Dear ATFP friends,
We would like to extend to you the warmest of invitations to ATFP’s 5th Annual Gala to be held on October 20, 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C. This year, ATFP will recognize the outstanding contributions of four esteemed Palestinian-Americans, including Dr. Peter Mansoor, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) for Distinguished National Service; Mrs. Naomi Shihab Nye for Excellence in the Arts; Ms. Betty Shamieh for Excellence in the Performing Arts; and Mr. Ghassan Salameh for Excellence in Business.
ATFP is honored and humbled to count such highly distinguished guests as T.H. Madeleine K. Albright, and T.H. Stephen Hadley as members of the 5th Annual Gala’s Honorary Host Committee. Amb. Albright and Mr. Hadley are joined by a long list of honorable Senators, Congressman, Ambassadors, and leaders of many influential public and private institutions who all support ATFP’s vision for a two-state solution and the creation of an independent and viable Palestinian state. (A full list of the 2010 Honorary Host Committee members can be viewed here.)
We would be truly honored if you would join us at ATFP’s 5th Gala, to not only lend your support for a two-state solution and the work of ATFP, but also to help us amplify the strong American and Palestinian voices of success, moderation and commitment to peace.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Ritz Carlton—Washington D.C.
1150 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
6:00pm - Reception
7:30pm - Program and Dinner
The event will be a black tie event.
Price : Ticket $ 250.00
For tables, sponsorships, and other information about the Gala, please contact us at (202) 887 0177 or e-mail us at gala_info@atfp.net.
The American Task Force on Palestine is happy to announce that it will be holding its Fifth Annual Gala on October 20, 2010.Each year, ATFP’s Annual Gala honors Palestinian Americans in recognition for their outstanding contributions to the United States. The 2010 Gala will award the following honorees:
Dr. Peter Mansoor, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) for Distinguished National Service;
Mrs. Naomi Shihab Nye for Excellence in the Arts;
Ms. Betty Shamieh for Excellence in the Performing Arts;
and Mr. Ghassan Salameh for Excellence in Business.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Give Keynote Address at ATFP Gala
Washington DC, Oct 14 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) is proud and honored to announce that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the keynote speaker at its Fifth Annual Gala which will be held in Washington DC on Wednesday, October 20. The Gala will be at the Ritz Carlton at 1150 22nd Street, NW, Washington, D.C., and is themed: “Building Palestine: the Indispensable State for Peace.”
At the Gala, ATFP will be honoring four outstanding Palestinian Americans: Colonel (Ret.) Peter Mansoor, Jr. Chair of Military History at Ohio State University; Naomi Shihab Nye, renowned poet and winner of numerous literary awards; Betty Shamieh, playwright, author, screenwriter and actor; and Ghassan Salameh, Senior Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton. The Gala will also feature a performance by acclaimed Palestinian-American comedienne Maysoon Zayid.
ATFP President Ziad Asali's Introduction for Sec. Clinton at Fifth Annual ATFP Gala
We are often told “It cannot be done!” How many of us have heard that? How many of us have given up without trying? How many of us have stopped to wonder what would have happened if we had not?
In this nation of immigrants, a country which celebrates new ideas and imagination, we learn to believe that our sons and daughters can do anything they want. However, who among us has been brave enough to want what has never been? And who among us has acted upon that desire?
Secretary Clinton has.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is the 67th Secretary of State but the only one who was ever First Lady. Presidential spouses can’t run for the Senate and they certainly can’t run for President themselves. However, in the words of Nelson Mandela, “It always seems impossible until it is done.”
Secretary Clinton was certainly destined for success as a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School. Those achievements alone have given a generation of women who have come behind her the courage to seek positions of leadership and strength.
However, she has sought to be so much more than a role model. She has transformed the way in which expectations are defined and achievement evaluated.
While others were discussing the glass ceiling in Wall Street and K Street, Hillary Clinton refused to be stopped by any ceiling. When so many tried to define her in terms of what other women have done, she chose to define herself in terms of what is asked of a leader. She has brought this courage to redefine the possible to her role as a national leader and a global diplomat.
Madam Secretary,
Throughout your distinguished public career, people have often said that your goals were impossible. Yet with boundless courage and tireless drive, you beat long odds and overcame overwhelming obstacles.
The Palestinians too are creating something which is difficult, they too chafe against a history which has discouraged veering from its path, and they too are being told that it cannot be done. Like people everywhere, Palestinians simply deserve a country where they can be first-class citizens. They have taken upon themselves the responsibility of building the institutions, and the state, of Palestine, the indispensable state for peace. Your bold statement that our country must assure that the “Palestinians build the institutions of their future state, an effort which must continue during the negotiations” is one that we at ATFP applaud and support without reservation.
Our legacy as we help them establish their state, by ending the occupation and the conflict, may also seem impossible until it is done.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton 's Remarks To the American Task Force on Palestine
ATFP President Ziad Asali's Introduction for Sec. Clinton at Fifth Annual ATFP Gala
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton 's Remarks To the American Task Force on Palestine
ATFP's Fifth Annual Gala 2010: Building Palestine, the Indispensable State for Peace
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