A BENEFIT IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY
SERVICE AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS
Honoring with The 2011 Josephine S. Weiner Award for Community Service:
TOBY ARONS, NCJW/GDS Volunteer
WENDY WAGENHEIM,
Community Activist
THE JEWISH DENTAL CLINIC, A free clinic serving the Jewish
community founded
by the Detroit Alumni Chapter of Alpha Omega Dental
Fraternity
Boutiques 10:00-3:00, Lunch at Noon; Program at 12:45PM
Remarks
by Nancy K. Kaufman, CEO NCJW
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield,
MI
Keynote Speaker: Alexandria Pelosi
Alexandra Pelosi is an award winning documentary filmmaker and author. While she may have a familiar political name (her mother is Nancy Pelosi), Pelosi has become well known in her own right for her seven HBO documentary films. From the revealing, Emmy Award winning "Journeys with George" which followed George W. Bush on the presidential campaign trail to the empathetic "Homeless: Motel Kids of Orange County" which documented the lives of homeless children, Pelosi gives viewers an inside look at varied and diverse aspects of America.
Pelosi's latest film, "Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip," which premiered on HBO on July 4th took Pelosi to naturalization ceremonies in all 50 states where she met with the new citizens to discover why they chose America as their home.
Pelosi has authored two books: "Sneaking into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns into Freak Shows" and "The Citizen Project" as well as a companion book to her latest film highlighting a selection of the human interest stories of the new American citizens.