Empowers
Africa hosted
a
special
screening
of
National
Geographic’s
“Battle
for the
Elephants”
at Guild
Hall in
East
Hampton,
NY on
August
10th,
2013,
along
with
fashion
designer Donna
Karan, artist Davina
Dobie, and
filmmaker
and
writer John
Heminway. Guests
included: David
Koch,
Nina
Griscom,
Stewart
Paperin, Executive
Vice
President
of the
Open
Society
Foundations
and
President
of the
Soros
Economic
Development
Fund,
Lynn
Sherr correspondent
for ABC
news
magazine
20/20
and Bryan
Christy award-winning
author
and
journalist. The
event
raised
over
$28,000
for
Elephant
anti-poaching
efforts. After
the
film,
there
was a
panel
discussion
with
special
guests
including; John
Heminway,
writer,
producer
and
director
of
Battle
for the
Elephants James
Deutsch,
Executive
Director
of
Africa
Program
Wildlife
Conservation
Society, Richard
Ruggiero Chief
of the
Branch
of the
Near
East,
South
Asia and
Africa,
U.S.
Fish and
Wildlife
Service’s
Division
of
International
Conservation, Nicole
Mollo Director
of
Philanthropy
and
Operations
U.S,
African
Parks
and Meredith
Ogilvie-Thompson Executive
Director
of Tusk.