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October 1, 2008

MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK'S ANNUAL EVENT



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Join us in celebrating the one-year anniversary of the successful merger of the Latin American Integration Center and Make the Road By Walking. The new organization has made great strides to combat injustice, foster democratic participation and build power for New York's low-income and immigrant communities.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Cocktail Party: 6 - 9 pm
New York City Fire Museum
278 Spring Street, New York

between Varick and Hudson Streets

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HONORING:

TERENCE M. O'SULLIVAN
General President, Laborers International Union of North America

JANET MURGUÍA
President and CEO, National Council of La Raza

VINCENT McGEE

LAWRENCE PARK
Executive Director, New York State Trial Lawyers Association

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SPONSORS:

Champion
MARTIN DUNN
ANONYMOUS

Pacesetter
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 32BJ

Activist
THE HARMON FOUNDATION

Patron
JENNIFER and IAN McALLISTER-NEVINS

PERQ FUND of the TIDES FOUNDATION
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM

Friend
PATTY ABRAMSON and LES SILVERMAN
THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES
ALAN and BARBARA WASHKOWITZ

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EVENT CHAIRS:

STUART APPELBAUM, President, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
ROSSANA ROSADO, Publisher and CEO, El Diario La Prensa

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HOST COMMITTEE:

JESSICA BAUMAN and BEN POSEL 

DEEPAK BHARGAVA
Center for Community Change

BRUCE BOTH
United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1500 & United
Food and Commercial, Workers Union International 

GUILLERMO CHACON
Latino Commission on AIDS

CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH CROWLEY 

MARTIN DUNN

JEFF EICHLER
Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)

JUAN FERNANDEZ, GE Capital 

HÉCTOR J. FIGUEROA
Local 32BJ Service Employees International Union

MIKE FISHMAN
Local 32BJ Service Employees International Union

MICHAEL and SUSAN FRIEDMAN

NORM FRUCHTER
Annenberg Institute for School Reform

NADINE B. HACK
beCause Global Consulting

TRACY HEWAT 

HUGH HOGAN and PATRICK MOFFITT 

CHUNG-WHA HONG
New York Immigration Coalition

ROBERT HUGHES
New Visions for Public Schools

GARA LaMARCHE
The Atlantic Philanthropies

WILFREDO LARANCUENT
Unite Here

JACK LAWSON
Brooklyn Cooperative FCU

NG'ETHE MAINA and ADRIANNE SHROPSHIRE

COUNCIL MEMBER HIRAM MONSERRATE

JENNIFER and IAN McALLISTER-NEVINS

ELIZABETH NEVINS and JAY SAUNDERS

GERI PALAST
Campaign For Fiscal Equity

MICHAEL PROHASKA
Laborers International Union, Local 79

COUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE C. QUINN

LIZABETH SCHALET

ALTA STARR
Ford Foundation

NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, JR. 

DAVID UDELL
Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice

CONGRESSMAN ANTHONY WEINER 

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HONOREES EMERITUS:

JOSEPH T. HANSEN, President, United Food and Commercial Workers International
ROBERTA A. KAPLAN, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
ANDREA BATISTA SCHLESINGER, Executive Director, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy




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