In-Person Events
Mida Associates has produced dozens of events across the country over the past ten years. See below for a glimpse into what they look and feel like.
2020 AAPD Leadership
Awards Gala
Hosted at the Washington Hilton, the 2020 American Association for People with Disabilities Leadership Awards Gala honored advocates including Senator Tammy Duckworth, and Senator Cory Booker. Hosted by emcee, Amna Nawaz.
Image Description: Senator Tammy Duckworth and AAPD CEO Maria Town appear on stage at the 2020 AAPD Gala. Duckworth, pictured left, is a Thai-American woman seated in a wheelchair. She has shoulder length brown hair, wears black framed glasses and red lipstick. She is holding a glass trophy. Town, pictured right, is a white woman and stands next to Duckworth. She has shoulder length brown hair and is wearing a black dress and red lipstick. Both Town and Duckworth smile for the camera.
Photo Description: A wide photograph of the event space. The ceiling of the room has five larger recessed lighting fixtures that glow with pink light. On the left, a crowd gathers around their tables. There is a clear aisle in the middle of the room, which reveals a circular pattern on the carpet. The stage can be seen in the middle of the photo with diamond light projections shown against a blue curtain. On the right, attendees are seated at their tables, with some groups gathering around other tables.
Photo Description: Five attendees are sitting at their table. Three of them have the gala program book open and are reading the content inside. Two of them are engaged in conversation in the background.
Photo Description: Amna Nawaz, the gala emcee, stands behind a podium which is placed in front of a blue curtain and a backdrop. The backdrop features an illustration in blue and gold of a row of cherry blossoms below a starry, night sky. Nawaz, a Pakistani-American, is a woman with shoulder length brown hair. She wears a long-sleeved dress and appears in mid-sentence, her arms gesturing.
Photo Description: Award winner Sneha Dave, pictured right, stands on stage next to the award presenter, pictured left. Dave is a woman with brown, shoulder length hair, wearing a green dress. She is holding her award, which is a glass trophy. The award presenter is an African-American woman with black, shoulder length hair, wearing a black, long sleeve dress. She has her arm around Dave.
Photo Description: Senator Cory Booker stands behind a podium on stage, which is set in front of a backdrop depicting a starry, night sky above a copse of cherry blossom trees; the Washington monument appears in the background. Booker, a African-American man, sports a shaven head and wears a black, pinstriped suit and red tie. He appears here in mid-sentence, gesturing with his hands above the podium.
Photo Description: Senator Cory Booker and Ted Kennedy, Jr. stand beside one another, together holding up a glass trophy. Booker, pictured left, is an African-American man, sporting a shaven head, black, pinstriped suit and red tie. Kennedy, pictured right, is a white man, with gray hair, wearing a charcoal gray suit and red tie.