On November 8th, hundreds of education advocates gathered at the Philadelphia Education Fund's Eddy Awards to celebrate the 2007 Stars of Public Education. Guests mixed and mingled with each other and with award winners, sharing with delight in the evening's focus on public education.

Eddy Award winners Azsherae Gary and Dawn Staley

“We have to fight for all children as if they were our own, as if tomorrow were yesterday, and with the understanding that doing so isn't glamorous and won't always garner headlines, but it is where the revolution begins.”
- Eddy Award winner Helen Gym,
Parents United for Public Education/Asian Americans United

For more information about the EDDYs, contact Jenifer Trachtman, jtrachtman@philaedfund.org and 215-665-1400, ext. 3309

2007 Eddy Awards Invitation	2007 Eddy Nomination Form

2007 Eddy Awards
Dan Castro, School Reform Commissioner Heidi Ramirez, and Kevin Dow		Eddy Award winner Helen Gym (Parents United, Asian Americans United) with her father, Won Gym
Happy Fernandez, Ed Fund Executive Director Carol Fixman, Interim District CEO Tom Brady
Sarah Martinez-Helfman and Ed Fund Board Member Natalye Paquin		Janis Risch, Ed Fund Executive Director Carol Fixman, and Donna Cooper
Musical guests, Ramona Hunter, Kenny Ptt, and Zahmu Sankofa of THREE		Ed Fund Board member Vic Diwan and Eddy Award winnner Nicholas Tores (Congreso)
		Thanks for a great event!
Philadelphia Scholars Commitee Chair Morris Williams and Melissa Grimm