On September 30th, 2010, The History Project invites you to celebrate Boston's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) history and to join us in honoring the community members and organizations who make history every day.
Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and dessert will be served.
6:00 - 8:30 p.m. | Boston Athenaeum | 10 1/2 Beacon Street | Boston
WGBH's Jared Bowen to emcee the 2010 HistoryMaker Awards
The History Project is excited to announce that the emcee for our
2010 HistoryMaker Awards is Jared Bowen, Emmy-winning reporter with
WGBH-TV's nightly news magazine program, Greater Boston.
Jared Bowen is an Emmy-winning reporter with WGBH-TV’s nightly news magazine program Greater Boston with Emily Rooney. Jared’s coverage takes him from breaking news to politics to arts and culture. In his regular Center Stage segments, Jared covers the latest in the Boston area’s theater, art, music, dance and film scenes. He is a member of the Elliot Norton Awards Selection Committee recognizing achievement in Boston theater. He also serves on the Board of Governors for the Boston/New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
In over a decade with WGBH, Jared has produced four news documentaries
for Greater Boston, and he produced the first three seasons of the station’s
Eye on Education initiative. He’s won two New England Emmy awards
for his arts reporting.
Jared began his career at Dateline NBC in New York and is a graduate
of Emerson College where he also won several Associated Press Awards.
Please join us in celebrating Boston's LGBTQ community!
Tickets are $100 before August 15th
$125 after August 15th
Space is limited!
To purchase tickets online:
1. Visit our online donations page at Wainwright Bank.
2. Scroll down to enter the total amount of your ticket purchase.
3. Be sure to enter "HistoryMakers Tickets" and the name(s) of the ticketholder(s)
in the "Special Instructions" section.
Do NOT click the box marked "Anonymous!"
4. Follow the instructions to proceed to checkout.
5. Please include your email address to receive confirmation of your purchase.
6. We'll confirm your purchase after we've received it. Thank you!
To order tickets by phone, or if you have any questions:
Call Andrew Elder at 617.266.7733
and have your credit card information handy.
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2010 Host Committee | Kevin Batt | Bruce Bell & George Smart
Libby Bouvier & Andrea Devine | Michael Connolly & John Smith
Orlando Del Valle & Roland St. Jean | Amit Dixit | Harris J. Elder
Patricia Gozemba & Karen Kahn | Anthony Grima & Peter Muise | Kevin Hepner
Neal Kane & Charles Schoonmaker | Stewart Landers | Kenneth Mayer | Pat Ould
Warren Seamans |Andrea Still Gray & Julie Gray | Ernie Torgerson | Donald Yasi
The 2010 Awards
The HistoryMaker Award is presented to an individual or organization
whose lifetime achievements have had a significant and
positive effect on Boston's GLBT communities.
This year we will honor
The Gay Community News (GCN) Collective
Gay Community News members, early 1980s
The Lavender Rhino Award is presented to
an emerging activist
or organization whose
impact on the local GLBT communities
deserves recognition.
This year we will honor activist and community-leader Adaora Asala, afrofeminist writer, social commentator, and non-profit social media strategist at Spectra Speaks, and founder of Queer Women of Color and Friends (QWOC+ Boston), the host committee of QWOC Week, and the first multicultural social networking group for LGBTQ women of color and allies in New England.
Adaora Asala
See photos from the 2009 reception and award winners
If you'd like to learn how you can join the Host Committee
for the 2010 HistoryMaker Awards,
email andrew.elder@historyproject.org or call 617.266.7733.
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