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Black Tie International:
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York
40th Anniversary Gala Night
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The
Feminist Press at the City University of New York Celebrates
their
40th Anniversary Gala Night
Photos by Andre Beckles/Yuan Yuan Kong |
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Uma Turman, Presenting to Mira Nair
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Honoree Mira Nair
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Commissioner
and Chair of the NYC Commission on Human Rights,
Patricia Gatling, Honoree Rebecca Seawright, Cuny
Chancellor Mathew Goldstein and Maggie Golstein
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Board member Helene Goldfarb, Executive Director,
Gloria Jacobs, Honoree Sandra Levine and NYC Honoree
Mira Nair |
The Feminist Press at the City University of New
York Celebrates their
40th Anniversary Gala Night
honored Mira Nair, Sandra Levine, Rebecca Seawright
and Nancy Wexler
The
Feminist Press at The City University of New York
celebrated their 40th Annual Gala
The night had 390 guests and
raised $300,000.
The night’s honorees included
Filmmaker Mira Nair,
Artist Sandra Levine, Attorney and Activist Rebecca Seawright
and Scientist Nancy Wexler. Special guests
included Uma Thurman, City Council Speaker
Christine Quinn and performance artist Karen
Finley.
In addition, there was a
special presentation honoring Forty Feminists under
40 including Tony nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl,
Shira Koch Epstein, Executive Director of the
New York Taxi Worker’s Alliance Bhairavi Desai
and Christie’s Lydia Fenet.
The Gala
benefits The Feminist Press at the City University
of New York, the oldest continuing women’s publisher
in the world.
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