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The Board of Directors for

The South Asian Chamber of Commerce

Cordially invite you to their

18th Anniversary Gala

An Evening Celebrating…

Diamonds & Diplomacy

Keynote Speaker

Joanne King Herring

Author of Diamonds And Diplomacy

6:30 Social Hour

7:30 Program & Award Ceremony

The Junior League of Houston- Ball Room

1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston, Texas 77027

Sponsorship level and Ticket information:

Platinum Sponsorship $ 5,000

Gold Sponsorship $ 2,500

Silver Sponsorship $1,500

Bronze Sponsorship $1,000

Individual Tickets $ 100.00

Please RSVP to Shenila Naseem : Shenila@aol.com

or

Maria Kirkland

Mkirkland@yhlawfirm.com / 713-621-8900

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Joanne King Herring

The Dame, The Knight, The Ambassador

The international socialite, global political activist and former Texas television anchor, Joanne King Herring is known for her improbable fight with the Mujahedeen against the former Soviet Union. But her full story – with all its God, guns and Gucci glory – is even more remarkable. Born in a man’s world at a time when women had limited choices, Joanne King Herring blazed a trail with allies as unlikely as Charlie Wilson, Pierre Cardin and President Ronald Reagan, and in so doing forged new paths for women in Pakistan, Afghanistan and America. Now she is doing it again – this time without guns. Joanne has a plan to rebuild Afghanistan one village at a time through food, water and education. Currently, her Marshall Plan Charities group is building a model village in Northern Afghanistan to prove that an entire village of 10,000 people can be structured for the cost of keeping one soldier in the field for a year. She is determined to bring American troops home and equip Afghanistan to stand on its own. Her book, Diplomacy and Diamonds was also featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Observer, the New York Social Diary and PW Weekly.

You can read more about her work in Afghanistan and her book at www.joanneherring.com.