1st Annual Party Around the World

On November 16, 2012, over 200 supporters joined us at the Microsoft NERD Center for an evening of ethnic cuisine, music, and dance performance, and help us raise nearly $20,000 to offer the next class of low-income and homeless bilingual women an opportunity to become professional medical interpreters.
Photos courtesy of Feda Eid 

Culture Catalyst Award Recipients

We honored three extraordinary individuals for their efforts to ignite change, tip the scales of opportunity across gender and ethnicity, and create a culture of diversity, inclusion, and hope:
  • Renee Cammarata Hamilton
  • Jay Dobek
  • Tracy Boehme

Music

DJ Mac, Swag Media Productions

Master of Ceremonies

Frank DeVito

Lead Sponsor

Sponsors

Friends

Arden O'Connor

Featured Performances

  • MIT Lion Dance Club
  • Boston College PATU African Dance Troupe
  • Boston College Fuego del Corazon Salsa Troupe

In-Kind Donors

  • Microsoft NERD Center
  • Feda Eid Photography & Makeup
  • Last Minute Productions

Ethnic Cuisine

  • Singh's Roti Shop
  • Ebisuya Market
  • Japonaise Bakery
  • Sarah Commerford
  • Oasis Restaurant
  • Danish Pastry House
  • Istalbul'lu
  • Sushi Express
  • Amsterdam Falafelshop
  • Dok Bua Thai Kitchen
  • Above & Beyond Catering

Event Committee

Ariel Belgrave, Chair  
Caroline Fong
Karen Friedman 
Barbara Gaskin
Natasha Medwedeff   
Nitita Pongsanarakul 
Hannah Rose
Mark Stewart
Maggie Sullivan
Maria Vertkin
Benjamin Weisman
Lara Shkordoff