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The Chicago Consular Corps held the annual Chicago Consular Corps grand gala and fundraiser, hosted by the Chicago Sister Cities International and World Business Chicago at the Chicago Hilton Towers Dec. 15.
The event attracted international guests from 85 foreign and honorary consulates in Chicago as well as well-known leaders from Chicago’s business, civic and cultural communities.
Among the guests at the gala, christened “A Tribute to Our Global Partners”, were Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his wife Amy Rule, Dean of the Consular Corps of Chicago Philip Pittsford and his wife Patricia Maza-Pittsford, who were the chief guests for the evening and W. James McNerney Jr. chairman of Boeing, who received the Global Citizen Award.
The evening had more than 600 people in attendance and raised more than $900,000. Proceeds from the gala have been earmarked to support the work of Chicago Sister Cities International, World Business Chicago and fund Chicago Consular Scholarships at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
At the gala, Ambassador Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General of India in Chicago, outlined his efforts in garnering scholarships for the young students through the Chicago Consular Corps scholarship programs. Sayeed was commended for his active involvement in other Chicago Consular Corps initiatives, including International Peace Day, and CPR demonstrations with the Chicago Medical Society.
Smita Shah, chairperson of the Delhi-Chicago Sister Cities Committee International, said, “the gala fostered a unique opportunity to bring together consuls general of over 85 countries based in Chicago to help forge a more meaningful relationship between the global corporate leaders and the consulates to focus on profound humanitarian issues.”
Niranjan Shah, a community senior, who is credited for efforts to lay the foundation for the Chicago Indian-American community to showcase its growing y strength, said that he was gratified that the Chicago continues “to showcase the finest band of the diplomatic corps and their spirited efforts to interconnect Chicago and the world.”
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