Celebrate Pride this year with the NYC Council, our special guest emcee Whoopi Goldberg from "the View" and cast members of "Sister Act", Tuesday, June 12th at the Great Hall at Cooper Union.

Emcee: Whoopi Goldberg
Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Tony Award Winner and Co-Host of ABC's "The View"

Special Performance by:
Cast Members of the Broadway show Sister Act

Honoring:

* Dee Rees
Writer and Director of Pariah
Pariah is a film about a Brooklyn teenager who juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family as she struggles to expresses her own truth.

Hermes Mallea and Carey Maloney
Co-chairs of the LGBT Initiative at the New York Public Library which aims to digitize, catalog and expand the number of LGBT books at the NY Public Library.

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* Recognizing the advocacy and accomplishments of the Members of the NYPD LGBT Advisory Panel


Tuesday, June 12th
5:30 pm
Please Arrive Early. Doors Open at 4:45 P.M.

The Great Hall at Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue, Manhattan

Space is limited! To RSVP, click http://www.council.nyc.gov/events. You can also RVSP via Facebook here or by telephone at 212-442-1649. For instant updates, follow Speaker Quinn on Twitter http://twitter.com/@ChrisCQuinn

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