Hollywood and Broadway celebs joined forces with literati and political heavyweights at the Tavern on the Green for the 36th anniversary gala of the Feminist Press at the City University of New York.
On hand:
Jane Fonda, Eve Ensler, Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Chalfant, Geraldine Laybourne, Janice Dickinson, the Honorable Merryl H. Tisch, authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Marilyn French, short story writer Grace Paley, Diana Revson and Pat and Gerald Schoenfeld and others.
Liz Smith honored her wonderful friend, the late Ann Richards, the special award given to her daughter, Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Honorees included Chancellor of The City University of New York Matthew Goldstein, Host and Executive Producer of Democracy Now! Amy Goodman, Vice-President of Business Diversity Outreach at Prudential Financial Wayne Winborne, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation Eleanor Smeal and the Oxygen Network’s President of Programming Deborah Beece.
Geraldine Laybourne, Janice Dickinson, and Deborah Beece
Deborah Beece, Gloria Steinem, and Janice Dickinson
Kathleen Chalfant
Liz Smith
The Hon Merryl H Tisch
Gloria Steinem and Janice Dickinson
Liz Smith and Cecile Richards
Kathleen Chalfant and Executive Director Gloria Jacobs
Janice Dickinson meeting Jane Fonda
Gloria Steinem honoring Eleanor Smeal
Jane Fonda and CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein
Ambassador Donald Blinken and his wife Vera hosted a pre-concert dinner at the New York Philharmonic to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution and the Freedom Fight of 1956. Amb. Blinken served as the US Ambassador to Hungary under President Clinton. Amb. Blinken is also a New York Philharmonic Board Member.
L. to r.: Amb. Gabor Horvath, Vera Blinken, Amb. Andras Simonyi, Zarin Mehta, and Amb. Blinken; Ambassador and Mrs. Blinken.
Barbara Taylor Bradford and Robert Bradford
Bernard and Irene Schwartz with Melanie Forman
Charles and Toby Gati
Denise Saul and Ambassador George H. Walker
Daisy Soros and Zarin Mehta
Florence Fabrikant, Alison Blinken, and Richard Fabricant
Gianluigi and Adrienne Vittadini with Amb. Gabor Horvath and Amb. Andras Simonyi
Mrs. Gabor Horvath and Mrs. Andras Simonyi
Ros Jacobs, Leonard and Fleur Harlan, and Jo Carole Lauder
Ambassador Blinken and Thomas McGrath
Thomas and Diahn McGrath with Ambassador Blinken
Vera Blinken and Adrienne Vittadini
Zarin Mehta and Ambassador Blinken
Vera Blinken and Mercedes Hoffman
His Royal Highness Prince Firas Raad and Her Royal Highness Princess Dana Firas of Jordan were honored at a dinner given by the United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation at the Graham Arader Gallery on Madison Avenue and 72nd Street.
The purpose of the dinner was to announce the Middle East Research Collaboration in which the Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian medical communities are collaborating to identify effective therapy for those with Cerebral Palsy. The Collaboration (MERC) will study cerebral palsy therapy at three sites including Assaf Hartofeh in Israel, Princes Masma Center in East Jerusalem and Al-Hussein Society in Jordan. UCP Research and Educational Facility provides expert oversight to the initial grant of $500,000 from USAID which initiated the collaboration. The monies were directed to Ben Gurion University in Israel with the directive to conduct a three site clinical study of specific therapy interventions in Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian children.
Grayson Bryant, Deborah Raffin, Gail Bershon, Richard Nanes, and Dr. Joelle Mast
Stacey Tisdale, HRH Princess Dana Firas, and friend
HRH Princess Dana Firas and Dr. Mindy Aisen, Director and CEO United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation
Deborah Raffin and UCP Research and Educational Foundation Board Member Dr. Fletcher McDowell
Phil Collichio and Dr. Mindy Aisen
The slient auction
Maxine Belson, Ron Napal, and Jerome Belson
HRH Princess Dana Firas and HRH Prince Firas Raad of Jordan
Gloria Lewis
UCP Research and Educational Foundation Board Member Ara Cohen and Dr Mindy Aisen
Gail Bershon, Donna Smith, and Deborah Raffin
Donna Smith, Joe Lynyak, and Teresa Fausti
George Liebman, Ellen Oppenheim, and Sharon Hamilton
HRH Princess Dana Firas and HRH Prince Firas Raad of Jordan
Ara Cohen, UCP Foundation Treasurer Stuart Kovensky, and Louis Salerno
