IRVINE, CA – Global Peace Foundation, Inc. hosted a Women’s Leadership Summit and celebrated Mother’s and Father’s Day on June 1, here at Haveli Community Center here. Over 200 people attended the event. The program started with a welcome speech by Event Chair, Dr. Asmath Noor who welcomed the audience as well as speakers for the evening Dr. Anandhi Narasimhan; Sumati S Rao, Consul of Community Affairs at CGI-SF;
Pratima Doshi; Nalini Uka Solanki, Dr. Elham Madani ; Nitesh Patel, Council Member, City of La Palma; and Farah Khan Council Member, City of Irvine, and all the advisory board members, committee members, and the guests. The program started with singing of the American and Indian National Anthems by Sampurna Dube who was recognized with a certificate by the Consul of Community Affairs Sumati Rao and Kewal Kanda.
Harkishan Vasa grand sponsor and advisory board member of the foundation introduced singer Anjal Jain, who sang some Bollywood hits. Anjal was honored with a plaque by Farrah Khan. There were a few other great singers Subash Tolia and Henna Noor who mesmerized the audience with their sweet voices.
Councilman Nitish Patel and Sumati Rao congratulated the organizers for the hard work they had put in and appreciated the work they are doing in support of the community.
Dr. Manorama Gupta introduced the keynote speaker Dr Elham Madani; a film producer and actress. In her speech, she talked about human trafficking. Dr Anandhi Narasimhan discussed about sexual harassment which was well received by the audience. Pratima Doshi spoke about women’s issues.
Gupta then did a slide presentation on the vision of Global Peace Foundation, it’s past and future activities focusing on how the foundation helped needy families and children. She appealed to the audience to donate money and to volunteer. After the presentation Gupta and Noor introduced the committee members. Advisory Board members Ben Lai, Barry Simon, Dr Caren Rich, Dr Elham Madani, Junko Ishikawa, and Harkishan Vasa. She thanked all supporters for their support without which this function would not have been possible
Advisory Board members presented recognition plaques as well as certificates to the speakers, performers, and sponsors and thanked them for their valuable support.
Harkishan Vasa and Bhupesh Parekh were recognized with plaques as community fathers and community mothers’ honors went to Nalini Uka Solanki and Pammi Bevli.
Junko Ishikawa did a slide-show on the youth program. Youth who volunteered for the event were honored with recognition certificates by committee members. Students from Savitri Arts Academy Kept the audience entertained.
Harkishan Vasa grand sponsor and advisory board member of the foundation introduced singer Anjal Jain, who sang some Bollywood hits. Anjal was honored with a plaque by Farrah Khan. There were a few other great singers Subash Tolia and Henna Noor who mesmerized the audience with their sweet voices.
Councilman Nitish Patel and Sumati Rao congratulated the organizers for the hard work they had put in and appreciated the work they are doing in support of the community.
Dr. Manorama Gupta introduced the keynote speaker Dr Elham Madani; a film producer and actress. In her speech, she talked about human trafficking. Dr Anandhi Narasimhan discussed about sexual harassment which was well received by the audience. Pratima Doshi spoke about women’s issues.
Gupta then did a slide presentation on the vision of Global Peace Foundation, it’s past and future activities focusing on how the foundation helped needy families and children. She appealed to the audience to donate money and to volunteer. After the presentation Gupta and Noor introduced the committee members. Advisory Board members Ben Lai, Barry Simon, Dr Caren Rich, Dr Elham Madani, Junko Ishikawa, and Harkishan Vasa. She thanked all supporters for their support without which this function would not have been possible
Advisory Board members presented recognition plaques as well as certificates to the speakers, performers, and sponsors and thanked them for their valuable support.
Harkishan Vasa and Bhupesh Parekh were recognized with plaques as community fathers and community mothers’ honors went to Nalini Uka Solanki and Pammi Bevli.
Junko Ishikawa did a slide-show on the youth program. Youth who volunteered for the event were honored with recognition certificates by committee members. Students from Savitri Arts Academy Kept the audience entertained.
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