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Embracing Our Differences Annual Luncheon


  • By Black Tie Staff
  • | 4:30 p.m. December 7, 2011
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1st Annual Embracing Our Differences Luncheon to celebrate those individuals who have made the project a success for the past eight years and to look forward to the 9th annual exhibit which opens April 2012. The mission of Embracing Our Differences¼ is to use art as a catalyst for creating awareness and promoting, throughout our community, the value of diversity, the benefits of inclusion and the significance of the active rejection of hatred and prejudice.
Graci and Dennis McGillicuddy
Graci and Dennis McGillicuddy
Marilyn and Irv Naiditch and Carol Buchanan
Marilyn and Irv Naiditch and Carol Buchanan
Michael Shelton and Victoria Leopold
Michael Shelton and Victoria Leopold
Rich Bergman and Sandra Hanan
Rich Bergman and Sandra Hanan
Judi and Paul Gallagher
Judi and Paul Gallagher
Lynn and Arthur Guilford
Lynn and Arthur Guilford
Dottie and Bob Garner
Dottie and Bob Garner
Bob and Dottie Garner cheer on Frederic Palluel
Bob and Dottie Garner cheer on Frederic Palluel
Ted Gola and Kaitlyn Priestey
Ted Gola and Kaitlyn Priestey
Roz Goldberg and Jules Rose
Roz Goldberg and Jules Rose
Richard and Betty Greenspan, Arlene and Mike Turner
Richard and Betty Greenspan, Arlene and Mike Turner
Allen and Stephanie Hochfelder
Allen and Stephanie Hochfelder
Nate Jacobs and Arlene Pearlman
Nate Jacobs and Arlene Pearlman
Christine Jennings and Carolyn Michel
Christine Jennings and Carolyn Michel
Meme Kramer and Lillian Brent
Meme Kramer and Lillian Brent
Meme Kramer
Meme Kramer
Meme Kramer
Meme Kramer
Bobbi Lorry and Lynn Robbins
Bobbi Lorry and Lynn Robbins
Judy and Donald Markstein
Judy and Donald Markstein
Helen McBean and Isabel Norton
Helen McBean and Isabel Norton
Linda Rosenbluth and Gila Meriwether
Linda Rosenbluth and Gila Meriwether
Nancy Roucher and Jeremy Lisitza
Nancy Roucher and Jeremy Lisitza
Delia Smith-Orth and Suzette Jones
Delia Smith-Orth and Suzette Jones

 

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