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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter March 10, 2017
Amy Goldman
Ann and John Schneider, Doris Karmentz
Ann Fries, Kathy Jordan, Scott Osbourne
Anna Eskamani and Willie Parker
Barbara Zdravecky, Kate Lannamann
Slogan of the night
Pro Planned Parenthood Protesters
Party Venue at the Hyatt
Ellen Seidensticker, Lou Wells
Gilla Robbins, Dani Robbins, Ora Mendels
Jane Plitt, Sandi Stuart, Sharon Prizant, Sue Jacobson
Janice Zarro, Renee Hamad
Jon Yanari and Karen Hamad
Laura DeLeo, Arelie Vandenbroek
Leisha Miller, Steve Seidensticker
Lois Harrison, Daniel McDougal
Mark Steinwachs, Michael Farmer
Megan Salazar-Walsh, Jarred Wilson
Renee Hamad, Bobbi Lorry
Sheila Perry, Yvette Sherman
Shirley and Wendy Haas
Sophia LaRusso, Norma Kwenski, JoAnn Tomer
Suzanne Atwell, Michael Shelton
Willie Parker, Virgil Reid, Shirley Irons Faist
Willie Parker, Barbara Zdravecky
The organization celebrated 100 years of providing access to reproductive health and education services with the theme "We Won't Go Back!" The evening's speaker was Dr. Willie J. Parker, a recipient of Planned Parenthood's 2015 Margaret Sanger Award.
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