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The Allianz Foundation

for North America

congratulates Kramer Levin

Naftalis & Frankel LLP,

Ivy Cohen,

Jacqueline Bryk and

Victor Wong on being honored by

YouthBridge-NY

as well as the graduating Bridgers and

continuing Fellows of 2012.

It is a privilege and pleasure to join these distinguished

honorees in advancing the work of YouthBridge-NY. We are

proud to call YouthBridge-NY our partner in preparing a

new generation for leadership on diversity issues, thus

empowering young people to shape a more secure future

for all.

Honors

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Corporate Leadership Award

Ivy Cohen Community Service Award

Jacqueline Bryk Generation to

Generation Award

Victor Wong Distinguished Alum Award

and congratulates

Bridger Class of 2012 & Continuing Fellows

Special Performance by Peter Yarrow

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 6:00 pm

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

1177 Avenue of the Americas

Kramer Levin has long understood that its future as a top law firm depends on developing world-class attorneys with a wide range of perspectives. We therefore regard it as imperative that we maintain an environment where people from diverse backgrounds can flourish, both as lawyers and as individuals. In recent years, our diversity efforts have earned considerable recognition: MultiCultural Law Magazine named Kramer Levin a 'Top 100 Law Firm' for Diversity & Women for the fifth consecutive year in 2010. In Vault's 2012 Top 100 Law Firms ranking, Kramer Levin is ranked in the top 20 of the Best Law Firms for Overall Diversity, and ranked #3 with respect to LGBT. This distinction recognized our efforts for women, minorities and LGBT attorneys. Kramer Levin was honored by The Empire State Pride Agenda and was presented with the "Equality @Work" Award in 2009. This award is given to a company that has worked to create an inclusive work environment that respects, welcomes and supports LGBT professionals and empowers them to realize their potential. In the 2011 Corporate Equality Index, Kramer Levin received a top rating of 100. This is the fourth straight year Kramer Levin has been recognized with this distinction. Christopher Auguste, a partner at Kramer Levin, has served on the Board of Directors for YouthBridge-NY since 2009. He currently sits on the Development Committee and has been instrumental in creating a mentoring program that connects YouthBridge-NY board members to YouthBridge-NY alumni.

Honoree

Kramer Levin

Naftalis & Frankel LLP Corporate Leadership Award

Ivy Cohen is an accomplished executive and a results-driven civic leader. She has spent more than 20 years advising companies and management on how to build reputations across the US and around the globe for the past decade as president of Ivy Cohen Corporate Communications. Her clients and partners have included Procter & Gamble, DHL, KEEN, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Digitas Health, Frito Lay, MGM Studios, and Kraft Foods. For 10 years Ivy served as CEO of the nation’s most prominent youth empowerment and drug prevention organization, "Just Say No" International. Under her leadership more than one million youth in 50 states and 12 countries participated in school and community-based programs, including her landmark YOUTH POWER initiative. Ivy’s civic leadership was recognized in 2009 with PENCIL’s Innovative Partnership Award for creating the groundbreaking College Partnership Program™ for P.S. 247, a low-income Brooklyn elementary school serving a diverse immigrant community. She co-founded the Bay Area World Trade Center, chaired the City of Oakland’s International Trade and Foreign Investment Commission, chaired the JCRC of the Greater East Bay, co-chaired the professional women’s division of UJA-Federation of New York, and has been a legislative relations activist for the University of California-Berkeley. Ivy has served on the Board of Directors of YouthBridge-NY since 2005, chairing its strategic planning and program committees. Under her leadership the organization rolled out its second generation teen fellowship program and established ongoing evaluation as a tool for continual program improvement. Ivy holds a BA from the University of California-Berkeley and an MBA from Georgetown University.

Honoree

Ivy Cohen Community Service Award

Jacki Bryk is a rising Columbia University senior majoring in English and Comparative Literature, who aspires to a career in on-camera broadcast journalism. Jacki sits on the Executive Board of Directors of Columbia University Television (CTV), the University’s sole television station entirely run by students and for students. Jacki has served as Director of Public Affairs, Alumni Affairs and Publicity for CTV for the past three years. She hosts, directs, produces, edits, writes scripts and films her own show about college health called “Super U,” in which she broadcasts interviews with celebrity guests on popular wellness topics. Jacki has also acted as a red carpet and fashion correspondent for the CTV entertainment show, “Sofa” and has interviewed notable Hollywood stars and directors. Since 2009, Jacki has been an active member of New York Women in Communications (NYWICI), an organization that promotes leadership, skills and development for female communications professionals and students. She writes for NYWICI’s nextBlog and nywiciNext Magazine and serves on the organization’s Student Committee and its Integrated Marketing & Communications Committee. She leads the video team that covers major NYWICI student events and has been involved in its mentor-mentee program for two years. Jacki was awarded a 2011 NYWICI Scholarship and helped lead NYWICI’s coordination effort for its Student Career Conference last November. For four years, Jacki has freelanced as a literary and social media assistant to Lucette Lagnado, an investigative reporter for “The Wall Street Journal” and “New York Times” bestselling author. She has interned at the Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, NBC's the Weekend Today Show, NBC News London and E! News. In 2010, Jacki wrote an award winning essay which was published in the annual Columbia University Undergraduate Writing Program e-journal of superior student writings and which will be republished in the upcoming textbook edition of The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition, by Thomas Cooley. Jacki was a Youthbridge-NY Fellow from 2008-2009, rang the NY Stock Exchange Closing Bell with YouthBridge-NY in 2010 and since then has helped lead the effort to strengthen the YouthBridge-NY Alumni Association.

Honoree

Jacqueline Bryk Generation to Generation Award

Victor Wong is a Project Manager at the New York City Economic Development Corporation's Center for Economic Transformation, where he implements initiatives to promote the fashion/retail industry and attract international entrepreneurs in an effort to grow the City’s economy. He graduated from Harvard University in May 2011 with a BA in Sociology and a secondary field degree in Government. At Harvard, Victor was a competitive Ballroom and Latin dancer, a hip hop dance performer, an on-campus advocate for the DREAM Act, and a promoter of various charitable stunts. Most outrageously, Victor helped organize a team of undergraduates to run the Boston Marathon in burger and fry suits to raise over $17,000 for Back on My Feet, a national non-profit committed to promoting the self-sufficiency of homeless populations by way of running. A native New Yorker, Victor went to Stuyvesant High School, where he ran track, playfully crunched numbers on the Math Team, co-founded the Quiz Bowl Team, and organized and managed an afterschool peer tutoring program. Additionally, he was a YouthBridge-NY Fellow from 2005-2007, where he served on the Shared Resources for a Shared Future and Youth Summit committees. He now serves as a member of YouthBridge-NY's Alumni Planning Committee. In his free time, Victor enjoys playing the ukulele and training for marathons. He is also active in local politics and aspires to someday run for office in order to serve and represent his community.

Honoree

Victor Wong Distinguished

Alum Award

Jenny Choi Hunter College High School

Carolyn Collado

Mary Louis Academy

Xavier Contreras Bard High School Early College Queens

Victoria Elias

Bishop Ford Catholic High School

Sasha Gayle-Schneider Abraham Joshua Heschel High School

Erik Gustafsson

Archbishop Molloy High School

Chelsea Lopez Long Island City High School

Nyoka Newell

Bronx Engineering and Technology High School

Anika Rastgir Stuyvesant High School

Niasia Thomas

Nazareth Regional High School

Melissa Tropnas Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School

Stella Wong

Hunter College High School

GRADUATING BRIDGERS

AJWS: American Jewish World Services Sasha Gayle-Schneider American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism’s imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality. Crown Heights Community Mediation Center Victoria Elias The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center is a unique neighborhood institution that works to improve community problem-solving, collaboration, and intergroup relations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Department of Youth and Community Development Xavier Contreras and Chelsea Lopez The Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) was created in 1996 to provide the City of New York with high-quality youth and family programming. Our central task is administering available city, state, and federal funds to effective community-based organizations. Educational Alliance Carolyn Collado and Niasia Thomas The Educational Alliance is a community-based organization offering a wide range of programs that integrate education, social services, arts and recreation throughout Downtown Manhattan. We are a Jewish organization, serving people of diverse ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds who live, work and learn in their neighborhoods.

BRIDGER PROJECTS

Our Bridgers were placed in various non-profit organizations throughout NYC to implement

the skills they learned as Fellows.

Global Nomads Group Nyoka Newell and Stella Wong The Global Nomads Group's purpose is to foster dialogue and understanding among the world's youth. They serve as a vehicle for awareness, bridging the boundaries of cultural misconception and instilling in our audience a heightened appreciation and comprehension of the world in which we live. Global Potential Jenny Choi Our mission is to provide urban youth from low-income communities with the skills and perspective that enable them to effect positive change in their lives, communities, and the global community, through engagement in leadership training, social entrepreneurship, international cultural exchange and service learning. Sustainable Flatbush Melissa Tropnas and Anika Rastgir Sustainable Flatbush brings neighbors together to mobilize, educate, and advocate for sustainable living in our Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond. Urban Professor Erik Gustafsson At Urban Professor, we exist to translate, create, and deliver rich content and dynamic experiences, that resonate with and expose young leaders to this culture; taking them beyond where they’ve been, to inspire where they may go.

Gabriel Abdulla Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics

Lamia Aesha Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and Performing Arts

Benojir Amrin Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics

Jessica Belkin Baccalaureate School for Global Education

Khadijah Bhuiyan Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics

Nayo Brooks Uncommon Charter High School

Amir Elsamadisi The Razi School

Sabiha Farheen Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and Performing Arts

Marwa Hassan Fort Hamilton High School

Tiffany Indar Aviation High School

Yasiru Jayakody Stuyvesant High School

Kaitlyn Kalloo Bard High School Early College Queens

Darien Kauvar The Ramaz Upper School

Jing Jing Ma Hunter College High School

Tanjil Momo Aviation High School

Osita Nwaedozie Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics

Hannah Osman Abraham Joshua Heschel High School

Taylor Rochester Brooklyn Technical High School

Sander Siegel Abraham Joshua Heschel High School

CONTINUING FELLOWS

Cultural Eye Committee: Fellows spend the year working with a professional photographer to learn technical skills and gain a greater appreciation of diversity in their community. Fellows discuss and critique each other’s photography and create an end-of-year exhibit.

Jessica Belkin · Amir Elsamadisi ·

Sabiha Farheen · Tiffany Indar · Tanjil Momo Engaging Workplace Diversity Committee: Fellows are trained in workplace diversity and social responsibility in preparation for a six-week summer internship in a Human Resources department in a corporation or organization relevant to their interests.

Gabriel Abdulla · Benojir Amrin ·

Nayo Brooks · Marwa Hassan · Kaitlyn Kalloo · Darien Kauvar · Osita Nwaedozie

Shared Resources for a Shared Future Committee: Fellows have the opportunity to explore the world the grants and fundraising within the context of diversity and resource sharing. The committee is given money to distribute mini-grants and charged with creating an RFP. They receive applications from community-and-school-based organizations addressing education, health or immigration with diverse youth and through consensus building choose grant recipients.

Lamia Aesha · Khadijah Bhuiyan · Yasiru Jayakody · Jing Jing Ma ·

Hannah Osman · Taylor Rochester · Sander Siegel

YOUTHBRIDGE-NY COMMITTEES

YouthBridge-NY Board of Directors

Staff

Bob Kaplan

Executive Director

Karen Lander

Program Director

Hannah Weinerman

Program Coordinator

Santiago Mueckay

Program Assistant

Rukmini Nirahu

Social Work Intern

Abenaa Abboa-Offei, Chair*

Christopher Auguste

Claudia Baldonedo

Martin Bienenstock

Keith Brauer**

Ivy Cohen**

Pamela Fisher

Charlotte K. Frank

Robert Gee

Hector Gesualdo***

Tracey Gray-Walker

Marsha Haygood

Joel Levy

Grace Lyu-Volckhausen

Serafin U. Mariel

Patricia McGann

Michael S. Miller

Mohammad Razvi*

Nia Rock

Fatima Shama

Marc Suvall

Lorraine Watson

*YB-NY Officer **YB-NY Committee Chair ***Deceased

June 6, 2012 Dear Friends and Supporters, We want to welcome you all to this distinguished evening celebrating YouthBridge-NY, its Fellows, graduating Bridgers and our honorees. YouthBridge-NY creates opportunities for its diverse young leaders to learn about each other and appreciate our city’s diversity. Through the fellowship, these leaders grow and ultimately understand how they can solve problems together, making our city and its communities a better place for all. Tonight we also honor those who have stepped up in difficult times to ensure that YouthBridge-NY continues to play a pivotal role in our city’s present and future. We wish to thank Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Ivy Cohen, Jacqueline Bryk and Victor Wong for being part of making this evening such a tremendous success. We want to thank you for being partners in this important effort of empowering and inspiring YouthBridge-NY’s young leaders. It is only through these partnerships and your support that we can continue to make dreams become reality. Lastly, we would like to thank the board and staff of YouthBridge-NY for their tireless efforts and look forward to a continued relationship with all of you in the work and mission of YouthBridge-NY. Yours truly, Abenaa Abboa-Offei, Chair Rabbi Bob Kaplan, Director

The Tiger Baron

Foundation

is a

Proud Supporter

of

YouthBridge-NY

We applaud the ongoing efforts of YouthBridge-NY and

salute Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Ivy Cohen,

Jacqueline Bryk and Victor Wong for helping make this

organization a huge success.

The Jewish Community

Relations Council of NY

is proud to support

YouthBridge-NY

and recognize the 2012 Honorees

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Ivy Cohen

Jacqueline Bryk

and

Victor Wong

and

the Graduating Bridgers

& Continuing Fellows

Alan S. Jaffe

President

Michael S. Miller

Executive Vice-President & CEO

Congratulations and Best Wishes to the

Graduating Bridgers & Continuing Fellows

and to the distinguished honorees

Kramer Levin Naftalis

and Frankel LLP

Ivy Cohen

Jacqueline Bryk

Victor Wong

Fondly, Dr. Charlotte K. Frank

To Our Wonderful Daughter

Jacki,

We are so proud of you!

Your recognition

for so many early

achievements in the field of

media and television

is richly deserved.

We know that you will make

every minute count and

accomplish great things in the

future!

So much love,

Mom and Dad

- Laurie and Eli Bryk

Congratulations from Medgar Evers College

The City University of New York

To our Amazing Sister Jacki,

We are so proud of your many scholarships, honors and

awards. You may be #5 in our line-up of so many siblings, but you will never get lost in the shuffle. The energy you generate is

inspiring!

Love, Lani and Jason,

Jordan and Caroline, Alyssa and Aaron, Diana and Joseph,

William, Grace and Caroline

Congratulations to

Victor Wong

and

Jacki Bryk

on your respective awards!

Working with both of you has been a wonderful experience

and we commend you for your inspiring personal successes.

We are proud to see that

YouthBridge-NY has continued to play a strong

role in your professional development, in shaping your

character and in your approach to life.

The YouthBridge-NY

Alumni Planning Committee

applauds the ongoing efforts of

in fostering

understanding and cooperation among

New York City youth

and

recognizes the

special contribution that

and

have made to the success of

YouthBridge-NY

Congratulations to

our Outstanding

Graduates

and to

YouthBridge-NY

You are Our Future

Harriet & Marc Suvall

Rabbi Bob Kaplan & Wendy Levinson

salute

YouthBridge-NY,

Graduating Bridgers & Continuing Fellows

and our Honorees

Kramer Levin Naftalis

& Frankel LLP

Ivy Cohen

Jacqueline Bryk

Victor Wong

Honoring

IVY COHEN

Whose commitment to diversity,

leadership & social justice

– in your everyday life and in your community activism –

is an inspiration to all of us

From your loving family,

Ami, Ben, Gabe and Sara

To my wonderful and beautiful granddaughter,

Jacki

Words cannot express how proud I am of all your significant accomplishments.

If only Poppy could be here with me,

to share my pride.

He surely knows, as I do, that you are

on your way to greatness!

So much love,

Ma Florence Wolf

Congratulations to the

YouthBridge-NY Bridger Class of 2012

and esteemed honorees

Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP

Ivy Cohen

Jacqueline Bryk

Victor Wong

Congratulations to

Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP

Ivy Cohen

Jacqueline Bryk

Victor Wong

Council of Peoples Organization

Fulfilling the “American Dream” for Immigrants

Fondly, Marsha Haygood

Congratulations to the

YouthBridge-NY’s 2012 Honorees

and

Graduating Bridgers

From Joel & Carol Levy

Congratulations

to the

Bridgers & Fellows

and to the

distinguished honorees

Patricia McGann

Congratulations and

Best Wishes

YouthBridge-NY

RUBENSTEIN

Howard J. Rubenstein

President

Lorraine P. Watson Special Assistant to the

President

Dear Fellows & Bridgers,

We are honored to have gotten to know

each of you over the course of the year.

Thank you for your dedication and

enthusiasm and we look forward to seeing

your leadership make New York City a

better place!

Karen, Hannah, Santiago & Rukmini

Congratulations

Ivy Cohen!

Vejay Lalla

Davis & Gilbert, LLP

To Jacqueline,

With Love &

Admiration

Uncle Manny

& Aunt Norma

Congratulations, Ivy!

Throughout our 37 years of friendship, you have been a

stellar example of a community service leader.

We even met while building an 8’ Liberty Bell for our

nation’s bicentennial!

I wish I could be there to celebrate with you in person.

With admiration and friendship always,

Nancy Paul

Congratulations to

our beloved

granddaughter

Jacki Bryk

on the award that she’s

receiving.

We are very proud of

her and her many

achievements.

David & Harriet Bryk

Mazel Tov Jackie

on your

YouthBridge

honor!

Love,

The Kapitos

In Memory of Our Beloved Father/Grandfather, Ramon O. Veliz,

who departed on February 28, 2012.

Through the messages you relayed throughout life you always instilled

the value of leadership and education, inspired, and applauded our successes. As you look on from above we will carry on your legacy

for the generations to come.

We proudly congratulate Xavier Contreras and fellow

2012 Bridger graduates.

We will always be proud of you! The future is full of "Promises of

Excellence-- a promise not to fail.”

Love, Mom and Dad

“A Night of

Celebration”

becomes a

lifetime of service and

leadership.

Congrats to the Grads

and to Bob Kaplan

Nancy Stern Scholem

Rabbi Moshe Edelman

Congratulations to

Victoria Elias

and

Melissa Tropnas

and all of the

graduates of 2012

We wish all of you a bright

future filled with hopes,

dreams and promises of a

wonderful life

With Love,

Carol and Margarette