone, The Rubin Museum of Art, Vincent and Connie Piau & Yunah Hong
Special Thanks
May Ying Chen/Rocky Chin, John Chin, Susan Hom & Sabrina Zhao