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AWUM FROM THE HEART 2021
October 2021
Highlights included keynote speaker Veena Iyer, (Executive Director of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota), a powerful testimonial from a former participant, musical presentations by Minnesota-based, globally recognized musicians Pagnia Xiong and Alicia Thao.
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Acknowledgement also goes to the following contributors of the gala: Sipra Jha, Hao Nguyen, Claudia Waring, Hlee Lee-Kron, Jim Lee, and
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Yeng Yang. And, to our donors: without your generous and heartfelt support, AWUM cannot serve the families who come to us for help. Your gifts in total surpassed our event goal, raising over $12K for the gala! Thank you so much.
To view the 2021 gala program, please go to: youtu.be/kW1qTOoX1s4