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2022 Program Handouts:
2022 Invitation:
You are invited to . . .
VABAW’s 18th Annual Banquet – In Person!
ON
Monday, November 7, 2022
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Triple Door
216 Union Street
(Downtown Seattle)
Get your tickets at: https://vabaw2022.eventbrite.com
Or email VABAW to become a sponsor: VABAWpresident@gmail.com
Are you tired of only zoom meetings and virtual events? Well, so are we! Zoom out and reconnect with VABAW at our first in-person banquet since the start of the COVID pandemic. We hope that you will join us for a return to The Triple Door for some good food, good music, and meeting up with good friends! We’ll also raise some funds for next year’s planned programs. You do not have to be a lawyer or law student to attend!
5:30 PM - Cocktails / Arrival
6:00 PM - Program Begins
Dinner: Beef Entree or Vegetable Curry
MUSICAL GUEST: Paper Nova
FASHION SHOW DESIGNER: Minh Tran Kalas
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Julie Pham (see bio and photo below)
Tickets include admission, dinner & 2 drink tickets (CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS)
General Admission ($100) (= $92.25 + $7.75 fees)
Discounted Admission ($75) (= $68.76 + $6.24 fees)
Discounted admission is for VABAW Members, Students, Judges, Small and Solo Firms, Government, and Non-Profits
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JULIE PHAM
Dr. Julie Pham is the founder and the CEO of CuriosityBased, an organizational development firm based in Seattle. She is a writer and her books include the #1 Amazon New Release and Bestseller 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work (2022) and Their War: The Perspectives of the South Vietnamese Military in the Words of Veteran-Émigrés (2019). She has contributed to Forbes.com, the Seattle Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Crosscut, and South Seattle Emerald. Dr. Pham was born in Saigon, Vietnam and came to the US with her parents as boat people in 1979. Her parents, Kim and Hằng Phạm, founded Người Việt Tây Bắc newspaper in 1986 and she managed it in 2008-2010 during the recession.
Musical Guest: Paper Nova
Paper Nova was formed in 2013, this diverse Seattle band pulls from multiple music genres, creating catchy and quirky tunes. Listening to their music takes you through themes, like a cinematic soundtrack. From bittersweet down-tempo melodies to introspective upbeat grooves, Paper Nova has a sound that is new yet familiar.
Combined with solid instrumentals from the band, elegant female vocals carry the songs with clever, meaningful motifs.
Stay tuned for more details on the upcoming program!
Lotus bridge artwork courtesy of: ambilight PNG Designed By 千图网 at https://pngtree.com
Computer image used with permission
2022 Photo Gallery:
VABAW BOARD — From left to right: Cameron Carlson (Treasurer), Kristin Tan (Board Member), Joanne Kalas (President), Julie Do (Seattle University School of Law), Stephanie Ngo (Student Liaison, UW School of Law), David Tran (Board Member), Furhad Sultani (Board Member), Board Members not pictured: Amy Phan Taylor (Immediate Past President), John Meyers (Secretary)
VABAW Board and Minh Tran Kalas (this year’s fashion show designer) — From left to right: Stephanie Ngo (Student Liaison, UW School of Law), Julie Do (Seattle University School of Law), Minh Tran Kalas (Fashion Show Designer), Joanne Kalas (President), David Tran (Board Member), Kristin Tan (Board Member), Cameron Carlson (Treasurer), Board Members not pictured: Amy Phan Taylor (Immediate Past President), John Meyers (Secretary), Furhad Sultani (Board Member)
FASHION SHOW — From right to left: Fashion Show Designer (Minh Tran Kalas), VABAW President (Joanne Kalas), Fashion Show Models: Ada Wong (VABAW Past President), Tsechu Dolma (UW Law), Stephanie Do (UW Law), Grace Cowan (Seattle U Law), Nicole Penn (UW Law), Julie Do (Seattle U Law), Michelle Pham (VABAW Past President), Nancy Pham (VABAW Past President), Jacqueline Nguyen (UW Law), Melanie Nguyen (VABAW Past President), Emily Vo (UW Law).
Fashion Show Backstage
