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Martin &
Jean
Shafiroff
Host
Southampton
African
American
Museum
Benefit
Party
with Aisha
Christian &
Michael
Steifman
The Southampton
African
American
Museum (SAAM) held
a summer
party
chaired by
New York
philanthropist,
author, and
TV host Jean
Shafiroff, and
her husband, Martin
Shafiroff, along
with Aisha
Christian &
Michael
Steifman at
the
restaurant Blu
Mar in
Southampton,
NY with a
post-reception
dinner at
the
restaurant 75
Main.
The event
was the
official
launch of
the museum’s
Founder’s
Campaign to
support its
operations
and
endowment.
The museum,
a former
Black barber
shop opened
on June 19,
2021, and is
the first
African
American
designated
landmark in
the Village
of
Southampton.
Corporate
sponsors
included Bloomberg
Philanthropies,
Weight
Watchers and Jet
Blue and
a silent
auction that
included Melissa
Kaye Jewelry.
Among the
many notable
guests
were: Jean
Shafiroff,
Martin
Shafiroff,
Aisha
Christian,
Michael
Steifman,
Exective
Director -
Brenda
Simmons,
Southampton
Town
Supervisor
Jay
Schneiderman,
Susan L.
Taylor,
Loida Lewis,
Kherpra
Burns,
Marilyn
Crawford,
Elizabeth
Shafiroff,
Richard
Ballard,
Greg D’Elia,
Dan Gasby,
Karen
Phillips,
Charles
Phillips,
Anita
Farrington,
Susan
Cushing,
Angie Samii,
Siamak Samii,
Tish
Collette,
Michael
Henry Admans,
Bill
Pickens,
James Banks,
Nancy
Stevens-Smith,
Brenda
Stuart-Luke
and
Stephanie
Hill.
Jean
Shafiroff
and Aisha
Christian
greeted
early
arrivals in
the garden
of Blu Mar
Southampton
including
Susan
Davenport
Austin, now
Chief
Financial
Officer of
the Grace
Church
School, and
her husband,
Wallace
Foundation
Corporate
Counsel
Kenneth W.
Austin, who
reminisced
about his
family’s
multi-generational
history in
East
Hampton. A
museum tour
preceding
the benefit
was led by
executive
director and
co-founder
Brenda
Simmons.
About Jean
Shafiroff:
Jean
Shafiroff is
a
philanthropist,
humanitarian,
TV host,
writer, and
the author
of the book "Successful
Philanthropy:
How to Make
a Life By
What You
Give". Jean
is often
referred to
as "the
first lady
of
philanthropy"
by the press
because of
her
generosity
and
extensive
work as a
volunteer
fundraiser
and leader
in the
philanthropic
world. She
serves on
the boards
of many
charitable
organizations
and each
year chairs
upwards of
eight
different
charity
galas. Among
the many
causes she
champions
are those
involved in
women’s
rights,
rights of
the
underserved,
health care,
and animal
welfare.
Jean serves
on the
boards of
the American
Humane,
Southampton
Hospital
Association,
NYC Mission
Society,
French
Heritage
Society,
Couture
Council of
the Museum
at FIT,
Global
Strays, New
York Women's
Foundation,
and
Southampton
Animal
Shelter
Foundation
Honorary
Board. A
Catholic,
she served
on the board
of the
Jewish Board
for 28 years
and now is
one of their
honorary
trustees.
In addition,
Jean is an
ambassador
for American
Humane and
is the
national
spokesperson
for the
organization’s
“Feed the
Hungry”
Covid-19
program, an
initiative
designed to
provide food
for
1,000,000
shelter
animals.
Jean is the
ambassador
of the
Southampton
Animal
Shelter
Foundation
and a key
donor and
volunteer
fundraiser
for their
work. She is
a New York
Women's
Foundation
Board Alumna
who remains
very active
with the
Foundation
and with
women's
issues in
general.
For her
philanthropy
Jean has
been honored
many times
by groups
including
the Stony
Brook
Southampton
Hospital,
American
Heart
Association,
American
Cancer
Society, New
York City
Mission
Society,
Southampton
Animal
Shelter,
Surgeons of
Hope, Al
Sharpton's
National
Action
Network, the
Ellen
Hermanson
Foundation,
Pet
Philanthropy
Circle,
Animal Zone
International,
Youth
Counselling
League, the
NYC
International
Film
Festival
Foundation,
the Jewish
Board, and
the
Hadassah. In
December
2020 Dan's
Paper named
her
Philanthropist
of the Year
at their
Long Island
Power
Women's
Award
Ceremony.
Jean is the
producer and
host of the
television
show "Successful
Philanthropy" which
airs six
times weekly
through LTV
studios in
East
Hampton, NY,
as well as
in New York
City on
Manhattan
Neighborhood
Network (MNN):
Spectrum
Channel 34
and 1995,
Verizon/FiOS
Channel 33,
and RCN
Channel 82.
The show
will open in
additional
markets in
2021. On her
TV program
Jean
interviews
an eclectic
mix of
leaders in
the world of
philanthropy
as well as
actors,
artists,
business and
civic
leaders, and
even a U.S.
presidential
candidate.
For more
information
about Jean
Shafiroff,
please
visit: jeanshafiroffofficial.com.
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