Sandra Whitehouse, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Dane Nichols
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Gouri Mirpuri and Singapore Amb. Ashok Mirpuri
ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL BENEFIT
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Embassy of the Republic of Singapore | PHOTOS BY TONY POWELL PARTY FOR THE EARTH: Singaporean Amb. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri and his wife Gouri Mirpur hosted a benefit reception for the upcoming Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, the largest and longest-running environmental film festival in the country. Costumed entertainers charmed the crowd with a lion dance, traditionally performed to celebrate the Chinese New Year, while Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Sandra Thornton Whitehouse were honored for their commitment to the environment with the Champions of the Earth’s Oceans and Climate award.
Wong People Kung Fu
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Jan Smith and Marie Ridder
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“A Path Appears” Executive Producer Maro Chermayeff and James Guerra
Christina Sevilla, Sheryl WuDunn, and Nurith Aizenman Gwen Holliday and Ashley Judd
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Judithe Registre and Emily Jansen
Rob Boone, Susan Snyder and Alyssa Lovegrove
CAUSE CELEB: Actress and activist Ashley Judd spoke passionately about the need to combat sex trafficking during a panel discussion linked to the premiere of the PBS documentary series “A Path Appears.” Judd hosts a segment in the series, which addresses poverty and genderbased violence around the world, and is based on the book by Sheryl WuDunn and her husband Nicholas Kristoff, both Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists The event was moderated by Patricia de Stacy Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and vice chairwoman of Meridian International Center’s board of trustees. VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM
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