photography by Heather Wiley and Drew Altizer

Actress Rosario Dawson hosted a swanky party with Mayor Gavin Newsom and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to launch Voto Latino's 2007 Bay Area pilot voter inspiration program called VL Voices at the Clift Hotel. Says Executive Director Maria Teresa Petersen, "Nothing is more critical to the 2008 election than enfranchising new Americans and San Franciscans understand this."


Shoboy Edgar, Frankie Needles  Lisa Coto, Raquel Corona   Rosario, Amber Marie Bently


Claudia Ross, Rita Moreno         Doug Mandell, Hala Hijazi       Benjamin Lowe, Jessica Barrett


Travis Kiyota, Gia Daniller       Rudy Siva, Abigail Johnson    Maribel Gonzalez, Kristen Hughes


Rita Moreno, David Park             Rosario, Janelle Wang       Ana DeSantiago, Christina Sanchez


Stacey Rubin, Shana Mitchell   Brad Oberwager, Lisa Coto    Katherine Smith, Mickey Ibarra


Janelle, Ted Spencer      Diana Rayzman, Michael Earls  Maria Teresa Petersen, Edgar Sotelo


Betty Kay Coakley, Brendan Hernandez, Claudia Ross   Rosario, Frankie, Maria Teresa


Brandon Collyer, Abigail Johnson, Rudy Siva    Maria Teresa, Gavin Newsom, Rosario


Ezra Garrett, Gwyneth Bordon, Hala Hijazi          Julie Veronese, Uraina Hernandez


Frankie Needles, Erica Cebreros, Noemi Delatorre, Shoboy Edgar



Lisa Coto, Maria Teresa Petersen, Rosario Dawson, Raquel Corona

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