Lenora B. Fulani

All Stars Project President & CEO Gabrielle L. Kurlander; Newark Mayor Cory Booker; D&B Chairman and CEO Sara Mathew and Ernst & Young Vice Chair Kate Barton joined 500 business leaders, donors and young people at the All Stars Project National Gala Benefit at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center this evening.

The All Stars Project Groundbreakers Awards were presented to Katori Hall, Broadway playwright, for her work in helping to open doors for new voices in the American theatre and Woodie King, Jr., Founder and Producing Director, New Federal Theatre for his pioneering efforts and outstanding accomplishments in Black theatre. Katori Hall's play Children of Killers will make its American premiere at the Castillo Theatre in September 2012. Groundbreaker Awardees also included David C. Banks, President and CEO, Eagle Academy Foundation, Valerie and William Bell, Founders, Sean Elijah Bell Community Center and Anderson J. Franklin, Ph.D. Honorable David S. Nelson Professor of Psychology and Education, Boston College. See below for a photo of the All Stars Gala's participants, honorees and attendees!