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SUMMARY:LWVW Holiday Luncheon (2024)
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for LWVW’s annual Holiday Luncheon! Mix and mingle with LWVW members and friends and then sit down to eat and enjoy listening to our keynote. Our program will also include a brief update on the election season from the Westchester County Board of Elections. \n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker: Westchester County Board of Legislators Chair Vedat Gashi*Topic: Overview of the State of the County \n\n\n\nVedat Gashi\, Westchester County Board of Legislators Chair\n\n\n\n*Vedat Gashi is the current Chair of the Westchester County Board of Legislators and represents District 4 (New Castle\, Ossining\, Somers\, Yorktown). He was born in Kosovo (formerly Yugoslavia) in 1978. At the age of 4\, he and his family fled the oppressive\, socialist regime to the United States. After graduating from Lakeland High School\, Gashi obtained a B.A. from Connecticut College\, and a J.D. from Seton Hall University. \n\n\n\nUpon passing the New York Bar\, Gashi joined the US/EU effort to help establish the newly formed state of Kosovo. Gashi was later nominated by the United Nations to serve as the Chief Legal Advisor to Kosovo’s Prime Minister. \n\n\n\nShortly after Kosovo declared independence\, Gashi returned to his home in the United States where he opened his own real estate legal practice in Yorktown Heights and in the Bronx. Currently\, Gashi lives and works in Yorktown\, with his wife and children. He joined the Rotary Club of Yorktown\, has been active in his kids’ school\, sports\, and scouting\, and is an active member of the Yorktown Democratic Party where he serves as a Democratic District Leader. \n\n\n\nPrice: $50/personAdjust quantities of luncheon tickets in your shopping cart after hitting the “Add to Cart” button and before entering payment information. \n\n\n\n  First and Last Name(s) of Attendee(s): Email Address(es):  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:PostMore\n				Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n				WhatsApp\n			Like this:Like Loading...
URL:https://lwvw.org/event/lwvw-holiday-luncheon-2024/
LOCATION:Manhattanville University (formerly Manhattanville College)\, East Library in Reid Castle\, 2900 Purchase Street\, Purchase\, NY\, 10577
CATEGORIES:Holiday Luncheon
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ORGANIZER;CN="League of Women Voters of Westchester":MAILTO:westchesterlwv@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:LWVW Holiday Luncheon (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for LWVW’s annual Holiday Luncheon! Mix and mingle with LWVW members and friends and then sit down to eat and enjoy listening to our featured speaker engage in casual conversation with LWVW President Kathy Meany. \n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker: Westchester District Attorney Miriam (Mimi) Rocah* \n\n\n\nMiriam (Mimi) Rocah\n\n\n\n*Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah has dedicated her life to pursuing justice for victims\, keeping our communities safe\, and working for a fairer criminal justice system for all. Guided by the principles of safety\, accountability\, integrity and justice\, DA Rocah leads an office with more than 120 Assistant District Attorneys\, 34 investigators\, and about 90 support personnel. As a daughter of victims of violent crimes\, DA Rocah\, who had a successful 16½-year career as a federal prosecutor\, is dedicated to fighting gun violence and extremism while investing in crime prevention and mental health programs.  DA Rocah served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice from 2001 to 2017 in the Southern District of New York (SDNY)\, where she oversaw the prosecution of organized crime\, gun traffickers\, corrupt public officials\, narcotics dealers\, sex traffickers\, and child predators. She is a recipient of the 2016 Women in Federal Law Enforcement Leadership Award. Under President Obama\, she was promoted in 2012 by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to Chief of the DOJ’s Westchester Division. In that position\, she served as primary liaison with law enforcement agencies and other prosecutorial offices including the Westchester County District Attorney’s office\, and coordinated and co-chaired multi-county task forces on specific public health and safety issues like the opioid overdose epidemic. She has organized and led numerous forums in Westchester County on public corruption\, sexual abuse and domestic violence\, and cybercrimes. DA Rocah was elected Westchester County District Attorney in November 2020 after running a successful grassroots campaign centered on modernizing the DA’s Office and rebuilding trust between law enforcement and the communities it serves. Before running for office\, DA Rocah was Pace University School of Law’s Distinguished Fellow in Criminal Justice and a legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC News. Prior to her career at SDNY\, DA Rocah clerked for Judge John Gleeson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York\, and Judge Chester J. Straub of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She was also a litigation associate at the law firm Cravath\, Swaine and Moore\, and a paralegal at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. A native of Chicago\, Illinois\, DA Rocah is a graduate of Harvard University and New York University School of Law. She is also an alum of the nationally-acclaimed NYC Urban Fellows Program\, a public policy fellowship where she completed her program with the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs. \n\n\n\nPrice: $50/personAdjust quantities of luncheon tickets in your shopping cart after hitting the “Add to Cart” button and before entering payment information. \n\n\n\n  First and Last Name(s) of Attendee(s): Email Address(es):  \n\n\n\nWe welcome audience questions. Please use the form below to submit as many as you like. \n\n\n\nLoading…\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:PostMore\n				Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n				WhatsApp\n			Like this:Like Loading...
URL:https://lwvw.org/event/lwvw-holiday-luncheon-2023/
LOCATION:Manhattanville University (formerly Manhattanville College)\, East Library in Reid Castle\, 2900 Purchase Street\, Purchase\, NY\, 10577
CATEGORIES:Holiday Luncheon
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