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Lifting Girls Up

2022 Gala and College Shower

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

6:00–9:00 pm 
Cipriani • 25 Broadway, New York, NY

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Evening Program

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Opening Performance

  • Arielle Jacobs • "A Whole New Story" from Broadway’s Between the Lines

 

Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Abbi Crutchfield, Gala Host

  • Cali Cole, Girls Inc. of NYC Board Chair 

  • Susan Axelrod, Gala Committee Chair • Girls Inc. of NYC Board member

 

Honoree Award Presentation

  • Tanya Clark Robinson, Girls Inc. of NYC Board Member

  • Thasunda Brown Duckett, President and CEO of TIAA • 2022 Gala Honoree 

 

Girls Inc. of New York City Impact Statement

  • Pamela Maraldo, CEO 

  • Leila Mohamed, Girls Inc. of NYC Alumna

 

College Shower Presentation

  • April Williams, Vice President of Programs, Girls Inc. of NYC     

  • Anita Dugbartey, 2022 College Shower Honoree Speaker

 

Honoree Award Presentation

  • La La Anthony, Actress and Philanthropist • 2022 Gala Honoree

 

DINNER

 

Honoree Award Presentation

  • Joyce Phillips, Girls Inc. of New York City Board Member 

  • Janice Ellig, CEO of Ellig Group • 2022 Gala Honoree

  • Pamela Maraldo, CEO of Girls Inc. of New York City

  • Beatrice Dixon, Founder and CEO of The Honey Pot Company • 2022 Gala Honoree 

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Closing Performance by Smashworks

Thank you for supporting Girls Inc. of New York City.
All proceeds will go toward our life-transforming programs for girls and young women across New York City.

2022 Gala Honorees

2022 College Shower Student Honorees

Aisha Malik

Akeena Hall

Alisha Hassan

Anita Dugbartey

Anyah Ferra

Edna Sam

Esha Iftikhar

Ethel Kabore

Gianee Wilson

Izabella Tandlmayer

Jane Ambrose 

June Rahman

Kiara Walters

Kimora Wright

Kristen Greaves

Orchy Chanda

Pamela Saint Louis

Rosa Galvez

Saa’niya Poole

Shamima Ruhi

Shatoni Bailey

Sierra Cole

Sumaira Irshad

Viulka De Jesús Cruz 

Yuneydy Paredes

2022 Gala Host

Abbi Crutchfield
Host of Hulu's Up Early Tonight
Actor, Writer, Comedian

Fundraising Host

Erin Ward

Performers

Arielle Jacobs
Star of new Broadway show Between the Lines

Smashworks Dance Company

2022 Gala Host Committee

 

Susan Axelrod, Chair

Cali Cole, Board Chair

Arielle Lapiano

Natalia Masten

Meredith Meyer

Jill Shuck Taylor

Takkai Wang

2022 Gala Honorary Committee

 

Angell Conwell

Carolyn Minick-Mason

Stephanie Ruhle

Michelle Smith

Alfre Woodard

Thank you to our generous sponsors.

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Thank you to these generous individual sponsors.

BOLD

Cali Cole

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SMART

Tanya Clark Robinson

Susan Axelrod

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STRONG

Stacy Gordon

Meredith Meyer

Margaret Rienecker

Susan Pollack

Jill Shuck Taylor

Thank you to this generous in-kind donor at the Trailblazer level.
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Thank you to these generous in-kind donors.

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THE NEW SAVANT

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