GLSEN Announces Honorees for 2006 Respect Awards - New York Gala

GLSEN is pleased to announce our Third 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 15, 2006 at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City.

The 2006 Respect Awards – New York honorees will include: Citigroup and Chairman and CEO Charles Prince, the creative team behind the Tony Award-Winning Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Advocate magazine’s 2005 Person of the Year Kerry Pacer.

From Citigroup’s support of LGBT inclusiveness in the corporate workplace to the diverse student body portrayed in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee to Kerry Pacer’s heroic effort to start a Gay-Straight Alliance at her school in White County, Georgia, GLSEN’s important work is being felt across the country. We hope you will join us in recognizing the outstanding efforts of the 2006 honorees and in raising funds GLSEN’s continuing mission to create safe schools for all students. 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.

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.

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.

EVENT DETAILS

Date:
Monday, May 15, 2006

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

Place:
Cipriani’s Wall Street New York City

Honorees:
Citigroup & Charles Prince, CEO
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Kerry Pacer

Co-chairs:
Paul Bowden
J. Kevin Jones
Susie Scher

About GLSEN
GLSEN, or the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Established nationally in 1995, GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. For more information on GLSEN’s educational resources, public policy agenda, student organizing programs or development initiatives, visit www.glsen.org.