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PDF Version of the Program Journal for a Celebration of Courage 2007 INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD cour • age (kur´ij), n. the quality of mind Aor CELEBRATION spirit that enables OF a personCOURAGE to face difficulty, danger or pain, with firmness and without fear. NEW YORK CITY • May 1, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO • May 3, 2007 IGLHRC Staff, Board of Directors, and International Advisory Council staff Board of Directors Hossein Alizadeh, Al Ballesteros, Chief Executive Officer, JWCH Communications Coordinator Institute, Inc., Los Angeles, CA Dusty Aráujo, Program Coordinator Ally Bolour, Immigration Attorney, Law Office of Ally Asylum Documentation Program Bolour, Los Angeles, CA Mauro Cabral, Project Consultant Transgender and Intersex Issues Michael Conway, Chief Administrative Officer, United Adrian Coman, Program Manager Talent Agency, Los Angeles, CA Fernando D’Elio, Program Assistant Jenesha de Rivera, Nonprofit Financial Consultant, Latin America and the Caribbean Berkeley, CA Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director Tom Dougherty, Executive Director, Doctors of the Marcelo Ferreyra, Program Coordinator World USA, New York, NY Latin America and the Caribbean Dipti Ghosh, Vice President-Investments, UBS Global Maria-Elena Grant, Operations Manager Financial Services, San Francisco, CA Cary Alan Johnson, Senior Program Specialist for Africa Sel Julian Hwahng, Research Investigator, Rick Jung, Deputy Director National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.; Lisa Levy, Executive Assistant Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor, Columbia Rebecca Libed, Development Manager University, New York, NY Joel Nana, West & Southern Africa Tim Lane, Assistant Professor, Department of Research and Policy Associate Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University Rosa Posa, Project Consultant, Latin American of California, San Francisco, CA and the Caribbean Institute Project Todd Larson, Senior Counsellor, World Intellectual Karolyn Reddy, Development Consultant Property Organization, New York, NY Caroline Sykora, Research and Policy Associate Harvey Makadon, Vice President for Global Programs, Harvard Medical International, Boston, MA International Advisory Council Pamela Merchant, Executive Director, The Center for Justice and Accountability, San Francisco, CA Vivek Divan, India José Román, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Julie Dorf, USA Finance, New York Harm Reduction Educators, New Keith Goddard, Zimbabwe York, NY Elizabeth Khaxas, Namibia Runa Saeki, Senior Vice President, Investment Banking Prudence Mabele, South Africa Legal, Lehman Brothers Inc., New York, NY Alice Miller, USA Luiz Mott, Brazil Dorothy E. Sander, Private Investor, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Sarah Mukasa, Uganda Dede Oetomo, Indonesia (Organizational affiliations listed with board names are for Amalia Eugenia Fischer Pfaeffle, Brazil identification purposes only) Jelena Postic, Croatia Haya Shalom, Israel Khartini Slamah, Malaysia/Thailand WELCOME REMARKS Good evening dear friends, On behalf of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), we are pleased to welcome you to A Celebration of Courage! As an organization dedicated to improving the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people everywhere, IGLHRC takes this annual opportunity to honor the work of an individual or group striving to achieve the same goals in the face of extraordinary challenges. This year, IGLHRC celebrates the work of the Blue Diamond Society (BDS); Sunil Babu Pant, Founder and Director of BDS, is with us to accept the award. BDS, Nepal’s only organization for sexual minorities, has addressed the needs of sexual minorities in the country since 2001 by providing information, advocacy, and resources to men who have sex with men, people living with HIV, and sex workers. Since the king relinquished power to the Nepalese people in April of 2006, BDS has worked with the new government to include basic human rights and protections for sexual minorities in the constitution. We are happy to have two wonderful women join us as MCs: Tony-nominated performer, Lisa Kron, in New York and acclaimed author Jewelle Gomez in San Francisco. And, a very special thanks to the 2007 A Celebration of Courage co-chairs, Jenesha de Rivera, Tim Lane, Todd Larson and Runa Saeki, as well as our hosts for working so hard to gather you here this evening. As your Honorary Chairs, we look forward to introducing Sunil and presenting him with the Felipa de Souza award. Thank you to all who have contributed to furthering IGLHRC’s mission and to making A Celebration of Courage a true success. Your ongoing support is invaluable. We hope that you enjoy tonight’s event! Thank you, Kavita N. Ramdas Suvir Saran Honorary Chair, San Francisco Honorary Chair, New York thank you to our generous event sponsors: Lead Sponsor Double Platinum/Stephanie K. Blackwood Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Gibson Fred Eychaner & Arthur R. Korant & Harris, LLP Marta Drury & Kerry Lobel Victor & Lorraine Honig Presenting Sponsors Sharon Dulberg & Ilana Drummond Richard A. Isay, M.D. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Nina Eshoo M. Elaine Johnston IBM Dipti Ghosh & Meggy Gotuaco Gregory E. Kerr Levi Strauss Foundation Richard L. Goldberg Carri Lyon Andrew Tobias & Charles Nolan William Hibsher & Richard Orient * Harvey Makadon Working Assets Grantmaking Fund * Pamela Merchant & Kirby Sack John Newmeyer of Tides Foundation Suvir Saran & Charlie Burd, and American Masala Rosalind Petchesky Earl G. Stokes & Ross H. Moore Underwriting Sponsors LeRoy Potts Advocate Sponsors Cynthia Rothschild Anonymous Sandip Roy-Chowdhury Katherine Franke Amnesty International USA-OUTfront Robert J. Smolin Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Anonymous Timothy Sweeney Gill Foundation Diane Benjamin, Benjamin & Company Martin Tannenbaum & Alex Ingersoll James C. Hormel & Timothy C. Wu Harvey Brosler Van der Hout, Brigagliano Lehman Brothers Inc. Rebecca Davis & Mark Hoffman & Nightingale, LLP * Dorothy Sander & Joyce Warshow * Tom Dougherty Anthony Volponi Susan Seo & Dennis Friedman Paula Ettelbrick Janet Weinberg & GMHC Ted Snowdon Suzanne Goldberg, Adam & Julia Ettelbrick Kenneth Wingard - San Francisco Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Jewelle Gomez & Diane Sabin York Hotel Elizabeth Hodge * IGLHRC Board Member Benefactor Sponsors Frederick C. Hertz Paul F. Albert Roberta Kaplan & Rachel Lavine Event Co-Chairs * Tim Lane & Niels Hooper * Todd Larson Todd Larson and Runa Saeki (New York) * Runa Saeki & Sharon Brooks Masliah & Soloway, PC Jenesha de Rivera and Tim Lane Tina M. Salandra Kate OʼHanlan, MD & Léonie Walker Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Paul Sack (San Francisco) Jeff Soref & Paul Lombardi Jeffrey T. Soukup & Jeffrey C. Anderson Host Committee Members Bill Zwart & David Berchenbriter Supporting Sponsors Ally Bolour Classic Wines of California Friend Sponsors Debanuj Dasgupta Anthony Collerton & Galen Sherer Juan Battle, PhD Tom Dougherty * Michael Conway Bruce E. Cohen Roger Doughty * Jenesha de Rivera & Patty Tumang Lisa Geduldig Julie Dorf & Jenni Olson Dipti Ghosh & Meggy Gotuaco Lisa Geduldig & Jewelle Gomez & Diane Sabin Institutional Sponsors Kung Pao Kosher Comedy Roberta Kaplan & Rachel Lavine Carri Lyon LEVI Harvey Makadon STRAUSS Pamela Merchant & Kirby Sack FOUNDATION Augustus Nasmith, Jr. Rosalind Petchesky LeRoy Potts double platinum Sandip Roy-Chowdhury Dorothy Sander & Joyce Warshow WORKING ASSETS ® Special thanks to our photographers Harvey Brosler and Star Black, Studio C and Crystal Weber, Organic Events and Marika Holmgren, Clift Hotel, York Hotel, Manhattan Penthouse, Classic Wines of California, Kenneth Wingard- San Francisco, Sacramento Envelope Company, Timothy Dorsey, and Rebecca Wood. A CELEBRATION OF COURAGE Tuesday, May 1st Program Thursday, May 3rd Program (New York City) (san francisco) 6:30 Cocktail Reception 6:30 Cocktail Reception 7:15 Award Ceremony 7:15 Award Ceremony Lisa Kron Jewelle Gomez MC MC Welcome Welcome Todd Larson and Runa Saeki Jenesha de Rivera and Tim Lane Event Co-Chairs Event Co-Chairs Introduction to Introduction to A Celebration of Courage 2007 A Celebration of Courage 2007 Paula Ettelbrick Paula Ettelbrick Executive Director of IGLHRC Executive Director of IGLHRC Introduction of Honorary Chair Introduction of Honorary Chair Representative Suvir Saran Honorary Chair Dechen Tsering Introduction of Program Officer for Asia, Global Fund 2007 Felipa de Souza Award Recipient for Women Honorary Chair Representative Felipa de Souza Award Introduction of Presented to 2007 Felipa de Souza Award Recipient Sunil Babu Pant Blue Diamond Society Felipa de Souza Award by Suvir Saran Presented to Sunil Babu Pant Lisa Kron Blue Diamond Society Closing Remarks by Dechen Tsering Jewelle Gomez Closing Remarks ABOUT THE AWARD Human Rights Award 2001 Companions on a Journey and Women’s Support Group, Sri Lanka; Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, The Felipa de Souza Award All-Sexuals and Gays, Jamaica; Luis Gauthier The Felipa de Souza Award recognizes the (1950-2000), Chile (Honorary Posthumous courage and activism of grassroots groups Award) and individuals working for the fundamental 2000 human rights of all people. The Felipa de Dejan Nebrigic (1970-1999), Serbia (Honorary Souza Award embodies the spirit and story Posthumous Award); Ditshwanelo - The Botswana of Felipa de Souza, who endured persecution Centre for Human Rights, Botswana; Intersex and brutality after proudly declaring her intimacy Society of North America (ISNA), USA; William with a woman during a 16th-century inquisition Hernandez, El Salvador trial in Brazil.
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