Tadias Magazine

Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff

Published: Friday, July 31, 2009

New York (Tadias) – A fundraiser was held last night for Mayor Adrian M. Fenty at Etete, a popular Ethiopian restaurant in Washington, D.C.

The event was hosted by Ethiopian-American businessman Henok Tesfaye, President of U Street Parking, Inc., who was featured in a December 2006 issue of the Washington Post as one of D.C.’s young, successful entrepreneurs.

The fundraiser attracted a diverse crowd of both Ethiopians and non-Ethiopians who paid between $500 and $2000 per contributor in support of the the Mayor’s 2010 re-election campaign.

The Washington Metropolitan Area is home to one of the largest Ethiopian communities in the country, and the District of Columbia government has officially recognized the Amharic language as a way to provide services within the growing community.

Tadias Magazine attended the event and we had the opportunity to ask the Mayor a few questions. Stay tuned for Senait Assefa’s interview with Mayor Fenty. Photos from the event are posted below courtesy of DJ Photography.

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty at a fundraiser held in D.C at Etete on Thursday, July 30,
2009. (courtesy of DJ Photography).

A fundraiser for Mayor Adrian M. Fenty at Etete on Thursday, July 30, 2009.
(Courtesy of DJ Photography)

The event was hosted by Ethiopian-American businessman Henok Tesfaye,
right. (Thursday, July 30, 2009. Courtesy of DJ Photography)

Senait Assefa (Tadias) interviewed the Mayor at the event. (Thursday, July 30,
2009. Courtesy of DJ Photography)

Courtesy of DJ Photography

Courtesy of DJ Photography

Courtesy of DJ Photography

Courtesy of DJ Photography