The Pad Project is a global nonprofit that expands access to menstrual care products, combats period stigma, and champions menstrual equity for all. Join us to commemorate the 5th anniversary of our Oscar winning documentary: Period. End of Sentence. by learning from global activists and change makers!
Gala Honorees
James Astman, Ph.D
Headmaster Emeritus of Oakwood School
Dr. James Astman served as Headmaster of Oakwood School* for four decades, during which he helped launch a signature human rights program. He considers The Pad Project to be particularly significant for its promotion of students' moral agency and cross-continental educational partnerships. Since 2012, he has served as a Visiting Scholar in Human Rights Education at the University of Oxford and is a founding faculty member of the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights. Dr. Astman has also served as Associate Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry in child and adolescent development at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine. He has taught at Stanford University, the University of Rochester, Claremont Graduate University and, for all 40 years of his tenure, at Oakwood. As an educational consultant, he helps school heads focus on values- based leadership, inclusive decision-making, and conflict resolution. He has written extensively on moral development, human rights education, and dialogical pedagogy. Dr. Astman's most recent work is on "Bridging the Divide: Dialogical Pedagogy and the Healing Arts" (Routledge, 2023). He is currently completing a book on "Nurturing Goodness: promoting dignity and dialogue from cradle to classroom."
*Oakwood School is a K-12 coeducational independent day school in North Hollywood, California.
Kathy Spillar
Executive Director Feminist Majority Foundation, Executive Editor Ms. Magazine
Katherine (Kathy) Spillar is the Executive Director of Feminist Majority Foundation and Feminist Majority, national organizations working for women's equality, empowerment and non-violence; one of the founders, she has been a driving force in executing the organizations' diverse programs securing women's rights both domestically and globally since its inception in 1987. She is also the Executive Editor of Ms. and editor of and contributor to 50 Years of Ms: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine that Ignited a Revolution. Under her oversight, Ms. has increased its investigative reporting and in-depth analysis and today is the largest print and online feminist platform-reaching millions from across the globe via the quarterly print magazine, a vibrant and popular website, a robust daily and weekly e-newsletter mailing list, social media, the innovative digital textbook resource Ms. Classroom and audio and video programming from Ms. Studios.
Gouri Choudhury
Founder Action India (In Memoriam) on behalf of Action India
A visionary human rights activist, Gouri Choudhury was the founder of Action India—a Delhi-based NGO involved with the autonomous women’s movement in India since 1978. For over four decades, Choudhury dedicated her life to the relentless pursuit of justice, equality, and empowerment for women and girls in India. Her unwavering commitment to the Women's Rights movement spanned across the crucial domains of women and child rights, gender equality, healthcare, and access to clean water and sanitation. From 2013 until her death in 2022, Gouri and Action India have partnered with The Pad Project, Girls Learn International, and The Feminist Majority Foundation to produce PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE.; to establish pad-production enterprises and reproductive health education programs in Uttar Pradesh; and to shed the stigma surrounding menstruation so that all women and girls can participate as full and equal citizens within their own communities.
Our Founders
Sophie Ascheim, Maggie Brown, Carly Gatto, Mason Maxam, Dorothea Mulcahy, Alden Sabah, Ruby Schiff, Avery Siegel, Charlotte Silverman, Claire Sliney, Helen Yenser
ATTIRE
Hollywood Glam
LOCATION
Playa Studios, Culver City
DATE
October 17, 2024
TIME
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Sponsorship Levels
Proceeds from The Pad Project’s International Day of the Girl gala supports will support The Pad Project’s programs dedicated to providing menstrual hygiene education, employing women, and empowering women and girls around the world.
Diamond
$100,000
- 20 Tickets: 2 Tables
- Opening cover of the Digital Tribute Journal
- Company logo listed on the event website, step & repeat, and in e-blasts
Sapphire
$50,000
- 10 Tickets: 1 Table
- First slide of the Digital Tribute Journal
- Company logo listed on the event website, step & repeat, and in e-blasts
Emerald
$25,000
- 10 Tickets: 1 Table
- Emerald Ad in the Digital Tribute Journal
- Company logo listed on the event website, step & repeat, and in e-blasts
Ruby
$10,000
- 10 Tickets: 1 Table
- Ruby Ad in the Digital Tribute Journal
- Company logo listed on the event website and in print materials
Platinum
$7,500
- 8 Tickets
- Platinum Ad in the Digital Tribute Journal
- Company logo listed on event website and in print materials
Gold
$5,000
- 6 Tickets
- Gold Ad in the Digital Tribute Journal
- Company logo listed on event website and in print materials
Silver
$3,600
- 4 Tickets
- Silver Ad in the Digital Tribute Journal
- Company logo listed on event website and in print materials
Bronze
$1,800
- 2 Tickets
- Bronze Ad in the Digital Tribute Journal
- Company logo listed on event website and in print materials
Individual Gala Tickets
Individual Ticket
$350
All professionals over 35
- Dinner catered by Jon & Vinny’s
- Open bar (21+)
- Attendee gift bag
Young Leadership Ticket
$200
For professionals under 35
- Dinner catered by Jon & Vinny’s
- Open bar (21+)
- Attendee gift bag
Can’t Attend?
You can still make a donation to support The Pad Project
MAKE A DONATIONGala Chairs and Host Committee
GALA CO-CHAIRS
Anissa Siegel
Candace Clark Trinchieri
GALA COMMITTEE
Bonnie Abaunza, Elizabeth Park Bergman, Melissa Berton, Michaela Carter, Candace Clark Trinchieri, Jennifer E. Cohen, Sorelle Cohen, Sarah Ellis, Cat Ferrier, Rachel Gingold, Elise Hausman, Ariana Abadian-Heifetz, Victoria Lerner, Sheila Minton, Anna Nickerson, Raquel Richter, Stacey Sher, Anissa Siegel, Anjana Sivakumar, Lisa Taback
Past Pad Project Gala Photos
