Freedom Award Dinner

Each year the International Rescue Committee holds its Freedom Award Dinner in New York to raise funds to carry out our vital humanitarian mission.  The Freedom Award was first bestowed in 1957 and is presented to individuals for their contributions to the cause of refugees and human freedom.  The list of those who have received the Freedom Award reveals the remarkable ability of an individual to shape history and create change for a better world.

Recipients of the Freedom Award

2011 Freedom Award Dinner

Honoring
The Brokaw Family
Tom and Meredith Brokaw
Dr. Jennifer Brokaw
Andrea Brokaw Simon
Sarah Brokaw

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Reception at 6:30pm   Dinner at 7:30pm
 
Waldorf Astoria Hotel,  New York City

Master of Ceremonies
David Gregory
Moderator, Meet the Press

Featuring Special Guests
John Legend
Recording Artist, Philanthropist and IRC Voice

David Letterman
Host, Late Show with David Letterman

General Colin L. Powell, US A, (Ret.)
Member, IRC Board of Overseers
 

Dinner Co-Chairs
Lloyd C. Blankfein
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Cynthia & Dan Lufkin
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation

Maureen White
Senior Advisor on Humanitarian Issues
for Afghanistan & Pakistan
U.S. Department of State

Vice Chairs
Katherine Farley & Jerry I. Speyer,
  Tishman Speyer
Marie & Joseph Field
H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Jordan
Maurice R. Greenberg,
  The Starr Foundation
Frederick J. Iseman
Ruth & David Levine
Gillian & Eduardo Mestre
Veronique & Bob Pittman
Kathleen & Omar Saeed
Judy & Josh Weston
Catherine & Tracy Wolstencroft

PURCHASE TICKETS/TABLES

 For more information about the Freedom Award Dinner please contact Katie Cecil at 212-551-2737 or email Katie.Cecil@Rescue.org

 
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