8th Annual Banquet (2009)

Our Annual Gala is attended by 400+ Asian and non-Asian academic, business, civic and community leaders, faculty, staff and students.

The current Asian American representation in CUNY is over 40,000, with more than 3,600 faculty and staff, 3,500+ graduate students and 33,000 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
China Press | Sing Tao | World Journal

Individual Ticket

Non-Member: $150
Complimentary AAARI ’10 Membership

Member/Senior (65+): $80 | Student: $40

Banquet RSVP / Ad Form
Requires: Adobe Reader

RSVP Deadline Extended: Monday, November 9, 2009
Ad Deadline Extended: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

2009 Banquet Honorees

	Leadership Award Dr. Kiran Bedi – Social Activist – First Woman Officer of Indian Police Service – Recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asian “Nobel Prize”)
	CUNY Asian American Distinguished Alumni Award Savio Chan – President/CEO, U.S. China Partners – President, U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Erick Pinedo – Undergraduate, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
USPAACC/CUNY Asian American Scholarship Michael Chan – Undergraduate, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY – Veteran,  United State Marine Corps
	2009 Banquet Emcee Nina Pineda Reporter – WABC-TV Eyewitness 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.