ASHA for Women

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Join us to celebrate and support ASHA for Women’s  21st Annual GALA!

When: Saturday, September 18, 2010, at 6 p.m.
Where: George’s Restaurant
3rd floor, Johnson Center,
George Mason University,
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22030

Keynote Speaker: Geeta Patel, Ph.D

Geeta Patel is Associate Professor of Studies in Women and Gender at UVA. Her book Lyrical Movements, Historical Hauntings: Gender, Colonialism and Desire in Miraji’s Urdu Poetry, reads a renegade writer through nationalism, gender, sexuality, and grief in twentieth-century Urdu poetic movements. Her work, circling around prose and poetry in Sanskrit, Urdu, Hindi, Braj and Awadhi, includes translation and short personal pieces. Her theoretical stance is fashioned in her most recent manuscript Gendering the Global Nation.

Chief Guest: Dr. Rohini Anand

Dr. Anand is Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer at Sodexo Corporation

An evening of Fine Dining, courtesy of SODEXO Corporation and fantastic raffle items.

Honorary Gala Chair and Master of Ceremonies: Sheela Murthy

Maryland’s Top 100 Women-2009

Top Minority Business Entrepreneur-2008

Tickets: $75

For sponsorship and ticket information contact: coordinator@ashaforwomen.org