Andrew and Leslie Cockburn with Tommy Bruce Georgie Warner and Christopher Addison
Buffy Cafritz, Ann Jordan, Carolyn Peachey and Elizabeth Stevens
SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK BENEFIT National Building Museum | PHOTOS BY TONY POWELL
Lee Satterfield, Kankunda Klingenberg and Patrick Steel
Jonathan Capehart and Ben Chang
Betty Ann Tanner, Amra Fazlic, Laila Abdurahimova, Shaista Mahnood and Anita Dahinden
HELPING HOMELESS TEENS: The annual Sasha Bruce Youthworks (SBY) benefit is an event that has favored by its Old Guard supporters ever since the shelter for homeless local youth was founded by Deborah Shore in 1974 with subsequent financial support from the late Washington grande dame Evangeline Bruce. This year’s event was a departure from the norm due to its move to the vast National Building Museum (instead of an embassy residence), the addition of a keynote address (District Attorney General Karl Racine speaking about institutional racism) and a performance by local soprano/songwriter Cecily. Proceeds from the event helped support the new Lukey Kaempfner Transformation Project to help youth who have participated in SBY projects apply to, attend and remain in college with funding for counseling, books, laptops, bedding and other expenses.
Margaret Nealon, Peter Sullivan, Robert Mejia and Mary Johnson
Mitsou Ly and Christy Buranaamorn
PREVENT CANCER FOUNDATION’S 25TH ANNUAL SPRING GALA National Building Museum | PHOTOS BY VITHAYA PHONGSAVAN POSTCARD PERFECT: Saluting Swiss tradition in a “Postcard Perfect”– themed event, the honorary event chairman, Swiss Ambassador Martin Dahinden, referenced the “many talented researchers of Swiss universities and the Swiss pharmaceutical and medical companies” in his country’s contribution towards combating cancer. On the American side, Senators Bill Cassidy and Mazie Hirono were honored as 2019 Cancer Champions for their leadership in cancer prevention and working to expand funding for biomedical research and limiting youth access to tobacco. Carolyn Aldigé, the foundation’s founder and CEO, noted that the disease is a bipartisan issue, and that “we must work together in order to stop cancer before it starts.” The event raised more than $1.5 million for prevention research and community outreach programs. 44
Alison Jones and Carolyn Aldigé
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