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SUMMARY:22nd Annual Unity Dinner 2023
DESCRIPTION:Indo-American Community Federation (IACF-USA) was co-founded by Jeevan Zutshi in the year 1994 as the first Indo-American organization to build bridges with mainstream organizations\, diverse leadership groups\, think tank and public officials. The Unity Dinner celebrates unity in diversity and the achievements of community leaders in our local community after 9/11/01 to promote unity in diversity and address serious community issues.  IACF is proud to have celebrated 25th anniversary on March 22\, 2019. \nUnity through Diversity: Reclaiming a Sense of Connection \nFriday\, April 21\, 2023 (5:00 PM to Midnight) \nat the India Community Center\, 525 Los Coches Street\, Milpitas\, CA. \nMaster of Ceremonies: Dr. Raj Salwan\, Councilmember\, City of Fremont\, CA \nCo- Master of Ceremonies: Rakhi Israni\, Esq.\, President of Excel Test and a Public Relations Director for Sewa International. \nProgram: \n5:00 pm to 6:15 pm \nPanel discussion: The Rise in Gun Violence and the impact on our Youth  \nModerator: Anjali Shaykher Zutshi\, Esq.  \nIntroduction by: Shyla Zutshi \nAnjali is National Security Law Attorney at National Nuclear Security Administration\, U.S. Department of Energy. \nPanelists: \nTeresa Keng\, City of Fremont Councilmember \nJeff Rosen\, Santa Clara District Attorney \nDesrie Campbell\, City of Fremont Council member \nFish Stark\, Head of Program & Curriculum at Ever Scouts \nDr. Harmesh Kumar\, Licensed Psychologist \nRagini Vecham\, Parent representative \n– 5:50 pm to 6:00 pm: Address by San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan \n– 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm: “Tim Reilly – The Canyon Band” & Host bar and Dinner \n– 7:15 pm: National Anthems by Manasa Gadepalli \n– 7:20 pm: Introduction of IACF Board by Dr. Ramesh Konda\, President \n– 7:24 pm: “Why growth requires Diversity?” by Sanjiv Goyal\, Chairman\, Droisys \n– 7:29 pm: Address by Jeevan Zutshi\, Chairman\, IACF-USA \nIntroductions  \nConsul General of India Ambassador\, Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad \nCongressman Ro Khanna represented by Tom Pyke \nState Senator (CA-15)\, Dave Cortese \nPatti Cortese\, Eastside Union H.S. District \nState Senator (Former)\, Bob Wieckowski \nAssemblymember (CA-25)\, Ash Kalra \nAssemblymember (CA-24)\, Alex Lee \nMayor\, City of San Jose\, Matt Mahan \nMayor\, City of Milpitas\, Carmen Montano \nMayor\, City of Newark\, Michael K. Hannon \nNewark Former Mayor Al Nagy and Mrs Connie Nagy \nFremont City Mayor Lily Mei \nMayor\, City of Tracy\, Nancy Young represented by Mr. James Young \nMayor\, City of Santa Clara\, Lisa Gillmor \nMayor (Former) Milpitas\, Rich Tran \nMayor (Former) Cupertino\, Darcy Paul \nSanta Clara City Vice Mayor\, Kevin Park \nVice Mayor\, City of Milpitas \, Evelyn Chua \nCouncilmembers\, City of Fremont\, Dr. Raj Salwan\, Teresa Keng\, Teresa Cox \nBoard President\, Alameda County Water District\, Paul Sethy \nCouncilmember\, City of Santa Clara (District 1)\, Kathy Watanabe \nCouncilmember\, City of Oakland\, Janani Ramachandran \nCouncilmember Arjun Batra\, City of San Jose and Mrs. Batra \nCouncilmember (District 3)\, Murali Srinivasan\, City of Sunnyvale \nAlameda County Supervisor (CA-1)\, David Haubert \nSanta Clara County Board Supervisor (District 3)\, Otto Lee \nSanta Clara County Supervisor (District 4) – Board President\, Susan Ellenberg \nSanta Clara County Supervisor (District 2) – Cindy Chavez – Betty Duong\, Esq.\, Chief of Staff \nFremont Police Chief Sean Washington \nSanta Clara County Board of Education Trustee (Area 2) Tara Sreekrishnan \nSenior Assistant District Attorney and Policy Chief\, Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Cynthia Chandler \nMilpitas Unified School District Board of Education Trustee Anu Nakka \nMilpitas Unified School District Board of Education President Chris Norwood \nCommissioner to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans\, Native Hawaiians\, and Pacific Islanders Ajay Bhutoria \nSanta Clara Human Rights Commissioners Pranjali Dani\, Mita Dey\, Robert Cheykin \nMilpitas Planning Commissioner Dipak Awasthi \nMarie Bernard\, Executive Director\, Sunnyvale Community Services \nJoined by Prof. Bruce Paton\, Board member\, Leadership Sunnyvale \n  \n– 7:37 pm: Joe Johal \n– 7:39 pm: Address by Consul General of India Dr. Nagendra Prasad \n– 7:45 pm:  Introduction of Community leaders by Rakhi Israni\, Esq. \nHindu American Foundation (HAF) \nFoundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) \nHindu Swayam Sewak Sangh (HSS) \nSewa International \nBAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir\, Milpitas\, CA \n– 7:52 pm: Guest Speaker and Presentation by Hindu American Foundation (HAF) \n– 8:02 pm: Honored Speaker – CA State Senator Dave Cortese \n– 8:08 pm: Honored Speaker Susan Ellenberg\, President\, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors \n– 8:13 pm: Fashion Show by Frontier Heritage Fremont \n– 8:20 pm: IACF-USA Honorees \nDeepak Ganju\, Lifetime Achievement award \nFremont Police Chief Sean Washington\, Public Safety Official of the year \nThe Urban League of Greater San Francisco Bay Area\, Community organization of the year \nSanjiv Bhandari\, Prominence in the field of Architecture \n– 8:35 pm: Hispanic Ballet Folklorico by Martha Alvarez \n– 8:45 pm: Keynote address by Dr. Tae Yun Kim\, Motivational speaker and founder of Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions\, Inc. \n– 9:00 pm: Free drawing for fantastic prizes donated by Dr. Tae Yun Kim \n– 9:15 pm: Dance performance by students of Aero Dance Academy Director: Ranjani Manda \nIntroduction by Vijaya Aasuri\, AIA and BATA leader \n– 9:25 pm: Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks by Dr. Ramesh Konda\, IACF-USA President \n– 9:30 pm onwards:  Yeh Shaam Mastani organized by Prasad Mangina and Veeru Vuppala\, BATA Karaokee \n  \nLive Bollywood music 🎵 concert by popular Bay Area singers \nVideography & Photography by Sachin \nMedia Sponsors: \nTri-City Voice \nRadio Zindagi \nIndica News \n  \nEvent Sponsors: \nComcast \nDr. Tae Yun Kim\, Motivational speaker and the founder of Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions \nDeepak Ganju\, Managing Director\, Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management \nDroisys\, Inc.\, a leading Software company \nWashington Hospital Healthcare System \nBay Area Community Health (BACH) \nAlameda County Supervisor Dave Haubert \nDr. Raj Salwan\, City of Fremont Councilmember \nDr. Dharam P. Salwan\, Salwan Properties \nAssociation of Indo-Americans (AIA) \nDr. Dalvir Pannu\, Pannu Dental \nHindu American Foundation (HAF) \nFoundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) \nHindu Swayam Sewak Sangh (HSS) \nSewa International \nBAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir\, Milpitas\, CA \nDr. Harmesh Kumar\, Licensed Psychologist \nKishore Pallapothu\, Entrepreneur \nTeresa Keng\, City of Fremont Councilmember \nAshok and Pushpa Saraf \nDr. Vijay Chowdhury \nJoe Johal \nYou are also invited to join IACF leaders on the Senate floor at the California State Capitol on Monday\, April 24\, 2023\, as the State of California celebrates IACF’s Unity Day.  RSVP with your full name and contact information. \nFor additional information\, feel free to contact anyone of us: \nMr. Jeevan Zutshi\, jeevanzutshi@aol.com\, (510) 589-3702 \nDr. Ramesh Konda\, rameshkonda.phd@gmail.com\, (510) 565-2495 \nMr. Amit Goel\, Amit@droisys.com\, (415) 706-8643 \nMr. Shashi Sharma\, Shashisharma1@gmail.com\, (408) 569-3396 \nDr. Naresh Sharma\, nareshcsharma@yahoo.com\, (408) 206-3330 \nDr. Subhash Garg\, Sooku@yahoo.com\, (702) 308-6339 \nDr. Harmesh Kumar\, harmeshkumar@sbcglobal.net\, (925) 285-9881
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LOCATION:The India Community Center\, 525 Los Coches Street\, Milpitas\, CA.
CATEGORIES:22nd Annual Unity Dinner 2023
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