Andrea Roane and Mary Margaret Farren
Mayor Muriel Bowser and Clinton Portis Debra Jean Overholt, Amal Zaari and Linda Roth
KNOCK OUT ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN GALA Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. | PHOTOS BY DAVIDE DEPAS
Cynthia Steele Vance and Tamron Hall
AN EVENING IN FLORENCE: About 600 passionate supporters of ending violence against women attended Knock Out Abuse Against Women (KOA)’s annual benefit and raised $800,000 for the cause. Led by chairwoman Cynthia Steele Vance, the evening honored journalist Tamron Hall, whose sister was a victim of domestic violence in 2004, with the Break the Silence Award and survivor Mary Margaret Farren, a longtime advocate after surviving a vicious attack by her ex-husband in 2010. DC United players Bill Hamid and Kofi Opare, new members of KOA’s junior board, announced they will officially break ground on the new Knock Out Champions wing of Bethany House in Fairfax County, a facility that will provide additional housing for four families. KOA also announced that it had raised enough funds this year to build the Culinary Arts School and Knock Out Cafe at Crossway Community in Kensington, Md., where it bought and planted 20 “Knock Out Roses” in the community garden.
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TEACH FOR AMERICA ‘MEET OUR TEACHERS’ BENEFIT Lindsey Keenan and Lauren Capra
Sonnenborn Residence | PHOTOS BY BEN DROZ
Ashley Kearney, Sarah Lehar and Alberto Otero
EDUCATION NATION: Teach for America celebrated the start of another school year with its annual D.C. region “Meet our Teachers” evening at the Georgetown home of Karen and Bill Sonneborn. Corps members and alumni, including Alberto Otero, Ashley Kearney and Sarah Lehar, shared personal reflections about why they joined the movement for educational equity before a Teach for America spokesman thanked the Sonnenborns for “reminding us that teachers are treasures.” D.C. region board chairman Katherine Bradley was also recognized for “reminding us all of the abundance of support and partnership necessary to continue striving towards the day all kids ... have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.”
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