the power of resilience 2019 Awards Gala
Memory Album
the power of resilience A night to honor ďŹ erce women
Margarita Guzmรกn, Executive Director, Violence Intervention Program (VIP); Anne E. Delaney, Co-Chair, Power of Resilience Gala 2019
Lauren Osoria, VIP Economic Justice Advocate; Marta Carriel, EJSP Participant; Lorena Kourousias, Director EJSP; Angélica Ramírez, EJSP Partícipant
Honoree
Cecilia M. Gastรณn
Margarita Guzmรกn, Executive Director, VIP; Silda Palerm, Vestry Laight and Chair VIP Board of Directors; and Cecilia M. Gastรณn, Former VIP Executive Director and Honoree.
Richard Hall, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP ; and Douglas Grover, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Ramรณn Peguero, The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc.; and Rita DiMartino, Board Of Trustees, CUNY
Madeline Lamour Holder, The New York Women’s Foundation; Kathryn Weill, Former Board member, New York Women’s Foundation; and Cecilia M. Gastón, Former VIP Executive Director and Honoree
Pablo Elizaga, Cristo Rey NY High School; and José Rolón, José Rolón Events
The Gastón Family: Bobby Greenberg, Mariana Gastón, Sonja Matanovic, María Cecilia Francis, Cecilia Gastón and Javier Greenberg
Manuel J. Vélez, Mayer Brown LLP and Secretary VIP Board of Directors; Daniel Schaeffer, Tate Americas Foundation; and Andrew Baroody, HBO
New York Women’s Foundation community. Back row, left to right: Tubina de O’Connor, Kwanghee Kim, Margarita Rosa, Silda Palerm, Madeline Lamour Holder, Sharon Myrie,
Marjorie Cadogan, Aiyoung Choi, Lisa Holton. Front row, left to right: Suki Ports, Cecilia M. Gastรณn, Kathryn Weill, Elba Montalvo
From left to right: Leonor De Marco, Petronila Mendoza, Mireya Torres, Rosa Rodríguez, María Elena Escobar, Judith Ruano, Ninfa Quiroz, María Bárbara López and Matilde Solano. At the mic, Betsy Mallow, Vice Chair VIP Board of Directors
Proud business owners of workers
Cooperative Brightly East Harlem
Our Master of Ceremonies, Yolanda Vรกsquez, Noticiero 47 Telemundo
Silda Palerm, Vestry Laight and Chair VIP Board of Directors; and James Ding, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Sharlena Powell, Voices of Women; Rev. Sally N. MacNichol, CONNECT; and Johnnie Lee Fielder, Voices of Women
Zeinab Eyega, Sauti Yetu Center for African Women; and Terry D. Lawson, Bronx Legal Services
Silda Palerm, Vestry Laight and Chair VIP Board of Directors; Betsy Mallow, NYS Homes and Community Renewal and Vice Chair VIP Board of Directors; Elba Montalvo, Former Executive Director, CHCF; and Margarita Guzmรกn, Executive Director, VIP
Anne E. Delaney, Co-Chair, Power of Resilience Gala 2019; and Valyrie Laedlein, Valyrie K. Laedlein Consulting
Members of the Omega Phi Beta sorority. From left to right: Kimberly Molina, Anayely Gรณmez, Kimberly Santiago, Vanessa Santiago, VIP Board of Directors; and Rashida Hull
Kyle Dandelet, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and VIP Board of Director; and Susan Migliaccio, BNY Mellon and Treasurer VIP Board of Directors.
Brooklyn College Group; Claudette Guinn, Director of Veterans Affairs; Zoila Villalta, Social Worker; Milga Morales Nadal, Ph.D. Retired, and VIP Board of Directors; Moraima Smith, Dean; Vanessa Santiago, ASPIRA alumna and VIP Board of Directors; Gisely Colón-López, Adjunct Professor
Betsy Mallow, NYS Homes and Community Renewal and Vice Chair VIP Board of Directors; and Jeremy Robbins, New American Economy
Margarita Guzmรกn, Executive Director, VIP; Elsa Rios, Strategies for Social Change, LLC; and Dacio Quintana, Strategies for Social Change, LLC
Daniel Ortiz, VIP Staff; Mayra M. Oviedo, VIP Board of Directors; Kischa Negrón, VIP Staff; and Christine Rodríguez, VIP staff
Celia Cristina Gonzรกlez, El Eden Soup Kitchen; and Vanessa Ramos, NYC Commission on Human Rights and VIP Board of Directors
Anne E. Delaney, Co-Chair, Power of Resilience Gala 2019; Silda Palerm, Vestry Laight and Chair VIP Board of Directors; Cecilia M. Gastรณn, Former VIP Executive Director and Honoree; Kathryn Weill, Former Board Member, NYWF; and Madeline Lamour Holder, NYWF
Meet the
Promotoras
Karla Mejía, Community Organizer, VIP; Priscila Galindo; Victoria Leal, Esmeralda Galindo, Margarita Guzmán, Executive Director, VIP; María Bárbara López and Matilde Solano
See you again next year!