Sebastiaan Faber, Neal Rosenstein, Emilio Silva, and Marina Garde
Here is a video summary and a photo gallery of our Annual Celebration and Award Ceremony in New York City, May 9, 2015, at the Japan Society.
Photos by Len Tsou, Tony Graves, and Nancy Salame.
Fraser Ottanelli and Arturo Conde
Julia Silva
Joy Portugal and Randy Petsche
Ready for the reception, in Republican colors
Carnations with names of Spanish disappeared.
Filmmakers Pamela Yates and Paco de Onís with ALBA’s graphic designer Chris Yong
Floral arrangement
Sebastiaan Faber, Neal Rosenstein, Emilio Silva, and Marina Garde
Sebastiaan Faber & Emilio Silva
Perry Rosenstein
An ALBA member
Diane Drentlaw
Liana Katz
Dan Kaufman with Barbez and Velina Brown
The Internationale
Velina Brown and Pedro Pastor Guerra
Bookstore with volunteer Patricia Cazorla
Eunice Lipton with friend Ken
Ellyn Polshek and Helen Searing with friends
Susman family
Jonah Rubin
The ARMH delegation
Alyce Barr, volunteer, and Velina Brown
Jorge Moreno with volunteer Igor Moreno
Kim & Sebastiaan Faber with Judith Ross
Emma Daly, Emilio Silva, Stephanie Golob, and Marina Garde
Pedro Pastor Guerra and María Villar
Marina Garde and Pedro Pastor Guerra
Pablo and Simone
Evelyn Scaramella and Javier Rodríguez
Ángela and José Giral
Sebastiaan Faber
Emilio Silva
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