GLSEN Announces Honorees for 2005 Respect Awards - New York Gala, Celebrating our Tenth Anniversary

GLSEN is pleased to announce our Second Annual Respect Awards – New York Gala, where we will have the opportunity to recognize and honor some of the leaders who have helped move GLSEN’s work forward. This important benefit dinner will take place on Monday, May 16, 2005 at the beautiful Mandarin Oriental Hotel, New York City. This year's awards will be hosted by Christopher Meloni of HBO's Oz and NBC's Law and Order: SVU.

The 2005 Respect Awards – New York honorees will include: The Honorable Richard Gephardt, former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and past candidate for President of the United States, and his daughter Chrissy Gephardt, for their intergenerational support of safe schools for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students; Lehman Brothers, for their tireless corporate leadership in the movement towards LGBT leadership and equality; and Talia Stein, a senior at Stevenson High School in Buffalo Grove, IL, who took on her school’s administration and won the right to establish a Gay-Straight Alliance on campus.

We hope you will join us to help recognize the 2005 honorees and to raise funds for the important work of GLSEN. There are a number of ways that you can participate in the benefit:

You can become a Sponsor of the event.
Sponsors will receive a prime table of ten and recognition on the invitation and in the program book. See the Related Documents section for an overview of sponsorship benefits and to download a sponsorship form or click here. The form must be mailed to our event benefit office at Patricia Evert Productions, 427 Broadway, Third Floor, New York, NY 10013 or sent by fax to 212-219-3796.

You can become a member of the Benefit Committee.
As a member of the Benefit Committee you lend your name to the event for use on the invitation and in the program book, buy your own ticket(s) and invite friends and colleagues to join you at your table during the event. See the Related Documents section to find out more, download the form and sign up for the committee or click here.

You can reserve your tickets now. Please take the time to order tickets now. If you are unable to attend, we hope you will show your support by making a donation to GLSEN. See the Related Documents section to download the form and order your tickets today!

EVENT DETAILS

Date:
Monday, May 16, 2005

Time:
6:30pm Cocktail Reception
7:30pm Dinner and Awards Presentation

Place:
Mandarin Oriental Hotel,
New York City

Honorees:
Richard and Chrissy Gephardt
Lehman Brothers
Talia Stein

Co-chairs:
Anthony Collerton
Susie Scher

For more information, contact our event benefit office:
Patricia Evert Productions, P: 212-219-2953, E-mail: PEvertProd@aol.com