On behalf of Samasource, it is with great pleasure that we invite you to take part in the 3rd Annual Give Work Gala. This black tie evening, focused on the theme of Work for Women, will take place on Friday, November 4th, 2011 at Mezzanine in San Francisco.
Your Master of Ceremonies, Baratunde Thurston, The Onion’s Director of Digital and the author of How to be Black will entertain you...
[read more] On behalf of Samasource, it is with great pleasure that we invite you to take part in the 3rd Annual Give Work Gala. This black tie evening, focused on the theme of Work for Women, will take place on Friday, November 4th, 2011 at Mezzanine in San Francisco.
Your Master of Ceremonies, Baratunde Thurston, The Onion’s Director of Digital and the author of How to be Black will entertain you through the evening. Sheryl WuDunn, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, serves as our honorary chair.
Buy tickets now at
http://samasource.org/gala/tickets/
• Headliner performance by Les Nubians.
• Live Charity Auction with prizes to tempt discerning global jetsetters.
• Open Bar featuring some of our favorite Sama Cocktails.
• Tantalizing hors d’oeuvres, dinner buffet and dessert. Highlights include: Duck and Fig, Sweet Potato Cup with Juniper Cured Arctic Char, Cabernet Braised Boneless Short Rib, Dark Chocolate, Caramel and Maldon Salt Pâté Breton Tarts, and much more
• VIP experience includes door-to-door transportation in a private Uber car stocked with bubbles within SF city limits.
• Professional childcare service available.
• Beats by DJ Atish, who is gaining global attention for his sophisticated approach to melodic underground music.
• Remarks by Diana Muthee-Gitiba, one of Samasource’s most successful entrepreneurs and CEO of Adept, one of Samasource’s Delivery Centers in Nairobi.
Celebrate Samasource’s successful efforts to combat poverty by paying out more than $1,000,000 to more than 1,500 workers for performing dignified microwork. This year, Samasource hopes to raise $300,000 in support of work programs for marginalized women and youth in East Africa, South Asia, and Latin America.
I hope that you will join us and make a commitment to become a part of this tremendous new movement to give work to the people who need it most.
TICKETS & MORE INFORMATION:
http://samasource.org/gala/
CONTACT: (800) 521-6717 or
gala@samasource.org
COST: Individual tickets are $125, VIP tickets are $500 (VIP cocktail party, live auction, hosted service). Sponsorships start at $2,500.
