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Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association Annual Dinner
Boston Harbor Hotel | Boston | May 5, 2016
New England’s own Elyse Cherry, philanthropist and advocate for civil rights and economic justice, gave the keynote speech when the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association served up its 2016 Annual Dinner. Amidst the festivities the following awards were presented: The Gwen Bloomingdale Pioneer Spirit Award went to Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, outreach and recruitment director for Presidential personnel and associate director for public engagement at The White House. The Kevin Larkin Memorial Award for Public Service honored the Boston Alliance of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Youth (BAGLY). And Bernadette Harrigan, assistant vice president and counsel of MassMutual Financial Group, received the Massachusetts Bar Association Community Service Award. Founded in 1985, the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association is a voluntary state-wide professional association of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allied lawyers and legal professionals, providing a visible LGBTQ presence within the Massachusetts legal community.
