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04/30/2012 - THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION’S HOT PINK PARTY
04/26/2012 - Grand St. Settlement's Taste of the Lower East Side
04/02/2012 - 2012 Skating with the Stars Gala
04/02/2012 - Strokes of Genius to benefit Autism Spectrum Disorders
03/29/2012 - The American Classical Orchestra 2012 Spring Gala Concert & Benefit
03/24/2012 - United States launch of the Seol Won Foundation
03/21/2012 - Kick-off event for The Perlman Music Program’s May 3rd Spring Benefit
03/16/2012 - Asia WeekNY kick-off reception at the Morgan Museum & Library
03/10/2012 - Toby and Itzhak Perlman and The Perlman Music Program hosted by Jim and Kristy Clark in Palm Beach
03/08/2012 - National Committee on American Foreign Policy Hosts the 2012 Gala Awards Dinner
03/06/2012 - 2nd Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast
03/05/2012 - School of American Ballet's Winter Ball 2012
03/03/2012 - AMIT NewGen Wine Tasting
03/01/2012 - American Cancer Society Honors Grace Hightower De Niro, Diane Reidy-Lagunes MD, Emily Sonnenblick MD
03/01/2012 - New York School of Interior Design Kick-off Reception
02/25/2012 - GiGi’s PLAYHOUSE NYC, Down Syndrome Awareness Centers, opened its doors for the first time
02/25/2012 - CARON LIGHTS UP MAR-A-LAGO WITH “AFTER DARK” GALA
02/19/2012 - Blitz Build 2012
02/07/2012 - 2012 Annual High School Counselor’s Breakfast
02/06/2012 - The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s ® (BCRF) annual Hot Pink Luncheon and Symposium
02/04/2012 - The 2012 Hope Gala
02/03/2012 - North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee Presents Checks to Local Food Banks
02/03/2012 - American Cancer Society’s 54th Annual Black and White Gala
02/02/2012 - Cut 25 Flagship opening - an event to benefit Project Paz
01/29/2012 - KiDS of NYU Langone Foundation hosted its 6th annual KiDS Play to Win!
01/28/2012 - Girls Bite Out for the North Texas Food Bank
01/26/2012 - French Heritage Society’s New York ChapterKicked Off its 2012 Cultural Season
01/26/2012 - Annual Event to benefit The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School
01/26/2012 - 2012 Plates for Pediatrics Benefit
01/24/2012 - New York Philharmonic Chinese New Year Gala
01/20/2012 - 2012 Wishmaker's Ball
01/20/2012 - Silence! Silent Art Forms
01/19/2012 - UJA-Federation of New York Generosity Signature Event
01/19/2012 - JDRF Central Jersey Chapter Events
01/17/2012 - TIFFANY & CO. HOSTS CARON SUPPORTERS TO SPECIAL PREVIEW OF 2012 TIFFANY LEATHER COLLECTION
01/16/2012 - 2nd Annual San Diego Breast Cancer Fundraiser
01/13/2012 - "Cycle Without Limits" Specialized Bike Program
01/12/2012 - Salvatore Ferragamo Hosts and Evening of Shopping to Benefit the Paradise Fund in Support of St. Jud
01/12/2012 - JDRF Central Jersey Chapter Walk to Cure Diabetes Awards Party
01/09/2012 - Museum of American Finance 2012 Gala
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Peace Market for Seeds of Peace
02/20/2009 - By Cipriani Wall Street in New York City

Peace Market for Seeds of Peace

Ivanka Trump last night hosted the ‘Peace Market’ for Seeds of Peace (www.seedsofpeace.org) at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

The event brought together nearly 900 New York celebrities and community leaders to support Seeds of Peace programs that bring together young people from opposite sides of conflict to empower them as peacemakers of the future. Celebrity attendees included Zach Gilford (actor, Friday Night Lights), Laura Breckenridge (actor, Gossip Girls), Yin Chang (actor, Gossip Girls), Amanda Setton (actor, Gossip Girls), Dreama Walker (actor, Gossip Girls), Nicole Fiscella (actor, Gossip Girls), Brandon Short (NFL Player, New York Giants), Tim Morehouse (U.S Olympic Silver medalist) and Jason Rogers (U.S Olympic Silver medalist). Pakistani rock star Adeel Chaudhry performed several hit numbers, electrifying the stage with music and dancing.

Highlights of the evening were speeches delivered by Afghan, Pakistani, Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian graduates of Seeds of Peace. Afghan Seed, Mujib Mashal, described the daunting task of facing his peers after returning home from camp: “Somehow, we will have to meet the challenges of a country that badly needs social healing, and a world where peace, prosperity and security are directly linked to a stable and productive Afghanistan. Seeds of Peace provides an opportunity for young people to meet these important challenges.” Warda Khan, a Pakistani Seed, spoke of her horror at the December 2008 attacks in Mumbai, noting “Seeds of Peace taught me that we are different in terms of religion, nationality and ethnicity, but before all these divisions we know we are human beings and can relate to each other on that level. That is Seeds of Peace.”

Israeli Seed Nadav Greenberg declared that, “the ability to take the conflicts that tear our people apart and make them into the very thing that brings us closer together is what makes Seeds of Peace a community that is truly like no other.” And Palestinian Seed Kareen Uri echoed his sentiment, saying that “Seeds of Peace allowed me to express my thoughts to people I thought would never understand. I now know that the things I learned all my life do not necessarily have to be the things I believe for the rest of my life.”

A raffle and live auction enlivened the evening, with lucky guests winning diamonds, a golf vacation in Ireland, a weekend escape in Atlantic City, and VIP tickets to the Grammy Awards and NCAA Final Four Tournament. All proceeds went to support the Seeds of Peace International Camp in Otisfield, Maine and programs in the Middle East and South Asia.

Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence. For more information about Seeds of Peace please call 212.573.8040 or visit www.seedsofpeace.org.

Photos: Patrick McMullan


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