AAARI 20th Annual Gala (2022)

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Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022

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

Place: House of Joy
28 Pell Street, New York, NY 10013

Gala Ticket

Non-Member: $150
Complimentary AAARI 2022-2023 Membership

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

Ticket/Table & Journal Ad Form | Online Payment
Ad Deadline: June 13, 2022 | RSVP Deadline: June 17, 2022

2022 AAARI Annual Gala

Join us to celebrate the Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s 20th anniversary as part of The City University of New York! AAARI’s annual fundraiser is attended by 400+ Asian and non-Asian academic, business, civic and community leaders, faculty, staff and students. At the gala we 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 2019, CUNY enrolled over 52,051 (21.6%) Asian undergraduate and 5,396 (17.9%) graduate students who will soon emerge as a vital segment of New York City’s workforce and leadership. 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

Service Award
Joyce O. Moy

Leadership Award
Hon. John C. Liu
New York State Senate, 11th District

CUNY Distinguished Asian American Alumni Award
Naheed Samadi Bahram
US Country Director for Women for Afghan Women (WAW)
Queens College Alumnae ’11

CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship
Vikii Wong (CUNY School of Professional Studies)

CUNY Ethics and Morality Essay Contest

Best Essay
Kai Mora (City College of New York)

First Runner-Up Essay
Young Sin Kim (Baruch College)

Second Runner-Up Essay
Stephane Zongo (Queensborough Community College)

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Emcee
Ernabel Demillo
Host & Producer, Asian American Life

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.

Table Sponsors

Journal Ads

Sponsors/Donors
Blue Man Group, Museum of the City of New York, Museum of Illusions, New Victory Theater, Noguchi Museum, The Yellow Whistle & Yunah Hong

Special Thanks
Andrea Louie, Gloriana Waters, Robert Soong, Susan Hom & Yunah Hong