Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host Paige Wall were invited to come out to the YWCA Greater Los Angeles (YWCA GLA) 2014 The Rhapsody Ball Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Honorees
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, recently re-elected President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is the Academy’s first African-American president, will be recipient of the Silver Achievement Award. Sidney Poitier, the first black actor to win Best Actor Oscar will present the award to Ms. Isaacs. United Way of Greater Los Angeles President and CEO Elise Buik will also be honored with the Silver Achievement Award; the Xerox Corporation earning the Corporate Champion Award, to be accepted by Senior Vice President, SBU Operations for Southern California and Las Vegas, Ian O’Donnell.
Interviews from the Rhapsody Ball
At the event we spoke with honoree, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Dawan Owens of OWN’s “If Loving You Is Wrong” and Kathy Ireland. Click on the name to watch the video interview on your YouTube Channel or in the video playlist embedded below.
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About the The Rhapsody Ball Awards
The Ball is the organization’s main fundraising event which helps fund YWCA GLA assistance of the area’s most at-risk population, emancipated foster youth facing survival on their own with no resources and minimal training, and other underserved individuals in YWCA GLA’s program areas. Mavis Leno and YWCA GLA Ambassador Kathy Ireland co-chaired this event.
Photos from the Red Carpet
About the YWCA Greater Los Angeles
Founded in 1893, YWCA Greater Los Angeles addresses the emerging and ongoing needs of the greater Los Angeles area. As a women’s membership movement built on the mission of eliminating racism and empowering women, the organization celebrates more than 120 years of community service. YWCA Greater Los Angeles core initiatives include: Workforce Development, Child Development, Youth Development, Advocacy, Housing, Senior Programs, and Sexual Assault Crisis Services.
As a part of the national YWCA mission, we advocate for justice and dignity for all people. YWCA GLA is pioneering a model of community centers and housing – co-created with diverse stakeholders – to transform lives, build self-reliance and, ultimately, strengthen communities. For more info please visit http://www.ywcagla.org.
