Genesis Women’s Shelter welcomed her Majesty Queen Noor as the keynote speaker for the 16th annual Genesis Mother’s Day Luncheon. The sold-out event, entitled, “Peace on Earth Begins at Home,” was held at the Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion. Through her eloquent message, the queen linked the global challenges of women to the challenges women face in North Texas. Honorary co-chairs were Ruth Altshuler and her daughter Susan Sharp, and luncheon co-chairs were Joan Eleazer and her daughter Layne Pitzer.
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Underwriters, sponsors, and friends of Genesis Women’s Shelter gathered at the home of Jean Claude and Beth Saada the evening before the 16th Annual Genesis Women’s Shelter Mother’s Day Luncheon in honor of Her Majesty Queen Noor’s arrival in Dallas and to celebrate this year’s Jane Doe Award recipient. The 2009 Jane Doe Award commemorated the 15th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, the first national solution to the national epidemic of violence against women. The Jane Doe Award recognizes extraordinary efforts made on behalf of women and children living with violence in their homes. The act was championed by Vice President Joseph R. Biden., who was invited to accept the award on behalf of VAWA. He was unable to attend, but in his place, Catherine Pierce, director of the Office on Violence Against Women in the US Department of Justice, attended and accepted the award.
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