The Foundation is a national non-profit dedicated to strengthening relations between ethnic communities. We are committed to the belief that direct, face-to-face dialogue between ethnic communities is the most effective path towards the reduction of bigotry and the promotion of reconciliation and understanding.

 

 

 

 


Photos from the
Seventh Annual Interethnic Congressional Awards Ceremony and Reception

 

Fraser Shelton
Edie Fraser, President, Business Women's Network,
Larry Kopp, Executive Director, The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and Congresswoman
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Mr. Hilary Shelton, Director, NAACP Washington Bureau
and 2006 co-sponsor


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Frances Nam, Vice President of Government Relations, Sodexho, USA
Tara Wall, Director of Outreach Communications,
Republican National Committee


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(L-R) Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, Chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressman Raúl Grijalva, 2nd Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Recipient of the “2006 Interethnic Congressional Award”,
and Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of The Foundation for
Ethnic Understanding
(L-R) Congressman Charles Rangel, Congressman David Wu, Recipient of the “2006 Interethnic Congressional Award”, and Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
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(L-R) Rabbi Marc Schneier, Congressman Raúl Grijalva,
2nd Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Recipient of the “2006 Interethnic Congressional Award”, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Conference and Recipient of the “Interethnic Congressional Award”, Shai Franklin, Executive Director, American Sector, World Jewish Congress, and Lawrence Kopp, Executive Director of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
(L-R) Congressman Mel Watt, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Elijah Cummings, former Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus and Recipient of the “2006 Interethnic Congressional Award”, and Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
Singer Towns
(L-R) Dr. Israel Singer, Chairman of the World Jewish Congress, Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and Guest
Congressman Edolphus Towns,
"2006 Brenda Pillars Congressional Staff Award" recipient and Executive Director of the Congressional Black Caucus, Paul Brathwaite, and Executive Director of
The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, Larry Kopp
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Voncent Eng, Deputy Director of the
Asian American Justice Center

Governor Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
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Kadian Powell, Coordinator, Leadership Program,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Education Department
Lynn Williams, Director, Community and Leadership Initiatives, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Education Department,
and a Congressional Staffer

 
   

 

 

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The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding was founded in 1989 by Rabbi Marc Schneier and the late Joseph Papp.
We are committed to the belief that direct, face-to-face, dialogue between leaders of ethnic communities is
the most effective path toward the reduction of bigotry and the promotion of reconciliation and understanding.

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