Peacemaker Sponsors Nancy Gibbs M.D.
Southern California Air Quality Management District
Dr. Paul and Hisako Terasaki
Environmental Health Sponsors Jodie Evans and Max Palevsky
Healthy Communities Sponsors Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA
St. John’s Well Child and Family Center
Margaret Wacker
Table Sponsors Maurine Doerken M.F.T. and Peter Doerken D.D.S.
Cliff Gladstein
Japanese American Medical Association
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Attar
Bernard and Elaine Brandchaft M.D.
Kris Calvin
Bruce Cohen
Thomas Cook and Marie de Vareness
Lily Ann Inouye
Moneium Fadali M.D.
The Yamashiro Family
Assemblymember Julia Brownley
Honorary Committee
Congressmember Xavier Becerra
Dr. Michael Beckwith
Congressmember Howard Berman
Bob Blumenfield
Dr. Lester and Devra Breslow
Assemblymember Julia Brownley
Honorable Judy Chu
Assemblymember Kevin de León
Susan Clark and Alex Karras
Honorable Philip E. Coyle III
Mike Farrell
Senator Diane Feinstein
Congressmember Bob Filner
Dr. Wayne Glass
Arianna Huffington
Dr. Michael Intriligator
Senator Sheila Kuehl
Dr. Joseph Lyou
Assemblymember Fabian Núñez and Maria Robles
Jonathan Parfrey
Dr. Bennett Ramberg
Reverend George Regas
Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas
Senator Gloria Romero
Councilmember Bill Rosendahl
Alan Sieroty
Stanley Sheinbaum
Dr. Robert and Janet Tranquada
Congressmember Henry Waxman
Congressmember Diane Watson
Dr. Robert Wesley
PSR-LA's 2008 Gala Dinner
Thank you to all who made our June 8, 2008 Gala Dinner, Prescription for Change, a wonderful success. As the largest PSR chapter in the nation, funds raised from this gala will help us continue to play a leading role in national, state, and local
education and policy efforts.
Dr. Hans Blix receives the 2008 Peacemaker Award Video by Sundays Well Productions
Dr. James Yamazaki's 2008 Socially Responsible
Medicine Award introduction video Video edited by Sundays Well Productions,
Film courtesy Schecter Films Inc.
Joseph Cirincione accepts the 2008 Founders Award (see 4:15) Video by StikeOut Studio
Lawrence Bender accepts the 2008 Socially
Responsible Media Award Video by StikeOut Studio
Special Musical Guest
Special Musical Guest Gustavo Santaolalla, Oscar Award-Winning film composer and producer, is introduced and plays music he composed for Brokeback Mountain (2005)
(left to right) Curren Warf, M.D. (PSR-LA Board President), Lawrence Bender (Socially Responsible Media Award), Joseph Cirincione (Founders Award), James Yamazaki, M.D. (Socially Responsible Medicine Award), Martha Dina Argüello (PSR-LA Excecutive Director) Photo by Gary Leonard
(left to right) Aaron Alexander-Bloch (UCLA medical student, SPSR), Tova Fuller (UCLA MD/PhD student, PSR-LA board member), and Bryan Garber (UCLA medical student, SPSR) Photo by Gary Leonard
Martha Dina Argüello (PSR-LA Executive Director) and Senator Gloria Romero (CA State Senate Majority Leader) Photo by Gary Leonard
Rosario Dawson (actress) and
Lawrence Bender (Socially Responsible Media Award) Photo by Gary Leonard
Dr. James Yamazaki (Socially Responsible Medicine Award), his wife, Aki, and family Photo by Gary Leonard
Joseph Cirincione, President of Ploughshares Fund, accepts PSR-LA's Founders Award Photo by Gary Leonard
Dr. James Yamazaki (Socially Responsible Medicine Award) and Lawrence Bender (Socially Responsible Media Award) Photo by Gary Leonard
(left to right) Joseph Cirincione (Founders Award), Lawrence Bender (Socially Responsible Media Award), Dr. Dean Ornish (Presenter of Socially Responsible Media Award), and his wife, Anne Photo by Gary Leonard
June Kuramoto of Jazz fusion group Hiroshima plays a tribute to Dr. James Yamazaki, "Thousand Cranes" Photo by Gary Leonard
Special Musical Guest Gustavo Santaolalla, Oscar Award-Winning film composer and producer, plays selections from The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and others Photo by Gary Leonard
